Ecological Factors Determining Barking Deer Distribution and Habitat Use in the Mid-Hills of Nepal

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F86652079%3A_____%2F22%3A00558873" target="_blank" >RIV/86652079:_____/22:00558873 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/49777513:23420/22:43966185 RIV/00216208:11310/22:10445698

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.894369/full" target="_blank" >https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.894369/full</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.894369" target="_blank" >10.3389/fevo.2022.894369</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Ecological Factors Determining Barking Deer Distribution and Habitat Use in the Mid-Hills of Nepal

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Barking deer is found in dense tropical and subtropical forests of Asia. It is listed as ´least concerned´ by the International Union of Conservation of Nature and as ´vulnerable´ in Nepal, where it is also protected. Due to the habitat loss and fragmentation by human activities, barking deer abundance is decreasing, which may even ultimately lead to its extinction. This in turn might negatively affect local ecosystem such as the abundance of the endangered common leopard, for which barking deer is the main prey species in the mid-hills of Nepal. We therefore need to know factors affecting barking deer abundance and its habitat preferences. To determine these factors, we recorded barking deer either by direct sighting or by any evidence of its indirect presence observed through transect surveys in January and February, 2019. To analyze habitat preference, the presence of barking deer was set to 1 if the barking deer or any sign of its presence were observed ´used plots,´ or to 0 if the barking deer or any sign of its presence were not observed (´habitat availability plot´). We measured main four ecological drivers such as forest management regime, microclimate, disturbance and food resources, which include 11 habitat characteristics in spots where barking deer was present, and in randomly selected spots. We found that elevation, slope, distance from settlement, presence of tree species, depth of leaf litter and percentage cover of leaf litter were most significantly affecting its presence. These results can serve as guidelines for local authorities to prevent decline in abundance of barking deer.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Ecological Factors Determining Barking Deer Distribution and Habitat Use in the Mid-Hills of Nepal

Popis výsledku anglicky

Barking deer is found in dense tropical and subtropical forests of Asia. It is listed as ´least concerned´ by the International Union of Conservation of Nature and as ´vulnerable´ in Nepal, where it is also protected. Due to the habitat loss and fragmentation by human activities, barking deer abundance is decreasing, which may even ultimately lead to its extinction. This in turn might negatively affect local ecosystem such as the abundance of the endangered common leopard, for which barking deer is the main prey species in the mid-hills of Nepal. We therefore need to know factors affecting barking deer abundance and its habitat preferences. To determine these factors, we recorded barking deer either by direct sighting or by any evidence of its indirect presence observed through transect surveys in January and February, 2019. To analyze habitat preference, the presence of barking deer was set to 1 if the barking deer or any sign of its presence were observed ´used plots,´ or to 0 if the barking deer or any sign of its presence were not observed (´habitat availability plot´). We measured main four ecological drivers such as forest management regime, microclimate, disturbance and food resources, which include 11 habitat characteristics in spots where barking deer was present, and in randomly selected spots. We found that elevation, slope, distance from settlement, presence of tree species, depth of leaf litter and percentage cover of leaf litter were most significantly affecting its presence. These results can serve as guidelines for local authorities to prevent decline in abundance of barking deer.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/LM2018123" target="_blank" >LM2018123: CzeCOS</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

ISSN

2296-701X

e-ISSN

2296-701X

Svazek periodika

10

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

JUN

Stát vydavatele periodika

CH - Švýcarská konfederace

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

894369

Kód UT WoS článku

000815021800001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85133464706