Effects of epiphytes and ant-involved mutualistic relationships on biological community in the canopy of tropical rainforests

• Project/Area Number: 17405006
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Ecology/Environment
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: ITIOKA Takao Kyoto University, 大学院・地球環境学堂, 准教授 (40252283)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 乾 陽子 大阪教育大学, 教育学部, 助教 (10343261)
• Project Period (FY): 2005 – 2008
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2008)
• Budget Amount: ¥12,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000); Fiscal Year 2006: ¥2,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000); Fiscal Year 2005: ¥4,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,200,000)
• Keywords: 群集生態 / 昆虫 / 熱帯雨林 / 生物間相互作用 / 生物多様性 / 着生植物 / アリ類群集 / 東南アジア熱帯 / 林冠 / つる植物 / アリ植物 / 植食性昆虫 / 展葉フェノロジー / 林冠生物学 / ボルネオ島 / 東南アジア / フタバガキ混交林 / 群集生態学

Research Abstract

熱帯雨林の林冠の最上層を形成する林冠木においては、着生植物、樹木の分枝構造、枯死部分の分布、樹上(空中)土壌・枯れ枝・樹洞などの巣場所好適空間の樹内分布がそこに生息するアリ類群集の空間利用様式を大きく規定していることが示された。また、林冠部に大きななわばりを形成する攻撃性の強いアリ種が、林冠部の植食性昆虫の量、アリ類の種類構成、およびつる植物の量に大きな影響を与えることが実証的に示された。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] (2009) Within-nest abundance of a tropical cockroach Pseudoanaplectinia yumotoi associated with Crematogaster ants inhabiting epiphytic fern domatia in a Bornean dipterocarp forest (2009)
  • Author(s): Inui, Y., Tanaka, H. O., Hyodo, F. and Itioka, T.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Natural History 43(19 & 20) Pages: 1139-1145
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] (2009) Immature stages and biology of Bornean Arhopala butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) feeding on myrmecophytic Macaranga (2009)
  • Author(s): Okubo, T., Yago, M. and Itioka, T.
  • Journal Title: Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 60(1) Pages: 37-51
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Immature stages and biology of Bornean Arhopala butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) feeding on myrmecophytic Macaranga. (2009)
  • Author(s): Okubo, T., Yago, M., Itioka, T.
  • Journal Title: Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 60 Pages: 37-51
  • NAID: 110007133036
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Within-nest abundance of a tropical cockroach Pseudoanaplectinia yumotoi associated with Crematogaster ants inhabiting epiphytic fern domatia in a Bornean dipterocarp forest. (2009)
  • Author(s): Inui, Y., Tanaka, H. O., Hyodo, F., Itioka, T.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Natural History 43 Pages: 1139-1145
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Butterflies collected in and around Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia in Borneo (2009)
  • Author(s): Itioka, T., ほか9名
  • Journal Title: Contributions from the Biological Laboratory Kyoto University 30 Pages: 25-68
  • NAID: 120004185049
• [Journal Article] Population fluctuations of light-attracted chrysomelid beetles in relation to supra-annual environmental changes in a Bornean rainforest (2009)
  • Author(s): Kishimoto-Yamada, K., Itioka. T., ほか12名
  • Journal Title: Bulletin of Entomological Research 99
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Development of allometric relationships for accurate estimation of above-and below-ground biomass in tropical secondary forests in Sarawak, Malaysia (2009)
  • Author(s): Kenzo, T., Ichie, T., Hattori, D., Itioka, T., ほか10名
  • Journal Title: Journal of Tropical Ecology 25
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] (2008) Survival of flower-visiting chrysomelids during non general-flowering periods in Bornean dipterocarp forests (2008)
  • Author(s): Kishimoto-Yamada, K. and Itioka T
  • Journal Title: Biotropica 40(5) Pages: 600-606
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] (2008) Consequences of a severe drought associated with an El Nino-Southern Oscillation on a light-attracted leaf-beetle Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) assemblage in Borneo (2008)
  • Author(s): Kishimoto-Yamada, K. and Itioka, T.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Tropical Ecology 24 Pages: 229-233
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] An ancient tripartite symbiosis of plants. ants and scale insects. (2008)
  • Author(s): Ueda, S., Quek, S-P., Itioka. T, Inamori, K., Sato, Y., Murase, K., Itino, T.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275 Pages: 2319-2326
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Feeding preferences of phasmids in a Bornean dipterocarp forest (2008)
  • Author(s): Junker, R. R., Itioka, T., Bragg, P. E. and Bluthgen, N.
  • Journal Title: Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56(印刷中)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] (2007) Effects of deforestation on mutualistic interactions of ants with plants and hemipterans in tropical rainforest of Borneo (2007)
  • Author(s): Tanaka, H. O., Yamane, S., Nakashizuka, T., Momose, K. and Itioka, T.
  • Journal Title: Asian Myrmecology 1 Pages: 31-50
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Effects of deforestation on mutualistic interactions of ants with plants and hemipterans in tropical rainforest of Borneo (2007)
  • Author(s): Tanaka, H. O., Yamane, S., Nakashizuka, T., Momose, K. and Itioka, T.
  • Journal Title: Asian Myrmecology 1 Pages: 31-50
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Species-specific leaf volatile compounds of obligate Macaranga myrmecophytes and host-specific aggressiveness of symbiotic Crematogaster ants (2007)
  • Author(s): Inui, Y. and Itioka, T.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Chemical Ecology 33 Pages: 2054-2063
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Isolation and characterization of eight microsatellite loci in two morphotypes of the Southeast Asian army ant, Aenictus laeviceps (2007)
  • Author(s): K.HAMAGUCHI, T.MATSUMOTO, M.MARUYAMA, Y.HASHIMOTO, S.YAMANE, T.ITIOKA
  • Journal Title: Molecular Ecology Primer Notes (印刷中)
• [Journal Article] アリ-オオバギ共生系の多様性:生物群集への波及効果 (2005)
  • Author(s): 市岡孝朗
  • Journal Title: 日本生態学会誌 55・3 Pages: 431-437
• [Journal Article] Biological characterization of the obligate symbiosis between Acropyga sauteri Forel(Hymenoptera : Formicidae) and Eumyrmococcus smithii Silvestri(Hemiptera : Pseudococcidae : Rhizoecinae) on Okinawa Island, southern Japan (2005)
  • Author(s): Kishimoto-Yamada, K., Itioka, T., Kawai, S.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Natural History 39・40 Pages: 3501-3524
• [Presentation] リストラされる共生者 : アリ植物オオバギの成長に伴う共生アリ量の減少 (2009)
  • Author(s): 半田千尋, 田中憲蔵, 大久保忠浩, 米山仰, 中村理志, 坂口麻理, 高橋成美, 岡本真由美, 小田あゆみ, 市栄智明, 市岡孝朗
  • Organizer: 日本生態学会第58回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 岩手県立大学, 盛岡
  • Year and Date: 2009-03-18
• [Presentation] ボルネオ低地熱帯雨林の着生植物に共生するシリアゲアリ(Crematogaster difformis)の植食者制御効果 (2008)
  • Author(s): 田中洋, 乾陽子, 市岡孝朗.
  • Organizer: 日本昆虫学会第68回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 香川大学, 高松
  • Year and Date: 2008-09-15
• [Presentation] オオバギ属植物の化学防衛とアリ防衛がムラサキツバメ属シジミチョウの食草利用に与える影響 (2008)
  • Author(s): 大久保忠浩, 市岡孝朗
  • Organizer: 日本昆虫学会第68回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 香川大学, 高松
  • Year and Date: 2008-09-15
• [Presentation] Effects of severe ENSO-related drought on insect diversity and abundance in the Southeast Asian tropics (2008)
  • Author(s): Itioka, T., Kishimoto-Yamada, K., Yamauti, M.
  • Organizer: The Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology, and Conservation, "Past and Recent History of Tropical Ecosystems : Cross-Continental Comparisons and Lessons for the Future
  • Place of Presentation: パラマリボ、Torarica Hotel
  • Year and Date: 2008-06-09
• [Presentation] The biomass balance between ant, homopteran, and plant in Macaranga myrmecophytism (2008)
  • Author(s): Handa C, Tanaka K, Inoue Y, Yoneyama A, Ichie T, Itioka T.
  • Organizer: The 2nd Annual Meeting of the ATBC (Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Asia-Pacific chapter)
  • Place of Presentation: クチン、Hilton Hotel
  • Year and Date: 2008-04-26
• [Presentation] (2008) Effects of severe ENSO-related drought on insect diversity and abundance in the Southeast Asian tropics (2008)
  • Author(s): Itioka, T., Kishimoto-Yamada, K., Yamauti, M.
  • Organizer: (The Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, "Past and Recent History of Tropical Ecosystems: Cross-Continental Comparisons and Lessons for the Future") 2008 June
  • Place of Presentation: Paramaribo, Suriname
• [Presentation] 2008)ボルネオ低地熱帯雨林の着生植物に共生するシリアゲアリ(Crematogaster difformis)の植食者制御効果 (2008)
  • Author(s): 田中洋・乾陽子・市岡孝朗
  • Organizer: 日本昆虫学会第68 回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 香川大学, 高松
• [Presentation] ボルネオ低地熱帯林の林冠木における樹上性アリ類の空間分布様式 (2007)
  • Author(s): 田中洋・山根正気・市岡孝朗
  • Organizer: 日本昆虫学会
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸大学
  • Year and Date: 2007-09-17
• [Presentation] ボルネオ低地熱帯林の林冠木における樹上性アリ類の空間分布様式 (2007)
  • Author(s): 田中洋・山根正気・市岡孝朗
  • Organizer: 日本熱帯生態学会
  • Place of Presentation: 高知大学
  • Year and Date: 2007-06-16
• [Presentation] 熱帯林冠部の着生シダ類domatia内に生息する好蟻性ゴキブリ (2007)
  • Author(s): 乾陽子・市岡孝朗・田中洋・兵藤不二夫
  • Organizer: 日本熱帯生態学会
  • Place of Presentation: 高知大学
  • Year and Date: 2007-06-16
• [Book] 京都大学学術出版会 (2009)
  • Author(s): 市岡孝朗
  • Publisher: (2009) 生物群集のキーストン: アリの役割. 「シリーズ群集生態学3生物間ネットワークを紐とく」(大串隆之・近藤倫生・難波利幸 編)(印刷中,総ページ数 28)
• [Book] シリース群集生態学3生物間ネットワークを紐とく(大串隆之・近藤倫生・難波利幸編)(生物群集のキーストン : アリの役節) (2009)
  • Author(s): 市岡孝朗. (共著)
  • Total Pages: 28
  • Publisher: 京都大学学術出版会
• [Book] 地球環境学へのアプローチ(京都大学地球環境学研究会編) (2008)
  • Author(s): 市岡孝朗. (共著)
  • Total Pages: 14
  • Publisher: 丸善