Distribution Patterns of Five Mammals in the Jomon Period, Middle Edo Period, and the Present, in the Japanese Archipelago

Tsujino, Riyou; Ishimaru, Eiichiro; Yumoto, Takakazu

doi:10.3106/041.035.0304

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“…This was due to human impacts such as high hunting pressure in the Meiji to early Showa eras (1800-1900s) and habitat alteration since the Meiji era. However, recently, they have been recovering their native ranges (Kaji et al 2004, Ministry of the Environment 2004, Tsujino et al 2010.…”

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Range-expanding wildlife: modelling the distribution of large mammals in Japan, with management implications

Saito

Momose

Inoue

et al. 2014

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

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The spatial distribution of large mammals has been increasing in industrial nations, often leading to conflicts with humans and significant alteration of natural ecosystems. Species distribution models (SDMs) of the sika deer, Japanese serow, wild boar, Japanese macaque and Asiatic black bear in Japan were constructed to identify the important factors for habitat management. We also projected two scenarios of their future range expansions under a scenario of no change in the variables, and one where the variables change according to a time series. Modelling showed that all species preferred forest and forest/agricultural ecotones. In the best models of the sika deer and wild boar, grasslands (GRASSs) were an important positive factor, while human population density and hunting pressures were negative factors. High human population density was also a negative factor with the Japanese serow and Asiatic black bear. Key environments for the distribution and expansion of large mammals were agricultural areas near forest and GRASSs. Therefore, limiting the access of large mammals to such habitats may contribute to wildlife management. In both scenarios, our projections suggest that the distributions of all species could expand by 2028, resulting in more conflict with humans and significant alterations to natural ecosystems in the future. In order to stop this damaging expansion, habitat management and landscape redesign are important. However, a SDM and future projection include uncertainty. It is necessary to validate the estimates and projections by monitoring the future changes in distribution.

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Range-expanding wildlife: modelling the distribution of large mammals in Japan, with management implications

Saito

Momose

Inoue

et al. 2014

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

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“…However, past overhunting and human destruction of native forests caused the extinction of populations of gray wolves ( Canis lupus Linnaeus), sika deers ( Cervus nippon Temminck), and wild boars ( Sus scrofa Linnaeus) in this prefecture, and the distributions of Japanese macaques and Asiatic black bears are still fragmented and isolated (Mito 1992, 1997; Tsujino et al 2010). …”

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“…Large mammalian fauna vary widely within this forested region because of past local extinctions (Biodiversity Center of Japan 2010); most large mammals were locally overhunted for food, medicines, and mammalian pest control before the Second World War (Mito 1997; Tsujino et al 2010). Apart from the availability of feces, most dung beetle species are highly vulnerable to human-induced habitat disturbance, such as deforestation, which leads to changes in local microclimates and microhabitats (Davis et al 2001; Estrada and Coates-Estrada 2002; Halffter and Arellano 2002; Nichols et al 2007; Navarrete and Halffter 2008).…”

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Influences of Different Large Mammalian Fauna on Dung Beetle Diversity in Beech Forests

Enari

Koike

Sakamaki

2013

Journal of Insect Science

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This paper focuses on biological relationships between mammalian species richness and the community structure of dung beetles in cool-temperate forests in the northernmost part of mainland Japan. The composition of beetle assemblages was evaluated at 3 sites in undisturbed beech forests with different mammalian fauna. In spring and summer 2009, beetles were collected at each site using pitfall traps baited with feces from Japanese macaques, Macaca fuscata Blyth (Primates: Cercopithecidae); Asiatic black bears, Ursus thibetanus Cuvier (Carnivora: Ursidae); Japanese serows, Capricornis crispus Temminck (Artiodactyla: Bovidae); and cattle. In the present study, 1,862 dung beetles representing 14 species were collected, and most dung beetles possessed the ecological characteristic of selecting specific mammalian feces. The present findings indicated that although species diversity in dung beetle assemblages was not necessarily positively correlated with mammalian species richness in cool-temperate forests, the absence of the macaque population directly resulted in the marked reduction of the beetle abundance, with the loss of the most frequent species, Aphodius eccoptus Bates (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) during spring.

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“…Tsujino et al (2010) wrote that the Japanese wild boar was widely distributed in Honshu Island in the Jomon period (12,000-2,400 years before present time) but decreased on this island in the middle Edo period (1730s). We created a simulation program and the editing software "ms" (Hudson 2002) to estimate the expected mutation values using the simple history described above.…”

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“…One subspecies, the Japanese wild boar, inhabits the main Japanese islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. It was distributed on Honshu in the Jomon period (12,000-2,400 years before present time) but decreased in the middle Edo period (1730s) (Tsujino et al 2010) because of over-hunting through the use of guns (Koganezawa 1989).…”

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Integrating Analyses of Population Genetics and Space-Time Information for Wildlife Management: An Empirical Study on Japanese Wild Boar Populations

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Distribution Patterns of Five Mammals in the Jomon Period, Middle Edo Period, and the Present, in the Japanese Archipelago

Cited by 34 publications

References 192 publications

Range-expanding wildlife: modelling the distribution of large mammals in Japan, with management implications

Range-expanding wildlife: modelling the distribution of large mammals in Japan, with management implications

Influences of Different Large Mammalian Fauna on Dung Beetle Diversity in Beech Forests

Integrating Analyses of Population Genetics and Space-Time Information for Wildlife Management: An Empirical Study on Japanese Wild Boar Populations

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