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Species distribution modelling (SDM) is a rapidly growing field, with modellers looking for fast and cost effective methods of recording species occurrence data. Participatory monitoring using local ecological knowledge (LEK) to collect data cheaply, rapidly and over a wide spatial and temporal scale presents a good alternative to more traditional data collection methods. The use of such data broadens species distribution studies into multi-disciplinary research requiring an understanding of anthropological techniques. It also brings risks in terms of data quality, reliability and interpretability. In the current literature there are no direct examples evaluating the use of LEK in species…
Participatory monitoring, that is, monitoring which involves local people in the process of monitoring natural resources, is becoming an increasingly popular tool to engage community members in conservation whilst at the same time collecting data at low cost. However, there are few examples of participatory monitoring of migratory species within the literature, as well as few where the local people responsible for monitoring are not themselves users of the resource they are monitoring. Saiga antelope are a critically endangered nomadic ungulate of the Central Asian and Eurasian steppe, whose dramatic decline in the last decade has been mainly attributed to poaching by poor members of local…
This investigation sought to develop robust ranger based monitoring strategies for the Northwest pre-Caspian population of the saiga antelope, Saiga tatarica, in two nature reserves created for its conservation. The saiga is a critically endangered species which suffered a 90% population decline due to poaching for horns to be used in traditional Chinese medicine and for its meat. Monitoring of this species is highly important as despite extensive conservation efforts, poaching is still occurring. The effect of poaching and the conservation work on the status of the species is vital information for effective future conservation planning. A GIS map was created of each reserve showing the…
Effective and economical monitoring methods are required in biodiversity conservation. Monitoring of migratory species can be especially costly. A participatory monitoring scheme, as an economical monitoring technique, is initiated in West Kazakhstan for the monitoring of the Ural population of Saiga antelope, saiga tatarica. The presence data collated from the participatory monitoring scheme is evaluated and analysed alongside presence data from wildlife rangers in the region and annual aerial survey using a maximum entropy habitat suitability modeling approach. The participatory monitoring data perform well with an improved model fit than the ranger data and of similar fit to the aerial…
The saiga is a critically endangered, migratory antelope of the Eurasian steppe, which declined by more than 95% in a decade, from a population of a million in the early 1990s to an estimated 30,000 by 2003. The species has received little attention, though in recent years, levels of research have increased. The saiga is a keystone species; the decline of the saiga has lead to severe ecological changes in the steppe ecosystem.
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