Effect of chasing away by village on the home range and appearances of a macaques group

Verification in 7 area of Mie Prefecture

Abstract

We investigated an effect of chasing macaques away by the village peoples to home range change of macaque groups that had territory over the seven villages in Mie-prefecture. We also calculated the index of chase-off of macaques by the village and the index of agricultural damage caused by macaques groups.
After one year examination of the chasing away, frequency of macaque appearance and agricultural damage was reduced. It shows that collaborative chase-off by the village made macaques to avoid the settlement.