Community Science in Ecology

Yukari Suzuki-Ohnois a researcher at the Center for Sustainable Society. She has been an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan, from 2020 to 2023. Her research interests include community science, ecological modeling, and conservation ecology.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Fundamental Ideas and Concepts in Citizen Science.- Chapter 3. Practicing collaborative biodiversity research with high schools to benefit both education and invasive species monitoring.- Chapter 4. Hanamaru-Maruhana (Bumble bee) National Census Using Photographs.- Chapter 5. Cyberforest Using Video and Sounds.- Chapter 6. Community Science Initiatives Utilizing Environmental DNA.- Chapter 7. Diverse motivations in citizen science.- Chapter 8. Dandelion Survey - Western Japan 2020, Kochi Prefecture.- Chapter 9. Citizen Science and Natural History Museums in Japan.- Chapter 10. Science Communication: Bridging between Science and Society.- Chapter 11. The essential principle for appropriate data policy of citizen science projects: Correspondence for the diverse and transmutable attributes of participants.- Chapter 12. Citizen science for social decision-making: Avoiding missteps and unlocking potentials.- Chapter 13. The Importance of Dialogue between Science and the Public Shown in the Invasive Bumblebee Problem.- Chapter 14. Management of wetland ecosystems with the participation of citizens.- Chapter 15. Editor’s note.