The distinctive material cycle associated with seabirds and land crabs on a pristine oceanic island: a case study of Minamiiwoto, Ogasawara Islands, subtropical Japan.

Nozomu Sato, Rumiko Nakashita, Tetsuro Sasaki, Hidetoshi Kato, Haruki Karube, Hideaki Mori, Kazuto Kawakami

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Nozomu SatoGraduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan. luciolalights@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5133-5968

Rumiko NakashitaForestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan.

Tetsuro SasakiInstitute of Boninlogy, Nishi-Machi, Chichijima, Ogasawara, Tokyo, 100-2101, Japan.

Hidetoshi KatoFaculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan.

Haruki KarubeKanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History, 499 Iryuda, Odawara, Kanagawa, 250-0031, Japan.

Hideaki MoriJapan Wildlife Research Center, 3-3-7 Kotobashi, Sumida, Tokyo, 130-8606, Japan.

Kazuto KawakamiHokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 7 Hitsujigaoka, Toyohira, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 062-8516, Japan.

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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 16H01794

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Abstract

Seabirds are responsible for transporting marine material to oceanic islands, and attempts are being made to restore their function on many islands where they have become extinct. However, little is known about the original island ecosystems prior to disturbance. Minamiiwoto, located in the Ogasawara Islands, is an uninhabited oceanic island that remains uninvaded by alien animals, and its pristine ecosystem and material cycle should serve as a reference for the restoration of disturbed island ecosystems. We analyzed the food web structure of several of the Ogasawara Islands with different disturbance intensities using stable isotopes (δ

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BirdsBrachyuraEcosystemFood ChainAnimalsCarbon IsotopesIslandsJapanNitrogen IsotopesCarbon IsotopesNitrogen IsotopesAlien speciesFood webRestorationStable isotopeVolcano Islands

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PMID40404865

DOI10.1007/s00442-025-05725-0

PMCPMC12098187

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