◆A paper by a research group led by Mai Gotoda, a graduate of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, has won the "Society of Vegetation Science Paper Award" from the Society of Vegetation Science
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理工学部卒業生の後藤田真衣さん、黒潮圏総合科学専攻博士課程修了生の瀨戸美文さん及び自然科学系理工学部門の比嘉基紀准教授ら研究グループの論文が植生学会の「植生学論文賞」を受賞しました。
Grasslands that have been maintained through human activities such as mowing and controlled burning are referred to as “semi-natural grasslands.” These semi-natural grasslands were once used as thatch fields and were indispensable to human life. However, due to recent changes in social structures, many have been abandoned or converted into artificial forests, resulting in a rapid decline in the area of semi-natural grasslands.
Semi-natural grasslands are home to numerous "grassland plants" that have relied on human disturbance to sustain their populations, and from spring through fall, these plants bloom with beautiful, delicate flowers. However, as the area of semi-natural grasslands shrinks, the habitats of these grassland plants are diminishing or disappearing, putting many of them at risk of extinction.
後藤田さんらの研究グループでは、植物の生態的特性（生長速度の速さや、種子散布方法など）が種ごとに異なることに着目し、半自然草地の管理放棄によって個体群がより早く消失する草原生植物の生態的特性を明らかにしました。本研究の成果は、草原生植物の保全計画の策定において、重要な役割を果たすことが期待されます。これらの研究内容が高く評価され、本賞を受賞しました。
研究内容の詳細は、理工学部 生物科学科 植物生態学研究室のホームページにて紹介しています。ぜひご覧ください。
Title: Ecological Characteristics of Grassland Plants Declining Due to the Abandonment of Nezasa-Type Grasslands
Authors: Mai Got oda1, Yoshifumi Seto2, Motonori Higa1, Shingo Ishikawa3
Affiliation: 1 Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kochi University; 2 Graduate School of Integrated Human and Natural Sciences, Kochi University; 3 Formerly Faculty of Science, Kochi University
