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    Phoretic behavior of the pseudoscorpion Megachernes ryugadensis on the Japanese wood mouse Apodemus speciosus

    Phoresy is a passive transportation behavior where one organism (phoront) disperses to a new location by attaching to another organism. Pseudoscorpions are arthropod predators that mainly live in soil, subterr...

    Takuya Shimada, Kimiko Okabe, Shun’ichi Makino, Shoko Nakamura… in The Science of Nature (2023)

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    Can small wild pollinators be used practically for fruit set in apple trees?

    The pollination services provided by small wild pollinators in apple orchards were investigated in Akita Prefecture, northern Japan. In the apple orchard in 2017 and 2018, wild species constituted about 43% of...

    Ken Funayama, Masatoshi Toyama, Shoko Nakamura… in Applied Entomology and Zoology (2022)

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    For the love of insects: gardening grows positive emotions (biophilia) towards invertebrates

    As growing urban populations have fewer chances to experience nature, i.e., ‘the extinction of experience’, the subsequent loss of emotional affinities for biodiversity (biophilia) pose major challenges to env...

    Amelie Vanderstock, Cecilia Grandi-Nagashiro, Gaku Kudo… in Journal of Insect Conservation (2022)

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    Pollinators of Oriental persimmon in Japan

    Japanese farmers who grow Oriental persimmon, Diospyros kaki Thunb. (Ericales: Ebenaceae), occasionally introduce Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) hives into their orchards during the flowering season, mai...

    Tsunashi Kamo, Aoi Nikkeshi, Hiromitsu Inoue… in Applied Entomology and Zoology (2022)

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    Pollination efficiency of bumblebee, honeybee, and hawkmoth in kabocha squash, Cucurbita maxima, production in Kagoshima, Japan

    Kabocha squash, Cucurbita maxima Duchesne, in delayed-start culture is one of the major cultivation systems in southwestern Japan. Honeybee introduction or hand-pollination has been practiced in this crop system,...

    Tsunashi Kamo, Aoi Nikkeshi, Tomoya Tawaratsumida… in Applied Entomology and Zoology (2022)

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    Pollination effectiveness of European honeybee, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae), in an Oriental persimmon, Diospyros kaki (Ericales: Ebenaceae), orchard

    Most common cultivars of Oriental (or Japanese) persimmon, Diospyros kaki Thunb. (Ericales: Ebenaceae), set mostly female flowers and require pollen from male flowers of other cultivars for pollination. Growers o...

    Shoko Nakamura, Shunsuke Yamamoto, Nobuo Sawamura… in Applied Entomology and Zoology (2020)

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    The influence of garden flowers on pollinator visits to forest flowers: comparison of bumblebee habitat use between urban and natural areas

    As garden plants in urbanized environments provide considerable diverse floral resources to pollinators, the availability of floral resources has changed as a consequence of increasing urbanization. Although p...

    Shoko Nakamura, Gaku Kudo in Urban Ecosystems (2019)