Collaborative Research: Conservation and Ecology of the Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey at Khau Ca, Ha Giang Province, Vietnam

合作研究：越南河江省考钙地区的东京金丝猴的保护和生态学

• 批准号: 0716268
• 负责人: Herbert Covert
• 金额: $ 5.47万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-12-15 至 2009-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0716268&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Conservation; Ecology; Tonkin

The Tonkin snub-nosed monkey was named by Dolman (1912), but very few sightings of it occurred in the following decades leading western scientists to suggest its extinction until recent sightings in 1990. While not extinct, the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus) is presently restricted to as few as three small sites in the north of Vietnam, where it is endemic. This study focuses on the most viable population of Tonkin snub-nosed monkey at Khau Ca area in Ha Giang Province, Vietnam. Protection, conservation, and expansion (both demographically and geographically) are the primary goals of this project, but a deeper understanding of the ecological diversity of the genus Rhinopithecus is also sought. It has been suggested that an environmental cline has produced a gradation of morphology and behavior among the four extant Rhinopithecus species, with the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey living in relatively low lying tropical evergreen forest as opposed to the other three species in China which inhabit increasingly higher and colder habitats. Preliminary data reveal unexpected mandibular robusticity in the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey accompanied by the exploitation of a diverse array of relatively tough plant foods. These findings suggest an adaptive complex among Rhinopithecus species that cannot be explained by the clinal hypothesis. The conservation strategy of this project involves faunal and floral survey, assessment of activity patterns and ranging, and detailed population and phenological monitoring. Additional data on social behavior, foraging and feeding, and locomotion will be collected to test the clinal hypothesis. These findings will be disseminated in peer reviewed and popular journals and will lay the foundation for additional funding.This project will coordinate conservation efforts between NGOs and the Forestry Protection Department of Vietnam. It will help to build the forestry capacity of local villagers belonging to a number of ethnic minorities. Public awareness will be enhanced through interactions with local leaders and through the training of local counterparts. The lead Vietnamese researcher will gain support for the development of a doctoral thesis on the ecology, behavior, and conservation of the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey. This study will aid in developing a viable strategy for the newly proposed Species/Habitat Conservation Area for the TSN monkey at Khau Ca.

东京金丝猴由 Dolman (1912) 命名，但在接下来的几十年里很少见到它，导致西方科学家认为它已经灭绝，直到 1990 年最近的目击事件。虽然东京金丝猴 (Rhinopithecus avunculus) 尚未灭绝，但目前仅限于越南北部的三个小地点，该猴是当地特有的。 这项研究的重点是越南河江省考卡地区最有活力的东京金丝猴种群。 保护、保存和扩张（人口和地理上的）是该项目的主要目标，但也寻求对犀猴属的生态多样性有更深入的了解。 有人认为，环境梯度在四种现存金丝猴物种之间产生了形态和行为的分级，其中东京金丝猴生活在地势相对较低的热带常绿森林中，而中国的其他三种金丝猴则生活在越来越高和越来越冷的栖息地。 初步数据显示，随着对各种相对坚韧的植物性食物的开发，东京金丝猴的下颌骨具有意想不到的坚固性。 这些发现表明金丝猴物种之间存在一种无法用临床假说解释的适应性复合体。该项目的保护策略包括动物和花卉调查、活动模式和范围评估以及详细的种群和物候监测。 将收集有关社会行为、觅食和进食以及运动的其他数据来检验临床假设。 这些发现将在同行评审和流行期刊上传播，并将为额外资金奠定基础。该项目将协调非政府组织和越南林业保护部之间的保护工作。 它将有助于建设当地一些少数民族村民的林业能力。 将通过与当地领导人的互动以及对当地同行的培训来提高公众意识。 越南首席研究人员将获得关于撰写有关东京金丝猴的生态、行为和保护的博士论文的支持。 这项研究将有助于为考钙新提议的 TSN 猴子物种/栖息地保护区制定可行的策略。