Biodiversity Conservation Using Umbrella Species

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Global Distribution and Population Estimates of Blakiston’s Fish Owl

Chapter 3 Ecology and Conservation of Blakiston’s Fish Owl in Japan

Chapter 4 Ecology and Conservation of Blakiston’s Fish Owl in Russia

Chapter 5 Distribution of the Red-crowned Crane in the World

Chapter 6 Ecology of the Red-crowned Crane and Conservation Activities in Japan

Chapter 7 Ecology and Conservation of Red-crowned Cranes in Russia

Chapter 8 Status and Perspective of the Population Based on Genetic Diversity: Introduction

Chapter 9 Status and Perspective of the Blakiston’s Fish Owl Population, Based on Genetic Diversity

Chapter 10 Status and Perspective of the Red-crowned Crane Based on Genetic Diversity

Chapter 11 Can Charismatic Megafauna Be Surrogate Species for Biodiversity Conservation? Mechanisms and a Test Using Citizen Data and a Hierarchical Community Model

Chapter 12 Future Perspectives for Restoring Habitats and Spreading the Distributions of the Two Species in Hokkaido: Introduction

Chapter 13 The Possibility of Using Abandoned Farmlands for Habitat Restoration in Societies with Decreasing Populations

Chapter 14 Vegetation Succession on Fallow Land

Chapter 15 Changes in Ground Beetle and Bird Species After Farmland Abandonment

Chapter 16 Predicting Future Range Expansions of Blakiston’s Fish Owl Subject to Conservation Efforts

Chapter 17 Abandoned Farmlands as a Potential New Habitat for Red-crowned Cranes

Chapter 18 Forest and Agricultural Management Policies to Conserve the Two Species