R. Nakadai

Higher-order dissimilarity in biodiversity: Identifying dissimilarities of spatial or temporal dissimilarity structures

This paper introduces high-order dissimilarity (HOD) to evaluate dissimilarities of spatial or temporal dissimilarity structures across datasets and demonstrates its application to biodiversity patterns.

Ecological succession revisited from a temporal beta-diversity perspective

This study examines ecological succession by analyzing temporal beta diversity patterns using long-term forest inventory data from secondary successional chronosequences.

Development of novel temporal beta-diversity indices for assessing community compositional shifts accounting for changes in the properties of individuals

The paper develops new temporal beta-diversity indices that link individual life history traits to community-level biodiversity changes using ecological data.

Individual-based multiple-unit dissimilarity: novel indices and null model for assessing temporal variability in community composition

Describing macroecological patterns in microbes: Approaches for comparative analyses of operational taxonomic unit read number distribution with a case study of global oceanic bacteria

This paper compares operational taxonomic unit read number distributions (ORDs) with species abundance distributions (SADs) in microbial communities, finding shared and distinct patterns in global oceanic bacteria.

Degrees of compositional shift in tree communities vary along a gradient of temperature change rates over one decade: Application of an individual-based temporal beta diversity concept

The paper introduces new beta-diversity indices to quantify compositional shifts in tree communities under temperature change rates, finding temperature impacts vary between deciduous and evergreen forests.

Fundamental resource specialization of herbivorous butterflies decreases toward lower latitudes

This study finds that fundamental resource specialization of herbivorous butterflies increases with latitude, driven by climate, diversity, and body size, contrary to the common assumption about realized specialization.

Geographical co-occurrence of butterfly species: The importance of niche filtering by host plant species

This study examines geographical co-occurrence patterns of 232 butterfly species in Japan, finding that host plant sharing promotes co-occurrence through niche filtering rather than competition.

Patterns of temporal and enemy niche use by a community of leaf cone moths (Caloptilia) coexisting on maples (Acer) as revealed by metabarcoding

This study uses metabarcoding to reveal that leaf cone moths coexisting on maples share similar parasitoid communities and phenology, suggesting coexistence may occur without niche partitioning.