Recovery planning towards doubling wild tiger Panthera tigris numbers: Detailing 18 recovery sites from across the range
| العنوان: | Recovery planning towards doubling wild tiger Panthera tigris numbers: Detailing 18 recovery sites from across the range |
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| المؤلفون: | Rachel Crouthers, Jyotirmay Jena, Kanchan Thapa, Samundra Ambuhang Subba, Mark Darmaraj Rayan, Harish Guleria, Youde Chang, Febri Anggriawan Widodo, Benjamin M. Rawson, Chittaranjan Dave, Worrapan Phumanee, Jayam Peter Prem Chakravarthi, Pranav Chanchani, Michael Baltzer, Vijay Moktan, Rungnapa Phoonjampa, Tiju C. Thomas, Vijay Kumar, Krishna Kumar, Bopanna Ittira, Nguyen Dao Ngoc Van, Kamlesh K. Maurya, Jimmy Borah, Anil Kumar Singh, Thomas N. E. Gray, Christopher X. Wong, Ghana S. Gurung, Sabita Malla, Yury Darman, Mudit Gupta, Meraj Anwar, Sunarto Sunarto, Pavel Fomenko, Phurba Lhendup, Peiqi Liu, Joseph Vattakaven, Sejal Worah, Shariff Mohamad, Robert Steinmetz, Boominathan Durairaj, Gordon Congdon, Carrie Stengel, Alexey Kostyria, Shiv Raj Bhatta, Dipankar Ghose, Abishek Harihar, Soumen Dey, Karmila Parakkasi, Jennifer Roberts |
| المصدر: | PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 11, p e0207114 (2018) PLoS ONE |
| بيانات النشر: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018. |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | 0106 biological sciences, Time Factors, Conservation Biology, Economics, Range (biology), Predation, Social Sciences, lcsh:Medicine, Forests, 01 natural sciences, Geographical Locations, Tigers, lcsh:Science, Conservation Science, Mammals, Multidisciplinary, Ecology, biology, Eukaryota, Terrestrial Environments, Trophic Interactions, Geography, Community Ecology, Vertebrates, Goals, Research Article, Evolutionary Processes, Asia, India, 010603 evolutionary biology, Ecosystems, Global population, Population Metrics, biology.animal, Animals, Conservation science, Species Extinction, Population Density, Evolutionary Biology, Population Biology, Tiger, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Endangered Species, lcsh:R, fungi, Organisms, Biology and Life Sciences, Fishery, Predatory Behavior, Amniotes, People and Places, Cats, lcsh:Q, sense organs, Panthera, Finance |
| الوصف: | With less than 3200 wild tigers in 2010, the heads of 13 tiger-range countries committed to doubling the global population of wild tigers by 2022. This goal represents the highest level of ambition and commitment required to turn the tide for tigers in the wild. Yet, ensuring efficient and targeted implementation of conservation actions alongside systematic monitoring of progress towards this goal requires that we set site-specific recovery targets and timelines that are ecologically realistic. In this study, we assess the recovery potential of 18 sites identified under WWF's Tigers Alive Initiative. We delineated recovery systems comprising a source, recovery site, and support region, which need to be managed synergistically to meet these targets. By using the best available data on tiger and prey numbers, and adapting existing species recovery frameworks, we show that these sites, which currently support 165 (118-277) tigers, have the potential to harbour 585 (454-739) individuals. This would constitute a 15% increase in the global population and represent over a three-fold increase within these specific sites, on an average. However, it may not be realistic to achieve this target by 2022, since tiger recovery in 15 of these 18 sites is contingent on the initial recovery of prey populations, which is a slow process. We conclude that while sustained conservation efforts can yield significant recoveries, it is critical that we commit our resources to achieving the biologically realistic targets for these sites even if the timelines are extended. |
| تدمد: | 1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0207114 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::3c57457e20969d272348f57e4759a5d2 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207114 |
| Rights: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....3c57457e20969d272348f57e4759a5d2 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 19326203 |
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| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0207114 |