Fig. 1From: Susceptible conditions for debarking by deer in subalpine coniferous forests in central JapanMap of the study area. Gray polygons indicate the locations of subalpine grasslands (from the Natural Environment Information geographic information system provided by the Biodiversity Center of Japan: http://www.biodic.go.jp/trialSystem/top.html). Solid and dashed lines denote prefectural boundaries and trails, respectively. Solid squares indicate surveyed plots. This map was drawn by QGIS (QGIS Development 2015)Back to article page