Adaptive management of the brown bear population in Hokkaido, Japan
In Hokkaido, Japan, recent trends concerning the intrusions of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) into crop fields and a subsequent increase in agricultural damage have highlighted the need for new and more effective population management strategies. To devise such strategies, we focused on a well-define...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:eee:ecomod:v:242:y:2012:i:c:p:20-27 2024-04-14T08:20:40+00:00 Adaptive management of the brown bear population in Hokkaido, Japan Ohta, Umika Jusup, Marko Mano, Tsutomu Tsuruga, Hifumi Matsuda, Hiroyuki http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380012002323 unknown http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380012002323 article ftrepec 2024-03-19T10:30:03Z In Hokkaido, Japan, recent trends concerning the intrusions of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) into crop fields and a subsequent increase in agricultural damage have highlighted the need for new and more effective population management strategies. To devise such strategies, we focused on a well-defined, previously studied brown bear population living in the Oshima Peninsula region of Hokkaido, and constructed a population dynamics model for adult females. The model construction was based on the ecological and physiological characteristics of the Oshima Peninsula population, with particular emphasis on bear behavior (levels of aggressiveness and intrusiveness) and human–bear interactions (bear kills, food conditioning, and aversive conditioning). To predict the future population dynamics, we ran stochastic simulations over a period of 100years. We used the simulation outputs to estimate the risk of management failure under four plausible scenarios, including the scenario that represents the present management practices. The results of the analysis indicated that the present management practices could not satisfactorily resolve the problem of increasing agricultural damage. However, an adaptive management strategy successfully reduced the risk of management failure to a negligible level. Ecological risk; Population dynamics model; Ursus arctos; Food conditioning; Aversive conditioning; Human–bear conflict; Nuisance bear; Article in Journal/Newspaper Ursus arctos RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) |
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In Hokkaido, Japan, recent trends concerning the intrusions of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) into crop fields and a subsequent increase in agricultural damage have highlighted the need for new and more effective population management strategies. To devise such strategies, we focused on a well-defined, previously studied brown bear population living in the Oshima Peninsula region of Hokkaido, and constructed a population dynamics model for adult females. The model construction was based on the ecological and physiological characteristics of the Oshima Peninsula population, with particular emphasis on bear behavior (levels of aggressiveness and intrusiveness) and human–bear interactions (bear kills, food conditioning, and aversive conditioning). To predict the future population dynamics, we ran stochastic simulations over a period of 100years. We used the simulation outputs to estimate the risk of management failure under four plausible scenarios, including the scenario that represents the present management practices. The results of the analysis indicated that the present management practices could not satisfactorily resolve the problem of increasing agricultural damage. However, an adaptive management strategy successfully reduced the risk of management failure to a negligible level. Ecological risk; Population dynamics model; Ursus arctos; Food conditioning; Aversive conditioning; Human–bear conflict; Nuisance bear; |
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Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Ohta, Umika Jusup, Marko Mano, Tsutomu Tsuruga, Hifumi Matsuda, Hiroyuki |
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Ohta, Umika Jusup, Marko Mano, Tsutomu Tsuruga, Hifumi Matsuda, Hiroyuki Adaptive management of the brown bear population in Hokkaido, Japan |
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Ohta, Umika Jusup, Marko Mano, Tsutomu Tsuruga, Hifumi Matsuda, Hiroyuki |
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Ohta, Umika |
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Adaptive management of the brown bear population in Hokkaido, Japan |
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Adaptive management of the brown bear population in Hokkaido, Japan |
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Adaptive management of the brown bear population in Hokkaido, Japan |
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Adaptive management of the brown bear population in Hokkaido, Japan |
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Adaptive management of the brown bear population in Hokkaido, Japan |
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adaptive management of the brown bear population in hokkaido, japan |
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