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2008 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

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

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 17405006
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section海外学術
Research Field Ecology/Environment
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

ITIOKA Takao  Kyoto University, 大学院・地球環境学堂, 准教授 (40252283)

Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2008
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
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

    (8 results)

All 2009 2008 2007

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 5 results) Presentation (2 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] (2009) Within-nest abundance of a tropical cockroach Pseudoanaplectinia yumotoi associated with Crematogaster ants inhabiting epiphytic fern domatia in a Bornean dipterocarp forest2009

    • 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 Macaranga2009

    • 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] (2008) Survival of flower-visiting chrysomelids during non general-flowering periods in Bornean dipterocarp forests2008

    • 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 Borneo2008

    • Author(s)
      Kishimoto-Yamada, K. and Itioka, T.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Tropical Ecology 24

      Pages: 229-233

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] (2007) Effects of deforestation on mutualistic interactions of ants with plants and hemipterans in tropical rainforest of Borneo2007

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka, H. O., Yamane, S., Nakashizuka, T., Momose, K. and Itioka, T.
    • Journal Title

      Asian Myrmecology 1

      Pages: 31-50

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] (2008) Effects of severe ENSO-related drought on insect diversity and abundance in the Southeast Asian tropics2008

    • 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
    • Year and Date
      20080600
  • [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
    • Year and Date
      20080000
  • [Book] 京都大学学術出版会2009

    • Author(s)
      市岡孝朗
    • Total Pages
      京都
    • 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)

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Published: 2010-06-10   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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