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DOI | 10.1016/j.mambio.2012.07.158 |
Latrine survey as a method to estimate the population size of Arabian gazelles (Gazella arabica) | |
Wronski, Torsten1,2; Zafar-ul Islam, M.3; Plath, Martin4 | |
通讯作者 | Wronski, Torsten |
来源期刊 | MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY
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ISSN | 1616-5047 |
EISSN | 1618-1476 |
出版年 | 2013 |
卷号 | 78期号:3页码:226-230 |
英文摘要 | Arabian gazelle (Gazella arabica) populations have been decimated in most parts of their original range. As a cryptic, crepuscular species, Arabian gazelles are difficult to observe, rendering monitoring programs for conservation purposes a challenging endeavour. Latrine mapping has been suggested as an effective, time- and cost-efficient tool to survey and estimate the abundance of gazelles in remote areas with low population densities. In the present study we collected data from five populations in Saudi Arabia to address the question of how population estimates can be inferred from such latrine counts and uncovered a non-linear relationship between both variables. Methodologies applied during the five surveys differed between study sites, so caution is required when interpreting our data. Still, given the immediate threat to the survival of the species, there is an urgent need to establish a time- and cost-efficient sampling method that will be vital for the conservation of remnant pockets of natural populations and for the proclamation of new protected areas in Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Middle East, and the present data are the only available source of information in this context. (C) 2012 Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Saugetierkunde. Published by Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Population estimate Localised defecation Road strip count Desert ungulate Habitat fragmentation |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | England ; Saudi Arabia ; Germany |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000330156300012 |
WOS关键词 | MOUNTAIN GAZELLES ; SOCIAL-ORGANIZATION ; CONSERVATION ; ABUNDANCE ; RESERVE |
WOS类目 | Zoology |
WOS研究方向 | Zoology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/178830 |
作者单位 | 1.Zool Soc London, Conservat Programs, London NW1 4RY, England; 2.Saudi Wildlife Author, King Khalid Wildlife Res Ctr, Riyadh 11575, Saudi Arabia; 3.Saudi Wildlife Author, Natl Wildlife Res Ctr, At Taif, Saudi Arabia; 4.Goethe Univ Frankfurt, Dept Ecol & Evolut, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wronski, Torsten,Zafar-ul Islam, M.,Plath, Martin. Latrine survey as a method to estimate the population size of Arabian gazelles (Gazella arabica)[J],2013,78(3):226-230. |
APA | Wronski, Torsten,Zafar-ul Islam, M.,&Plath, Martin.(2013).Latrine survey as a method to estimate the population size of Arabian gazelles (Gazella arabica).MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY,78(3),226-230. |
MLA | Wronski, Torsten,et al."Latrine survey as a method to estimate the population size of Arabian gazelles (Gazella arabica)".MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY 78.3(2013):226-230. |
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