This book provides complete and up-to-date information on sika deer biology and its management, focusing on their life history with an integrated approach of population dynamics, morphology, genetics, and evolution.
The expanding distribution of sika and its increase in population in Japan and other countries are causing damage to agriculture and forestry, impacting ecosystems and affecting other species. We are facing conflicting deer issues regarding the conservation of resource values and pest control of sika deer.
This contributed volume compiles new findings focusing on the ecological plasticity of the sika deer. It aims to clarify the ecological characteristics of the deer by integrating studies of different approaches and provides a perspective for their management.
The book consists of six parts. Part I introduces the ecological and management background behind the history of sika deer. The following four parts discuss movement ecology (Part II), impact on vegetation and bottom-up effect on sika deer (Part III), impact on ecosystem and its resilience (Part IV), and comparison of life-history characteristics between sika deer and other ungulate species (Part V). The last part (Part VI) covers the science-based management of sika deer.
Contributed by recognized experts and young researchers of sika deer, this book appeals to researchers and professionals in wildlife biology and wildlife management, evolution, population dynamics, morphology, genetics, and reproductive physiology.
1.Introduction.- 2. The Process of Population Expansion of Sika Deer.-
3. The Impact of Sika Deer on Vegetation in Japan.- 4.Estimation of Sika Deer
Abundance by Harvest-based Model and the Characteristics of their Population
Dynamics.- 5. Variation in the local sika deer density between three areas of
Japan with diverse climatic conditions.- 6. Ecological and evolutionary
response of sika deer morphology to varying habitat environments: from body
size to tooth wear.- 7. Reproductive variation of sika deer.- 8. Movement
Patterns of Sika Deer in Hokkaido Region.- 9. Movement Patterns of Sika Deer
in Tohoku Region.- 10. Movement patterns of sika deer in the mountainous
regions of central Honshu.- 11. Movement Characteristics and Habitat Use of
Sika Deer in Kanto Region, Central Japan.- 11. Movement patterns and activity
range characteristics of sika deer in the Tanzawa Mountains, central Japan.-
13. Movement patterns of sika deeraround Mt. Fuji, central Japan.-
14. Movement Patterns of Sika deer in Western Japan.- 15. Behavior of sika
deer in clear-cut areas, plantations, and their surroundings.- 16. Effects of
high densities of sika deer on vegetation and the restoration goal: Lessons
from deer-vegetation interactions on Nakanoshima Island, Lake Toya.-
17. Irruptive Dynamics of Sika Deer: Search for the Mechanism.- 18. Food
habits and body condition of the sika deer population in the Tanzawa
Mountains, central Japans.- 19. Effects of sika deer and the unique
relationship with forest vegetation in Yakushima Island.- 20. Conserving The
Plant Community and Its Resilience Using Deer-Proof Fences in Japan.-
21. Vertebrate Scavenging on Sika Deer Carcasses and Its Effects on
Ecological Processes.- 22. Impacts of Sika Deer Overabundance on The
Structure and Functions of Dung Beetle Communities in Forest Ecosystems.-
23. Impact of Sika Deer on Soil Properties and Erosion.- 24. Responses of
Ground-layer Vegetation and Soil Properties to Increased Population Density
of Sika Deer and Environmental Conditions.- 25. Successional Pathways of a
Warm-Temperate Forest After Disturbance: Effects of Clearcutting and
Herbivory.- 26. Effect of Different Periods of Chronic Deer Herbivory on both
Tall Forbs and Soil Seed Banks Following Deer Exclusions in a Damp Beech
Forest.- 27. Indirect effects of deer overgrazing on stream ecosystems.-
28. Activity Patterns and Habitat Use Between Sika Deer and Japanese Serow.-
29. Sika in the British Isles: Population Ecology.- 30. History and
Management of Sika Deer on the Delmarva Peninsula.- 31. The future of sika
deer management in New Zealand; Invasive deer or hunting resource?.-
32. Adaptive Management of Sika Deer Populations on Hokkaido Island, Japan.-
34.Adaptive Management of Sika Deer in Hyogo Prefecture.- 35.Subpopulation
Structure Based on LandscapeGenetics as a Management Unit.- 36. Future
Challenges for Research and Management of Sika Deer.
Koichi Kaji, Ph.D., Emeritus professor of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology/Director of Wildlife Management Research Center, Hyogo
Hiroyuki Uno, Ph.D., Professor of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Hayato Iijima, Ph.D., Senior Researcher of Department of Wildlife Biology, Forestry, Forest Products Research Institute
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