Unveiling a wildlife haven: occupancy and activity patterns of mammals at a Tibetan sacred mountain
Unveiling a wildlife haven: occupancy and activity patterns of mammals at a Tibetan sacred mountain
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揭开野生动物天堂的面纱：西藏圣山哺乳动物的居住和活动模式
DOI：
10.1007/s10344-018-1213-y
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发表时间：
2018-08
影响因子：
2
通讯作者：
Jiang Xuelong
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作者：
Li Xueyou;Bleisch William V.;Jiang Xuelong
在这里，我们在西藏一座圣山进行了相机陷阱调查，以确定中型到大型地面哺乳动物的状况和活动模式。我们记录了 15 种中大型哺乳动物，包括 9 种食肉动物、4 种有蹄类动物、1 种灵长类动物和 1 种啮齿类动物。其中六个物种被世界自然保护联盟列为全球受威胁物种。结果表明，这座圣山对于高山有蹄类动物尤其重要。岩羊、斑羚、灰羚、羚羊和高山麝的平均占据概率分别为0.93、0.91、0.87和0.44。家犬Canisamilis在山上也广泛分布，平均占有率为0.60。时间活动模式表明，高山麝大多是夜间活动，大多数捕获发生在夜间。中华羚羊在各个时期都很活跃，以黎明时为活动高峰。岩羊严格在白天活动，夜间没有捕获。虽然中国斑羚主要是白天活动，但捕获也经常发生在夜间。我们的研究不仅揭示了受益于圣山宗教信仰的野生动物天堂，而且还指出了圣地动物群的危急状况。这些圣地的动物群多种多样，但研究很少，并且受到家犬、垃圾污染和人口隔离的威胁。这些地区未来的保护和管理工作应评估种群遗传多样性，并评估非致命性人类干扰对野生动物群落的影响。
Here, we present a camera trap survey at a Tibetan sacred mountain to ascertain the status and activity patterns of medium- to large-sized ground-dwelling mammalian fauna. We recorded 15 medium- to large-sized mammal species including 9 carnivores, 4 ungulates, 1 primate, and 1 rodent. Six of the species were categorized by IUCN as globally threatened. The results suggested that the sacred mountain was particularly important for alpine ungulates. The mean occupancy probabilities of blue sheep Pseudois nayaur, Chinese goral Naemorhedus griseus, Chinese serow Capricornis milneedwardsii, and alpine musk deer Moschus chrysogaster were 0.93, 0.91, 0.87, and 0.44 respectively. Domestic dog Canis familiaris also occurs widely across the mountain, with a mean occupancy of 0.60. Temporal activity patterns showed that alpine musk deer were mostly nocturnal, with most captures occurring at night. Chinese serow were active at all periods, with an activity peak at dawn. Blue sheep were strictly diurnal, without any captures at night. Although Chinese goral were predominantly diurnal, captures also frequently occurred at night. Our study not only unveiled a wildlife haven benefiting from religious beliefs about sacred mountains but also pointed to the critical situation of the fauna in the sacred site. The fauna in such sacred sites are diverse but poorly studied, and are subject to threats from domestic dogs, garbage pollution, and population isolation. Future conservation and management efforts in such areas should evaluate the population genetic diversity and assess the impact of non-lethal human disturbance on the wildlife communities.
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