کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5743331 | 1617893 | 2017 | 7 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
- An estimated 3670Â km2 of habitat for Rhinopithecus strykeri located in Sino-Myanmar border, including core habitat of 1420Â km2.
- Over the past 15 years, most of habitat loss occurred in Myanmar.
- Most habitats are located in Myanmar and only about one fifth of the total habitat is located in protected areas in China.
- The key to protect R. strykeri is to establish national parks, implement trans-boundary conservation management, and preserve wildlife corridors.
The black snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri) is an IUCN-Critically Endangered primate, recently discovered on the northern Sino-Myanmar border. In order to identify the most urgent gaps in the conservation of the black snub-nosed monkey, a hierarchical process was employed to predict the distribution and alterations in its habitat over the past 15 years. Our study showed that R. strykeri appeared to inhabit a range from E98°20â²-98°50â², N25°40â²-26°50â², including high quality habitat at 1420 km2, medium quality habitat at 750 km2, and low quality habitats at 1410 km2. Only 21.1% of the total habitat for R. strykeri is within protected areas in China. Approximately 2.6% of the entire habitat has been lost in the past 15 years, 96% of which has been in Myanmar. To save this species from extinction, it is urgent to establish trans-boundary conservation and management networks to address the loss of habitat, and to locate and preserve key wildlife corridors to link fragmented habitats between Myanmar and China.
Journal: Biological Conservation - Volume 209, May 2017, Pages 273-279