Implications of landscape genetics and connectivity of snow leopard in the Nepalese Himalayas for its conservation
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F86652079%3A_____%2F20%3A00536354" target="_blank" >RIV/86652079:_____/20:00536354 - isvavai.cz</a>
Nalezeny alternativní kódy
RIV/00216208:11310/20:10422075
Výsledek na webu
<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-76912-7" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-76912-7</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76912-7" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41598-020-76912-7</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Implications of landscape genetics and connectivity of snow leopard in the Nepalese Himalayas for its conservation
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
The snow leopard is one of the most endangered large mammals. Its population, already low, is declining, most likely due to the consequences of human activity, including a reduction in the size and number of suitable habitats. With climate change, habitat loss may escalate, because of an upward shift in the tree line and concomitant loss of the alpine zone, where the snow leopard lives. Migration between suitable areas, therefore, is important because a decline in abundance in these areas may result in inbreeding, fragmentation of populations, reduction in genetic variation due to habitat fragmentation, loss of connectivity, bottlenecks or genetic drift. Here we use our data collected in Nepal to determine the areas suitable for snow leopards, by using habitat suitability maps, and describe the genetic structure of the snow leopard within and between these areas. We also determine the influence of landscape features on the genetic structure of its populations and reveal corridors connecting suitable areas. We conclude that it is necessary to protect these natural corridors to maintain the possibility of snow leopards' migration between suitable areas, which will enable gene flow between the diminishing populations and thus maintain a viable metapopulation of snow leopards.
Název v anglickém jazyce
Implications of landscape genetics and connectivity of snow leopard in the Nepalese Himalayas for its conservation
Popis výsledku anglicky
The snow leopard is one of the most endangered large mammals. Its population, already low, is declining, most likely due to the consequences of human activity, including a reduction in the size and number of suitable habitats. With climate change, habitat loss may escalate, because of an upward shift in the tree line and concomitant loss of the alpine zone, where the snow leopard lives. Migration between suitable areas, therefore, is important because a decline in abundance in these areas may result in inbreeding, fragmentation of populations, reduction in genetic variation due to habitat fragmentation, loss of connectivity, bottlenecks or genetic drift. Here we use our data collected in Nepal to determine the areas suitable for snow leopards, by using habitat suitability maps, and describe the genetic structure of the snow leopard within and between these areas. We also determine the influence of landscape features on the genetic structure of its populations and reveal corridors connecting suitable areas. We conclude that it is necessary to protect these natural corridors to maintain the possibility of snow leopards' migration between suitable areas, which will enable gene flow between the diminishing populations and thus maintain a viable metapopulation of snow leopards.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
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OECD FORD obor
10619 - Biodiversity conservation
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
<a href="/cs/project/GB14-36098G" target="_blank" >GB14-36098G: Centrum pro tropickou biologii</a><br>
Návaznosti
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2020
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Scientific Reports
ISSN
2045-2322
e-ISSN
—
Svazek periodika
10
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
1
Stát vydavatele periodika
GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska
Počet stran výsledku
11
Strana od-do
19853
Kód UT WoS článku
000595259200025
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85096075802