The effects of food sources on Japanese monkey home range size and location, and population dynamics |
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Authors: | Masaaki Koganezawa Hiroo Imaki |
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Institution: | (1) Present address: Utsunomiya University Forests, 7556 Funyu. Shioyamachi, Shioya-gun, 329-2441 Tochigi, Japan;(2) Yamanashi Institute of Environmental Sciences, 5597-1 Kenmarubi, Kamiyoshida, Fujiyoshida, 403-0005 Yamanashi, Japan |
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Abstract: | The effects of supplemental feeding by tourists on wild Japanese monkey's home range size and location, and troop size and
composition were studied for two monkey troops, Troop A and Troop B, living along the Irohazaka loop road, Nikko National
Park, central Japan. Changes were documented based on data gathered from 1982 to 1996 by the use of radio telemetry. Troop
A's home range size shrank and changed from separate winter and summer ranges to a single, year-round home range, with its
core located in a high elevation area where supplemental feeding by tourists was heavy. Troop B's home range also shrank and
shifted to a lower elevation where supplemental feeding by tourists was heavy. Troop A's population size increased between
the winters of 1983–1984 and 1990–1991 in conjunction with an increase in human encounter rates, and then decreased. Troop
B's size increased until the winter of 1993–1994, and then decreased. The instability of troop size between 1993 and 1996
may be explained by documented factors such as a decrease in the adult sex ratio, an increase in the infant-female ratio,
and an increase in juvenile mortality and/or emigration, all of which may have been influenced by supplemental feeding by
tourists. |
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Keywords: | Macaca fuscata Natural food Artificial feeding Supplemental feeding Tourists Population dynamics Juvenile mortality |
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