研究課題
I completed my analysis of temporal variability of the activity of Okinawan ant communities, which contributed to the growing evidence that human development may be responsible for loss of natural seasonal patterns in insects. Importantly, this is the first study to do so in the Asian subtropics, and one of the only for Japan. 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. Interestingly, we found that the same species (even most alien species) have higher seasonality in the forest than in developed areas, negating potential effects of community composition differences across the island. We also found that the strong seasonal patterns we observed in the forest were more synchronous for native than alien species.I published our paper with colleagues on BioRxiv (https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.17.523860), and we are working on getting it published in a top ecology journal. I presented on this work at a national conference in Japanese (Ecological Society of Japan 2022), and at an academic meeting seminars (Tohoku University - OIST 3rd Joint Workshop on Biodiversity: From Genes and Species to Ecosystem Services and Resilience, 2022).
令和4年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
すべて 2023 2022
すべて 雑誌論文 (11件) (うち国際共著 11件、 オープンアクセス 10件、 査読あり 7件) 学会発表 (6件) (うち国際学会 3件、 招待講演 1件)
BioRxiv
巻: Preprints ページ: -
10.1101/2023.01.17.523860
Nature Ecology & Evolution
巻: 7 ページ: 626-627
10.1038/s41559-023-02008-w
Ecography
巻: 2023 ページ: e06547
10.1111/ecog.06547
Journal of Biogeography
巻: 50 ページ: 503-514
10.1111/jbi.14546
Ecological Entomology
巻: 48 ページ: 209-225
10.1111/een.13216
Conservation Science and Practice
巻: 5 ページ: e12863
10.1111/csp2.12863
10.1101/2022.02.09.479762
10.1101/2022.08.08.503252
EcoEvoRxiv
10.32942/osf.io/ckspq
Science Advances
巻: 8 ページ: 1-16
10.1126/sciadv.abp9908
巻: 2022 ページ: e06295
10.1111/ecog.06295
