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DOI10.1016/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
ISSN1616-5047
EISSN1618-1476
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
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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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