Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION.- Part1 ECOLOGY OF BLAKISTON’S FISH OWL.- Distribution of Blakiston’s fish owl in the world.- Ecology and conservation of Blakiston's fish owl in Japan.- Ecology and conservation of Blakiston's fish owl in Russia and Northern Territories.- Part2 ECOLOGY OF RED-CROWNED CRANE.- Distribution of red-crowned crane in the world.- Ecology of red-crowned crane and conservation activities in Japan.- Ecology of red-crowned crane and conservation activities in Russia.- Part3 STATUS AND PERSPECTIVE OF THE POPULATION, BASED ON GENETIC DIVERSITY.- Status and Perspective of the Population, Based on Genetic Diversity:Introduction.- STATUS AND PERSPECTIVE OF THE BLAKISTON‘S FISH OWL POPULATION, BASED ON GENETIC DIVERSITY.- STATUS AND PERSPECTIVE OF THE RED-CROWNED CRANE, BASED ON GENETIC DIVERSITY.- Part 4 RED-CROWNED CRANE.- Can charismatic megafauna be surrogate species for biodiversity conservation? Pattern, process, and approach using citizen data and hierarchical community models.- Part5 Future perspectives for restoring habitats and spreading the distributions of the two species in Hokkaido.- Future perspectives for restoring habitats and spreading the distributions of the two species in Hokkaido: Introduction.- The possibility of using abandoned farmlands for habitat restoration in societies with decreasing populations.- Vegetation succession on fallow land.- Changes of ground beetle and bird species after farmland abandonment.- Predicting future range expansions of Blakiston’s fish owl subject to conservation efforts.- Abandoned farmlands as a potential new habitat for red-crowned crane.- Part 6 Policy issues on habitat conservation.- Policy issues on habitat conservation.- Forest and Agricultural management policies to conserve the two species..- References.

About the Author

Futoshi Nakamura
Professor, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Agriculture
Project Leader, Ecosystem management and landscape ecology