2021 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Patterns and drivers of temporal variability for native and invasive Okinawa ant communities
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20F20774
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| Research Institution | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KASS Jamie 沖縄科学技術大学院大学, 生物多様性・複雑性研究ユニット, ポストドクトラルスカラー (10927586)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-09-25 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | ant / seasonality / Okinawa / variability / temporal / synchrony / community / insect |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
I completed my the first round of my analysis of temporal variability of the activity of Okinawan ant communities. This study's final results will contribute to the growing evidence that human development may be responsible for loss of natural seasonal patterns in insects. Sites with higher human development had diminished community seasonality, reduced synchrony (all species having similar activity patterns), and higher randomness compared to sites with greater forest cover.
I began writing the first draft of a manuscript on this study, and I presented on my results at one national conference (Ecological Society of Japan 2021) and two academic meetings (Yokohama National University Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Akira Mori Research Lab Public Seminar, 2021; Ecological Society of Japan, Kanto Branch Public Online Symposium: Human-nature systems in ecological studies and ecosystem/resource management, 2021).
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
1: Research has progressed more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The study is nearly complete and the paper is going well.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The next step is to finalize the analyses and the manuscript, and then submit to a high-impact journal.
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Research Products
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[Presentation] Loss of seasonality across a forest-urban gradient for ant communities in Okinawa2021
Author(s)
Kass, J. M., Yoshida, T., Ogasawara, M., Suwabe, M., Yoshimura, M., Hita Garcia, F., Fischer, G., Dudley, K. L., Donohue, I., Economo, E. P.
Organizer
Ecological Society of Japan, Kanto Branch Public Online Symposium: Human-nature systems in ecological studies and ecosystem/resource management
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