The consideration of the sika deer (Cervus nippon) population density distribution applied the kriging interpolator

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to consider the special distribution of sika deer (Cervus nippon) population density applied lhe kriging interpolator. The study area was sika deer habitat on the side of Mt. Hiko in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Sika deer population density was surveyed by pellet count method from November, 1999 to March, 2000. We made a database of site information collected at the population density survey plots, which were distributed discretely in the study area. So, using the database, the geographic information which was the continuous data aggregate of the population density, was drawn as the map with the kriging interpolator on Geographic Information System (GIS). This map considered the distribution of the sika deer population density in the study area.