The present status of the Tarim red deer in Xinjiang, China

• Mahmut Halik

  Life Science and Technological Institute, Xinjiang University Laboratory of Wildlife Biology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University

• Suzuki Masatsugu

  Laboratory of Wildlife Biology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University

• Ganzorig Sumiya

  Laboratory of Parasitology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University

• Tomur Aniwar

  Life Science and Technological Institute, Xinjiang University

• Abdukadir Ablimit

  Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Science

• Ohtaishi Noriyuki

  Laboratory of Wildlife Biology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University

抄録

The Tarim red deer (Cervus elaphus yarkandensis), a subspecies of the red deer (C. elaphus), is unique among deer in exhibiting adaptations to a desert environment. The wild population of Tarim red deer has declined from 15,000 in the 1970s to 450 today because of habitat deterioration and fragmentation. Habitat reserves in oasis areas are urgently needed to ensure the persistence of this taxon. The authors recommend that Bugur Forest Park be made into a National Nature Reserve dedicated to the protection, research, and management of Tarim red deer. Also, the historical oasis corridor of poplar meadows between Xaya, Lopnur, and Qarqan should be restored to foster exchange of individuals between isolated populations.

収録刊行物

• Biosphere conservation : for nature, wildlife, and humans

  Biosphere conservation : for nature, wildlife, and humans 4 (2), 79-86, 2002

  「野生生物と社会」学会

キーワード

• Cervus elaphus yarkandensis
• conservation
• habitats
• status
• Tarim red deer
• Xinjiang

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390282681069904000
• NII論文ID: 110001817338
• NII書誌ID: AA11499342
• DOI: 10.20798/biospherecons.4.2_79
• ISSN: 24331260
• ISSN: 13446797
• 本文言語コード: en
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