A baseline survey of ungulate abundance and distribution in northern Lao: implications for conservation

摘要: Large ungulates across South-east Asia have been experiencing a rapid decline in recent decades because of overexploitation by humans. An absence reliable data on the abundance and distribution makes it difficult to assess effectiveness conservation efforts recover their populations. As principal prey for Endangered tigers Panthera tigris, depletion wild is major threat species' persistence recovery its range. This study estimated five ungulate taxa using grid-based occupancy survey 3,000 km2 core zone within 5,950 Nam Et–Phou Louey National Protected Area northern Lao. The results show an index 5.29 ± 0.30 per km2, with muntjac Munticus spp. pig Sus being most common, moderate levels serow Capricornis milneedwardsii sambar Cervus unicolor but few gaur Bos gaurus. low medium- large-sized at site strongly suggests that strict control hunting these important securing long-term survival as well tiger population depends them, which currently only known breeding remaining Indochina.