Ecosystem functioning of natural enemy in forest ecosystem

• Project/Area Number: 24310170
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Resource conservation science
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: MURAKAMI Masashi 千葉大学, 理学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (50312400)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NAOTO Kamata 東京大学, 大学院農学生命科学研究科, 教授 (90303255) ; YASUHIRO Kubota 琉球大学, 理学部, 准教授 (50295234) ; TOSHIHIDE Hirao 東京大学, 大学院農学生命科学研究科, 講師 (90598210)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥17,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,960,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥7,280,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,680,000)
• Keywords: 食物網 / 種多様性 / 森林生態系 / 生物群集 / 鱗翅目 / 寄生蜂 / 林冠 / メタボローム / DNAバーコーディング / 系統シグナル / 系統樹 / 生物多様性 / 生態系機能 / 2次代謝物質

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The main themes of this project are the evaluation of mechanisms maintaining the biodiversity of assemblage among the plant-herbivore-natural enemies at the forest and glass-land ecosystems. The mechanism of maintaining biodiversity in herbivore assemblages were examined along the gradient of herbivore guilds which are known to varied in the sensitivity to the effect of host plant species. The targeted systems were forest and glass-land ecosystems, and the scale of assemblages were varied among herbivore assemblage as a whole to the Caloptilia moths on Acer tree species, which should suitable for evaluating the mutualistic interaction between plants and herbivores and simultaneously stochastics demographic effects on the assemblages.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Geographical patterns of butterfly species diversity in the subtropical Ryukyu Islands: the importance of a unidirectional filter between two source islands (2015)
  • Author(s): Hirao, T., Kubota, Y., Murakami, M.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Biogeography Volume: in press Issue: 8 Pages: 1418-1430
  • DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12501
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The global distribution of diet breadth in insect herbivores (2015)
  • Author(s): Matthew L. Forister, Masashi Murakami, et al.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Volume: 112 Pages: 442-447
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] A forest grassland boundary enhances patch quality for a grassland-dwelling butterfly as revealed by dispersal processes (2015)
  • Author(s): Akeboshi A, Takagi S, Murakami M, Hasegawa M, & Miyashita T
  • Journal Title: Journal of Insect Conservation Volume: 19 Issue: 1 Pages: 15-24
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10841-014-9732-7
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Patterns of host utilisation by herbivore assemblages of the genus Caloptilia (Lepidoptera; Gracillariidae) on congeneric maple tree (Acer) species (2015)
  • Author(s): Nakadai, R, & Murakami, M
  • Journal Title: Ecological Entomology Volume: 40 Issue: 1 Pages: 14-21
  • DOI: 10.1111/een.12148
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Comparison of sapwood discoloration in the logs of Fagaceae trees after inoculation with various virulent isolates of Raffaelea quercivora, the pathogen causing the mass mortality of Japanese oak trees, (2015)
  • Author(s): Dai Kusumoto, Toshihide Hirao, Naoto Kamata et al.
  • Journal Title: Plant Disease Volume: in press
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Effects of phylogeny, leaf traits, and the altitudinal distribution of host plants on herbivore assemblages on congeneric Acer species (2014)
  • Author(s): Nakadai R, Murakami M & Hirao T
  • Journal Title: Oecologia Volume: 75 Issue: 4 Pages: 1237-1245
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-2964-0
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Effects of phylogeny, leaf traits, and the altitudinal distribution of host plants on herbivore assemblages on congeneric Acer species (2014)
  • Author(s): Ryosuke Nakadai, Masashi Murakami, Toshihide Hirao
  • Journal Title: Oecologia Volume: in press
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Host specificity of ambrosia and bark beetles in a temperate mixed forest in Japan (2014)
  • Author(s): Kenji Watanabe, Masashi Murakami, Toshihide Hirao, Naoto Kamata
  • Journal Title: Ecological Research Volume: in press
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Species diversity estimation of ambrosia and bark beetles in temperate mixed forests in Japan based on host phylogeny and specificity (2013)
  • Author(s): Kenji Watanabe, Masashi Murakami, Toshihide Hirao, Naoto Kamata
  • Journal Title: Ecological Research Volume: 29 Issue: 2 Pages: 299-307
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11284-013-1123-0
  • NAID: 40020030831
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] アブラナ科草本、シロチョウ亜科蝶類の共進化関係 (2015)
  • Author(s): 岡村悠・村上正志
  • Organizer: 日本生態学会
  • Place of Presentation: 鹿児島大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-18 – 2015-03-22
• [Presentation] 食性幅に基づく植食性昆虫多様性の推定 (2015)
  • Author(s): 阿部永, 福島宏晟, 阿部智和, Rajesh Kumar, Martin Volf, Martin Libra, 鎌田直人, Vojtech Novotny, 村上正志
  • Organizer: 日本生態学会
  • Place of Presentation: 鹿児島大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-18 – 2015-03-22
• [Presentation] The effects of different secondary metabolite profiles in plant defense syndromes on herbivores (2014)
  • Author(s): Yu Okamura, Masashi Murakami
  • Organizer: Glucosinolates and beyond. Third international glucosinolate conference
  • Place of Presentation: Wageningen, Netherlands
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-12 – 2014-10-14
• [Presentation] アブラナ科草本 - モンシロチョウ亜科チョウ類の共進化関係 (2014)
  • Author(s): 岡村悠、村上正志
  • Organizer: 第61回日本生態学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 広島
• [Presentation] 日本産樹木における機能特性の系統的及び緯度的 パターン解析 (2014)
  • Author(s): サイハンナ、村上正志
  • Organizer: 第61回日本生態学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 広島
• [Presentation] カエデ属を利用する葉食性昆虫の群集構造解析 (2014)
  • Author(s): 中臺亮介、村上正志
  • Organizer: 第61回日本生態学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 広島
• [Presentation] 植物の進化履歴が材食性昆虫のホスト特異性に 与える影響 (2014)
  • Author(s): 渡邉謙二、村上正志、平尾俊秀、鎌田直人
  • Organizer: 第61回日本生態学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 広島
• [Book] 河川生態学 (2013)
  • Author(s): 村上 正志(川那部・水野編)
  • Total Pages: 354
  • Publisher: 講談社