Early-stage ecological influences of population recovery of large mammals on dung beetle assemblages in heavy snow areas

• Published in: Acta oecologica (Montrouge) Vol. 92; pp. 7 - 15
• Main Authors: Enari, Hiroto, Koike, Shinsuke, Enari, Haruka S., Seki, Yoshikazu, Okuda, Kei, Kodera, Yuuji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Masson SAS 01.10.2018
• Subjects: cameras; Cervus nippon; Coleoptera; Defaunation; dung beetles; Empty forest; feces; forests; human population; Hysteresis; insect communities; Japan; Macaca fuscata; mammals; mountains; pests; pitfall traps; snow; Sus scrofa; terrestrial ecosystems; wild boars; Japan; Defaunation; Empty forest; Macaca fuscata; Sus scrofa; Hysteresis; Cervus nippon

Past conservation initiatives and rapidly decreasing human populations in modern Japan have contributed to population recoveries of Sika deer (Cervus nippon), wild boar (Sus scrofa), and Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) throughout the country. Ironically, however, these recoveries have not always r...