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DOI | 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.09.013 |
Human activities negatively impact distribution of ungulates in the Mongolian Gobi | |
Buuveibaatar, Bayarbaatar1,2; Mueller, Thomas3,4; Strindberg, Samantha5; Leimgruber, Peter6; Kaczensky, Petra7; Fuller, Todd K.2 | |
通讯作者 | Buuveibaatar, Bayarbaatar |
来源期刊 | BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
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ISSN | 0006-3207 |
EISSN | 1873-2917 |
出版年 | 2016 |
卷号 | 203页码:168-175 |
英文摘要 | The Southern Gobi of Mongolia is an iconic ungulate stronghold that supports the world’s largest populations of Asiatic wild ass (or khulan - Equus hemionus) and goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa). A growing human population, intensifying exploitation of natural resources, and the development of infrastructure in the region place increasing pressure on these species and their habitats. During 2012-2015, we studied factors influencing the distribution of these two ungulate species in the Southern Gobi to better inform management. We built Generalized Linear Mixed Models (GLMMs) to predict the location of suitable habitat for the two species using environmental and human-associated factors. These models were validated using independent telemetry data for each species. The GLMMs, suggest that the probability of ungulate presence decreased with increasing human influence and increased in areas with intermediate values of elevation and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (except for goitered gazelle). Notably, human-associated factors were more important than environmental variables in explaining the distribution of the two species. Habitat models predicted between 45 and 55% of the study area to be suitable for khulan and between 50 and 55% suitable for goitered gazelles during 2012-2015. Models for both species had good predictive power, as nearly 90% of khulan and 100% of goitered gazelle telemetry locations from separate data sets were found within the predicted preferred areas. Our approach quantifies the key drivers of their distribution and our findings are useful for policy makers, managers, and industry to plan mitigation measures to reduce the impacts of development. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Spatial modelling Equus hemionus Mining development Gobi desert Mongolia Gazella subgutturosa |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Mongolia ; USA ; Germany ; Austria |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000388156100020 |
WOS关键词 | SELECTION ; ECOLOGY |
WOS类目 | Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Environmental Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/191773 |
作者单位 | 1.Mongolia Program, Wildlife Conservat Soc, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; 2.Univ Massachusetts, Dept Environm Conservat, Amherst, MA 01003 USA; 3.Goethe Univ Frankfurt, Senckenberg Biodivers & Climate Res Ctr, Frankfurt, Germany; 4.Goethe Univ Frankfurt, Dept Biol Sci, Frankfurt, Germany; 5.Global Conservat Program, Wildlife Conservat Soc, Bronx, NY USA; 6.Natl Zool Pk, Smithsonian Conservat Biol Inst, Front Royal, VA USA; 7.Univ Vet Med, Res Inst Wildlife Ecol, Vienna, Austria |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Buuveibaatar, Bayarbaatar,Mueller, Thomas,Strindberg, Samantha,et al. Human activities negatively impact distribution of ungulates in the Mongolian Gobi[J],2016,203:168-175. |
APA | Buuveibaatar, Bayarbaatar,Mueller, Thomas,Strindberg, Samantha,Leimgruber, Peter,Kaczensky, Petra,&Fuller, Todd K..(2016).Human activities negatively impact distribution of ungulates in the Mongolian Gobi.BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION,203,168-175. |
MLA | Buuveibaatar, Bayarbaatar,et al."Human activities negatively impact distribution of ungulates in the Mongolian Gobi".BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 203(2016):168-175. |
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