Comparison of the Food Habits of the Sika Deer (Cervus nippon), the Japanese Serow (Capricornis crispus), and the Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), Sympatric Herbivorous Mammals from Mt. Asama, Central Japan

Mammal Study ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshitomo Endo ◽  
Hayato Takada ◽  
Seiki Takatsuki
Keyword(s):  
Wild Boar ◽  
Sus Scrofa ◽  
Food Habits ◽  
Sika Deer ◽  
Cervus Nippon ◽  
Central Japan ◽  
Herbivorous Mammals ◽  
Japanese Serow

Habitat use and the coexistence of the sika deer and the Japanese serow, sympatric ungulates from Mt. Asama, central Japan

Mammalia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 84 (6) ◽  
pp. 503-511
Author(s):  
Hayato Takada ◽  
Riki Ohuchi ◽  
Haruko Watanabe ◽  
Risako Yano ◽  
Risako Miyaoka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Sika Deer ◽  
Cervus Nippon ◽  
Niche Differentiation ◽  
Ecological Niches ◽  
Dwarf Bamboo ◽  
Central Japan ◽  
Habitat Mosaic ◽  
The Japanese Archipelago ◽  
Japanese Serow

AbstractDifferential resource use allows for diverse species to specialize in ecological niches and thus coexist in a particular area. In the Japanese archipelago, increasing sika deer (Cervus nippon, Temminck 1836) densities have excluded the Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus, Temminck 1836), but in places where deer population densities are low, the two species coexist. We wanted to better understand their habitats and how these two ungulates manage to coexist. We evaluated the role of habitat use in the coexistence of these two sympatric ungulates on Mt. Asama, central Japan. Deer frequently used the dwarf bamboo-rich communities in autumn and winter, and their habitat use was not associated with topography. Serows frequently used deciduous broadleaf shrub-rich communities and steep slopes throughout the year. Consequently, their habitat use was significantly different in terms of vegetation and topography. Niche breadth suggests that deer tend to be generalists, whereas serows tend to be specialists. Niche differentiation in habitat use between deer and serows may make the coexistence of these similarly sized ungulates possible in Japanese mountainous zones. Therefore, the fine-grained habitat mosaic of different vegetation and topography areas might be the underlying feature that allows the coexistence of these two species.

Dietary Overlap But Spatial Gap between Sympatric Japanese Serow (Capricornis crispus) and Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) on Eastern Shikoku, Japan

Mammal Study ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 261
Author(s):  
Asuka Yamashiro ◽  
Yoshinori Kaneshiro ◽  
Yoichi Kawaguchi ◽  
Tadashi Yamashiro
Keyword(s):  
Sika Deer ◽  
Cervus Nippon ◽  
Dietary Overlap ◽  
Japanese Serow

scholarly journals An initial record of a long-distance dispersal route of a male sika deer in central Japan

Mammalia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-68
Author(s):  
Akiko Takii ◽  
Shigeyuki Izumiyama ◽  
Takashi Mochizuki
Keyword(s):  
Global Positioning System ◽  
Sika Deer ◽  
Cervus Nippon ◽  
First Record ◽  
Gps Tracking ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Central Japan ◽  
Seasonal Movement ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
Dispersal Route

Abstract We conducted a global positioning system (GPS) tracking of a male sika deer (Cervus nippon) and his mother in the eastern foothills of the northern Japanese Alps, central Japan. Sika deer exhibited similar seasonal movement patterns; however, the male deer left his natal group at 11 months of age. At 15 months of age, the male deer settled in the neighboring mountain, which was 74 km away from his natal range. This is the first record of long-distance (>50 km) natal dispersal of the sika deer. Our findings might help to explain the expanding distribution of the sika deer.

Impact of bark stripping by sika deer, Cervus nippon, on subalpine coniferous forests in central Japan

2001 ◽  
Vol 140 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 93-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shotaro Yokoyama ◽  
Ikuyo Maeji ◽  
Tsuyoshi Ueda ◽  
Masaki Ando ◽  
Ei’ichi Shibata
Keyword(s):  
Sika Deer ◽  
Cervus Nippon ◽  
Coniferous Forests ◽  
Bark Stripping ◽  
Central Japan
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