Leopard activity patterns in a small montane protected area highlight the need for integrated, collaborative landscape conservation

doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01182

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	Leopard activity patterns in a small montane protected area highlight the need for integrated, collaborative landscape conservation
	Webb, Edward L.; Choo, Yan Ru ; Kudavidanage, Enoka P.; Amarasinghe, Thakshila Ravindra 1; Bandara, Udamulle Gedara Sumith Indika 3; Wanninay, Wanninayaka Aarahchilage Charitha Lakmali 3; Ravindrakumar, Piyal 3; Nimalrathna, Thilina Sudarshana 2,4; Liang, Song Horng 5; Chua, Marcus Aik Hwee 6,7
	2020
Source Publication	GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
ISSN	2351-9894
Volume	23 Pages:-
Abstract	Large protected areas are essential for the long-term conservation of wide-ranging or low density large carnivore populations. However, small protected areas can also contribute to carnivore conservation if they have sufficient prey density, if wildlife crime is controlled and if they are connected to other protected areas and/or embedded within a larger matrix of at least partially suitable habitat. In the central highlands of Sri Lanka, the 31.6 km(2) Horton Plains National Park (HPNP) is a mosaic of tropical montane cloud forest and patana grassland set within a mosaic landscape of forest and agriculture. We conducted a camera trapping study in 2017 and 2018 to estimate leopard densities in HPNP and predict their activity centers. A Bayesian multi-session spatially-explicit capture-recapture analysis of 249 independent captures across two 4-month camera trapping campaigns returned density estimates of 10.6 per 100 km(2) (95% HDI = 8.0-16.0) in 2017 and 15.1 per 100 km(2) (95% HDI = 13.3-18.7) in 2018. Female capture rates and activity centers remained stable over the two survey periods, indicating fidelity to the grasslands. In contrast, most male activity centers were predicted to fall outside of the park, which implied that a significant proportion of males' activity occurred outside HPNP, likely with occasional returns to the prey-dense grassland area. As a result, HPNP is unlikely to be sufficient on its own to sustain the estimated leopard densitiesdparticularly for malesdwithout contribution from the surrounding landscape. Thus, although the Department of Wildlife Conservation maintains jurisdiction over wildlife anywhere in the country, interagency collaboration in research, management and conservation should be encouraged owing to multiple jurisdictions over land management that will affect habitat suitability for leopards. Finally, we highlight the potential benefits of maintaining an updated camera trap database for outreach and potential conflict management. (c) 2020 Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Keyword	PANTHERA-PARDUS HABITAT SELECTION ECOLOGY EXTINCTION CARNIVORES DEMOGRAPHY DENSITY MODELS TIGERS SIZE
Subject Area	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
DOI	10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01182
Indexed By	SCI
Language	英语
WOS ID	WOS:000568735600006
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Document Type	期刊论文
Identifier	https://ir.xtbg.ac.cn/handle/353005/11819
Collection	2012年后新成立研究组
Affiliation	1.Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Biol Sci, Singapore, Singapore 2.Trop Ecosyst Res Network, 30c Temple Rd, Hadigama, Piliyandala, Sri Lanka 3.Sabaragamuwa Univ Sri Lanka, Dept Nat Resources, Belihuloya 70140, Sri Lanka 4.Dept Wildlife Conservat, 811A Jayanthipura, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka 5.Chinese Acad Sci, CAS Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Mengla 666303, Yunnan, Peoples R China 6.Pertubuhan Pelindung Alam Malaysia, Jalan Casa Green, Cheras 43200, Selangor, Malaysia 7.Natl Univ Singapore, Lee Kong Chian Nat Hist Museum, Singapore, Singapore 8.George Mason Univ, Dept Environm Sci & Policy, 4400 Univ Dr, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714	Webb, Edward L.,Choo, Yan Ru,Kudavidanage, Enoka P.,et al. Leopard activity patterns in a small montane protected area highlight the need for integrated, collaborative landscape conservation[J]. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION,2020,23:-.
APA	Webb, Edward L..,Choo, Yan Ru.,Kudavidanage, Enoka P..,Amarasinghe, Thakshila Ravindra.,Bandara, Udamulle Gedara Sumith Indika.,...&Chua, Marcus Aik Hwee.(2020).Leopard activity patterns in a small montane protected area highlight the need for integrated, collaborative landscape conservation.GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION,23,-.
MLA	Webb, Edward L.,et al."Leopard activity patterns in a small montane protected area highlight the need for integrated, collaborative landscape conservation".GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION 23(2020):-.

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