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The contribution of community-based conservation models to conserving large herbivore populations.
Kiffner, Christian; Foley, Charles A H; Lee, Derek E; Bond, Monica L; Kioko, John; Kissui, Bernard M; Lobora, Alex L; Foley, Lara S; Nelson, Fred.
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  • Kiffner C; Junior Research Group Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany. christian.kiffner@zalf.de.
  • Foley CAH; The School for Field Studies, Centre For Wildlife Management Studies, PO Box 304, Karatu, Tanzania. christian.kiffner@zalf.de.
  • Lee DE; Department of Land Use & Governance, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany. christian.kiffner@zalf.de.
  • Bond ML; Tanzania Conservation Research Program, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Kioko J; Wild Nature Institute, Concord, NH, USA.
  • Kissui BM; Wild Nature Institute, Concord, NH, USA.
  • Lobora AL; Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Foley LS; The School for Field Studies, Centre For Wildlife Management Studies, PO Box 304, Karatu, Tanzania.
  • Nelson F; The School for Field Studies, Centre For Wildlife Management Studies, PO Box 304, Karatu, Tanzania.
Sci Rep ; 14(1): 16221, 2024 07 13.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39003385
ABSTRACT
In East Africa, community-based conservation models (CBCMs) have been established to support the conservation of wildlife in fragmented landscapes like the Tarangire Ecosystem, Tanzania. To assess how different management approaches maintained large herbivore populations, we conducted line distance surveys and estimated seasonal densities of elephant, giraffe, zebra, and wildebeest in six management units, including three CBCMs, two national parks (positive controls), and one area with little conservation interventions (negative control). Using a Monte-Carlo approach to propagate uncertainties from the density estimates and trend analysis, we analyzed the resulting time series (2011-2019). Densities of the target species were consistently low in the site with little conservation interventions. In contrast, densities of zebra and wildebeest in CBCMs were similar to national parks, providing evidence that CBCMs contributed to the stabilization of these migratory populations in the central part of the ecosystem. CBCMs also supported giraffe and elephant densities similar to those found in national parks. In contrast, the functional connectivity of Lake Manyara National Park has not been augmented by CBCMs. Our analysis suggests that CBCMs can effectively conserve large herbivores, and that maintaining connectivity through CBCMs should be prioritized.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Ecosistema / Conservación de los Recursos Naturales / Herbivoria Límite: Animals País/Región como asunto: Africa Idioma: En Revista: Sci Rep Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Alemania Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Ecosistema / Conservación de los Recursos Naturales / Herbivoria Límite: Animals País/Región como asunto: Africa Idioma: En Revista: Sci Rep Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Alemania Pais de publicación: Reino Unido