Sika Deer

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 Honshuand 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