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Yoshioka A, Mitamura T, Matsuki N, Shimizu A, Ouchi H, Oguma H, Jo J, Fukasawa K, Kumada N, Jingu S, Tabuchi K. Camera-trapping estimates of the relative population density of Sympetrum dragonflies: application to multihabitat users in agricultural landscapes. PeerJ 2023; 11:e14881. [PMID: 36874968 PMCID: PMC9983425 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Although camera trapping has been effectively used for wildlife monitoring, its application to multihabitat insects (i.e., insects requiring terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems) is limited. Among such insects, perching dragonflies of the genus Sympetrum (darter dragonflies) are agroenvironmental indicators that substantially contribute to agricultural biodiversity. To examine whether custom-developed camera traps for perching dragonflies can be used to assess the relative population density of darter dragonflies, camera trapping, a line-transect survey of mature adult dragonflies, and a line-transect survey of exuviae were conducted for three years in rice paddy fields in Japan. The detection frequency of camera traps in autumn was significantly correlated with the density index of mature adults recorded during the transect surveys in the same season for both Sympetrum infuscatum and other darter species. In analyses of camera-detection frequency in autumn and exuviae in early summer, a significant correlation was observed between the camera-detection frequency of mature adults and the exuviae-density index in the following year for S. infuscatum; however, a similar correlation was not observed for other darter species. These results suggest that terrestrial camera trapping has the potential to be effective for monitoring the relative density of multihabitat users such as S. infuscatum, which shows frequent perching behavior and relatively short-distance dispersal.
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- Akira Yoshioka
- Fukushima Regional Collaborative Research Center, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Miharu, Tamura-gun, Fukushima, Japan
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- Hama-dori Research Centre, Fukushima Agricultural Technology Centre, Soma, Fukushima, Japan
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- Aizu Research Centre, Fukushima Agricultural Technology Centre, Aizubange, Fukushima, Japan
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- Fukushima Regional Collaborative Research Center, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Miharu, Tamura-gun, Fukushima, Japan
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- Biodiversity Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Fukushima Regional Collaborative Research Center, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Miharu, Tamura-gun, Fukushima, Japan
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- Biodiversity Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Biodiversity Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Forest Research and Management Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Tohoku Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Morioka, Iwate, Japan
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Cardenas T, Naoki K, Landivar CM, Struelens Q, Gómez MI, Meneses RI, Cauvy‐Fraunié S, Anthelme F, Dangles O. Glacier influence on bird assemblages in habitat islands of the high Bolivian Andes. DIVERS DISTRIB 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Tatiana Cardenas
- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive CEFE Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD Montpellier France
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- Instituto de Ecología Universidad Mayor de San Andrés La Paz Bolivia
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive CEFE Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD Montpellier France
- Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle Sorbonne Universités Paris France
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- AMAP, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, INRA Université de Montpellier Montpellier France
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive CEFE Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD Montpellier France
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Natori Y, Hino A. Global identification and mapping of socio-ecological production landscapes with the Satoyama Index. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0256327. [PMID: 34407125 PMCID: PMC8372939 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Production landscapes play an important role in conserving biodiversity outside protected areas. Socio-ecological production landscapes (SEPL) are places where people use for primary production that conserve biodiversity. Such places can be found around the world, but a lack of geographic information on SEPL has resulted in their potential for conservation being neglected in policies and programs. We tested the global applicability of the Satoyama Index for identifying SEPL in multi-use cultural landscapes using global land use/cover data and two datasets of known SEPL. We found that the Satoyama Index, which was developed with a focus on biodiversity and tested in Japan, could be used globally to identify landscapes resulting from complex interactions between people and nature with statistical significance. This makes SEPL more relevant in the global conservation discourse. As the Satoyama Index mapping revealed that approximately 80% of SEPL occur outside recognized conservation priorities, such as protected areas and key biodiversity areas, identifying SEPL under the scheme of other area-based conservation measures (OECM) may bring more conservation attention to SEPL. Based on the issues identified in the SEPL mapping, we discuss ways that could improve the Satoyama Index mapping at global scale with the longitudinal temporal dimension and at more local scale with spatial and thematic resolution.
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- Yoji Natori
- Conservation International Japan, Tokyo, Japan
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Yoshioka A, Shimizu A, Oguma H, Kumada N, Fukasawa K, Jingu S, Kadoya T. Development of a camera trap for perching dragonflies: a new tool for freshwater environmental assessment. PeerJ 2020; 8:e9681. [PMID: 32999757 PMCID: PMC7505062 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Although dragonflies are excellent environmental indicators for monitoring terrestrial water ecosystems, automatic monitoring techniques using digital tools are limited. We designed a novel camera trapping system with an original dragonfly detector based on the hypothesis that perching dragonflies can be automatically detected using inexpensive and energy-saving photosensors built in a perch-like structure. A trial version of the camera trap was developed and evaluated in a case study targeting red dragonflies (Sympetrum spp.) in Japan. During an approximately 2-month period, the detector successfully detected Sympetrum dragonflies while using extremely low power consumption (less than 5 mW). Furthermore, a short-term field experiment using time-lapse cameras for validation at three locations indicated that the detection accuracy was sufficient for practical applications. The frequency of false positive detection ranged from 17 to 51 over an approximately 2-day period. The detection sensitivities were 0.67 and 1.0 at two locations, where a time-lapse camera confirmed that Sympetrum dragonflies perched on the trap more than once. However, the correspondence between the detection frequency by the camera trap and the abundance of Sympetrum dragonflies determined by field observations conducted in parallel was low when the dragonfly density was relatively high. Despite the potential for improvements in our camera trap and its application to the quantitative monitoring of dragonflies, the low cost and low power consumption of the detector make it a promising tool.
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- Akira Yoshioka
- Fukushima branch, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
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- Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
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- Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
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- Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
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- Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Japan
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- Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
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Osawa T, Ueno Y, Nishida T, Nishihiro J. Do both habitat and species diversity provide cultural ecosystem services? A trial using geo-tagged photos. NATURE CONSERVATION 2020. [DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.38.36166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Conservation for both biodiversity and ecosystem services are an important issue worldwide. However, knowledge of their relationship remains limited. As habitat structure is strongly related to regional biodiversity, we studied cultural ecosystem services by using habitat structure as a proxy for biodiversity. Specifically, we used human preference, assessed by using photos with location information (i.e. geo-tagged digital pictures) as an index of a cultural ecosystem service. We conducted nature walks in semi-natural environments for cognitively-impaired students from a local special school and studied the photos they took during the walks. We analysed the habitat preferences inferred from the photo locations and the composition of the photos—whether they were close-up, scenic or landscape views. The results showed that levels of human preference and biodiversity, indicated by habitat structure, had a positive relationship. During spring to autumn, when levels of biological activity are higher, people tended to show more preference in close-up views (i.e. the subject of the photo was the species itself). In winter, they tended to be interested in scenic views that were not strongly influenced by species diversity. Additionally, photos taken in areas with threatened species almost always included close-up views, although not of the threatened species themselves. Areas with high species diversity therefore appeared to be more appealing to the participants. These results suggest that habitat diversity could not only contribute to biodiversity, but also provide cultural ecosystem services. Habitat conservation for semi-natural environments could be synergised for both biodiversity conservation and general human well-being.
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Tsianou MA, Kallimanis AS. Geographical patterns and environmental drivers of functional diversity and trait space of amphibians of Europe. Ecol Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/1440-1703.12069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Mariana A. Tsianou
- Department of Ecology Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece
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Affiliation(s)
- Takeshi Osawa
- Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo Japan
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