Tatsuzawa Shirow

Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences Division of Human Sciences Department of Regional ScienceSpecially Appointed Assistant Professor
Arctic Research CenterSpecially Appointed Assistant Professor
Last Updated :2025/02/13

■Researcher basic information

Degree

  • Dr. of Science, Kyoto University

Researchmap personal page

Research Keyword

  • Conservation Ecology
  • citizen science
  • World Heritage & Cultural property
  • sika deer
  • reindeer
  • Siberia
  • Indigenous People
  • Arctic
  • 生物多様性保全
  • Conservation Education
  • 環境学習
  • Environmental Education
  • invasive alien species
  • Animal Ecology
  • Population Ecology
  • nutria
  • serow
  • アライグマ
  • 合意形成
  • 自然再生
  • 順応的ガバナンス
  • 博物館
  • 社会的モニタリング
  • 生態系保全
  • 自然資源管理
  • 地域環境史
  • コモンズ
  • レジティマシー
  • 順応的管理
  • 環境倫理
  • Biogeography
  • wildlife
  • 北海道
  • 標本資料
  • 保全生物学
  • Conservation Biology
  • wildlife management

Research Field

  • Humanities & social sciences, Local studies
  • Humanities & social sciences, Sociology
  • Humanities & social sciences, Cultural anthropology and folklore
  • Life sciences, Ecology and environmental science
  • Environmental science/Agricultural science, Biological resource conservation
  • Environmental science/Agricultural science, Environmental policy and society
  • Environmental science/Agricultural science, Environmental impact assessment

Educational Organization

■Career

Career

  • Apr. 2019 - Present
    北海道大学大学院文学研究院, 助教
  • Apr. 2008 - Present
    北海道大学 大学院・文学研究科, 助教
  • Apr. 2003 - Mar. 2008
    北海道大学 大学院・文学研究科, 大学院・文学研究科, 助手

Educational Background

  • Apr. 1994 - Mar. 2000, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Natural Science, Division of Biological Science, Japan
  • Apr. 1991 - Mar. 1993, Kyoto University, 人間・環境学研究科, 人間・環境学専攻
  • Apr. 1985 - Mar. 1988, Osaka Kyoiku University, 教育学研究科, 理科教育専攻
  • Apr. 1979 - Mar. 1983, Kobe University, Faculty of Agriculture, 畜産学科

Committee Memberships

  • 2014 - Present
    奈良県, 奈良のシカ保護管理計画検討委員会・全体計画/農林業被害/事故WG委員, Government
  • 2013 - Present
    奈良県, 奈良のシカ保護管理計画検討委員会委員, Autonomy
  • 2006 - Present
    農水省, 農作物野生鳥獣被害対策アドバイザー, Government
  • 2005 - Present
    屋久島まるごと保全協会[YOCA], 専門委員, Others
  • 2003 - Present
    IUCN(国際自然保護連合), 種の保存委員会外来種専門部会(ISSG)委員, Society
  • 2000 - Present
    関西自然保護機構, 編集委員, Society
  • 1997 - Present
    日本哺乳類学会, 保護管理検討委員会(ニホンジカ作業部会)委員, Society
  • Jan. 2014 - Dec. 2018
    北海道大学CoSTEP, 「科学技術コミュニケーション」編集委員, Society
  • Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2018
    北海道大学文学研究科, 広報委員会人文学カフェ実行委員会委員, Others
  • 2011 - 2017
    日本哺乳類学会, 和文誌編集委員, Society
  • 2010 - 2014
    環境省・林野庁, 屋久島世界遺産地域科学委員会ヤクシカワーキンググループ委員, Government
  • 2009 - 2014
    林野庁, 野生鳥獣との共存に向けた生息環境等整備調査(屋久島)検討委員, Government
  • 2009 - 2014
    環境省・林野庁, 屋久島世界遺産地域科学委員会委員, Government
  • 2008 - 2014
    環境省屋久島生物多様性保全協議会, 専門委員, Autonomy
  • 2008 - 2012
    屋久島町, 野生動物保護管理ミーティング専門委員, Autonomy
  • Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2009
    大阪府環境農林水産部, 大阪府外来生物目録(鳥類・哺乳類)作成検討部会員, Autonomy
  • 2003 - 2005
    兵庫県, 播磨ため池群自然再生検討委員会委員, Autonomy
  • 2003 - 2005
    日本生態学会, 英文誌編集委員, Society
  • 1988 - 1990
    大阪府環境局, 環境教育推進検討会作業部会員, Autonomy

■Research activity information

Papers

  • Food life history and cold storage in Greater Beringia. Part I: Preliminary interdisciplinary investigation
    Kazuyuki Saito, Yoko Kugo, Michael Koskey, Go Iwahana, Yu Hirasawa, Shirow Tatsuzawa, Yuriy Zhegusov, Yamkhin Jambaljav, Theresa Arevgaq John
    Polar Science, Sep. 2024
    Scientific journal
  • The four conditions of the natural monument "Nara sika deer" -Integrality of sacred deer culture and ecological characteristics-.
    Shirow Tatsuzawa
    地域自然史と保全, 46, 1, 29, 41, Jul. 2024, [Lead author]
    Japanese, Symposium, 45300261
  • マゲシカCervus nippon mageshimaeの遺伝的独自性についての再検討
    兼子 伸吾, 亘 悠哉, 高木 俊人, 寺田 千里, 立澤 史郎, 永田 純子
    保全生態学研究, 早期公開, Sep. 2023, [Peer-reviewed]
    Scientific journal
  • Genetic identification of the origin of introduced deer on Kikai-jima Island
    Junco Nagata, Yuya Watari, Toshihito Takagi, Shirow Tatsuzawa, Shingo Kaneko
    Honyurui Kagaku (Mammalian Science), 63, 1, 109, 117, The Mammal Society of Japan, Feb. 2023, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Scientific journal, An introduced population of sika deer Cervus nippon has become established on Kikai-jima Island, Japan. It originated from 15 individuals introduced around 2002. To clarify the origin of the deer, we sequenced mitochondrial DNA using fecal and muscle samples collected on Kikai-jima Island. Nineteen haplotypes, including those from previous data, were determined with 998 bp sequences of the control region of mitochondrial DNA. The haplotype from Kikai-jima Island was identical to Hap1, which was unique to Mage-shima Island, suggesting that the introduced deer established on Kikai-jima Island likely originated from Mage-shima Island. The introduction of the sika deer to Kikai-jima Island indicates that the transfer and escape of captive deer have been repeated even in recent years. Regulations on the translocation, sale, or escape of captive deer need to be implemented. In addition, there are concerns about the impact of the introduced deer on the natural vegetation of the Kikai-jima island. It is desired that a system will be established as soon as possible to implement sufficient trapping efforts.
  • An Attempt to Clarify the Causes of Osteophagia among Sika Deer on Mageshima Island
    Hiroki SHICHIJO, Shirow TATSUZAWA, Shinsuke H. SAKAMOTO, Tetsuo MORITA
    日本暖地畜産学会報, 65, 2, 131, 137, 2022, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • マゲシカの生息状況と保全上の課題
    立澤 史郎
    日本鹿研究, 12, 38, 45, Jun. 2021, [Peer-reviewed], [Invited]
    Japanese
  • Evidence of Brent Geese Branta bernicla moving between an autumn staging area in east Hokkaido and wintering sites in west Hokkaido and northern Honshu
    Yusuke Sawa, Chieko Tamura, Toshio Ikeuchi, Tetsuo Shimada, Kaoru Fujii, Aisa Ishioroshi, Shirow Tatsuzawa, David Ward
    ORNITHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 19, 2, 211, 216, ORNITHOLOGICAL SOC JAPAN, UNIV TOKYO, SCH AGR, Jul. 2020, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, Scientific journal, The Brent Goose Branta bernicla population of East Asia is the least studied. We banded 24 Brent Geese at Notsuke Bay, east Hokkaido, Japan, in autumn, and collected six opportunistic sightings of these birds during winter, contributing to an understanding of their migratory movements to wintering sites in Japan. Birds were resighted at five widely distributed wintering sites in west Hokkaido and northeast Honshu. While this study showed that birds moved between Notsuke Bay and wintering sites elsewhere in Japan, further studies are needed to understand the migration patterns and routes used during autumn and spring in East Asia.
  • Migration routes and population status of the Brent Goose Branta bernicla nigricans wintering in East Asia
    Yusuke Sawa, Chieko Tamura, Toshio Ikeuchi, Kaoru Fujii, Aisa Ishioroshi, Tetsuo Shimada, Shirow Tatsuzawa, Xueqin Deng, Lei Cao, Hwajung Kim, David Ward
    WILDFOWL, 244, 266, WILDFOWL & WETLANDS TRUST, 2020, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, Scientific journal, Of the world's Brent Goose Branta bernicla populations, the migration routes and winter distribution of the East Asian population of Brent Geese B. b. nigricans are the least well known. We therefore marked Brent Geese at their primary pre-migratory staging area in Notsuke Bay, Hokkaido, Japan to describe their migration between breeding and wintering areas in East Asia. Additionally, count data were compiled from the literature to identify important wintering and staging sites for the species, following Ramsar Convention criteria, and to assess trends in numbers of Brent Geese recorded in Japan and South Korea. The tracking data provided the first direct evidence of migratory connectivity between staging sites in northern Japan and the Korean Peninsula. A total of 26 internationally important sites were identified in the Russian Far East (7), northern Japan (16), northeast China (2) and the Korean Peninsula (1). Autumn surveys made at staging sites in Japan indicate that the East Asian population is increasing, although more extensive surveys for Brent Geese in China and on the Korean Peninsula are needed to confirm overall population trends and to identify critical habitats and wintering sites. We encourage the continuation of tracking studies, to describe more precisely the main migration routes, staging areas and, importantly, the breeding grounds for this vulnerable Brent Geese population.
  • 資源動物利用に関わる環境変動と住民の適応(第11章)
    立澤史郎, 吉田 睦, 中田 篤, 池田 透
    シベリア 温暖化する極北の水環境と社会, 385, 420, Mar. 2015, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, 檜山哲哉・藤原潤子 編著
  • シベリアの動物相と温暖化の影響(第3章)
    立澤 史郎, オクロプコフ, I
    シベリア 温暖化する極北の水環境と社会, 49, 83, Mar. 2015, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, 檜山哲哉・藤原潤子 編著
  • Satellite Techniques Use in Study of Ecology and Migration of Animal in Yakutia
    TATSUZAWA, Tatsudzava) Shirow
    J Ecosys Ecograph, 4, 1, 141, 144, 2014, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Pasture utilization by sika deer (Cervus nippon yakushimae): What factors affect deer density utilizing the pastures on Yakushima Island?
    Kawamura Takashi, Koda Ryosuke, Tatsuzawa Shirow
    Honyurui Kagaku (Mammalian Science), 53, 2, 345, 350, The Mammal Society of Japan, 2013, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Although pastures are often good feeding sites and can benefit deer population growth, the pasture utilization of sika deer (Cervus nippon yakushimae) in Yakushima Island is not clear. Spotlight counts of deer were conducted in the Nagamine pasture on Yakushima Island every month between 2006 and 2009. Mean deer density utilizing the pasture was estimated to be 420 deer/km2. Deer density in the pasture decreased when spotlight counts were conducted soon after sunset and pasture land was dug up, which may result from higher disturbance by human activity and lower abundance of pasture plants. In contrast to other reports in northern Japan, seasonal variation of pasture utilization by deer was not detected. This may be due to relatively constant quality and quantity of deer forage in the evergreen broad-leaved forests on Yakushima Island. Since 2010, the immediate surroundings Nagamine pasture have changed drastically, and it is therefore important to continue monitoring deer densities in and around the pasture.
  • Ecological correlates and determinants in the geographical variation of deer morphology
    Chisato Terada, Shirow Tatsuzawa, Takashi Saitoh
    OECOLOGIA, 169, 4, 981, 994, SPRINGER, Aug. 2012, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, Scientific journal, Previous studies on patterns in ungulate size variations have emphasized the effect of a particular environmental factor such as Bergmann's rule and the island rule. However, although multiple environmental factors may influence the body size, these studies focused on a single factor, and various measurements that may be influenced by different environmental factors (at least partly) were used as indices of body size. In this study, we used several skull and limb measurements to examine size variations among island populations of sika deer (Cervus nippon) in southern Japan considering the effects of multiple environmental factors. We found that all measurements differed markedly between populations. We focused on the skull and limb condylobasal length (CBL) and metacarpal length because they had the most important variations among the populations and the largest sample sizes. The common environmental factors influencing CBL and metacarpal length were island area and precipitation. Since these environmental factors reflect the availability of food resources, the causal factor of body size variation may be food resources. Interpopulation variation in metacarpal length was greater than that of CBL, indicating that metacarpal length may be affected by additional factors besides the common factors shared with CBL. Specific environmental factors influencing relative (CBL adjusted) metacarpal length were precipitation and slope. A common direct cause of those environmental factors was discussed in relation to topography. Analyses of phenotypic variation using multiple measurements with multiple environmental factors are useful to gain insight into underlying causes and can lead to identification of a measurement-specific variation with a specific driving force.
  • What's Happening to the Reindeer and the Reindeer People in the Warming Siberia? : Present Status and Social Impacts of Wild Reindeer's Ecological Changes in Sakha Republic
    立澤 史郎, オフロプコフ I. M, キリリン E. V
    北方民族文化シンポジウム報告書, 26, 0, 9, 16, 北方文化振興協会, 2012, [Peer-reviewed], [Invited]
    Japanese
  • Procedure for handling raccoons trapped by the Egg Trap^
    ABE Go, MIYOSHI Hidekatsu, SASHIKA Mariko, NAKAI Mariko, SHIMADA Kenichirou, UEDA Kazunori, TOGASHI Takashi, IKEDA Tohru, TATSUZAWA Shirow, MUROYAMA Yasuyuki
    Honyurui Kagaku (Mammalian Science), 51, 2, 257, 263, 日本哺乳類学会, Dec. 2011, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Scientific journal
  • Evaluation of forestry roads as feeding sites of sika deer
    Terada Chisato, Tatsuzawa Shirow, Kawamura Takashi, Fujioka Masahiro
    Japanese journal of conservation ecology, 15, 2, 193, 201, The Ecological Society of Japan, Nov. 2010, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Scientific journal, To determine effects of anthropogenically-induced environmental changes on a sika deer (Cervus nippon) population, we measured food resource abundance and numbers of deer feeding scars at impacted and control sites. Study sites were set in cedar plantations and broadleaf secondary forests near Yakushima. Within each site, one-meter square plots were set along roadsides and in the forest interior. All grasses and seedlings within plots were harvested for dry weight measurements (food biomass). In addition, fixed transects were deployed near the harvested plots, and all feeding scars were cou...
  • Sex Determination and Individual Identification of American Minks (Neovison vison) on Hokkaido, Northern Japan, by Fecal DNA Analysis
    Yukari Shimatani, Tsuyoshi Takeshita, Shirow Tatsuzawa, Tohru Ikeda, Ryuichi Masuda
    ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 27, 3, 243, 247, ZOOLOGICAL SOC JAPAN, Mar. 2010, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, Scientific journal, To determine the sex and identity of individual American minks (Neovison vsion), a species introduced into Japan, molecular genetic methods were employed on fecal samples collected from the Kushiro Wetland, eastern Hokkaido. We examined the sex chromosome-linked genes ZFX and ZFY and 11 microsatellite loci to identify individuals. From microsatellite genotypes, the probability of identity was calculated to distinguish between individuals with 99% certainty. To evaluate the accuracy of the genotyping results, we used two approaches for several randomly selected samples. In the first approach, we genotyped all samples from the results of a maximum of three independent polymerase chain reactions (PCRs). In the second approach, we genotyped 10% of the samples from the results of five independent PCRs. Samples subsequent genotypings disagreed with the first genotype were counted as one of three categories of error. The results indicated that genotyping more than 10 microsatellite loci was required to reduce the probability of error in identity to less than 0.01. Twenty of 72 fecal samples were genotyped at 10 or 11 microsatellite loci and sex-determined by ZFX/ZFY genes, resulting in identification of five males and nine females. In assessing the accuracy of the results, genotyping errors were found to have occurred in 20% of the first genotypes. The main type of error was 'missing data', which can be prevented by increasing the number of replicate PCRs.
  • Further helminthological survey on alien rodents, coypu (Myocastor coypus:Myocastoridae) in Aichi and Hyogo Prefectures, Japan
    ASAKAWA Mitsuhiko, SATO Miki, SONE Keiko, TATSUZAWA Shirow, ODA Sen-ichi
    Journal of the College of Dairying. Natural science, 33, 2, 291, 292, 酪農学園大学, Apr. 2009, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Scientific journal, ヌートリアMyocastor coypusはヒトと家畜の共通寄生虫症の原因虫の媒介者として、海外では注目され、わが国では岐阜などで捕獲された個体からヌートリア糞線虫Strongyloides myopotamiおよび肝蛭Faciola sp.が検出されている。しかし前報で肝蛭が見つかった個体は、1986年2月から翌年9月にかけ捕獲されたものであり再調査が希求されていた。そこで、2000年11月から2002年6月にかけ、愛知県および兵庫県で有害捕獲されたヌートリア計80個体について内部寄生虫の調査をした。その結果、ヌートリア糞線虫がほぼ全個体(99%)に寄生が認められた。また、当該宿主で約84%の線虫が小腸前部前半1/5部から得られた。このような寄生部位の偏りは、この部を集中的に検査するとより効率的な保有状況の把握も指摘された。しかし、今回のいずれの個体からも肝蛭は見つからなかった。家畜とヌートリアにおける肝蛭の消長と何らかの関連性が今後の検討課題とされた。
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  • Sika deer in Nara Park: Unique human-wildlife relations
    Harumi Torii, Shirow Tatsuzawa
    Sika Deer: Biology and Management of Native and Introduced Populations, 347, 363, Springer Japan, 2009, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, In book, Sika deer have had a long history of cultural importance in Nara Park, beginning in the eighth century with a legend that a god rode into the park on the back of a white deer. With protection for religious reasons, the population built up and became tame because of its frequent interaction with people visiting the religious shrines at the park. The interface of sika and humans at such close proximity over the years inevitably led to harmony or conflict depending on the goals and motivations of people. Nara Park in its modern form was established in 1880, and these conflicting values of sika deer in the park have continued into modern times. However, the long history of known numbers, and approachable tame deer, have yielded an unusually long and detailed record of population dynamics, ecology, and behavior. It has also led to high populations of deer with consequent impacts on their habitat. In this chapter we review and summarize this unique record of cultural and biological interrelations between sika deer and humans.
  • New record of the Japanese white-toothed shrew Crocidura dsinezumi from Mageshima Island in the Osumi Group of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan
    MOTOKAWA Masaharu, TATSUZAWA Shirow
    Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 63, 0, 43, 45, 日本生物地理学会, Dec. 2008, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese
  • Genetic Identification of Mammalian Carnivore Species in the Kushiro Wetland, Eastern Hokkaido, Japan, by Analysis of Fecal DNA
    Yukari Shimatani, Tsuyoshi Takeshita, Shirow Tatsuzawa, Tohru Ikeda, Ryuichi Masuda
    ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 25, 7, 714, 720, ZOOLOGICAL SOC JAPAN, Jul. 2008, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, Scientific journal, To identify mammalian carnivore species distributed in the Kushiro Wetland, eastern Hokkaido, Japan, we developed molecular-genetic methods for identification of the species from fecal samples collected from the field. Species-specific primers and PCR programs were established for five native and six alien species of carnivores: Martes zibellina, Mustela nivalis, Mustela erminea, Vulpes vulpes, and Nyctereutes procyonoides as native species, and Neovison vison, Martes melampus, Mustela itatsi, Canis familiaris, Felis catus, and Procyon lotor as alien species in Hokkaido. Touch-down PCR, in which the annealing temperature is decreased 1 degrees C every cycle, was more effective for some species from which fecal DNA was not amplified species-specifically with standard PCR programs. Of 405 fecal samples collected from the Kushiro Wetland, the species of origin of 246 samples were successfully identified: 88 samples for N. vison, 140 for M. zibellina, 13 for V vulpes, four for C. familiaris and one for E catus. The results show the particular applicability of this method to monitoring M. zibellina and N. vison. In addition, methods to PCR-amplify DNA from two crayfish species (Pacifastacus leniusculus and Cambaroides japonicus) were developed to determine whether the carnivore fecal samples contained detectable DNA from the prey crayfishes. DNA from P leniusculus was amplified from feces of N. vison identified in the present study, but no DNA from C. japonicus was detected. This indicates that N. vison preys on the alien species P leniusculus.
  • Why Did Civic Investigations Go Wrong? : Lessons from Stumbling Blocks in Wildlife Conservation Movements(Civic Investihation: Possibilities and Problems)
    TATSUZAWA Shirow
    Journal of environmental sociology, 0, 13, 33, 47, The Japanese Association for Environmental Sociology, Oct. 2007, [Peer-reviewed], [Invited]
    Japanese, Civic investigation has a function, not only of data collection and environmental education, but also plays an important role in the social decision making process. Civic investigation can be categorized into four types : observation type; research type ; movement type; policy proposal type (policy-oriented civic investigation) . It can also be arranged into two axes of specialty and activity, which are the essence of civic investigation. For the development of the function of civic investigation as a social decision making process, it is necessary to discuss strategies for "policy proposal...
  • An evaluation of the efficacy of the Egg trap for capturing feral raccoons in Hokkaido
    阿部豪, 青柳正英, 的場洋平, 佐鹿万里子, 車田利夫, 高野恭子, 池田透, 立澤史郎
    ほ乳類科学, 46, 93, 169, 175, The Mammal Society of Japan, 30 Dec. 2006, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, The wire cage trap, which is the most popular restraining measure for capturing feral raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Japan, has some problems, including 1) capturing untargeted animals, 2) bait stealing by small animals and mechanical failure, 3) trap-shyness, 4) tendency to break due to the activities of captured animals, and 5) high cost of purchasing, transportation and maintenance. Seven EggTM traps were employed to examine their efficacy in preventing these problems. In this study, 2 feral raccoons (a 5-year-old male and a 6-year-old female) were captured without injury over 200 trap nights. No untargeted animals were captured and only one trap failed due to a crack in inner parts. There was also no bait loss recorded with the bait-setup that involved a trap hanging from an iron pole. The results showed that the EggTM traps, which are cheaper, smaller, lighter, and easier to maintain than live cage traps, could help resolve or reduce some problems of live cage traps in capturing feral raccoons.
  • Distribution of two distinct lineages of sika deer (Cervus nippon) on Shikoku Island revealed by mitochondrial DNA analysis
    YAMADA Masahiro, HOSOI Eiji, TAMATE Hidetoshi B, NAGATA Junco, TATSUZAWA Shirow, TADO Hiroyuki, OZAWA Shinobu
    Mammal Study, 31, 1, 23, 28, The Mammalogical Society of Japan, Jun. 2006, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, Scientific journal, Nucleotide sequences of sika deer (Cervus nippon) collected from the eastern part of Shikoku Island were investigated & compared with those from other areas. Nucleotide sequence of the whole D-loop region of the mitochondrial DNA was determined by direct sequencing technique for each sample. The phylogenetic tree constructed by the sequences indicates that sika deer from Shikoku Island are divided into two distinct lineages: the northern Japan group and the southern Japan group. Proportion of the northern Japan lineage was higher in the northeastern part of the sampling area. There was no b...
  • Differences in habitat use of the native raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides albus) and the invasive alien raccoon (Procyon lotor) in the Nopporo Natural Forest Park, Hokkaido, Japan
    Go Abe, Tohru Ikeda, Shirow Tatsuzawa
    Assessment and Control of Biological Invasion Risks. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kyoto, Japan and IUCN, 116, 121, Shouwado Book Sellers, IUCN, 2006, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • 照葉樹林帯のニホンジカとどうつきあうか? -屋久島での取り組みから-
    立澤 史郎
    日本生態学会関東地区会会報, 54, 37, 49, 2005, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Research institution
  • Questing height of nymphs of the bush tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, and its closely related species, H-Mageshimaensis: correlation with body size of the host
    T Tsunoda, S Tatsuzawa
    PARASITOLOGY, 128, 503, 509, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, May 2004, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, Scientific journal, The questing height (i.e. ambush height) of ticks on a plant plays all Important role in host selection. To test the hypothesis that the questing height of ticks in a locality had adapted to the body size of the host in that locality, we examined the questing height of nymphs of the ticks, Haemaphysalis longicornis and H. mageshimaensis, at 7 locations in Japan. Sika deer, Cercus nippon, is the primary host of these ticks and there is considerable geographical variation in the body size of sika deer. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the questing height in the field was influenced by the height of the plants and by the body size of deer at a location. However, the questing height of ticks at some locations may have been constrained by the height of the plants and might not be the same as their intrinsic questing height. When ticks were placed in vertical glass tubes in the laboratory, the questing height of ticks from a locality was correlated with the mean body size of deer at that locality. Therefore, the prominent cue determining the questing height of H. longicornis and H. mageshimaensis seems to be the body size of the host deer.
  • Population dynamics of sika deer Cervus nippon on the flat part of the Nara Park.
    Tatsuzawa Shiro, Fujita Kazushi, Ito Masako
    関西自然保護機構会報, 24, 1, 3, 14, Kanasai Organization for Nature Conservation, Dec. 2002, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese
  • Conservation and integrated management of deer of Nara: ecological and historical viewpoints from citizens' researches
    Tatsuzawa Shiro, Fujita Kazushi
    関西自然保護機構会報, 23, 2, 127, 140, Kanasai Organization for Nature Conservation, Dec. 2001, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese
  • The First Record of Two Freshwater Fishes, the Medaka Oryzias latipes and the Loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus from Mage-shima Island : Ecological, Genetical, and Historical Views for Conservation
    TATSUZAWA Shirow, SAKAIZUMI Mitsuru, KANO Yuichi
    Biogeography, 3, 0, 89, 100, Biogeographical Society of Japan, Aug. 2001, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Bottlenecks, drift and differentiation: the population structure and demographic history of sika deer (Cervus nippon) in the Japanese archipelago
    SJ Goodman, HB Tamate, R Wilson, J Nagata, S Tatsuzawa, GM Swanson, JM Pemberton, DR McCullough
    MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 10, 6, 1357, 1370, BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD, Jun. 2001, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, Scientific journal, We assessed genetic differentiation and diversity in 14 populations of sika deer (Cervus nippon) from Japan and four populations of sika deer introduced to the UK, using nine microsatellite loci. We observed extreme levels of differentiation and significant differences in diversity between populations. Our results do not support morphological subspecies designations, but are consistent with previous mitochondrial DNA analyses which suggest the existence of two genetically distinct lineages of sika deer in Japan. The source of sika introduced to the UK was identified as Kyushu. The underlying structure of Japanese populations probably derives from drift in separate glacial refugia and male dispersal limited by distance. This structure has been perturbed by bottlenecks and habitat fragmentation, resulting from human activity from the mid-nineteenth century. Most current genetic differentiation and differences in diversity among populations probably result from recent drift. Coalescent model analysis suggests sika on each of the main Japanese islands have experienced different recent population histories. Hokkaido, which has large areas of continuous habitat, has maintained high levels of gene now. In Honshu the population is highly fragmented and is likely to have been evolving by drift alone. In Kyushu there has been a balance between gene flow and drift but all the populations have experienced high levels of drift. Habitat fragment size was not significantly associated with genetic diversity in populations but there was a significant correlation between habitat fragment size and effective population size.
  • Bone and Antler Chewing by Mage shika deer, Cervus nippon mageshimae: Evidence for the Natural Origin of Pseudo-tools in the Southwestern Islands of Japan
    立澤 史郎
    Bulletin of the Historiographical Institute, 0, 26, 1, 20, 沖縄県教育委員会,Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education, Mar. 2001, [Peer-reviewed], [Invited]
    Japanese, Research institution
  • Insects fauna of Mage-shima island, Ohsumi Islands               
    KAWAKAMI Yasuko, TATSUZAWA Shirow
    Nature Study, 47, 1, 8, 8, Jan. 2000, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Research institution
  • Two genetically distinct lineages of the sika deer, Cervus nippon, in Japanese islands: Comparison of mitochondrial D-loop region sequences
    J Nagata, R Masuda, HB Tamate, S Hamasaki, K Ochiai, M Asada, S Tatsuzawa, K Suda, H Tado, MC Yoshida
    MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 13, 3, 511, 519, ACADEMIC PRESS INC, Dec. 1999, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, Scientific journal, To investigate genetic diversity among populations of the sika deer, Cervus nippon, nucleotide sequences (705-824 bases) of the mitochondrial D-loop regions were determined in animals from 13 localities in the Japanese islands. Phylogenetic trees constructed by the sequences indicated that the Japanese sika deer is separated into two distinct lineages: the northern Japan group (the Hokkaido island and most of the Honshu mainland) and the southern Japan group (a part of the southern Honshu mainland, the Kyushu island, and small islands around the Kyushu island). All sika deer examined in this study shared four to seven units of repetitive sequences (37 to 40 bases each) within the D-loop sequences. The number of tandem repeats was different among the populations, and it was specific to each population. Six or seven repeats occurred in populations of the northern Japan group, while four or five repeats occurred in populations of the southern Japan group. Each repeat unit included several nucleotide substitutions, compared with others, and 26 types were identified from 31 animals. Sequences of the first, second, and third units in arrays were clearly different between the northern and the southern groups. Based on these D-loop data, colonization and separation of the sika deer populations in the Japanese islands were estimated to have occurred less than 0.5 million years before present. Our results provide an invaluable insight into better understanding the evolutionary history, phylogeny, taxonomy, and population genetics of the sika deer. (C) 1999 Academic Press.
  • Changes in distribution of Nutria (Myocastor coypus) in Gifu Prefecture
    Okada Atsushi, Tatsuzawa Shirow, Murakami Okimasa
    関西自然保護機構会報, 20, 2, 77, 81, Kanasai Organization for Nature Conservation, Dec. 1998, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese
  • Mitochondrial DNA variations in local populations of the Japanese sika deer, Cervus nippon
    HB Tamate, S Tatsuzawa, K Suda, M Izawa, T Doi, K Sunagawa, F Miyahira, H Tado
    JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY, 79, 4, 1396, 1403, AMER SOC MAMMALOGISTS, Nov. 1998, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, Scientific journal, A partial sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene was determined for seven subspecies of sika deer (Cen,us nippon) in the Japanese Islands. Nine mitochondrial DNA genotypes were distinguishable among deer sampled. Sequence analysis revealed two major phylogenetic groups comprised of northern (Hokkaido-Honshu) and southern (Kyushu) local populations. Estimated nucleotide divergence between genotypes found in southern populations was less than or equal to 1.1%, which indicated that genetic differentiation within this group occurred recently. Phylogenetic data suggest that the biogeographical boundary between northern and southern populations of sika deer lies somewhere in the Honshu mainland and not in channels that separate each Japanese Island as has been suggested. C. n. keramae, an endangered subspecies in the Kerama Islands, was found to be genotypically close to other subspecies from southern populations. C. n. keramae may have descended from deer originally introduced from Kyushu Island.
  • 南部アフリカ諸国の5提案 一特に「野生生物取引の有益性」について-
    立澤 史郎
    関西自然保護機構会報, 14, 0, 41, 56, 関西自然保護機構, Dec. 1992, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese
  • CITES '92市民連絡会の記録 一関西NGOsはホストたりえたか?
    立澤 史郎
    関西自然保護機構会報, 14, 0, 77, 85, 関西自然保護機構, Dec. 1992, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese
  • 環境NGOのCITESオブザーバー参加に関わる経緯と問題点
    立澤 史郎
    関西自然保護機構会報, 14, 0, 87, 95, 関西自然保護機構, Dec. 1992, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese
  • 大阪府におけるニホンジカ保護運動
    立沢 史郎
    関西自然保護機構会報, 13, 2, 103, 116, 関西自然保護機構, Feb. 1992, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese
  • Some Analyses on the Science Education Movement for the Lower Grades of Elementary Shool in Japan through the Journal "RIKAKYOIKU"
    Tatsuzawa Shiro, Suzuki Zenji
    Memoirs of Osaka Kyoiku University. V, Curricula and methods of education and allied subjects, 38, 2, 229, 245, Osaka Kyoiku University, Dec. 1989, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, 記事分類: 教育・スポーツ--学校教育--教育課程・教育方法--数学・理科教育

Other Activities and Achievements

Books and other publications

  • 犬からみた人類史               
    立澤史郎, 近藤祉秋, 第3部コラム5「シカ肉ドッグフードからみる人獣共通のウェルビーイング」
    勉誠出版, May 2019, 9784585230700, [Contributor]
  • Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative (AMBI): Workplan 2019-2023               
    TATSUZAWA Shirow, East Asian-Australasian Flyway Workplan
    Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna, Apr. 2019, 9789935431790, [Joint work]
  • 低温環境の科学事典               
    立澤 史郎, 北方林と動物および人間の生活
    朝倉書店, Dec. 2015, 9784254161281, Japanese, Dictionary or encycropedia, [Contributor]
  • シベリア 温暖化する極北の水環境と社会 (環境人間学と地域)
    檜山 哲哉, 藤原 潤子編, 第3章、第11章
    京都大学学術出版会, Apr. 2015, 4876983151, 511, [Contributor]
  • 環境教育辞典
    日本環境教育学会編, 日本環境教育学会, 北極海、家畜、獣害、生態系管理、地球規模生物多様性概況(GB03) 、共生、動物解放論、動物の権利
    教育出版, Jul. 2013, 4316801309, 341, [Contributor]
  • 生物という文化―人と生物の多様な関わり― (北大文学研究科ライブラリ7)
    池田 透, 小杉 康, 立澤 史郎, 橋本 雄, 武田 雅哉, 藏田 伸雄, 佐藤 淳二, 千葉 惠, 和田 博美, 池田 透, 第二章 日本最古のテーマパーク?――奈良公園に見る人とシカの関係史
    北海道大学出版会, Mar. 2013, 4832933841, 316, [Contributor]
  • 世界遺産 春日山原始林 -照葉樹林とシカをめぐる生態と文化-
    前迫ゆり 編著, 第15章 「奈良のシカ」の生態と管理
    ナカニシヤ出版, Mar. 2013, 4779507448, 292, [Contributor]
  • 馬毛島、宝の島
    牧 洋一郎, 長野 広美, 立澤 史郎, 下野 敏見, 蔵元 淳, 木下 大然, 上妻 昭夫, 瀬下 満義, 馬毛島環境問題対策編集委員会, 共編著、および2編執筆(1-1 馬毛島の自然の魅力、2-3民意を問うべき馬毛島問題)
    南方新社, Sep. 2010, 4861241952, 136, [Joint editor]
  • 環境倫理学
    鬼頭秀一, 福永真弓編, 鬼頭 秀一, 福永 真弓, 7 第7章「外来対在来」を問う――地域社会のなかの外来種
    東京大学出版会, Dec. 2009, 4130623117, 287, [Contributor]
  • Sika Deer―Biology and Management of Native and Introduced Populations
    Dale R. McCullough, Kaji Koichi, Takatsuki Seiki, Chapter 25. Sika Deer in Nara Park: Unique Human-Wildlife Relations
    Springer Japan, Jan. 2009, 0130205931, 666, [Contributor]
  • 馬毛島のふしぎな夜
    小川 みさこ, 原田 美夏
    南方新社, Jul. 2003, 4931376959, 35
  • 新版 環境教育事典
    環境教育事典編集委員会, 本谷 勳, 小原 秀雄, 宮本 憲一, 環境教育事典編集委員会, 「哺乳類と環境教育」など49項目
    旬報社, May 1999, 484510573X, 701, Japanese, [Contributor]
  • 里山の自然 (エコロジーガイド)
    田端 英雄, ニホンジカ
    保育社, May 1997, 4586312068, 199, Japanese, Scholarly book, [Contributor]
  • Ecological Experiments
    堀 道雄, 立沢 史郎, 中田 兼介, 足羽 寛
    Hairston Nelson G, Nelson George, 堀 道雄, 中田 兼介, 立澤 史郎, 足羽 寛, 蒼樹書房, Nov. 1996, 4789120562, 420, Japanese, [Joint translation]
  • 緑の世界史〈下〉 (朝日選書)
    クライブ ポンティング, Clive Ponting, 石 弘之, 京都大学環境史研究会
    朝日新聞, Jun. 1994, 402259604X, 314
  • 緑の世界史〈上〉 (朝日選書)
    クライブ ポンティング, Clive Ponting, 石 弘之, 京都大学環境史研究会
    朝日新聞, Jun. 1994, 4022596031, 360
  • 環境教育事典
    環境教育事典編集委員会, 環境教育事典編集委員会, 「哺乳類と環境教育」など49項目
    労働旬報社, Jun. 1992, 484510248X, 676, Japanese, [Contributor]
  • けものウォッチング
    川道 武男, 川道 美枝子, ポンポン山42-43, 芦生139-141, 大阪の自然が残る箕面・能勢153-155, アナグマ228-232, 滋賀県土山町234-235, 大台ヶ原258-260
    京都新聞社, Oct. 1991, 4763802801, 293, [Contributor]

Lectures, oral presentations, etc.

Courses

  • フィールドワーク, フィールドワーク入門               
    日本動物植物専門学院
  • プロジェクト演習、プロジェクト予備演習               
    立命館大学(大学院)
  • 野外調査法実習               
    北海道大学
  • 地域科学概論, 地域科学研究法, 地域科学演習               
    北海道大学
  • 野生動物保全と人間社会, 野生動物保全学               
    北海道大学, ほか
  • 人と動物, 人と自然, 人と動物の関係論               
    日本動物植物専門学院
  • 保全生態学、社会生態学演習、地域環境学演習               
    北海道大学, ほか
  • 環境生物学, 野外生物学, 野外生物学実習               
    奈良教育大学, 日本動物植物専門学院、ほか
  • 環境科学, 人間環境論, 環境科学実習, 環境科学演習               
    立命館大学、京都産業大学、ほか
  • 生物科学, 生物学, , 生物学実習               
    奈良教育大学
  • 環境科学, 人間環境論, 環境科学実習               
    立命館大学
  • 生態学, 動物生態学, 生態学実習               
    京都大学、奈良教育大学、立命館大学

Affiliated academic society

  • International Arctic Ungulate Society               
  • Kansai Organisation for Nature Conservation               
  • Society for YAKUSHIMAOLOGY               
  • JAPAN GEOSCIENCE UNION               
  • ASSOCIATION OF WILDLIFE AND HUMAN SOCIETY               
  • THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION               
  • THE MAMMAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN               
  • ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN               

Research Themes

  • A study on the role of community-based participatory research on the revaluing process of natural monument 'Nara sika deer'.
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    01 Apr. 2022 - 31 Mar. 2026
    立澤 史郎
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Hokkaido University, 22K00997
  • Environmental Governance in plural values with focus on natural resource management and renewal energy
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    2012 - 2015
    Miyauchi Taisuke, KITO Shuichi, MARUYAMA Yasushi, SUGA Yutaka, NISHIKIDO Makoto, SATO Tetsu, KIKUCHI Naoki, MATSUMURA Masaharu, KADO Kazunori, YAMAMOTO Shinji, SEKI Reiko, MIKAMI Naoyuki, ONUMA Susumu, AKAMINE Jun, SASAOKA Masatoshi, FUKUNAGA Mayumi, SUZUKI Katsuya, TOMITA Ryoto, TATSUZAWA Shiro, YASUDA Akito
    This study aims to illustrate how the environmental governance can be constructed in societies with plural values, from case studies of various conservation activities. It discovers the importance of adaptability for social systems due to social situations. It also demonstrates the importance of management of its adaptive process. The focal points in it are: 1. social evaluation tool, 2. hands-on type intermediary support, 3. adaptive role of professionals, 4. adaptive change of goals and measures, and 5. social learning of citizens.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Hokkaido University, Coinvestigator not use grants, Competitive research funding, 24243054
  • Environmental sociological study on adaptive governance and action research
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(基盤研究(A))
    2008 - 2011
    Taisuke MIYAUCHI, Shuichi KITOH, Tetsu SATOH, Yutaka SUGA, Reiko SEKI, Jun AKAMINE, Shirou TATSUZAWA, Yasushi MARUYAMA, Masaharu MATSUMURA, Naoki KIKUCHI, Katsuya SUZUKI, Shinji YAMAMORO, Mayumi FUKUNAGA, Ryoto TOMITA
    Many of our field researches has revealed some important points of the governance of natural resources : 1. Recognizing plural values, 2. securing adaptive process, and 3. Re-contextualizing the story of resource management by implementing citizen's researches.
    Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 基盤研究(A), 北海道大学, Coinvestigator not use grants, Competitive research funding, 20243028
  • Studies on environmental ethics towards the ideas of conservation of biodiversity and nature regeneration
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(基盤研究(B))
    2006 - 2008
    Shuichi KITOH, 池田 啓, 桑子 敏雄, 森岡 正博, 松田 裕之, 井上 有一, 丸山 康司, 丸山 徳次, 佐藤 哲, 池田 啓, 桑子 敏雄, 白水 士郎, 森岡 正博, 蔵田 伸雄, 松田 裕之, 瀬戸口 明久, 立澤 史郎, 福永 真弓, 吉永 明弘, 富田 涼都, 安田 章人, 二宮 咲子
    生物多様性保全と自然再生の理念は、地域社会の文化や社会のあり方と密接に結びついており、そのようなものを統合した「地域再生」の理念と深い関係がある。そのため、自然と社会や文化の入れ子状態の中で、「サステイナビリティ」などの自然にかかわる理念も社会や文化の理念から再定義されなければならない。そのようなことを実践的に可能にするための人材育成のあり方を実践的に提示するとともに、生物多様性保全や自然再生が、治水や災害などの問題も含めた包括的な環境や社会のあり方、さらには、エネルギーや脱炭素化社会の構築にも展開できる社会的な論理を提示した。『環境倫理学』(東京大学出版会)を出版してその成果の内容を提示した。
    Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 基盤研究(B), 東京大学, Coinvestigator not use grants, Competitive research funding, 18310027
  • Research no Ainu Materials in Museums in Hokkaido
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(基盤研究(B))
    2005 - 2007
    小谷 凱宣, Shiro SASAKI, 佐々木 史郎, 出利葉 浩司, 池田 透, 沖野 慎二, 荻原 眞子, 立澤 史郎, 佐々木 利和, 財部 香枝, 谷本 晃久, 加藤 克
    The main purpose of this research project was the documentation of the Ainu collections reserved in museums in Hokkaido. We chose the following three museums in Hokkaido, that is, Museum of the Botanical Garden of Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere in Hokkaido University, Hakodate City Museum of Northern Peoples, and Museum of Matsumae Castle, reconfirmed the collections in each museum, made documents and photographs of each material, and researched the historical background of the collections. As a result of our research activities in three years, we could document all the materia...
    Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 基盤研究(B), 南山大学->国立民族学博物館, Coinvestigator not use grants, Competitive research funding, 17320142
  • Study of consensus building for countermeasure against invasive alien raccoons.
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(基盤研究(C))
    2004 - 2005
    Tohru IKEDA, 立澤 史郎
    We conducted the attitude survey for the purpose of consensus building for the countermeasure against invasive alien raccoons in 4 areas in Hokkaido.As for the understanding for the invasive alien species issues in local residents, the uniform understanding goes around through press coverage, and it became clear that most local residents don't have consciousness for the ecological conservation.The consensus building based on ecological conservation is absolutely imperative for the long-term countermeasures against the invasive alien species, and it is necessary that all local residents unde...
    Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 基盤研究(C), 北海道大学, Coinvestigator not use grants, Competitive research funding, 16510017