2020 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Forecasting catastrophic collapses in island forest ecosystems following decline in endangered keystone species
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20K21864
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
Vincenot C.E. 京都大学, 情報学研究科, 助教 (80751908)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-07-30 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | ecological modelling / Pteropus / bats / agent-based model / individual-based model / foraging / coloniality |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Research on this project has been strongly impacted by COVID-19 restrictions on travels and fieldwork activities. Hence, it was decided early in FY2020 to delay most of the work planed for FY2020 into FY2021. The budget for FY2020 has accordingly been saved, and only a quick preparatory fieldtrip was organized with the FY2020 budget.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
4: Progress in research has been delayed.
Reason
As mentioned, COVID-19 restrictions have prevented the proper implementation of this project in FY2020. The budget has accordingly been mostly unused in FY2020 and saved for FY2021.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The schedule initially spanning over three years will be condensed into FY2021 and FY2022. Otherwise, the project shall remain as initially declared. In case of prolongation of the COVID-19 restrictions, remote work and data collection will be sought in order to proceed with the model development. Preparations have been made for recruitment of workforce to undertake promptly the project development as soon as possible in FY2021.
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| Causes of Carryover |
As explained, it became rapidly clear in FY2020 that restrictions due to COVID-19 would make it impossible to implement this project properly. Hence, instead of using the budget in a suboptimal way, we preferred to save it and reschedule the project to fit hopefully within FY2021 and FY2022. Hence, outside of a preparatory fieldtrip that was possible during a brief lift of travel restrictions, the budget was saved and transferred to the next years.
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Research Products
(1 results)
