Reconstructing grassland history using genomics of plants species flowering in autumn: identification of high priority area of forestry revival

• Project/Area Number: 26292074
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Forest science
• Research Institution: Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
• Principal Investigator: Yamaura Yuichi 国立研究開発法人森林総合研究所, 森林植生研究領域, 主任研究員 (20580947)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 井鷺 裕司 京都大学, (連合)農学研究科(研究院), 教授 (50325130) ; 青木 京子 京都大学, (連合)農学研究科(研究院), 研究員 (70378537)
• Research Collaborator: NARITA Ayu 京都大学, (連合)農学研究科(研究院), 大学院生
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥15,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,690,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥5,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,230,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥5,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,230,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥5,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,230,000)
• Keywords: 草地生態系 / 林業再生 / 次世代シーケンス / コアレセントシミュレーション / 草本植物 / 草地性生物 / 古生物学 / 人新世 / 草地 / 林業 / ゲノミクス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In Japan, grasslands have been greatly declined since their economic merits diminished. Organisms dependent on grasslands are also decreasing accordingly. We visited >70 remnant grasslands in Japan, and collected genetic samples of eight grassland plant (herb) species. We then read the gene sequences of four grassland specialist species among them; coalescent simulation suggests that these species have maintained or expanded their population sizes during recent several tens of thousand years at the national scale.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] アメリカ地質研究所/サンフランシスコ州立大学(米国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] エクセター大学(英国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] アメリカ地質研究所(米国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] スイス鳥類研究所(スイス)
• [Journal Article] Gardening is beneficial for health: a meta-analysis (2017)
  • Author(s): Soga, M., K. J. Gaston, Y. Yamaura
  • Journal Title: Preventive Medicine Reports Volume: 5 Pages: 92-99
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.11.007
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Predicting offsite impacts on juvenile outputs of the marsh harrier (2017)
  • Author(s): Senzaki, M., Y. Yamaura, F. Nakamura
  • Journal Title: Journal of Widlife Management Volume: 印刷中
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Estimating species-area relationships by modeling abundance and frequency subject to incomplete sampling (2016)
  • Author(s): Yamaura, Y., E. F. Connor, J. A. Royle, K. Itoh, K. Sato, H. Taki, Y. Mishima
  • Journal Title: Ecology and Evolution Volume: 6 Issue: 14 Pages: 4836-4848
  • DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2244
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Scale dependency of two endangered charismatic species as biodiversity surrogates. Biodiversity and Conservation. (2016)
  • Author(s): Higa, M., Yamaura, Y., Senzaki, M., Koizumi, I., Takenaka, T., Masatomi, Y., & Momose, K.
  • Journal Title: Biodiversity and Conservation Volume: 25 Issue: 10 Pages: 1829-1841
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10531-016-1161-3
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Urban permeability for birds: an approach combining mobbing-call experiments and circuit theory. (2016)
  • Author(s): Shimazaki A, Yamaura Y, Senzaki M, Yabuhara Y, Akasaka T, Nakamura F.
  • Journal Title: Urban Forestry and Urban Greening Volume: in press Pages: 167-175
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2016.06.024
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Study of biological communities subject to imperfect detection: bias and precision of community N-mixture abundance models in small-sample situations (2016)
  • Author(s): Yamaura, Y., M. Kery, J. A. Royle
  • Journal Title: Ecological Research Volume: 31 Issue: 3 Pages: 289-305
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11284-016-1340-4
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] 植物との触れ合いは健康を促進する：メタ解析による検証 (2017)
  • Author(s): 曽我昌史, Kevin Gaston, 山浦悠一
  • Organizer: 日本生態学会第64回全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学（東京都新宿区）
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-16
• [Presentation] 日本の草地性植物は過去にどのような変遷をたどってきたのか？全国規模のゲノム解析で推定した草本4種の集団サイズ動態 (2017)
  • Author(s): 成田あゆ, 山浦悠一, 楠本良延, 手塚あゆみ, 川口利奈, 永野惇, 井鷺裕司
  • Organizer: 日本生態学会第64回全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学（東京都新宿区）
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-15
• [Presentation] 人工林の主伐は生物多様性保全のチャンス！？木を伐って、残して守る日本の自然 (2016)
  • Author(s): 山浦悠一
  • Organizer: 森林関連学会合同シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 筑波大学東京キャンパス（東京都文京区）
  • Year and Date: 2016-12-25
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 生物多様性の保全・創出から見た森林管理の研究 (2016)
  • Author(s): 山浦悠一
  • Organizer: 平成28年度（第15回）日本農学進歩賞
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学弥生講堂（東京都文京区）
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-25
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 草地性草本植物の有効集団サイズ動態 (2016)
  • Author(s): 成田あゆ, 山浦悠一, 手塚あゆみ, 永野惇, 井鷺裕司
  • Organizer: 日本植物学会第80回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 沖縄コンベンションセンター（沖縄県宜野湾市）
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-18
• [Presentation] 草原性植物のデモグラフィの種間・集団間比較 -ゲノミクスによる草原の歴史の再構築- (2016)
  • Author(s): 成田あゆ、山浦悠一、楠本良延、永野惇、手塚あゆみ、井鷺裕司
  • Organizer: 日本生態学会第63回全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台国際センター
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-22
• [Presentation] 公開シンポジウム「森林の管理と生物多様性の保全―課題と提案―」 (2015)
  • Author(s): 山浦悠一、中村太士
  • Organizer: 第126回日本森林学会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-27
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Biological communities subject to imperfect detection: behavior of multi-species abundance models using N-mixture in small-sample situations (2015)
  • Author(s): 山浦悠一、Marc Kery、J. Andrew Royle
  • Organizer: 日本生態学会第62回全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 鹿児島大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-21