（様式）

専攻分野及び研究計画
Field of Study and Research Plan

Name (in alphabet)

(氏名(ｱﾙﾌｧﾍﾞｯﾄ))
REHAN , SHAHID SHAHID REHAN
(Surname) (Given name) (Middle name)
Nationality
（国 籍） PAKISTAN

≪Guide for Creating a Field of Study and Research Plan Sheet/作成要領≫

(1) As this sheet is one of the most important references for selection and university placement, outline your field of study and specify
your research theme and plan in line with the following items 1 and 2. If plagiarism or fraud is discovered after selection, the
selection will be cancelled retroactively.

本様式は選考及び大学配置の重要な参考となるので、下記の項目 1 及び 2 に沿って専攻分野の概要及び研究計画の詳細を具体的に記入す

ること。なお、採用後に不正、盗用等が判明した場合は遡って採用を取り消す。

(2) This sheet must be typewritten or written in block letters. If possible, please write in Japanese.

記入はタイプ又は楷書によるものとする。相当の日本語能力を有する者は日本語により記入すること。

(3) This sheet must be created within two pages. Additional materials may be attached if necessary. Both a single-side and dual-side
printing will be acceptable.

本様式は２ページ以内で作成すること。ただし必要な場合は別紙を付してもよい。印刷は片面印刷、両面印刷のどちらも可。

1. Past and present field of study（これまでの専攻分野）

In past I have studied different subjects like Developmental biology, biotechonology, animal behavoiur, Fishries,
wildlife, Histology but my specialty in wildlife which is really interested and enjoyable.

2. Research theme and plan in Japan（渡日後の研究テーマ及び研究計画）

Describe articulately the research theme and plan you wish to carry out in Japan. Specify particularly the ultimate goal(s) of your research in

Japan.（日本において希望する研究テーマ及び研究計画を明確に記入すること。特に研究の最終目標を具体的に記入すること。）

(1) Research theme（研究テーマ）

POPULATION STATUS OF WOOD MOUSE DAISEN-OKI NATIONAL PARK

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(2) Research plan（研究計画）

Introduction
The wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) is widely distributed in the Western Palaearctic from

Iceland and Scandinavia (south of 63°N) to the shores of the Mediterranean (Mon tgomery 1999,

Musser & Carleton 2005). The only species of the genus in Africa, the wood is rather widespread in

the Maghreb from the Western High Atlas in Morocco to the North-East of Tunisia (Bernard 1969,

Kock & Felten 1980, Aulagnier &Thévenot 1986, Kowalski& Rzebik Kowalska 1991). Its southern

range is limited by desert habitats, and so it is absent in Libya and Egypt (Osborn & He lmy 1980).

In Algeria, Kowalski (1985) captured wood mice in the coastal zone, as well as in the mountains,

Tellian and Saharan Atlas, from sea level up to 2000 m in the Aurès region. In Kabylie of Djurdjura

it was recorded up to 1800 m (K h i d a s 1993). This vast distribution is associated with a

latitudinal variation of body size (Alcantara 1991) but contrary to the rule of Bergman, the size

increases towards the south. It is mainly associated with a great diversity of habitats providing some

vegetation cover: forests with understory, agricultural land with hedgerows, old fields, maquis, etc.

(Zejda 1965, Saint Girons 1973, Spitz 1974, Constant 1976, Khidas 1993). In Morocco and in

Algeria, wood mouse is usually common in quite wet and dense habitats, particularly in coastal

forests of pines and cedar forests of the Atlas Mountains, Aurès and Djurdjura (Aulagnier &

Thevenot 1986, Kowalsk i& Rzebik Kowalska 1991). The main rodent species in the mountain

forests of Kabylie the wood mouse is associated with bushes, rocks and blocks (Khidas 1993).

Living in so many habitats including heterogeneous landscapes the wood mouse is adapted to

forage upon a large number of items according to vegetation phenology, and mainly to the

production of seeds (Angelstam et al.. 1987, Montgome ry et al., 1991). Indeed, this rodent proved

to be grani vorous (Hansson 1985, Butet 1986a, Mont gomery 1989), but studies in various areas of

Europe show a great deal of variability (Butet 1985). When are rare or of low energy value, the

wood mouse can prey on small invertebrates or even eat some plants with a high lipid content

(Butet 1985). Animal concern in the diet is quite variable, at least seasonally, with an occurrence

from 15 up to 80% (Miller 1954, Obrtel 1975, O brtel & Holisova 1979, Butet 1986a, Zubaid &

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Gorman 1991). Green parts of plants are usually the smallest part of the diet, only less than 10% of

the items (Watts 1968, Obrtel & Holisova 1979, Butet .,1986) with some exceptions (e.g. up to 85%

of volume in fallow grounds, Rogers & Gorman 1995). In North Africa the diet of wood mouse was

only studied in a coastal zone of Morocco where it proved to be also granivorous (Harich &

Benazzou 1990). As an additional

contribution to the study of wood mouse plasticity in the Mediterranean area, we compared annual

diets from three biotopes of Kabylie of Djurdjura: oak forest, marquis and cultivated zone. This

study was carried out by analyzing stomach contents, one of the most reliable methods for this

purpose.

Rationale
I want to work on population status of wood mouse because its IUCN Status in world is Data

Deficient and I want to find out the population status of wood mouse in Daisen-oki National Park

Japan.

Objectives
1. To identify the population status of wood mouse in Daisen-oki national park Japan.
Study Area
Mount Daisen is a large, volcanic mountain that rises up from sea level to dominate the terrain of

western Tottori Prefecture. Part of Daisen-Oki National Park, the 1729 meter high mountain is the

tallest in the Chugoku Region and is included on the list of Japan's 100 famous mountains. Daisen

has not erupted for several thousand years. As the most prominent mountain far and wide, Daisen has

long been a spiritual icon and a center of mountain worship. Daisenji Temple, whose buildings are

spread out along the wooded slope and are connected by mountain trails, was built near the base of

the mountain and is an important Buddhist temple. Additionally, the Ogamiyama Shrine is found

further up the trail above the temple. The top of the mountain is made up of a ridge with several

peaks, the highest of which, Kengamine Peak (1729 m), lies along an unstable knife's edge ridge that

has been closed since an earthquake eroded the trail in 2000. Instead hikers can climb as far as the

nearby Misen Peak (1709 m).

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Materials and Methods
Survey of wood mouse will be carried out from 10 April 2018 to 10 March 2019 in Khunjarab

National Park on the basis of on their topographic condition. Eight Transact will be set to find

population status through their call counting, faecal dropping, their food and by the information of

local residents and through wildlife watchers. During survey call counting method, camera trapping

and tape recorders will be used.

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