The highs and lows of serow ( Capricornis sumatraensis): ): multi-scale habitat associations inform large mammal conservation strategies in the face of synergistic threats of deforestation, hunting, and climate change

Carr, Elliot1; Amir, Zachary1; Mendes, Calebe P.2; Moore, Jonathan H.5; Nursamsi, Ilyas3,4; Luskin, Matthew Scott1

2023

10.26107/RBZ-2023-0030

RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY   影响因子和分区

0217-2445

2345-7600

Southeast Asia is experiencing a biodiversity crisis driven by the synergistic forces of deforestation and poaching. The mainland serow (Capricornis sumatraensis) is a large rainforest goat threatened by habitat loss, hunting for bushmeat, and poaching for traditional medicine. Serow have been considered to be montane forest specialists and preferring limestone karsts, but this has never been rigorously evaluated. If the species is restricted to high elevations, climate change and the upward expansion of deforestation and agriculture would threaten the species, but less so if serows are more closely associated with landscape roughness (i.e., rough topography including at low elevations such as in karst landscapes). We collated and synthesised new and existing camera-trap data from 29 landscapes across Southeast Asia to determine the serow's habitat associations at regional, landscape, and local scales. Serow occurrence was negatively associated with oil palm plantation cover and positively associated with landscape roughness across all scales; elevation was not a top-performing variable in model selection. With just 16% of their forested range under some form of declared protection, climate change and expansion of oil palm plantations into higher elevations will further reduce habitat and facilitate poaching into the species' core habitat. However, the serow's preference for rough landscapes, where mechanised agriculture is infeasible, may be its saving grace. An improved understanding of megafauna habitat associations provides conservationists, enforcement agencies, and policymakers with practical and applicable guidance to ensure their persistence in Asia.

Key words. serow conservation climate change camera-trapping occupancy modelling habitat associations

SCI

英语

其他

National Geographic Society's Committee for the Research and Exploration award[9384-13] ; Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award DECRA[DE210101440]

Zoology

Zoology

WOS:001310398600001

NATL UNIV SINGAPOIRE, FAC SCIENCE,LEE KONG CHIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

Web of Science

1.Univ Queensland, Sch Biol Sci, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
2.Nanyang Technol Univ, Natl Inst Educ, Singapore, Singapore
3.Univ Queensland, Sch Earth & Environm Sci, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
4.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Environm Sci & Engn, Shenzhen, Peoples R China
5.Univ East Anglia, Sch Environm Sci, Norwich, England

Carr, Elliot,Amir, Zachary,Mendes, Calebe P.,et al. The highs and lows of serow ( Capricornis sumatraensis): ): multi-scale habitat associations inform large mammal conservation strategies in the face of synergistic threats of deforestation, hunting, and climate change[J]. RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY,2023,71.

Carr, Elliot,Amir, Zachary,Mendes, Calebe P.,Moore, Jonathan H.,Nursamsi, Ilyas,&Luskin, Matthew Scott.(2023).The highs and lows of serow ( Capricornis sumatraensis): ): multi-scale habitat associations inform large mammal conservation strategies in the face of synergistic threats of deforestation, hunting, and climate change.RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY,71.

Carr, Elliot,et al."The highs and lows of serow ( Capricornis sumatraensis): ): multi-scale habitat associations inform large mammal conservation strategies in the face of synergistic threats of deforestation, hunting, and climate change".RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY 71(2023).