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Conservation Ecology Lab
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A lab that studies the ecology and conservation of insects, focusing on bees in satoyama landscapes.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring ecology and conservation through satoyama insects.
The Conservation Ecology Lab studies insects living in satoyama (traditional managed village landscapes), especially bees, covering everything from basic ecology to agricultural applications.
Satoyama is an environment that people have maintained by managing it for their own livelihoods, and a wide variety of organisms live there in complex relationships with one another.
Pollination of crops by flower-visiting insects is one example of the role insects play in ecosystems, and it is also essential for the reproduction of many wild plants.
Undergraduate and graduate students each pursue their own themes, and they also work on a variety of insects other than bees.
Key terms
- Bees
- Flower-visiting bees, including honeybees, bumblebees, and mason bees
- Satoyama
- An environment that people have maintained by managing it for their own livelihoods. A wide variety of organisms live there
- Pollination services
- The role of flower-visiting insects in carrying pollen to crop flowers, which contributes to crop production
NewsLab news
"Hanabachi no Kyokasho" (A Textbook of Bees) published by Kyoto University Press
"Moshimo Hachi ga Inaku Nattara?" (What If Bees Disappeared?) published by Iwanami Junior Shinsho
ResearchResearch themes
In native ecosystems, the loss of biodiversity is becoming serious because of habitat fragmentation, environmental pollution, and the invasion of non-native competitors. This lab studies insects living in satoyama, mainly bees, covering everything from basic ecology to agricultural applications.
*Illustrative imageBasic Ecology and Behavioral Ecology of Insects
This research clarifies the basic ecology and behavioral ecology of insects. The lab investigates life history strategies, foraging behavior, aggregation, and mating behavior.
*Illustrative imageEvolution of Social Behavior in Bees
The lab studies the adaptive significance of social bees' use of plants that do not provide nectar, and the evolution of foraging behavior in solitary bees that use scent marks. It also studies the mechanisms by which sleeping aggregations form and the hierarchies among individuals in artificially formed quasi-societies.
*Illustrative imagePollination Services in Satoyama and Conservation of Wild Bees
The lab studies how the surrounding landscape and flowering plants affect pollination services in crop production. It also studies sustainable pollination services provided by wild bees.
MembersFaculty
The Conservation Ecology Lab's members include faculty, researchers, graduate students, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorTomoyuki Yokoi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Pollinator - bumblebee and bee” Jakub Fryš / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Basic Ecology and Behavioral Ecology of Insects: “Graphosoma italicum on Eryngium campestre mating Saignon July 2007 1” Yyyyn / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Evolution of Social Behavior in Bees: “Bumblebee-nest-03” Mannobult / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Pollination Services in Satoyama and Conservation of Wild Bees: “Satoyama landscape near Hida, Gifu” Seth Vidal / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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