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Landscape Research Japan Online | 2001

Opinions About the Activities and Organization of Volunteers Working for the Conservation of the Coppice in Sakuragaoka Park in Tokyo

Noboru Kuramoto; Keiko Nagai

桜ヶ丘公園雑木林ボランティアの活動10周年にあたって, ボランティアの自己評価のために, 活動内容と組織形態に対する意識をアンケートによって検討した。活動内容については個人としての評価と活動全体としての評価を比較した。組織形態については理念としての評価と機能としての評価を比較した。活動内容については植生管理と調査は個人としての評価よりも活動としての評価の方が高かった。この結果は, 雑木林ボランティアの現状と対応していた。組織形態については, ボランティアは対等であることの評価が高かった。ボランティアが自分で考えることは機能としての評価が低かった。集団による作業では自分で考えることがむずかしい場合もあると考えられる。


Ecological Research | 1998

Identification of conservation measures to protect the Japanese endangered plant species Aster kantoensis

Ken Inoue; Noboru Kuramoto; Masayuki Maki; Michiko Masuda; Izumi Washitani

To identify the factors responsible for degrading the habitat of the endangered plant species Aster kantoensis, as well as the vulnerable life stage where this occurs, we carried out sowing experiments. Two natural habitats were simulated, being situated along the floodplains of the Tama River in central Japan. Seeds collected from a natural habitat were sown in two apparently suitable locations (Tomoda and Ishida sites). Germination, survival, growth, and seed production were subsequently monitored from 1993 through to 1997. The Tomoda site was a gravel bar in floodplains formed by flooding in 1991, while the Ishida site (two plots) was one gravel bar where several plants were growing sparsely and another where a population had become extinct in 1992. Seed cohorts completed their life cycle within 3 years at the Ishida site and within 5 years at the Tomoda site. Monitored parameters at Ishida were substantially lower than those at Tomoda. In addition, estimates of population growth indicated an increase at Tomoda and a rapid decrease at Ishida. However, degradation of habitats seemed to occur at Tomoda over the monitored periods. In view of our results, we conclude that natural germination of about 0.13% is needed for increasing population size. The major factors for decreasing population size are believed to be the lack of safe sites for germination and seedling establishment in old habitats (>10years). Conservation measures are suggested based on these findings.


Current Herpetology | 2009

Size and Age at Sexual Maturity of Female Rana Porosa Porosa in Valley Bottoms in Machida City, Tokyo, Japan

Dai Togane; Kinji Fukuyama; Noboru Kuramoto

Abstract: The body size and age at maturity of female Rana porosa porosa were investigated in two valley bottoms in Tama Hills, Japan. Frogs collected during the breeding season, not showing the male secondary sexual characteristics, were subjected to injection of HCG and were kept with mature males. Individuals that did not ovulate after the dosage were dissected to determine sexes and maturity status on the basis of gonadal morphology. The snout-vent length (SVL) of the smallest mature female was 58.3 mm. The clutch size ranged from 1465 to 2726, and showed a significant positive correlation with SVL. The one-year-old age group of females included both mature and immature individuals, whereas two- and three-year-old females were invariably mature.


Landscape Research Japan Online | 2000

Status, Dormancy and Germination Traits of an Endangered Plant, lxeris tamagawaensis Kitam. along The Tama River

Yukio Honda; Noboru Kuramoto

絶滅危惧植物力ワラニガナの生育状況を把握するため, 多摩川においてDGPSを用いて局所個体群の分布を記録するとともに, その個体数と個体群間の距離を測定した。その結果, 一つの個体群を除いて他は極めて脆弱な個体群のみであり, 各個体群間の距離は非常に長かった。また, 休眠・発芽特性を明らかにするため, 3種類の発芽実験を行った。その結果, 変温効果はあるが永続的な埋土種子集団を形成しないこと, 一次休眠は誘導されていないこと, 低温域において若干の相対的休眠が誘導されること, 秋に発芽することが明らかになった。これらのことから, 個体群の復元が必要であり.それには秋の長雨が訪れる前に種子を散布することが有効であると考えられる。


Landscape Research Japan Online | 1995

On the Habitat of Aster kantoensis in the Floodplain of the Tama River

Noboru Kuramoto; Ken Inoue

カワラノギクの保全手法についての基礎的なデータを得るため, カワラノギクの生育地の微地形と植被率とを調査した。単位個体群を含む幅1mのベルトトランセクトを設定して, 群落調査と水準測量を行い, そのなかの1×1mの方形区の優占種力ワラノギクの有無, 植被率および水面からの高さを記録した。微地形は, 低水地, 流路斜面, 中水地, 中水地凹地, 高水地斜面, 高水地, 高水地凹地, 堤防法面, 人工改変地に区分した。カワラノギクは中水地に対する特化度が高く, 植被率が比較的低い方形区に分布していた。カワラノギクを保全するためには, 生育場所が類似し, 競合する帰化優占種であるオニウシノケグサとニセアカシアの繁茂を制御する必要がある。


Current Herpetology | 2018

Body Size and Age Structure in Two Populations of Tokyo Daruma Pond Frog, Pelophylax porosus porosus

Dai Togane; Kinji Fukuyama; Kotaro Takai; Noboru Kuramoto

Abstract: Body size and age of two populations of the endangered species Pelophylax porosus porosus from the Kanto Plain, Japan (paddy fields in valley bottoms [Zushi] and open plains [Hayamajima]) were investigated. Age was estimated by skeletochronology of the phalanges. Frogs grew rapidly between 0 and 1 year of age in both populations. The asymptotic snout-vent length (SVL) of both sexes peaked at 2 years. Age at sexual maturity was estimated to be 0–1 years for males, but 1–2 years for females. SVL in adults ranged from 45.2 to 67.2 mm in males, and 60.2 to 88.8 mm in females. In both populations, females were significantly larger than males. However, the SVL was not significantly different between the populations or between age classes in both sexes. Lines of arrested growth (LAGs) were observed in the periosteal tissue. Longevity was estimated to be 3 and 4 years in males and females, respectively. Pelophylax p. porosus is suggested to be the most short-lived and the first to reach sexual maturity compared with the other Pelophylax species in Japan, although the age structure differed between the populations. In both sexes, when comparing the age of 1 year old or older frogs, the Zushi population was significantly older than the Hayamajima population, but the longevity of the Hayamajima population was shorter than that of the Zushi population. As the two study sites differed in agricultural management, it is possible that the resulting environmental conditions influenced the longevity of P. p. porosus.


American Journal of Botany | 2012

Development of microsatellite markers in a riparian shrub, Spiraea thunbergii (Rosaceae)

Kazuya Ashizawa; Megumi K. Kimura; Akiko Takahashi; Chunlan Lian; Noboru Kuramoto

PREMISE OF THE STUDY Microsatellite primers in the deciduous shrub Spiraea thunbergii were developed to investigate genetic diversity and population genetic structure. Cross-species transferability was assayed in four congeneric species. METHODS AND RESULTS Using a compound simple sequence repeat (SSR) marker method, 10 primer sets were identified in Japanese populations of S. thunbergii. The primers amplified compound SSRs with two to five alleles per locus. More than half of the primers were also amplified in S. prunifolia, S. nipponica var. nipponica, and S. japonica. CONCLUSIONS These markers might be useful for future studies of population genetics of S. thunbergii and congeneric species.


Environmental Systems Research | 2005

Consciousness of Citizens related to Conservation activities for Little-terns nesting on the rooftop

Emi Shibata; Naoya Masuda; Noboru Kuramoto

2001年より, 東京湾岸の下水処理施設の屋上において市民と行政の協働により, 絶滅危惧種であるコアジサシの保全活動が行われている. 本研究では, 活動に参加した市民の意識を把握することにより, 活動に対する評価を行うとともに, 今後も活動を継続して行うための基礎的な知見を得ることを目的とした.作業に対する満足度, 作業後の活動に対する関心より, 活動は参加者によって高く評価されていると考えられる. また, 年代により情報収集の手段や情報内容に対する要求に有意な差がみられたことから, 活動を継続する際には, 参加経験者と新規参加者の両方に適した対応を考えるとともに, 対象者の年代に考慮した情報提供の方法を考える必要がある.


Journal of the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology | 2001

Supposing model plant, simulations of fitness estimation about the character that form seed bank at dry riverbed.

Yukio Honda; Noboru Kuramoto

埋土種子集団は個体群の維持・拡大に重要な役割を果たす。しかし, 絶滅が懸念されている河原固有植物には埋土種子集団を形成しない種が多い。増水による撹乱が頻繁に起こる河原では, それを形成した方が適応度は高くなることも予測される。そのため, 種間競争に弱い河原固有植物にとって, 埋土種子集団を形成する種との適応度に著しい差が生じることは, 個体群の維持・拡大において非常に不利になる。そこで本研究では, 河原に生育するモデル植物を想定し, その植物の繁殖モデルを作成し, 増水の頻度と裸地の割合の変動に伴ったその植物の適応度の変化傾向をシミュレーションにより分析した。その結果, (1) 裸地の減少は埋土種子集団を形成する種との適応度差の拡大をもたらすこと, (2) 適応度差を最小にする最適な増水頻度が存在すること, (3) 裸地の減少率が異なると, その最適な増水頻度が異なることが明らかになった


Biological Conservation | 1997

Aster kantoensis Kitam., an endangered flood plain endemic plant in Japan : Its ability to form persistent soil seed banks

Izumi Washitani; Akio Takenaka; Noboru Kuramoto; Ken Inoue

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Akio Takenaka

National Institute for Environmental Studies

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Masayuki Maki

Fukuoka University of Education

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Tokyo Metropolitan University

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