A unified explanation of resource specialists and generalists by reproductive interference
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25650150
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Ecology/Environment
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| Research Institution | The University of Shiga Prefecture |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
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| Keywords | 繁殖干渉 / 食植性昆虫 / 寄主植物 / 側所分布 / マダラテントウ / すみわけ / 植食性昆虫 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
I examined distribution range and reproductive interference of three epilachna beetles, Epilachna vigintioctopunctata (Et), E. vigintioctomaculata(Em), and E. niponica (En). Distribution boundary between Et and Em hardly moved northward during the last 40 years, although the average yearly temperature rose up to 1.0 degrees Celcius roughly corresponding to 100 km northward move. Considerable degree of reproductive interference was detected between Et and Em, and also between Em and En, which utilize different host plants in the field. Negative sexual interactions were also detected within species to a lesser degree in comparison with those between species, suggesting that reproductive interference was natural extension of sexual conflict within species.
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