2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Diversity and community structure of arthropods in tropical rainforest canopies.
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21255004
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Ecology/Environment
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
ITIOKA Takao 京都大学, 人間・環境学研究科(研究院), 教授 (40252283)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
乾 陽子 大阪教育大学, 教養学部, 准教授 (10343261)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
竹松 葉子 山口大学, 農学部, 教授 (30335773)
市栄 智明 高知大学, 教育研究部自然科学系, 准教授 (80403872)
酒井 章子 京都大学, 生態学研究センター, 准教授 (30361306)
岸本 圭子 東京大学, 総合文化研究科, 研究員 (80525692)
遠藤 知二 神戸女学院大学, 人間科学部, 教授 (60289030)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 熱帯雨林 / 節足動物群集 / 生物多様性 / 東南アジア / 生物間相互作用網 / アリ類 / クモ類 / 昆虫群集 |
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| Research Abstract |
Forest canopies, the top layers consisting of foliage and twigs, are core sites for the photosyntheses and reproductions of trees that form the forests. Hence, various animals that use the trees are expected to inhabit forest canopies. However, since the canopies mainly develop at the height of > 40 meters above the ground in tropical rainforests, it has been very hard to investigate the animals there. In this research project, we explored the species composition, and their within-tree microhabitats, food menu, enemies, competitors and mutualistic partners, of the arthropods, which have been considered to be most diversified taxa in tropical rainforests, in the canopy of a tropical rainforest by using the architecture for observation in the canopy. Our results suggested that, in tropical rainforests, there are many undescribed arthropod species that are specialized to the microenvironments in the canopy, aand that ants affect various traits of the community of arthropods in the canopy.
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Research Products
(51 results)
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[Journal Article] A new genus and species of myrmecophilous brentid beetle (Coleoptera : Brentidae) inhabiting the myrmecophytic epiphytes in the Bornean rainforest canopy2014
Author(s)
Maruyama, M., Bartolozzi, L., Inui, Y., Tanaka, H. O., Hyodo, F., Shimizu-kaya, U., Takematsu, Y., Hishi, T. & Itioka, T
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Journal Title
Zootaxa
Volume: 3786(1)
Pages: 73-78
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[Journal Article] Change in biomass of symbiotic ants throughout the ontogeny of a myrmecophyte, Macaranga beccariana (Euphorbiaceae)2013
Author(s)
Handa, C., Okubo T., Yoneyama, A., Nakamura, M., Sakaguchi, M., Takahashi, N., Okamoto, M., Tanaka-Oda, A., Kenzo, T., Ichie, T. & Itioka, T
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Journal Title
Journal of Plant Research
Volume: 126(1)
Pages: 73-79
DOI
Peer Reviewed
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[Journal Article] Wide host ranges of herbivorous beetles? : Insights from DNA barcoding2013
Author(s)
Kishimoto-Yamada, K., Kamiya, K., Meleng, P., Diway, B., Kaliang, H., Chong, L., Itioka, T., Sakai, S. & Ito, M
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Journal Title
PlosOne
Volume: 8(9)
Pages: e74426
Peer Reviewed
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[Journal Article] New Pilophorus species associated with Macaranga trees from Malaysia (Heteroptera : Miridae: Phylinae)2013
Author(s)
Nakatani, Y., Komatsu, T., Ueda, S., Itino, T., Shimizu-kaya, U., Itioka, T. & Hashim, R
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Journal Title
Tijdschrift voor Entomologie
Volume: 156(2-3)
Pages: 113-126
Peer Reviewed
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[Journal Article] Timing of butterfly parasitization of a plant-ant-scale symbiosis2012
Author(s)
Ueda, S., Okubo, T., Itioka, T., Shimizu-kaya, U., Yago, M., Inui, Y. & Itino, T
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Journal Title
Ecological Research
Volume: 27(2)
Pages: 437-443
Peer Reviewed
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[Journal Article] The structure of a food web in a tropical rain forest in Malaysia based on carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios2010
Author(s)
Hyodo, F., Matsumoto, T., Takematsu, Y., Kamoi, T., Fukuda, D., Nakagawa, M. & Itioka, T
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Journal Title
Journal of Tropical Ecology
Volume: 26
Pages: 205-214
Peer Reviewed
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[Journal Article] Population fluctuations of light-attracted chrysomelid beetles in relation to supra-annual environmental changes in a Bornean rainforest2009
Author(s)
Kishimoto-Yamada, K., Itioka, T., Sakai, S., Momose, K., Nagamitsu, T., Kaliang, H., Meleng, P., Chong, L., Karim, A. A. H., Yamane, S., Kato, M., Reid, C. A. M., Nakashizuka, T. & Inoue, T
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Journal Title
Bulletin of Entomological Research
Volume: 99
Pages: 217-227
Peer Reviewed
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