Biodiversity Conservation Using Umbrella Species Blakiston's Fish Ow
This book focuses on Blakiston’s fish owl and the red-crowned crane as umbrella species. Healthy river, riparian and wetland ecosystems are necessary to maintain the populations of the two species. Both species have been revered by people since ancient ti
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Futoshi Nakamura Editor
Biodiversity Conservation Using Umbrella Species Blakiston’s Fish Owl and the Red-crowned Crane
Ecological Research Monographs Series editor Yoh Iwasa
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8852
Futoshi Nakamura Editor
Biodiversity Conservation Using Umbrella Species Blakiston’s Fish Owl and the Red-crowned Crane
Editor Futoshi Nakamura Graduate School of Agriculture Hokkaido University Sapporo, Japan
ISSN 2191-0707 ISSN 2191-0715 (electronic) Ecological Research Monographs ISBN 978-981-10-7202-4 ISBN 978-981-10-7203-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7203-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018933389 © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Left: An adult male red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis, in Tsurui Village, Hokkaido, Japan (photo by Yoshiyuki Masatomi); Right: A male Blakiston’s fish owl, Bubo blakistoni blakistoni, which was alarmed by the researcher approaching (photo taken in Hokkaido, Japan, by Takeshi Takenaka). Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore
Preface
This volume consists mainly of studies conducted during a project entitled “Biodiversity Conservation Represented by Bubo blakistoni and Grus japonensis: Comparison of Hokkaido with the Russian Far East,” which was supported by the Environment Research and Technology Development Fund of the Japanese Ministry of the Environment from 2012 to 2014. Before this project, there were multiple collaboration projects between Japanese and Russian scientists over the past 30 years, and some of the findings and the current situations regardin
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