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POPULATION ESTIMATES AND FACTORS
INFLUENCING DISTRIBUTION OF UNGULATES
IN SOUTHERN, MONGOLIA
B. Buuveibaatar1,2, S. Strindberg3, T. Mueller4, P. Leimgruber5, P. Kaczensky6,
B. Chimeddorj7, G. Naranbaatar8, S. Amarsaikhan9, B. Dashnyam9, T. Munkhzul8,
T. Purevsuren9, J. Payne1, K. Murphy1, D.A. Hosack9, T.K. Fuller2
Implementing wildlife-friendly measures in infrastructure planning and
design in Mongolia, 25 – 29 August 2015, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
1Wildlife Conservation Society, Mongolia Program, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia2Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA3 Wildlife Conservation Society, Global Conservation Program, Bronx, New York, USA4 Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, and Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany5Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, VA, USA6Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria7Mongolia Program Office, World Wide Fund for Nature, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia8Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia9Health, Safety, and Environment Department, Biodiversity Team, Oyu Tolgoi LLC, Mongolia
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Target species
Khulan Goitered gazelle
Status: Endangered Vulnerable
CMS: Appendix II Appendix II
Threats: Illegal hunting, habitat fragmentation, direct and indirect habitat loss
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Developments in Southern Gobi
P. Kaczensky
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Research goals
• Estimate density and abundance of ungulates
• Determine factors influencing their spatial distribution
Provide baseline for planning mitigation measures to reduce the
impacts of mining related developments
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Study area – 98,216 sq.km
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Survey transect (n = 29, spacing 20 km, total length 4,820 km)
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Field surveys
2012 – Autumn (Sep 25-Oct 17)
2013 – Spring (May 23 – Jun 07)
2014 – Spring (May 24 – Jun 06)
2015 – Spring (May 23 – Jun 07)
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Number of individuals of ungulates observed along the transect lines during 2012-2015
4941
3001
3571
1140863 894
3095
1058
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“Distance 6.2” software
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Density and abundance estimates of ungulates during 2012 - 2015
Season Year Density Abundance CV
KhulanAutumn 2012 0.83 65,739 24.9
Spring 2013 0.46 35,899 18.5
2014 0.51 39,998 26.8
2015 0.46 36,298 27.1
Goitered gazelleAutumn 2012 0.50 39,602 14.7
Spring 2013 0.36 28,462 14.6
2014 0.39 30,774 12.9
2015 0.43 33,627 12.8
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Khulan distribution (2012-2015)
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Goitered gazelle distribution (2012-2015)
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Layers
NDVI (MODIS)
Slope (DEM)
Household Surface water
Elevation (30 m DEM)
Disturbance layer (TNC)
Spatial modelling
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Spatial modeling
5 km
N = 724
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Parameter estimates of spatial model explaining distribution of khulan
Significance code: * 0.05, ** 0.01, *** 0.001
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Parameter estimates of spatial model explaining distribution of goitered gazelles
Significance code: *** 0.001
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Importance of predictor variables explaining spatial distribution of ungulates
Cumulative effects of human associated factors (82% for khulan and 65% for goitered gazelle) were higher than environmental variables
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Autumn 2012
Khulan habitat: 0.55%
Spring 2013
Spring 2014 Spring 2015
Khulan habitat: 0.48%
Khulan habitat: 0.45% khulan habitat: 0.51%
Khulan habitat (probability threshold >0.5) during 2012-2015
During 4 years of study: 31% of the study area always classified as khulan habitat 32% of the study area never classified as khulan habitat
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Goitered gazelle habitat (probability > 0.5) during 2012-2015
Autumn 2012
Gazelle habitat: 0.55%
Spring 2013
Spring 2014 Spring 2015
Gazelle habitat: 0.51%
Gazelle habitat: 0.53% Gazelle habitat: 0.50%
During 4 years of study: 46% of the study area always classified as gazelle habitat 40% of the study area never classified as gazelle habitat
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Model validation: Khulan habitat + tracking data
• 88% of all tracking locations (n = 8,630) were found within the predicted preferred area
• Remaining locations located in close to predicted habitat (average distance of 2.30 ± 1.99 km)
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Model validation: Gazelle habitat + tracking data
99% of all tracking locations (n = 1,051) were found within the predicted preferred area
Gazelle habitat
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Summary
• Mongolia’s Gobi supports the largest population of khulan and goitered gazelle in the world
• It’s challenging to reliably detect changes in the population over the short-term, other population parameters, recruitment and mortality rates, should be studied
• Human associated factors were more important than environmental variables to influence the distribution of the two species
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Acknowledgement
Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences Dornogobi Environmental Protection Agency Oyu Tolgoi LLC
Oyu TolgoiSustainability East Asia
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