Potential of habitat management for preventing agricultural damages by wildlife

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K07822
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Environmental agriculture(including landscape science)
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: AGETSUMA Naoki 北海道大学, 北方生物圏フィールド科学センター, 准教授 (60285690)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MOCHIDA Koji 慶応義塾大学, 経済学部, 助教 (60583474)
• Research Collaborator: AGETSUMA Yoshimi (YANAGIHARA Yoshimi) Waku Dokiサイエンス工房, 代表 ; NISHIKAWA Mari 京都大学, 霊長類研究所, 研究員
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 野生動物 / 農業 / 被害管理 / 生息地管理 / 農地周辺環境管理 / 空間スケール / 対策の効果 / 土地利用

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We researched factors influencing intensities of crop damages by wildlife in two villages in Yakushima, southern Japan. The damage intensity by deer was positively influenced by area of the farm, and total area of broad leaved forests and negatively influenced by total length of stockade fences within 800m from the farm. The damage intensity by monkeys was negatively influenced by total farm areas within 200m from the farm, and that by Brown-eared Bulbul was positively influenced by total length of stockade fences within 200m from the farm. On the other hand, population densities of these wildlife species did not have significant positive effects on their damage intensities.

Free Research Field

野生動物保護管理学