Factors affecting the crop raiding behavior of wild rhesus macaques in Nepal: Implications for wildlife management
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| 作者 | Koirala, Sabina6; Garber, Paul A.; Somasundaram, Deepakrishna4,6; Katuwal, Hem Bahadur3,6; Ren, Baoping; Huang, Chengming; Li, Ming2 |
| 刊名 | JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
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| 出版日期 | 2021 |
| 卷号 | 297期号:x页码:- |
| ISSN号 | 0301-4797 |
| 关键词 | Crop protection Human-wildlife conflict Human-macaque conflict Macaca mulatta Maize farmland |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113331 |
| 英文摘要 | In many areas of South Asia and Southeast Asia, macaques inhabiting agricultural landscapes are considered serious crop pests by local farmers. In Nepal, for example, the expansion of monocultures, increased forest fragmentation, the degradation of natural habitats, and changing agricultural practices have led to a significant increase in the frequency of human-macaque conflict. In order to more fully understand the set of factors that contribute to macaque crop raiding, and the set of preventive measures that can be put in place to avoid humanmacaque conflict, we examined patterns of crop raiding by a group of 52 rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in the Kavrepalanchok district, Nepal. We present data on macaque inflicted crop damage in 172 agricultural plots (each plot measuring 380 m2) from August to October 2019. Our results indicate that farmland invasions by macaques were principally affected by crop type (maize was preferred over rice), nearness of farmland to both the forest edge and the major travel route used by the macaques, and the mitigation efforts applied by farmers to discourage crop raiding. We found that as the proportion of maize farmland in the most direct path from the macaque's main travel route to nearby crop raiding sites increased, the amount of maize damage decreased. This is likely explained by the fact that macaques traveling across several adjacent maize fields encounter multiple farmers protecting their crops. We estimated that the financial cost to individual farmer households of macaque maize and rice raiding was on average US$ 14.9 or 4.2% of their annual income from cultivating those two crops. As human-macaque conflict is one of the most critical challenges faced by wildlife managers in South Asia and Southeast Asia, studies of macaque crop raiding behavior provide an important starting point for developing effective strategies to manage human-macaque conflict while promoting both primate conservation and the economic well-being of the local community. |
| 学科主题 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000691261400010 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.xtbg.org.cn/handle/353005/12298]  |
| 专题 | 西双版纳热带植物园_2012年后新成立研究组 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Anim Evolut & Genet, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Integrat Conservat, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Mengla 666303, Yunnan, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Aerosp Informat Res Inst, Key Lab Digital Earth Sci, Beijing 100094, Peoples R China 4.Garber, Paul A.] Univ Illinois, Dept Anthropol, Program Ecol Evolut & Conservat Biol, 109 Davenport Hall, Urbana, IL 61801 USA 5.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Zool, Key Lab Anim Ecol & Conservat Biol, 1-5 Beichenxi Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Koirala, Sabina,Garber, Paul A.,Somasundaram, Deepakrishna,et al. Factors affecting the crop raiding behavior of wild rhesus macaques in Nepal: Implications for wildlife management[J]. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,2021,297(x):-. |
| APA | Koirala, Sabina.,Garber, Paul A..,Somasundaram, Deepakrishna.,Katuwal, Hem Bahadur.,Ren, Baoping.,...&Li, Ming.(2021).Factors affecting the crop raiding behavior of wild rhesus macaques in Nepal: Implications for wildlife management.JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,297(x),-. |
| MLA | Koirala, Sabina,et al."Factors affecting the crop raiding behavior of wild rhesus macaques in Nepal: Implications for wildlife management".JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 297.x(2021):-. |
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