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Greenspan E, Montgomery C, Stokes D, K'lu SS, Moo SSB, Anile S, Giordano AJ, Nielsen CK. Occupancy, density, and activity patterns of a Critically Endangered leopard population on the
Kawthoolei‐Thailand
border. POPUL ECOL 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/1438-390x.12148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Evan Greenspan
- Karen Wildlife Conservation Initiative Willagee Western Australia Australia
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- Karen Wildlife Conservation Initiative Willagee Western Australia Australia
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- Karen Wildlife Conservation Initiative Willagee Western Australia Australia
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- Kawthoolei Forestry Department Chiang Mai Thailand
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- Forestry Program and Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory Southern Illinois University Carbondale Illinois USA
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- Forestry Program and Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory Southern Illinois University Carbondale Illinois USA
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Thu AM, Phyo AM, Quan RC. First camera-trap evidence of banded civet Hemigalus derbyanus (Mammalia: Carnivora: Viverridae) in Myanmar. MAMMALIA 2022. [DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2022-0035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Banded civet Hemigalus derbyanus is a Near Threatened small carnivore species distributed in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, peninsular Thailand, and Myanmar. However, the status of banded civet in Myanmar is uncertain, as it has not been recorded there since 1914. Here, we report the first photographic evidence of banded civet in Htaung Pru Reserved Forest of Tanintharyi Region, which is located in the far northwest from the known historical location in Myanmar, and contributes to our knowledge of the current distribution of banded civet in Southeast Asia. Protection and conservation of lowland rainforest by using community-based conservation approaches is critically important for the persistence of this species in this particular area.
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- Aye Myat Thu
- Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Yezin , Nay Pyi Taw , 05282 , Myanmar
- Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Mengla , Yunnan , 666303 , China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100049 , China
- Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division, Forest Department , Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation , Nay Pyi Taw , Myanmar
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- Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Yezin , Nay Pyi Taw , 05282 , Myanmar
- Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Mengla , Yunnan , 666303 , China
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- Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Yezin , Nay Pyi Taw , 05282 , Myanmar
- Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Mengla , Yunnan , 666303 , China
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Impact of Government Stability and Investment Profile on Forest Area: The Role of Natural Protected Areas. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14084395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Forest area plays a fundamental role in air and water quality and directly impacts agricultural productivity. This research aims to examine the impact of government stability and investment profiles on forest cover in countries within the ASEAN region. Specifically, the research includes Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. In the research development, we examine the role which protected natural areas play in the conservation of forests. We employ second-generation cointegration methods of cross-section dependence and slope heterogeneity. The results suggest that forest cover has been significantly reduced in this region, while government stability and the investment profile have a volatile behavior. The second-generation cointegration test results suggest there is no long-term relationship between the three series. Likewise, the short- and long-term elasticities highlight the importance of environmental protection policies to conserve forests.
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Greenspan E, Giordano AJ. A rangewide distribution model for the Pallas’s cat (Otocolobus manul): identifying potential new survey regions for an understudied small cat. MAMMALIA 2021. [DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2020-0094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Knowledge about the current distribution of threatened and/or understudied species is a fundamental component of conservation biology. Mapping species distributions based on recent known occurrences is particularly important for those that are rare or declining. Too often, cryptic species go undetected throughout parts of their range, whereas others just receive less research attention. We used contemporary presence data for the Pallas’s cat (Otocolobus manul), a small cryptic felid, to characterize potential rangewide and regional habitat for the species and identify those abiotic and biotic variables most influencing its distribution. Several regions lacking contemporary occurrence records contain potential habitat for Pallas’s cats, including the Koh-i-Baba Mountains of Afghanistan, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, steppes of Inner Mongolia, Kunlun Mountains of China, and Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and China. Some of these areas have not been included in prior rangewide distribution assessments. The distribution of pikas (Ochotona spp.), small mammals that likely represent a critical prey species everywhere they are sympatric, was the most important factor affecting the Pallas’s cat’s distribution. This suggests Pallas’s cats may be prey specialists, and that pika presence and habitat are critical considerations for future Pallas’s cat surveys and in the development of regional conservation actions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Evan Greenspan
- SPECIES , P.O. Box 7403 , Ventura , CA 93006 , USA
- Department of Forestry , Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, Southern Illinois University , Carbondale , IL 62901 , USA
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- SPECIES , P.O. Box 7403 , Ventura , CA 93006 , USA
- Department of Forestry , Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, Southern Illinois University , Carbondale , IL 62901 , USA
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