IKIP: Biographies: Abe

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HISASHI ABE

TITLE:

Professor, Laboratory of Applied Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan.

EDUCATION:

M. Agr., Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, 1958.

D. Agr., Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, 1961.

POSITIONS:

Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, 1969-1992.

Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, 1992-present.

FIELD EXPERIENCE:

Many field trips in and around northern Japan since 1965, plus the following overseas field experiences: Hokkaido University Scientific Expedition to Nepal, Himalayas, March-August 1968; Hokkaido University Agrobiologial Exp edition to Nepal, Himalayas, August-October 1975; four field seasons in Thailand, southeast Asia, July-August 1978, February 1979, August-September 1980, July-August 1982; Malaysia, July-August 1985; three field seasons in northern U.S.A., June 1988, July 1989, July-August 1990.

PUBLICATIONS:

Since 1967, 33 scientific publications on the taxonomy, distribution, ecology, age determination, growth and development, and food habits of small mammals.

Five publications most relevant to the present proposal:

ABE, H. 1983. Variation and taxonomy of Niviventer fulvescens and notes on the Niviventer group of rats in Thailand. Jour. Mamm. Soc. Japan, 9(4): 151-161.
ABE, H. 1988. Age determination, growth, and sexual dimorphism of the feral mink (Mustela vison) in Hokkaido. Jour. Mamm. Soc. Japan, 13(1): 63-75 (with N. Kondo, T. Saitoh, and K. Uraguchi).
ABE, H. 1988. Redescription and multivariate morphometrics of Moguranema nipponicus Yamaguchi, 1941. Japan. Jour. Vet. Res., 36: 223-233 (with Y. Yokohata and M. Kamiya).
ABE, H. 1989. Effects of reduced vertical space and arboreal food supply on densities of three forest rodents. Jour. Mamm. Soc. Japan, 14(1): 43-52 (with T. Shida and T. Saitoh).
ABE, H. 1993. The persistence of moles in nesting at the same sites as indicated by mushroom fruiting and nest reconstruction. Canad. Jour. Zool., in press.