Community science in ecology : case studies of public participation in ecological research in Japan / Yukari Suzuki-Ohno, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Suzuki-Ohno, Yukari, editor.

ProQuest ebook central

Series:

Ecological research monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecology--Research--Japan--Citizen participation.

Ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 218 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer, [2024]

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Contents

Contributors

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Ecological Community Science

1.2 Ecological Community Science for Ecologists

1.3 Ecological Community Science in Japan

1.4 Science Communication and Data Openness of Ecological Community Science

1.5 Decision-Making and Conservation Activities in Ecological Community Science

1.6 Organization of this Book

References

Part I: What Is Community Science?

Chapter 2: Fundamental Ideas and Concepts in Citizen Science

2.1 What Is Citizen Science?

2.2 Guideline and Models of Citizen Participation

2.3 Who Is It Suitable for Citizen Science?

2.4 Citizen Science in Japan

2.5 Conclusions

Part II: Ecological Community Science Programs

Chapter 3: Practicing Collaborative Biodiversity Research with High Schools to Benefit Both Education and Invasive Species Monitoring

3.1 Introduction

3.1.1 Objective Setting and Collaborative Design for Working with Citizens in Natural History Research

3.1.2 Advantages and Challenges of Insects as Research Materials

3.1.3 Advantages and Challenges of Ants as a Research Target

3.2 Utilization of Ants in Environmental Education

3.2.1 The History of the Faunal Research on Japanese Ants and the Contribution of the Japanese Ant Image Database

3.2.2 Importance of the Accumulation and Curation of Specimens

3.3 Practice and Achievements of Collaborative Study with Citizens Using Ants

3.3.1 Advantages and Challenges of Collaboration with Citizens on Ant Research

3.3.2 Bridging the Gap Between Citizens and Researchers

3.3.3 Development of a Survey Package for the Study of Ants in Okinawa in Conjunction with Local High School Exploration Activities

3.3.4 A Cross-Organizational Cooperative Effort to Take Countermeasures Toward Invasive Alien Ants

3.3.5 Future Improvements for Conducting a Collaborative Research Project Using Ants

Chapter 4: Hanamaru-Maruhana(Bumble Bee) National Census Using Photographs

4.1 What Is Hanamaru-Maruhana (Bumble Bee) National Census?

4.1.1 Aims and Procedure

4.1.2 Target Species, Recording Method, and Types of Volunteers

4.2 The Outcome of Hanamaru-Maruhana National Census

4.2.1 Bee Occurrence Data (Suzuki-Ohno et al. 2021a)

4.2.2 Estimation of the Invasion Risk of Bombus ignitus to Non-native Areas, Hokkaido and Okinawa (Ministry of the Environment, and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2017

Suzuki-Ohno et al. 2017)

4.2.3 Estimation of Present and Past Distributions (Suzuki-Ohno et al. 2017, 2020a)

4.2.4 Species Identification of Bee Photographs by Deep Learning (Suzuki-Ohno et al. 2022)

4.2.5 Wild Bee Pamphlet and Guidelines for Giving Habitat to Bees (Suzuki-Ohno et al. 2020b, 2021b)

4.3 The Advantages, Disadvantages, and Lessons Learned from the Hanamaru-Maruhana National Census

4.3.1 The Advantages of this Program.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 08, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Suzuki-Ohno, Yukari Community Science in Ecology

ISBN:

9789819703043

9819703042

Publisher Number:

99996754386

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.