2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Diversity, adaptation and coevolution in snail-feeding carabid beetles and land snails
Project/Area Number |
23405009
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 海外学術 |
Research Field |
Ecology/Environment
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Research Institution | Kyoto University |
Principal Investigator |
SOTA Teiji 京都大学, 理学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (00192625)
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Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
CHIBA Satoshi 東北大学, 東北アジア研究センター, 教授 (10236812)
TAKAMI Yasuoki 神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 准教授 (60432358)
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Research Collaborator |
MORII Yuta 東北大学, 大学院・生命科学研究科, 博士後期課程
HAYASHI Masakazu ホシザキグリーン財団, 主任研究員
LIANG Hongbin 中国科学院動物学研究所, 准教授
KARAGYAN Gayane アルメニア科学アカデミー, 研究員
AKIYAMA Kazutoshi 神戸大学, 発達科学部, 学部生
KIM Jung-lark) 大韓民国 Uiduk University, 教授
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Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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Keywords | 適応 / 採餌形態 / オサムシ / 陸貝 / 種多様性 / 適応放散 |
Research Abstract |
To understand how the land snail fauna is related with the divergence of morphology related to snail feeding (macrocephalism vs. stenocephalism) in the subtribe Carabina, we conducted field studies in China, Korea, Armenia, and Morocco. In the inland region of China, especially, diverse snail-feeding Carabina species and land snails occur. Macrocephalic Carabina species occur in habitats harboring small-sized bradybaenid snails abundantly. In habitats where both macro- and stenocephalic Carabina species occur, the shell morphology of bradybaenid snails was markedly diversified, suggesting an adaptive radiation due to strong predation pressure from snail-feeding predators.
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