Linking two elephant refuges with a corridor in the communal lands of Zimbabwe
Linking two elephant refuges with a corridor in the communal lands of Zimbabwe
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DOI：
10.1046/j.1365-2028.2003.00413.x
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发表时间：
2003-03-01
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1
通讯作者：
Parker, GE
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作者：
Osborn, FV;Parker, GE
野生动物走廊是连接动植物核心种群的适宜生境保护带，被视为解决生境破碎化问题的最佳办法。在津巴布韦的公共土地上发现了两个野生动物保护区之间的走廊。使用无线电项圈的两个避难所之间的公牛大象目前首选的迁移跟踪结果相结合的地理信息系统分析，以检查该地区的栖息地保护将有最小的影响，目前的活动在公共土地。通过最低成本分析确定了一个合适的走廊，可以改善大象的保护，从而通过减少人/象冲突和增加该地区体育狩猎和旅游业的收入来增加当地居民的利益。走廊地区最近的政治暴力、非法杀害大象和适当栖息地的丧失使这条走廊的实施不太可能。
Wildlife corridors, protected bands of suitable habitat linking core populations of plants and animals, are seen as the best solution to the problem of habitat fragmentation. A corridor between two wildlife refuges was identified in the communal lands of Zimbabwe. Results of tracking the current preferred migration of bull elephants between the two refuges using radio collars were combined with a GIS analysis to examine the zone where conservation of habitat would have least impact on current activities within the communal lands. A suitable corridor was identified using least-cost analysis allowing for the improved conservation of the elephants and therefore potentially increasing the benefits to local residents by both reducing human/elephant conflict and increasing income from sport hunting and tourism in the region. Recent political violence in the corridor region, the illegal killing of elephants and the loss of suitable habitat makes the implementation of this corridor unlikely.