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HSU Chia-Hsuan

HSU Chia-Hsuan

Researcher Name: HSU Chia-Hsuan

Div (Section) name/title: Biodiversity Division（Biodiversity Conservation Planning Section）／Research Associate

Research Subject: Human behavior toward biodiversity conservation; Environmental education; Marine ecology

Degree(s): Ph.D. from National Taiwan University

Professional Qualification(s): Agricultural Science,Pedagogy

Environmental Speciality Field: Environmental Education,Marine Ecology,Biodiversity Conservation

Keyword(s): Pro-environmet behaviour,Quantitative research in Social Science,Qualitative research,Field experiment for ecological research

Brief Description of Research: I obtained my Ph.D. from the Department of Forestry and Resource Conservation at National Taiwan University. My research expertise includes marine ecology and conservation, marine biodiversity, environmental education, informal science education, interdisciplinary ecological conservation research, coastal forest ecology, and citizen science. I completed my undergraduate and master's degrees in Marine Sciences at National Sun Yat-sen University, where my passion for marine ecology deepened. Seeking a comprehensive understanding of the 'environment' to effectively and professionally promote environmental education, I aspire to encourage more people to understand and protect our environment.

Career: ＊2020: Ph.D. in School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University
＊2015: Master's degree in Department of Oceanography (Marine Biology Group), National Sun Yat-sen University
＊2013: Bachelor's degree in Bachelor Degree of Marine Science (now Department of Oceanography), National Sun Yat-sen University
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＊2022.01 - Present: Vice Secretary-General, Taiwan Wetland Society
＊2022.01 - Present: Wildlife Conservation Committee Member, Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Ministry of Agriculture
＊2022.08 - 2023.02: Professional Lecturer/Researcher, Taiwan Association for Marine Environmental Education (TAMEE)
＊2021.08 - 2022.07: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Taiwan Normal University
＊2022.02 - 2022.07: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry and Conservation, Chinese Culture University
＊2020.08.01 - 2021.06.31: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Oceanography,Dongsha Marine Research station, National Sun Yat-sen University Research Station

URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chia-Hsuan-Hsu

Research Subject

Fiscal Year: 2023
- 26738 : Big data analysis on wildlife trade and policy evaluation

Research Result (Publication)

Original Paper

Investigating the land hermit crab trade in physical pet shops across three Asian Countries: Implications for conservation management

Presenter : Hsu C., Liu S., Choi S., Chen T., Gan B., Chen W., Kubo T.
Title : , Journal for Nature Conservation, 89: (2026)
Original Paper

Outdoor environmental education as a nature-based solution for “education” and “environment”: a new conceptual framework and its pilot application in a coastal community case study in Taiwan

Presenter : Hsu C.
Title : , Journal of Coastal Conservation, 29:13 (2025)
Original Paper

Using feral pigeon (Columba livia) to monitor anthropogenic debris in urban areas: a case study in Taiwan’s capital city

Presenter : Chen W.T., Yang W.T., Ko C.Y, Liou Y.H., Hsu C., Ko C.H., Hung C.H., Yuan H.W.
Title : , Scientific Reports , 15(5933): (2025)
Original Paper

Evaluating a Community-Based Citizen Science Project: Attitude as a Key Mediator of Behavior Intention Toward Biodiversity Conservation

Presenter : Hsu C., Kang J., Yeh L., Chai L., Kao W., Chen C., Hsieh H., Lin H.
Title : , Conservation, 5(2):17 (2025)
Original Paper

Reliable Data From Community-Based Citizen Science for Coastal Biodiversity Research in the Taoyuan Algal Reef, Taiwan

Presenter : Hsu C., Kang J., Chang Y.M., Yeh L., Chen C., Hsieh H., Lin H.
Title : , Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 35(4):e70138 (2025)
Review

Dear editors, your publication delays are damaging our careers

Presenter : Hsu C.
Title : , Nature (2025)
Original Paper

Conservation implications from a decade of online wildlife trade for land hermit crabs

Presenter : Hsu C., Kang J., Zhao X., Uryu S., Imagawa H., Endo T., Kubo T.
Title : , Global Ecology and Conservation, 62:e03722 (2025)
Original Paper

Exploring interdisciplinary aspects for conservation management: The case of land hermit crab wildlife trade in Taiwan

Presenter : Hsu C., Chang Y., Liu S., Chen T., Choi S., Kubo T.
Title : , People and Nature (2025)
Original Paper

Social-ecological memories as references for biodiversity restoration and conservation action in coastal community

Presenter : Hsu C., Wu Y., Kang J., Chiu H., Li M., Chen W.
Title : , Marine Pollution Bulletin, 220: 118429 (2025)
Original Paper

Green-Winged Teals (Anas crecca) inhabiting artificial wetlands are likely to ingest higher levels of microplastics compared to those in natural wetlands

Presenter : Chen W., Hsu C., Yang W., Huang C., Liou S., Chiang K., Yuan H.
Title : , Taiwania, 70(3):521-529 (2025)
Other Publications

Conservation workshop in Okinawa: urgent action needed for land hermit crabs

Presenter : Hsu C., James R., Naruse T. , Millers S., Henriques S.S.
Title : , Oryx (2025)
Original Paper

Day-night visitor usage of urban parks: Exploring temporal dynamics and driving factors through mobile phone big data

Presenter : Liao J., Kang J., Hsu C., Shoji Y., Kubo T.
Title : , Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 107:128818 (2025)
Other Publications

An update on the incident involving illegal catching of land hermit crabs in Okinawa, Japan

Presenter : Hsu C.
Title : , Crustaceana, 97 (1-2):159-160 (2024)
Original Paper

Investigating the timing of spawning of two sea urchins (Tripneustes gratilla and Toxopneustes pileolus)

Presenter : Lin S.-J., Hsu C., Soong K.
Title : , Marine Ecology, e12802 (2024)
Original Paper

Seagrass Repression by Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) around Taiping Island in the South China Sea: Experimental Evidence and Management Insights

Presenter : Hsu C., Kuo C.Y., Wei Y., Soong K.
Title : , Marine Environmental Research, 106494 (2024)
Original Paper

New Record of Land Hermit Crabs Coenobita pseudorugosus Nakasone, 1988 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobitidae) from Taiwan

Presenter : Chen T.P., Hsu C., Chang Y.M., Choi S.T., Liu S.S.
Title : , Biology Bulletin (2024)
Original Paper

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

Presenter : Hsu C., Fang W., Chiu H., Jiang B., Huang T.
Title : , Journal of Coastal Conservation, 28:59 (2024)
Original Paper

Who is likely to have illegal eel products after the market regulations? A best-worst scaling approach

Presenter : Mameno K., Hsu C., Tsuge T. , Onuma A., Kubo T.
Title : , Marine policy (2024)
Original Paper

“Wait” to promote high sighting rates of wildlife in tourism: evidence from a wildlife disturbance experiment

Presenter : Hsu C., Fukasawa K., Mizuta T., Kimoto Y., Mameno K., Ando H., Kang J., Kubo T.
Title : , Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 1-11 (2024)
Original Paper

Cool season communal roosting of Cratilla lineata in a Taiwanese submontane forest (Odonata: Libellulidae)

Presenter : Cheng C.H., Hsu C., Hatch K.A., Hwang W., Chen S.L, Chang Y.M.
Title : , Odonatologica, 53(3-4):385-407 (2024)
Original Paper

Is climate change to blame? Increased rainfall reduces emergence of Taiwanosemia hoppoensis (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) in coastal windbreak forests

Presenter : Chang Y.M., Kao C.J., Hsu C., Huang S.P., Hatch K.A., Hsieh C.H., Chen J.H., Chen K.W., Mei H.L., Hwang W.
Title : , Biotropica, 57: e13413 (2024)
Other Publications

Regular Surveys Rescue Wildlife: What a Lucky and Unlucky Individual Tsukuba Clawed Salamander

Presenter : Hsu C., Kang J.
Title : , Human-Wildlife Interactions, 18(1):12 (2024)
Original Paper

Coastal Forest Structure Survey and Associated Land Crab Population in Suao Dakenggu Community, Yilan, Taiwan

Presenter : Hsu C., Wei-Ta Fang, Hung-Kai Chiu, Wei-Cheng Kao, Tsung-Shun Huang
Title : , Diversity, 15(4):515 (2023)
Original Paper

Seaward Migration and Larval Release Coincide with Lunar and Light-dark Cycles in Supratidal Land Crabs Cardisoma carnifex and Epigrapsus notatus

Presenter : Chung-Chieh Chang, Kent A. Hatch, Hsu C., Wenbe Hwang, Hung-Chang Liu, Yuan-Mou Chang
Title : , Zoological Studies, 62:12 (2023)
Original Paper

Revolutionizing informal education: Intersection of citizen science and learning theories

Presenter : Hsu C., Wei-Cheng Kao, Lei Chai
Title : , Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 19(4):e2319 (2023)
Original Paper

What people learn from death: exploring citizen scientists’ learning outcomes in Taiwan Roadkill Observation Network from an environmental education perspective

Presenter : Hsu C., Te-En Lin
Title : , Environmental Education Research, 1-15 (2023)
Original Paper

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

Presenter : Hsu C., Kent A. Hatch, Wenbe Hwang, Chung-Chieh Chang, Chia-Chun Liu, Wei-You Huang, Chung-Jui Kao, Yung-Jen Hu, Chia-Hsin Cheng, Yuan-Mou Chang
Title : , Crustaceana, 96(9):913-924 (2023)
Original Paper

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 bioindicator of turtle nesting at Penghu County Wang-An Island green turtle nesting refuge, Taiwan

Presenter : Hsu C., Wei-Ta Fang, Bing-Rong Jiang, Lei Chai, Wei-Cheng Kao, Tsung-Shun Huang
Title : , Crustaceana, 96(6):547-563 (2023)
Other Publications

Highlighting the urgency of conservation strategies for land hermit crabs in the light of current incidents

Presenter : Hsu C., Wang J., Kubo T., Chang Y.M., Liu S.S., Chen T.P., Choi S.T.
Title : , Crustaceana, 96(11,12):1191-1194 (2023)

Investigating the land hermit crab trade in physical pet shops across three Asian Countries: Implications for conservation management

Presenter : Hsu C., Liu S., Choi S., Chen T., Gan B., Chen W., Kubo T.
Title : , Journal for Nature Conservation, 89: (2026)
Outdoor environmental education as a nature-based solution for “education” and “environment”: a new conceptual framework and its pilot application in a coastal community case study in Taiwan

Presenter : Hsu C.
Title : , Journal of Coastal Conservation, 29:13 (2025)
Using feral pigeon (Columba livia) to monitor anthropogenic debris in urban areas: a case study in Taiwan’s capital city

Presenter : Chen W.T., Yang W.T., Ko C.Y, Liou Y.H., Hsu C., Ko C.H., Hung C.H., Yuan H.W.
Title : , Scientific Reports , 15(5933): (2025)
Evaluating a Community-Based Citizen Science Project: Attitude as a Key Mediator of Behavior Intention Toward Biodiversity Conservation

Presenter : Hsu C., Kang J., Yeh L., Chai L., Kao W., Chen C., Hsieh H., Lin H.
Title : , Conservation, 5(2):17 (2025)
Reliable Data From Community-Based Citizen Science for Coastal Biodiversity Research in the Taoyuan Algal Reef, Taiwan

Presenter : Hsu C., Kang J., Chang Y.M., Yeh L., Chen C., Hsieh H., Lin H.
Title : , Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 35(4):e70138 (2025)
Conservation implications from a decade of online wildlife trade for land hermit crabs

Presenter : Hsu C., Kang J., Zhao X., Uryu S., Imagawa H., Endo T., Kubo T.
Title : , Global Ecology and Conservation, 62:e03722 (2025)
Exploring interdisciplinary aspects for conservation management: The case of land hermit crab wildlife trade in Taiwan

Presenter : Hsu C., Chang Y., Liu S., Chen T., Choi S., Kubo T.
Title : , People and Nature (2025)
Social-ecological memories as references for biodiversity restoration and conservation action in coastal community

Presenter : Hsu C., Wu Y., Kang J., Chiu H., Li M., Chen W.
Title : , Marine Pollution Bulletin, 220: 118429 (2025)
Green-Winged Teals (Anas crecca) inhabiting artificial wetlands are likely to ingest higher levels of microplastics compared to those in natural wetlands

Presenter : Chen W., Hsu C., Yang W., Huang C., Liou S., Chiang K., Yuan H.
Title : , Taiwania, 70(3):521-529 (2025)
Day-night visitor usage of urban parks: Exploring temporal dynamics and driving factors through mobile phone big data

Presenter : Liao J., Kang J., Hsu C., Shoji Y., Kubo T.
Title : , Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 107:128818 (2025)
Investigating the timing of spawning of two sea urchins (Tripneustes gratilla and Toxopneustes pileolus)

Presenter : Lin S.-J., Hsu C., Soong K.
Title : , Marine Ecology, e12802 (2024)
Seagrass Repression by Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) around Taiping Island in the South China Sea: Experimental Evidence and Management Insights

Presenter : Hsu C., Kuo C.Y., Wei Y., Soong K.
Title : , Marine Environmental Research, 106494 (2024)
New Record of Land Hermit Crabs Coenobita pseudorugosus Nakasone, 1988 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobitidae) from Taiwan

Presenter : Chen T.P., Hsu C., Chang Y.M., Choi S.T., Liu S.S.
Title : , Biology Bulletin (2024)
Coastal citizen science monitoring and suggested conservation strategy: ghost crab survey at Suao Dakenggu, Taiwan

Presenter : Hsu C., Fang W., Chiu H., Jiang B., Huang T.
Title : , Journal of Coastal Conservation, 28:59 (2024)
Who is likely to have illegal eel products after the market regulations? A best-worst scaling approach

Presenter : Mameno K., Hsu C., Tsuge T. , Onuma A., Kubo T.
Title : , Marine policy (2024)
“Wait” to promote high sighting rates of wildlife in tourism: evidence from a wildlife disturbance experiment

Presenter : Hsu C., Fukasawa K., Mizuta T., Kimoto Y., Mameno K., Ando H., Kang J., Kubo T.
Title : , Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 1-11 (2024)
Cool season communal roosting of Cratilla lineata in a Taiwanese submontane forest (Odonata: Libellulidae)

Presenter : Cheng C.H., Hsu C., Hatch K.A., Hwang W., Chen S.L, Chang Y.M.
Title : , Odonatologica, 53(3-4):385-407 (2024)
Is climate change to blame? Increased rainfall reduces emergence of Taiwanosemia hoppoensis (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) in coastal windbreak forests

Presenter : Chang Y.M., Kao C.J., Hsu C., Huang S.P., Hatch K.A., Hsieh C.H., Chen J.H., Chen K.W., Mei H.L., Hwang W.
Title : , Biotropica, 57: e13413 (2024)
Coastal Forest Structure Survey and Associated Land Crab Population in Suao Dakenggu Community, Yilan, Taiwan

Presenter : Hsu C., Wei-Ta Fang, Hung-Kai Chiu, Wei-Cheng Kao, Tsung-Shun Huang
Title : , Diversity, 15(4):515 (2023)
Seaward Migration and Larval Release Coincide with Lunar and Light-dark Cycles in Supratidal Land Crabs Cardisoma carnifex and Epigrapsus notatus

Presenter : Chung-Chieh Chang, Kent A. Hatch, Hsu C., Wenbe Hwang, Hung-Chang Liu, Yuan-Mou Chang
Title : , Zoological Studies, 62:12 (2023)
Revolutionizing informal education: Intersection of citizen science and learning theories

Presenter : Hsu C., Wei-Cheng Kao, Lei Chai
Title : , Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 19(4):e2319 (2023)
What people learn from death: exploring citizen scientists’ learning outcomes in Taiwan Roadkill Observation Network from an environmental education perspective

Presenter : Hsu C., Te-En Lin
Title : , Environmental Education Research, 1-15 (2023)
“Capture with a camera!” A non-contact method for obtaining the body size data from ovigerous female land crabs during breeding migration

Presenter : Hsu C., Kent A. Hatch, Wenbe Hwang, Chung-Chieh Chang, Chia-Chun Liu, Wei-You Huang, Chung-Jui Kao, Yung-Jen Hu, Chia-Hsin Cheng, Yuan-Mou Chang
Title : , Crustaceana, 96(9):913-924 (2023)
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 bioindicator of turtle nesting at Penghu County Wang-An Island green turtle nesting refuge, Taiwan

Presenter : Hsu C., Wei-Ta Fang, Bing-Rong Jiang, Lei Chai, Wei-Cheng Kao, Tsung-Shun Huang
Title : , Crustaceana, 96(6):547-563 (2023)

Dear editors, your publication delays are damaging our careers

Presenter : Hsu C.
Title : , Nature (2025)

Conservation workshop in Okinawa: urgent action needed for land hermit crabs

Presenter : Hsu C., James R., Naruse T. , Millers S., Henriques S.S.
Title : , Oryx (2025)
An update on the incident involving illegal catching of land hermit crabs in Okinawa, Japan

Presenter : Hsu C.
Title : , Crustaceana, 97 (1-2):159-160 (2024)
Regular Surveys Rescue Wildlife: What a Lucky and Unlucky Individual Tsukuba Clawed Salamander

Presenter : Hsu C., Kang J.
Title : , Human-Wildlife Interactions, 18(1):12 (2024)
Highlighting the urgency of conservation strategies for land hermit crabs in the light of current incidents

Presenter : Hsu C., Wang J., Kubo T., Chang Y.M., Liu S.S., Chen T.P., Choi S.T.
Title : , Crustaceana, 96(11,12):1191-1194 (2023)