Reforestation provides a foraging habitat for brown bears ( Ursus arctos ) by increasing cicada Lyristes bihamatus density in the Shiretoko World Heritage site
Reforestation, which converts abandoned farmland back into forestland by planting woody species, can provide habitat for wildlife, including the brown bear (Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758). In the Shiretoko World Heritage site, northern Japan, where brown bears occur at high density, conifers have been...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/cjz-2020-0222 2024-04-28T08:41:02+00:00 Reforestation provides a foraging habitat for brown bears ( Ursus arctos ) by increasing cicada Lyristes bihamatus density in the Shiretoko World Heritage site Tomita, K. Hiura, T. 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2020-0222 https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjz-2020-0222 https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjz-2020-0222 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 99, issue 3, page 205-212 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 2021 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2020-0222 2024-04-09T06:56:28Z Reforestation, which converts abandoned farmland back into forestland by planting woody species, can provide habitat for wildlife, including the brown bear (Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758). In the Shiretoko World Heritage site, northern Japan, where brown bears occur at high density, conifers have been planted since the 1970s to reforest abandoned farmland. In this area, brown bears were first observed digging for cicada Lyristes bihamatus Motschulsky, 1861 = Auritibicen bihamatus (Motschulsky, 1861) nymphs from 2000. Our preliminary observations suggested that the emergence of digging behavior might be associated with reforestation. We examined whether reforestation provided a foraging habitat for brown bears. We found that digging occurred only within the restored conifer forests, but not within the natural forest. The densities of cicada nymphs in the restored forests were higher than in the natural forest. These results indicate that the reforestation of abandoned farmland provides a foraging habitat for brown bears by increasing the availability of cicada nymphs in the Shiretoko World Heritage site. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ursus arctos Canadian Science Publishing Canadian Journal of Zoology 99 3 205 212 |
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Reforestation, which converts abandoned farmland back into forestland by planting woody species, can provide habitat for wildlife, including the brown bear (Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758). In the Shiretoko World Heritage site, northern Japan, where brown bears occur at high density, conifers have been planted since the 1970s to reforest abandoned farmland. In this area, brown bears were first observed digging for cicada Lyristes bihamatus Motschulsky, 1861 = Auritibicen bihamatus (Motschulsky, 1861) nymphs from 2000. Our preliminary observations suggested that the emergence of digging behavior might be associated with reforestation. We examined whether reforestation provided a foraging habitat for brown bears. We found that digging occurred only within the restored conifer forests, but not within the natural forest. The densities of cicada nymphs in the restored forests were higher than in the natural forest. These results indicate that the reforestation of abandoned farmland provides a foraging habitat for brown bears by increasing the availability of cicada nymphs in the Shiretoko World Heritage site. |
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Reforestation provides a foraging habitat for brown bears ( Ursus arctos ) by increasing cicada Lyristes bihamatus density in the Shiretoko World Heritage site |
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Reforestation provides a foraging habitat for brown bears ( Ursus arctos ) by increasing cicada Lyristes bihamatus density in the Shiretoko World Heritage site |
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Reforestation provides a foraging habitat for brown bears ( Ursus arctos ) by increasing cicada Lyristes bihamatus density in the Shiretoko World Heritage site |
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Reforestation provides a foraging habitat for brown bears ( Ursus arctos ) by increasing cicada Lyristes bihamatus density in the Shiretoko World Heritage site |
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Reforestation provides a foraging habitat for brown bears ( Ursus arctos ) by increasing cicada Lyristes bihamatus density in the Shiretoko World Heritage site |
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reforestation provides a foraging habitat for brown bears ( ursus arctos ) by increasing cicada lyristes bihamatus density in the shiretoko world heritage site |
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