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Open AccessEstimating bee distributions and their functional range to map important areas for protecting bee species and their functions
The decline of wild bee populations causes the decline of bee-pollinated plant populations through the deterioration of pollination services. Since high bee species richness generally involves high functional ...
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Editor’s Note
Ecological community science (citizen science) programs can contribute to scientific research, environmental education, artistic and social activities, alien species elimination, and conservation. Resolving th...
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Hanamaru-Maruhana(Bumble Bee) National Census Using Photographs
There are many online ecological community science programs that collect organisms’ digital photographs taken by volunteers. Online ecological community science programs that collect digital photographs can be...
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Community Science Initiatives Utilizing Environmental DNA
The technology that utilizes environmental DNA (eDNA), which refers to DNA released by organisms into the environment, has rapidly advanced as a powerful tool for evaluating biodiversity within a targeted ecos...
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Introduction
For centuries, volunteers have accumulated data on animals and plants, develo** what is now known as “citizen science” or “community science.” It is meaningful for ecologists to be involved in community scie...
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Long-term monitoring of changes in the native bumblebee community after alien species (Bombus terrestris) invasion and estimation of factors affecting its abundance
Invasive alien species can negatively affect native species communities. Bombus terrestris, an invasive species, has become dominant among bumblebee communities in many areas worldwide. In 2007, B. terrestris inv...
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Open AccessDeep learning increases the availability of organism photographs taken by citizens in citizen science programs
Citizen science programs using organism photographs have become popular, but there are two problems related to photographs. One problem is the low quality of photographs. It is laborious to identify species in...
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Open AccessEstimating possible bumblebee range shifts in response to climate and land cover changes
Wild bee decline has been reported worldwide. Some bumblebee species (Bombus spp.) have declined in Europe and North America, and their ranges have shrunk due to climate and land cover changes. In countries with ...
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Open AccessFactors affecting interspecific differences in genetic divergence among populations of Anolis lizards in Cuba
Geographical patterns and degrees of genetic divergence among populations differ between species, reflecting relative potentials for speciation or cladogenesis and differing capacities for environmental adapta...
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Open AccessUtilization of photographs taken by citizens for estimating bumblebee distributions
Citizen science is a powerful tool for collecting large volumes of observational data on various species. These data are used to estimate distributions using environmental factors with Species Distribution Mod...
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Variation of clutch size and trophic egg proportion in a ladybird with and without male-killing bacterial infection
Maternally inherited bacterial endosymbionts can kill male embryos of their arthropod hosts to enhance the transmission efficiency of the endosymbionts. The resources from killed male eggs can be reallocated t...
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Paradox of nutrient removal in coupled socioeconomic and ecological dynamics for lake water pollution
We study coupled socioeconomical and ecological dynamics for lake water pollution. Players choose between cooperative (but costly) option and economical option, and their decision is affected by the fraction o...
