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Survival and cause‐specific mortality rates of female sika deer in eastern Hokkaido, Japan
Author(s) -
Uno Hiroyuki,
Kaji Koichi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
ecological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1440-1703
pISSN - 0912-3814
DOI - 10.1007/s11284-005-0111-4
Subject(s) - cervus , mortality rate , biology , demography , survival rate , confidence interval , population , ecology , zoology , geography , medicine , sociology
Survival and cause‐specific mortality rates of female sika deer ( Cervus nippon ) were studied using radio telemetry in eastern Hokkaido, Japan. We captured and radio‐collared 18 female deer, and monitored their survival from April 1993 to May 1996. Estimated annual survival rate for adult females was 0.779 (95% confidence interval was 0.609–0.997). The harvest mortality rate of adult females was higher than the natural mortality rate. Experimental female hunting during 1994–1996 contributed to an increase in the mortality rate for females and was useful in the control of the sika deer population.