Biosphere Conservation for Nature, Wildlife, and Humans

Vol.1 No.1

CONTENTS

Reviews & Essays:

• Steller sea lions: present status of studies of migratory ecology, and conflict between fisheries and conservation in Japan
  ……………………………………Kazuo Wada 1
• Options in Steller sea lion recovery and groundfish fishery management
  ……………………………………Lowell W. Fritz and Richard C. Ferrero 7

Original Papers:

• Diving behavior of adult female Steller sea lions in the Kuril Islands, Russia
  ……………………………………Thomas R. Loughlin, Adolf S. Perlov, Jason D. Baker,
  　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Sergei A. Blokhin, and Alexander G. Makhnyr 21
• Prey of Steller sea lions in the Bering Sea
  ……………………………………Donald G. Calkins 33
• Halarachnid mites infesting the respiratory tract of Steller sea lions
  ……………………………………Kenji Konishi and Kenji Shimazaki 45
• The effect of hunting in Hokkaido on population dynamics of Steller sea lions in the Kuril Islands:
  a demographic modeling analysis
  ……………………………………Norio Takahashi and Kazuo Wada 49
• Japanese peoples' attitudes toward wolves and their reintroduction into Japan
  ……………………………………Caitlin B. Angeli, Naoki Maruyama, Masaaki Koganezawa,
  　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　Masao Takahashi, and Sakura Chinen 63
• Impacts of settled grazing on the grassland ecosystem in the Nantun Area, northern Inner Mongolia
  …Kun Shi, Naoki Maruyama, Zhongxin Gao, Masaaki Koganezawa, and Jingchun Jiang 73

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