Effect of snow cover on the distribution of non-migratory sika deer on the top of Mt. Tanzawa,Japan |
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| Authors: | Jakub Borkowski Hiroki Habuto Kengo Furubayashi |
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| Institution: | (1) Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, 113 Tokyo, Japan;(2) Kanagawa Prefecture Forest Management Office, Honcho, 250 Odawara, Japan;(3) Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 183 Fuchu, Japan |
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| Abstract: | On the basis of 268 direct sika deer observations and 212 ratio locations of three individuals, the influence of snow on deer
distribution was studied. During the period of snow absence or its shallow cover, the deer did not show any preferences towards
slope aspect. However, when the snow coverage became deeper, the deer used westerly exposures (having shallower snow cover)
more intensively. Later on, when the snow started to melt on the easterly slope aspects deer mostly used those exposures due
to relatively abundant food resources. |
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| Keywords: | distribution sika deer snow cover Tanzawa Mountains in Japan |
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