Population viability analysis to identify management priorities for reintroduced Elk in the Cumberland Mountains, Tennessee
| Autor: | Joseph D. Clark, Jason L. Lupardus, Jason L. Kindall, Lisa I. Muller, Jennifer L. Murrow |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Ecology National park Population Poaching Forestry Population viability analysis Geography Population model General Earth and Planetary Sciences Cervus elaphus Population growth education Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Wildlife Management. 75:1745-1752 |
| ISSN: | 0022-541X |
| DOI: | 10.1002/jwmg.226 |
| Popis: | We used an individual-based population model to perform a viability analysis to simulate population growth (λ) of 167 elk (Cervus elaphus manitobensis; 71 male and 96 female) released in the Cumberland Mountains, Tennessee, to estimate sustainability (i.e., λ > 1.0) and identify the most appropriate options for managing elk restoration. We transported elk from Elk Island National Park, Alberta, Canada, and from Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky, and reintroduced them beginning in December 2000 and ending in February 2003. We estimated annual survival rates for 156 radio-collared elk from December 2000 until November 2004. We used data from a nearby elk herd in Great Smoky Mountains National Park to simulate pessimistic and optimistic recruitment and performed population viability analyses to evaluate sustainability over a 25-year period. Annual survival averaged 0.799 (Total SE = 0.023). The primary identifiable sources of mortality were poaching, disease from meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus t... |
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