A 2025 paper by Kumada, Fukasawa, Yoshioka, Tsuda, and Ouchi, published in Science of The Total Environment, reported that vehicle-mounted cameras revealed a negative impact of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident on large-bodied bird abundance via paddy field abandonment.
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