Public collaboration to improve the future for science in Brazil

LR Forti, JK Szabo - Environmental Science & Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Brazil is facing a concerning scientific crisis as a result of persistent anti-science campaigns,
decreasing support for public universities and pro-environmental policies, exacerbated by …

Coastal citizen science monitoring and suggested conservation strategy: ghost crab survey at Suao Dakenggu, Taiwan

CH Hsu, WT Fang, HK Chiu, BR Jiang… - Journal of Coastal …, 2024 - Springer
Beaches provide a buffer zone between the sea and the land, which mitigates the impact of
natural hazards on waterfront residents. In this study, the beach at the Dakenggu community …

Coastal forest structure survey and associated land crab population in Suao Dakenggu community, Yilan, Taiwan

CH Hsu, WT Fang, HK Chiu, WC Kao, TS Huang - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Coastal forests can increase the resilience of seaside communities against natural disasters.
These forests also provide other benefits, including food and an avenue for economic …

Seasonal variation in the land hermit crab, Coenobita rugosus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (Decapoda, Anomura) and a preliminary study of land hermit crabs as a …

CH Hsu, WT Fang, BR Jiang, L Chai, WC Kao… - Crustaceana, 2023 - brill.com
The present study surveyed the land hermit crab species, body size, shell type, and shell
suitability, at five sites over four seasons in the Penghu County Wang-an Island Green Turtle …

Revolutionizing informal education: Intersection of citizen science and learning theories

CH Hsu, WC Kao, L Chai - Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and …, 2023 - ijese.com
In recent years, citizen science has emerged as a vital component of large-scale scientific
research, relying on the collaboration of participants and scientists in gathering, analyzing …

Regular surveys rescue wildlife: what a lucky and unlucky individual Tsukuba clawed salamander

CH Hsu, J Kang - Human–Wildlife Interactions, 2024 - digitalcommons.usu.edu
Abstract The Tsukuba clawed salamander (Onychodactylus tsukubaensis), native to Japan's
Tsukuba mountain areas, faces peril from human activities and climate change. Classified …

“Capture with a camera!” A non-contact method for obtaining the body size data from ovigerous female land crabs during breeding migration

CH Hsu, KA Hatch, W Hwang, CC Chang, CC Liu… - Crustaceana, 2023 - brill.com
Body size is a crucial metric that is often obtained during the breeding migration of female
land crabs. Most commonly, these measurements are obtained by hand but hand-measuring …