Analysis of biological factors affecting tropical-forest soil respiration

• Project/Area Number: 25850104
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Forest science
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University
• Principal Investigator: YAMADA Akinori 長崎大学, 水産・環境科学総合研究科(水産), 准教授 (40378774)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
• Keywords: 熱帯林 / 土壌呼吸 / シロアリ / アリ / 土壌動物 / 巣 / 気候変動 / 二酸化炭素 / 森林 / 土壌 / 熱帯

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Soil respiration from tropical forest floor is a most important component of carbon budget on the earth, whereas biological factors affecting spatial and temporal variation of the soil respiration have been still poorly understood. Here, effects of nests of the superabundant tropical-soil animas, namely termites and ants, on the soil respiration were investigated in a Thai tropical forest. Large nests of fungus-growing termites were shown to cause a local and strong variation around the nests. In addition, an analysis of major and dominant species of termites and ants indicated that their impact on soil respiration is much larger than that have been expected in previous studies.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Revisiting Coptotermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): a global taxonomic roadmap for species validity and distribution of an economically important subterranean termite genus. (2016)
  • Author(s): Chouvenc T., Li H.-F., Austin J., Bordereau C., Bourguignon T., Cameron S., Cancello E., Constantino R., Costa-Leonardo A., Eggleton P., Evans T., Forschler B., Grace J., Husseneder C., Krekek J., Lee C.-Y., Lee T., Lo N., Messenger M., Takematsu Y.., 他11名
  • Journal Title: Systematic Entomology Volume: 41 Issue: 2 Pages: 299-306
  • DOI: 10.1111/syen.12157
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Widespread distribution and evolutionary patterns of mariner-like elements among various spiders and insects (2015)
  • Author(s): Kaori Yamada, Akinori Yamada, Yuichi Kawanishi, Raj Deep Gurung, Takeshi Sasaki, Gaku Tokuda, and Hideaki Maekawa
  • Journal Title: Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology Volume: 84 Issue: 2 Pages: 2_029-2_041
  • DOI: 10.11416/jibs.84.2_029
  • NAID: 130005109009
  • ISSN: 1346-8073, 1884-7978
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] CO2 efflux from subterranean nests of ant communities in a seasonal tropical forest, Thailand. (2014)
  • Author(s): Hasin, S., Ohashi, M., Yamada, A., Hashimoto, Y., Tasen, W., Kume, T., Yamane, S.
  • Journal Title: Ecosystem and Evolution Volume: 4 Issue: 20 Pages: 3929-3939
  • DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1255
  • NAID: 120006986967
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Intranuclear verrucomicrobial symbionts and implication of lateral gene transfer to the host protist in the termite gut. (2014)
  • Author(s): Sato, T., Kuwahara, H., Fujita, K., Noda, S., Kihara, K., Yamada, A., Ohkuma, M. and Hongoh, Y.
  • Journal Title: ISME journal Volume: 8 Issue: 5 Pages: 1008-1019
  • DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.222
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] イエシロアリの原産地と侵略的外来種化に関する考察 (2013)
  • Author(s): 山田明徳, 角田邦夫
  • Journal Title: 木材保存 Volume: 39 Pages: 218-225
  • NAID: 10031202927
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Relationships among distribution of fine roots, soil DOC concentration and Collembola (2013)
  • Author(s): Fujii S, Yamada A, Fukushima K, Saitoh S, Kitayama K, Takeda H.
  • Journal Title: Plant Root Volume: 7 Issue: 0 Pages: 21-27
  • DOI: 10.3117/plantroot.7.21
  • NAID: 130003368099
  • ISSN: 1881-6754
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Native Archtecture of the Centriole Proximal Region Reveals Features Underlying Its 9-Fold Radial Symmetry (2013)
  • Author(s): Paul Guichard, Virginie Hachet, Norbert Majubu, Aitana Neves, Davide Demurtas, Natacha Olieric, Isabelle Fluckiger, Akinori Yamada, Kumiko Kihara, Yuichiro Nishida, Shigeharu Moriya, Michel O. Steinmetz, Yuichi Hongoh and Pierre Gönczy
  • Journal Title: Current Biology Volume: 23 Issue: 17 Pages: 1-9
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.06.061
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 熱帯林の土壌呼吸に対するアリ類の寄与 (2015)
  • Author(s): 大橋瑞江・久米朋宣・橋本佳明・山田明徳・吉藤奈津子・S. Hasin・山根正気
  • Organizer: 日本生態学会全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 鹿児島大学（鹿児島県）
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-18 – 2015-03-22
• [Presentation] シロアリ腸内細菌の網羅的な群集構造解析と比較解析 (2014)
  • Author(s): 菅谷快斗・山田明徳・河内雅人・松島慶・井上潤一・雪真弘・守屋繁春・大熊盛也・本郷裕一
  • Organizer: 環境微生物系学会合同大会
  • Place of Presentation: アクトシティ浜松コングレスセンター（静岡県）
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-21 – 2014-10-24
• [Presentation] シロアリによる木材劣化の時空間パターン ～熱帯林における倒木の分解とシロアリ相との関係から～ (2013)
  • Author(s): 山田明徳, 樋口真士, Warin Boonriam, 木原久美子, 本郷裕一
  • Organizer: 第29回日本木材保存協会年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: メルパルク東京（東京都港区）
• [Presentation] シロアリが丸太材へ侵入・定着する過程のCTスキャンを用いた非破壊的観察 (2013)
  • Author(s): 木原久美子, 山田明徳, 池原研, 藤田一磨, 木村信博, 五十嵐敬幸, 守屋繁春, 本郷裕一
  • Organizer: 第29回日本木材保存協会年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: メルパルク東京（東京都港区）
• [Presentation] 害虫種シロアリには特徴的な腸内細菌相が見られるのか？ (2013)
  • Author(s): 菅谷快斗, 山田明徳, 河内雅人, 本郷裕一
  • Organizer: 第29回日本木材保存協会年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: メルパルク東京（東京都港区）
• [Presentation] シロアリ腸内共生生物Trichonympha agillisのシングルセルトランスクリプトーム解析の速報 (2013)
  • Author(s): 木原久美子, 山田明徳, 本郷裕一, 守屋繁春
  • Organizer: 第２回マトリョーシカ型生物学研究会
  • Place of Presentation: ホテル京都ガーデンパレス（京都府京都市）
• [Presentation] Comparative genome analysis of nitrogen-fixing endosymbiontsof the protists Pseudotrichonympha in the termite gut (2013)
  • Author(s): Ajeng Pramono, Akinori Yamada, Hirokazu Kuwahara, Takako Mabuchi, Osamu Kitade, Nathan Lo, Atsushi Toyoda, Takehiko Itoh, Moriya Ohkuma, Yuichi Hongh
  • Organizer: 第２回マトリョーシカ型生物学研究会
  • Place of Presentation: ホテル京都ガーデンパレス（京都府京都市）
• [Presentation] Comparative genomics of the nitrogen-fixing endosymbionts of the cellulolytic protists Pseudotrichonympha spp. in the gut of termites (2013)
  • Author(s): Ajeng K. Pramono, Akinori Yamada, Hirokazu Kuwahara, Yuji Mochizuki, Takako Mabuchi, Osamu Kitade, Nathan Lo, Shigeharu Moriya, Atsushi Toyoda, TakehikoItoh, Moriya Ohkuma, Yuichi Hongoh
  • Organizer: 18th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation
  • Place of Presentation: フェニックス・シーガイア・リゾートワールドコンベンションセンター（宮崎県宮崎市）
• [Presentation] シロアリ腸内細菌群集の多様性と進化 (2013)
  • Author(s): 菅谷快斗, 山田明徳, 河内雅人, 松島慶, 井上潤一, 雪真弘, 守屋繁春, 大熊盛也, 本郷裕一
  • Organizer: 第29回日本微生物生態学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 鹿児島大学（鹿児島県鹿児島市）