期刊
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
卷 84, 期 4, 页码 614-621出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21841
关键词
Botswana; conservation management; dispersal; Kavango-Zambesi Transfrontier Conservation Area; movement; Okavango Delta; transfrontier protected areas
资金
- Basler Stiftung fur Biologische Forschung
- Claraz Foundation
- Idea Wild
- Jacot Foundation
- National Geographic Society
- Parrotia Stiftung
- Stiftung Temperatio
- Wilderness Wildlife Trust Foundation
- Forschungkredit der Universitat Zurich
- Swiss National Science Foundation [31003A_182286]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [31003A_182286] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
Successful conservation of species that roam and disperse over large areas requires detailed understanding of their movement patterns and connectivity between subpopulations. But empirical information on movement, space use, and connectivity is lacking for many species, and data acquisition is often hindered when study animals cross international borders. The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) exemplifies such species that require vast undisturbed areas to support viable, self-sustaining populations. To study wild dog dispersal and investigate potential barriers to movements and causes of mortality during dispersal, between 2016 and 2019 we followed the fate of 16 dispersing coalitions (i.e., same-sex group of >= 1 dispersing African wild dogs) in northern Botswana through global positioning system (GPS)-satellite telemetry. Dispersing wild dogs covered <= 54 km in 24 hours and traveled 150 km to Namibia and 360 km to Zimbabwe within 10 days. Wild dogs were little hindered in their movements by natural landscape features, whereas medium to densely human-populated landscapes represented obstacles to dispersal. Human-caused mortality was responsible for >90% of the recorded deaths. Our results suggest that a holistic approach to the management and conservation of highly mobile species is necessary to develop effective research and evidence-based conservation programs across transfrontier protected areas, including the need for coordinated research efforts through collaboration between national and international conservation authorities. (c) 2020 The Wildlife Society.
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