其他摘要:Distribution of Japanese sika deer (Cervus nippon centralis) was surveyed in the Wakayama Experimental Forest of Hokkaido University (ca. 430ha) located in southern Kii Peninsula, Japan. Total 45 belt transects (4×50 m) were established in the forest, and we counted fecal pellet groups within the belts in spring of 2009. Then, deer density distribution in the forest was estimated from pellet group density at each belt by spatial interpolation using Kriging method. Then, we found three “hot spots” of deer density in the forest.