Consequences of different forms of conservation for large mammals in Tanzania: preliminary analyses

Autor:	S. A Huish, E. L. M Severre, Tim Caro, N Pelkey, B. P Farm, Markus Borner, Bethany L. Woodworth, J Ole Kuwai, K. L. I Campbell
Rok vydání:	1998
Předmět:	Game reserve Biomass (ecology) Ungulate biology Ecology social sciences biology.organism_classification Trophy Tanzania Geography Mammal Enforcement Settlement (litigation) human activities Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics
Zdroj:	African Journal of Ecology. 36:303-320
ISSN:	1365-2028 0141-6707
DOI:	10.1046/j.1365-2028.1998.00147.x
Popis:	Summary We examined the eVects of protection from human activities and eVects of tourist hunting on densities of 21 large mammal species in Tanzania. Aerial censuses revealed that mammal biomass per km 2 was highest in National Parks. Densities of nine ungulate species were significantly higher in National Parks and Game Reserves than in areas that permitted settlement; these tended to be the larger species favoured by poachers. The presence of tourist hunters had little positive or negative impact on ungulate densities, even for sought-after trophy species; limited ground censuses confirmed these results. Our analyses suggest that prohibition of human activity, backed up by on-site enforcement, maintains ungulate populations at relatively high densities, and challenge the idea that enforcement is only eVective when spending is high.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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