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Yakushima Wildlife Conservation Project, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex

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Yakushima Wildlife Conservation Project, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex

Location of field site: Yakushima, Kagoshima-ken, Japan , Asia

Project Director: David A. Hill

Contact Person: David Hill , d.a.hill@sussex.ac.uk , Phone: 44 1273 877343 Fax: 44 1273 678433 E-mail: d.a.hill@sussex.ac.uk

Mailing address: Falmer , Brighton , East Sussex, United Kingdom BN1 9QG Japan, Yakushima

Research Objectives: To assess the influence of habitat disturbance and recovery on the ecology and behavior of forest mammals (especially Yakushima macaques, deer and insectivorous bats). To assess the influence of the macaques and deer on species composition of secondary forest, through seed dispersal and selective browsing on seedlings and saplings. NB Current focus is on bats.

Field Positions and Volunteers: No current openings.

Species Studied: Macaca fuscata yakui

Project Begin/End Dates: Project began in January, 1993. Continuing.

Web Site: http://www.biols.susx.ac.uk/Home/David_Hill

Entry created: 1998-07-02
Review requested: 2007-02-27
Entry last reviewed: 2003-12-07

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