Abstract
This paper aims to examine farmer's tolerance toward crop damage caused by sika deer in Shirakawa-cho, Gifu prefecture where damage is not so serious. We conducted 1) field survey and 2) questionnaire to residents including farmer. Consequently, 38 farmlands were damaged by deer, and 80.1% of questionnaire was responded. We used structural equation modeling for estimated causal relationship toward farmer's tolerance and then explored best fitting model by using fit indices. Farmer's negative image to deer positively influenced farmer's tolerance, but damage perception and frequency of farmwork did not.
