Overview
- Describes the impacts caused by overabundant deer from the view of ecological function and resilience
- Adopts an integrated approach including ecology, morphology, reproductive physiology, genetics and paleontology
- Compares life history traits of introduced sika deer population with native deer in the same habitat
Part of the book series: Ecological Research Monographs (ECOLOGICAL)
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Table of contents (36 chapters)
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Front Matter
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History, Distribution and General Characteristics
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Movements Ecology
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Impact on Vegetation and Bottom-Up Effect on Sika Deer
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About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sika Deer: Life History Plasticity and Management
Editors: Koichi Kaji, Hiroyuki Uno, Hayato Iijima
Series Title: Ecological Research Monographs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9554-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-9553-7Published: 22 June 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-9556-8Published: 23 June 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-9554-4Published: 20 June 2022
Series ISSN: 2191-0707
Series E-ISSN: 2191-0715
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 641
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Ecology, Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science, Environmental Management, Evolutionary Biology, Conservation Biology/Ecology