Behavioral studies on the sika deer living around villages anddevelopment of countermeasures against agricultural damages by them

最近，梅花鹿的数量和分布范围在日本各地扩大。因此，梅花鹿在日本造成的农业损失有所增加。然而，我们对梅花鹿的感官敏感性和运动能力的基本特征从未进行过研究，对梅花鹿村庄周围的生态和行为特征也知之甚少。本项目通过实地观察和实验，对这些问题进行了研究，制定了不同情况下梅花鹿农业危害的有效对策，提出了有效的梅花鹿危害管理体系。

Recently , the increase of the population and the distribution of the sika deer have beenexpanding over Japan. Accordingly , agricultural damages caused by Japanese sika deerhave increased in Japan. However , we have never examined the basic characters of sensorsensitivities and/or the athletic capability of sika deer and had little knowledge on theecology and behavioral characteristics around villages. In this project, we examined theseissues by the way of field observation and experiments, developed effective ways ofcountermeasures against sika deer agricultural damages under various situations, andthen proposed an effective damage managing system for sika deer .