Causes of domestic livestock ?wild herbivore conflicts in the alpine of the Plateau

doi:10.1016/j.envdev.2020.100495

	Causes of domestic livestock ?wild herbivore conflicts in the alpine of the Plateau
	Xu, Zengrang 2; Wei, Ziqian 1,2; Jin, Mingming 1,2
刊名	ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT
	2020-06-01
卷号	34 页码:11
关键词	Human-wildlife conflict Habitat Grazing Carrying capacity Maxent model North Tibetan plateau
ISSN号	2211-4645
DOI	10.1016/j.envdev.2020.100495
通讯作者	Xu, Zengrang(xuzr@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	Studying the causes of human-wildlife conflicts is important for reducing these conflicts. Human-wildlife conflicts can be divided into wild carnivore- and wild herbivore-related conflicts. Compared with carnivore-related conflicts, herbivore-related conflicts such as domestic livestock-wild herbivore conflicts (LHCs) have not been adequately studied, and there is scarce information on LHC intensity, causes, and impacts. LHCs frequently and extensively occur in the alpine ecosystem of the Chang Tang Plateau, China. Herbivorous wildlife competes with livestock for forage and habitat, which degrades the ecosystem, influences community livelihood, and decreases residents' tolerance of wildlife. This study analyzed LHC causes in this plateau by focusing on forage competition, wild herbivore habitat and grazing land overlap using a comprehensive carrying capacity analysis method and niche Maxent model by integrating field surveys, statistical data, and remote sensing data. By integrating the domestic livestock with herbivorous wildlife into carrying capacity analysis, the stocking rate was 110%, which was 10% over the carrying capacity threshold. Overlap between wild herbivore habitat and domestic livestock grazing land was high, with Tibetan antelope ranging in 88% of the grazing land and domestic livestock grazing activities in 39.2% of Tibetan antelope habitat. Pasture fencing aggravated LHCs by fragmenting herbivore habitats and obstructing Tibetan antelope migration routes. LHCs in this plateau could be mitigated by extending the existing wildlife-related damage compensation scheme to cover wild herbivore-related damages, optimizing pasture fencing layout, diversifying community livelihood, and popularizing community-based wildlife management.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[41571496] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[41971263] ; second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP), China[2019QZKK0603] ; National Key Research and Development Programme, China[2016YFC0503403] ; Tibetan Scientific-Technology Major Project, Tibet, China[Z2016C01G01/04]
WOS关键词	ANTELOPE PANTHOLOPS-HODGSONII ; MANAGEMENT ; ELEPHANT ; TIBET
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER
WOS记录号	WOS:000541438600005
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ; second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP), China ; National Key Research and Development Programme, China ; Tibetan Scientific-Technology Major Project, Tibet, China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/162276]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Xu, Zengrang
作者单位	1.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, 11A Datun Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xu, Zengrang,Wei, Ziqian,Jin, Mingming. Causes of domestic livestock ?wild herbivore conflicts in the alpine of the Plateau[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT,2020,34:11.
APA	Xu, Zengrang,Wei, Ziqian,&Jin, Mingming.(2020).Causes of domestic livestock ?wild herbivore conflicts in the alpine of the Plateau.ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT,34,11.
MLA	Xu, Zengrang,et al."Causes of domestic livestock ?wild herbivore conflicts in the alpine of the Plateau".ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT 34(2020):11.