Harvest-based estimation of population size for Sika deer on Hokkaido Island, Japan

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1160-1171

  Matsuda, Hiroyuki ^a   Uno, Hiroyuki ^b   Tamada, Katsumi ^b   Kaji, Koichi ^b   Saitoh, Takashi ^c   Hirakawa, Hirofumi ^d   Kurumada, Toshio ^b   Fujimoto, Tsuyoshi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e Hokkaido Government   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervus nippon; Deer; Harvest data; Model; Population dynamics; Population management; Sika deer; Spotlight census; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DEER; HARVESTING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SPOTLIGHT SURVEY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

JAPAN;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON;

EID: 0036972270     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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