Sika Deer Biology and Management of Native and Introduced Populations - McCullough, Dale R.; Takatsuki, Seiki; Kaji, Koichi; SpringerLink (Online service) (Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
Basic Biology -- Fossil Record of Sika Deer in Japan -- Two Genetically Distinct Lineages of the Japanese Sika Deer Based on Mitochondrial Control Regions -- Evolutionary Significance of Admixture and Fragmentation of Sika Deer Populations in Japan -- Nutritional Physiology of Wild and Domesticated Japanese Sika Deer -- Endocrinology of Sika Deer -- Reproduction of Female Sika Deer in Japan, with Special Reference to Kinkazan Island, Northern Japan -- Food and Habitat Relations -- Food Habits of Sika Deer on Kinkazan Island, Northern Japan with Reference to Local Variations, Size Effects, and Comparison with the Main Island -- Plants and Plant Communities on Kinkazan Island, Northern Japan, in Relation to Sika Deer Herbivory -- Productivity and Foraging Efficiency of the Short-Grass (Zoysia japonica) Community for Sika Deer -- Home Range, Habitat Selection, and Food Habits of the Sika Deer Using the Short-Grass Community on Kinkazan Island, Northern Japan -- Shift to Litterfall as Year-Round Forage for Sika Deer after a Population Crash -- The Dynamics of Forest Stands Affected by Sika Deer on Nakanoshima Island-Change of Size Structure Similar to the Thinning Effect -- Biology of Sika Deer in Hyogo: Characteristics of Reproduction, Food Habits, Growth, and Condition -- Bark-Stripping Preference of Sika Deer and Its Seasonality on Mt. Ohdaigahara, Central Japan -- North-South Variations in Sika Deer Ecology as a Forest-Dwelling Cervid -- Geographical Variations in Food Habits of Sika Deer: The Northern Grazer vs. the Southern Browser -- What Is "Natural" Vegetation? A Reconsideration of Herbivory by Wild Ungulates -- Behavior: Migration and Breeding Systems -- Seasonal Migration of Sika Deer on Hokkaido Island, Japan -- Migratory and Sedentary Behavior Patterns of Sika Deer in Honshu and Kyushu, Japan -- Variation in Mating Behavior of Sika Deer: Mating Behavior of Sika Deer on Nozaki Island -- Reproductive Ecology of Sika Deer on Kinkazan Island, Northern Japan: Reproductive Success of Males and Multi-Mating of Females -- Life-Time Reproductive Success of Female Sika Deer on Kinkazan Island, Northern Japan -- Reproduction of Female Sika Deer in Western Japan -- Population Dynamics and Management -- Sika Deer in Nara Park: Unique Human-Wildlife Relations -- A 20-Year History of Sika Deer Management in the Mt. Goyo Area, Northern Honshu -- Survival Patterns of Male and Female Sika Deer on Kinkazan Island, Northern Japan -- Sika Deer in an Evergreen Broad-Leaved Forest Zone on the Boso Peninsula, Japan -- Sika Deer Population Irruptions and Their Management on Hokkaido Island, Japan -- Irruptive Behavior of Sika Deer -- The Management of Sika Deer Populations in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan -- Management Strategy of Sika Deer Based on Sensitivity Analysis -- Sika in Mainland Asia and Taiwan -- Sika Deer in Russia -- Sika Deer Distribution Changes at the Northern Extent of Their Range in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains of the Russian Far East -- Sika Deer in Mainland China -- Sika Deer in Korea and Vietnam -- Sika Deer in Taiwan -- The Present Status of the Re-introduced Sika Deer in Kenting National Park, Southern Taiwan -- Introduced Sika Deer -- Sika Deer in Continental Europe -- Sika Deer in the British Isles -- Free-Ranging and Confined Sika Deer in North America: Current Status, Biology, and Management -- The Sika in New Zealand -- Color Plates.
Keywords: Animal ecology; Conservation biology; Ecology .; Evolutionary biology; Zoology; Animal Ecology; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Evolutionary Biology; Zoology