Adaptive management of sika deer populations in Hokkaido, Japan: Theory and practice

Population Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 373-387

  Kaji, Koichi ^a   Saitoh, Takashi ^b   Uno, Hiroyuki ^c   Matsuda, Hiroyuki ^d   Yamamura, Kohji ^e  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervus nippon; Density dependence; Feedback management; Maximum sustainable yield; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DEER; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HUNTING; POPULATION SIZE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

AVES; CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON; RAPTORES;

EID: 77954087595     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-010-0219-4     Document Type: Review

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