Bird nests as niche construction.

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25291090
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Biodiversity/Systematics
• Research Institution: Rikkyo University
• Principal Investigator: UEDA Keisuke 立教大学, 理学部, 教授 (00213348)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YAHIRO Katsuro 琵琶湖博物館, 研究部生態系研究領域, 統括学芸員 (60344339) ; KAMEDA Kayoko 琵琶湖博物館, 研究部生態系研究領域, 統括学芸員 (90344340) ; HIROWATARI Toshiya 九州大学, 比較社会文化研究院, 教授 (20208896) ; IWATA Ryutaro 日本大学, 生物資源科学部, 教授 (90213298) ; YAMAGUCHI Noriyuki 長崎大学, 水産環境科学総合研究科, 准教授 (60436764) ; ARAYA Kunio 九州大学, 比較社会文化研究院, 教授 (10263138) ; SATO Hiroaki 奈良女子大学, 理学部, 教授 (20196265)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 鳥の巣 / ケラチン食 / キチン食 / 鱗翅目 / 鞘翅目 / 共生 / ニッチ構築 / 環境エンジニアリング

Outline of Final Research Achievements

During3 year study period, we intensively investigated at Kyushu and Southern islands in Japan. We found some new species of micro-Lepidoptera and revealed the ecology of some Coleoptera. Members of our team allayed stable isotope and revealed the pattern of the food chain in symbiotic insects in bird nest. A meeting was held at Kyushu University. 35 people who are entomologists and ornithologists attended the meeting. Such a corroboration between entomologists and ornithologists is very useful for both discipline.

Free Research Field

行動生態学