现代狩猎在野生动物管理中的作用

尽管现代狩猎有别于传统狩猎,但仍是一个备受争议的话题.国际上有大量学者从生态学、行为学、遗传学、经济学等角度研究狩猎对野生动物的影响.本文综合国内外文献,综述了狩猎在种群动态、行为、基因及表型方面可能对野生动物产生的影响.研究表明： 规范管理下的适当狩猎是管理野生动物种群的有效方式,有利于野外种群数量的恢复甚至增加.但过度或不当的狩猎会影响野生动物种群性比、出生率和死亡率,改变动物觅食行为及社群空间行为,对动物基因及表型产生人工选择.国际上很多国家已成功开展适当的狩猎活动,而我国要想在野生动物管理中科学应用狩猎,应基于生态学、经济学理论,参考国际上的成功案例,科学制定狩猎限额,加强狩猎监督管理,兼顾生态保护与经济发展.     

中国森林生态系统服务功能及其价值评价

针对我国森林生态系统服务功能及其价值评估相对滞后的局面,提出尽快开展我国森林生态系统服务功能及其价值评估的研究工作.首先,在我国森林生态系统类型划分的基础上,研究不同森林生态类型(包括人工和半人工森林生态类型)的服务功能,将我国各类森林总体服务功能划分为林木产品、林副产品、森林游憩、涵养水源、固碳释氧、养分循环、净化环境、土壤保持和维持生物多样性八大类型.其次,在Costanza等提出的全球生态系统服务功能评价指标的基础上,结合我国森林生态系统的特点,针对不同的森林生态系统类型,分别提出和建构一系列可用于我国不同类型森林生态系统价值评估指标体系.利用该指标体系估算出我国森林生态系统服务功能的总价值为30601.20×10⁸元,其中直接经济价值和间接经济价值分别为1920.23×10⁸和28680.97×10⁸元,间接经济价值是直接经济价值的14.94倍.该研究的目的在于尽快将自然资源和环境因素纳入国民经济核算体系而最终为实现绿色GDP提供基础,为实现可持续发展和生态环境保护提供科学依据.     

海河流域森林生态系统服务功能评估

森林生态系统在流域中发挥着极其重要的生态作用,为流域发展提供着巨大的服务功能。本研究根据生态系统服务功能的内涵,建立了流域森林生态系统服务功能评价指标体系,利用市场价值法、影子工程法和生产成本法等,定量评价了海河流域森林生态系统服务功能的经济价值。结果表明：海河流域森林生态系统总价值2349.4亿元,其中直接价值358.7亿元,间接价值1990.7亿元。从不同的服务功能类型来看,其价值量大小依次为：涵养水源>固碳释氧>环境净化>提供产品>土壤保持>营养元素循环;从不同的森林类型来看,其价值量大小依次为：松柏类>灌丛>栎类>桦木类>混交林>杨树类>松杉类。但是从各种森林类型单位面积价值量来看,大小依次是：松杉类>松柏类>桦木类>混交林>栎类>杨树类>灌丛。从研究结果来看,海河流域森林生态系统服务功能价值巨大,该结果有利于加强人们对森林生态系统的认识,可以为流域生态系统管理、生态保护和生态补偿提供依据。     

金丝猴保护话今昔

我国野生动物濒危程度不断加剧,有233种脊椎动物面临灭绝,约44%的野生动物呈数量下降趋势,非国家重点保护野生动物种群下降趋势明显。摘编自《中国生物多样性保护战略与行动计划》(2011-2030年)     

青城山森林公园兽类和鸟类资源初步调查: 基于红外相机数据

<正>陆生脊椎动物是生物多样性保护和管理评价的重要指示类群(Morrison et al.,2007;Liu et al.,2013)。全球多数生态系统中,许多大中型脊椎动物的种群数量在急剧下降,不少物种甚至遭遇灭顶之灾。而人类活动影响(如猎杀、森林砍伐、外来物种侵入、栖息地破坏和片断化等)是引起这些野生动物种群和群落变化的直接或间接原因(Morrison et al.,2007)。同时,野生动物种群和群落变化对生态系统其他物种也产生了严重的生态后果,如食果动物的     

甘孜藏族自治州生态系统生产总值核算研究

甘孜藏族自治州(以下简称甘孜州)生态状况良好而经济相对滞后,评估甘孜州生态系统服务功能及其价值,对甘孜州社会经济的可持续发展具有一定的促进作用。通过核算甘孜州的生态系统生产总值(GEP),包括对甘孜州的产品提供服务、调节服务和文化服务进行价值评估,以期用直观的经济数据揭示甘孜州生态系统对人们的直接贡献。核算结果显示,甘孜州2010年全州生态系统生产总值(GEP)为7545.59亿元,人均71.18万元,是当年该州国内生产总值(GDP)和人均GDP的约61倍。其中,调节服务的价值最大,为6842.28亿元,占GEP总值的90.68%;产品提供服务和文化服务的价值分别为632.64亿元和70.67亿元,占GEP的8.38%和0.94%。研究认为甘孜州生态系统服务功能价值巨大,保护甘孜州生态系统就是保护人们的福祉,该结果可以为甘孜州的生态系统管理、生态保护和生态补偿提供重要依据。     

重庆市森林生态系统服务功能价值评估

评价了重庆市近几年来森林生态系统服务功能价值,将重庆市森林生态系统服务功能划分为提供产品功能、调节功能、支持功能及文化服务功能4大类,以2006年为基准年,利用市场价值法和生产成本法等,定量评价重庆市森林生态系统服务功能的经济价值。结果表明:从2006年至2011年,森林产品提供功能由35.14亿元增加至51.24亿元,提高了45.82%。森林碳储量增长了近100万t。重庆市森林生态系统涵养水源价值增加了59.21亿元。森林生态系统的土壤保持能力与保持总量都有所提高。气候调节价值净增加了45.86亿元。2011年森林工程引发旅游业收入增加68.34亿元。从不同的服务功能类型来看,其价值量大小依次为:水源涵养气候调节景观旅游生物多样性土壤保持碳固定。从研究结果来看,重庆市森林生态系统服务功能价值巨大,该结果有利于加强人们对森林生态系统的认识,可以为生态系统管理、生态保护和生态补偿提供依据。     

羌塘地区草食性野生动物的生态服务价值评估——以藏羚羊为例

随着羌塘草原野生动物种群规模的扩大,草食性野生动物与家畜争夺草场的矛盾愈来愈突出.生态补偿无疑是解决这一矛盾的重要途径之一,而进行野生动物的生态服务价值评估是建立生态补偿标准的基础.通过羌塘地区社会经济资源环境现状调查和人群支付意愿调查,并采用直接市场法和虚拟市场法,对西藏自治区羌塘地区草食性野生动物藏羚羊的生态经济价值进行了评估.把藏羚羊的生态经济价值分为利用价值包括商业价值、游憩娱乐价值、维持生物多样性的价值、教育美学价值和科学研究价值,以及非利用价值包括存在价值、遗产价值、选择价值两大类.对野生动物生态价值的评估结果表明,羌塘地区藏羚羊的生态服务价值高达7.51亿元/a.其中,藏羚羊的利用价值为6.35亿元/a,非利用价值为1.16亿元/a.也就是说,羌塘地区15万只藏羚羊每年产生的生态服务价值远高于羌塘自然保护区涉及的6个县域2007年的总产值4.79亿元.     

中国经济林生态系统服务价值评估

基于中国经济林生态系统的长期、连续定位观测,采用第6次全国森林资源清查数据和国内外权威部门公布的价格参数数据,利用市场价值法、费用代替法、替代工程法等方法定量评价了2003年我国不同省份经济林生态系统的服务价值.结果表明：2003年,我国经济林生态系统服务总价值为11763.39×10⁸元,经济林产品总价值占总生态价值的19.93%,经济林除为社会提供直接产品外,还具有巨大的生态经济价值;各项功能的价值量依次为涵养水源＞固碳制氧＞生物多样性保护＞保育土壤＞净化环境＞营养积累;我国各省区经济林生态系统服务价值的空间格局与水热条件和生物多样性的分布具有趋同性.了解各省区经济林生态系统服务价值的差异,对改变目前我国经济林生产布局的不合理与经营上的弊端以及引导经济林向优质、高效、现代化方向健康发展具有重要意义.     

重引入丹顶鹤在黑龙江林甸和江苏盐城成功繁育后代

正丹顶鹤(Grus japonensis)是国家Ⅰ级重点保护野生动物,IUCN濒危物种(EN),野外种群数量仅2 600只左右(崔多英等2017)。根据2015至2017年对江苏盐城丹顶鹤越冬种群数量调查,丹顶鹤西部迁徙种群的数量呈逐年下降趋势,原因尚不得而知。中国动物园有圈养丹顶鹤1 248只(崔多英等2017),分布在中国动物园协会所属62家会员单位。开展濒危物种重引入项目是恢复、壮大野生丹顶鹤种群的有效措施,将为拯救濒危物种—     

甘肃阿克塞哈尔腾国际狩猎场的可持续经营对策研究

甘肃阿克塞县哈尔腾国际狩猎场野生动物资源丰富,主要狩猎动物盘羊和岩羊。通过狩猎,推动了阿克塞县野生动物保护事业的发展。目前,猎场存在草场超载、放牧管理不合理、狩猎地固定、多头管理、利益分配等问题。为实现该猎场的可持续经营,应控制羊群规模、调整转场时间、调整狩猎区域、开展野生动物资源监测、加强各部门的协调、提高工作效率和透明度。     

The rise of hyperabundant native generalists threatens both humans and nature

In many disturbed terrestrial landscapes, a subset of native generalist vertebrates thrives. The population trends of these disturbance-tolerant species may be driven by multiple factors, including habitat preferences, foraging opportunities (including crop raiding or human refuse), lower mortality when their predators are persecuted (the ‘human shield’ effect) and reduced competition due to declines of disturbance-sensitive species. A pronounced elevation in the abundance of disturbance-tolerant wildlife can drive numerous cascading impacts on food webs, biodiversity, vegetation structure and people in coupled human–natural systems. There is also concern for increased risk of zoonotic disease transfer to humans and domestic animals from wildlife species with high pathogen loads as their abundance and proximity to humans increases. Here we use field data from 58 landscapes to document a supra-regional phenomenon of the hyperabundance and community dominance of Southeast Asian wild pigs and macaques. These two groups were chosen as prime candidates capable of reaching hyperabundance as they are edge adapted, with gregarious social structure, omnivorous diets, rapid reproduction and high tolerance to human proximity. Compared to intact interior forests, population densities in degraded forests were 148% and 87% higher for wild boar and macaques, respectively. In landscapes with >60% oil palm coverage, wild boar and pig-tailed macaque estimated abundances were 337% and 447% higher than landscapes with <1% oil palm coverage, respectively, suggesting marked demographic benefits accrued by crop raiding on calorie-rich food subsidies. There was extreme community dominance in forest landscapes with >20% oil palm cover where two pig and two macaque species accounted for >80% of independent camera trap detections, leaving <20% for the other 85 mammal species >1 kg considered. Establishing the population trends of pigs and macaques is imperative since they are linked to cascading impacts on the fauna and flora of local forest ecosystems, disease and human health, and economics (i.e., crop losses). The severity of potential negative cascading effects may motivate control efforts to achieve ecosystem integrity, human health and conservation objectives. Our review concludes that the rise of native generalists can be mediated by specific types of degradation, which influences the ecology and conservation of natural areas, creating both positive and detrimental impacts on intact ecosystems and human society.     

Navigating parasite webs and parasite flow: emerging and re-emerging parasitic zoonoses of wildlife origin

Wildlife are now recognised as an important source of emerging human pathogens, including parasites. This paper discusses the linkages between wildlife, people, zoonotic parasites and the ecosystems in which they co-exist, revisits definitions for 'emerging' and 're-emerging', and lists zoonotic parasites that can be acquired from wildlife including, for some, estimates of the associated global human health burdens. The paper also introduces the concepts of 'parasite webs' and 'parasite flow', provides a context for parasites, relative to other infectious agents, as causes of emerging human disease, and discusses drivers of disease emergence and re-emergence, especially changes in biodiversity and climate. Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the Caribbean and the southern United States, Baylisascaris procyonis in California and Georgia, Plasmodium knowlesi in Sarawak, Malaysia, Human African Trypanosomiasis, Sarcoptes scabiei in carnivores, and Cryptosporidium, Giardia and Toxoplasma in marine ecosystems are presented as examples of wildlife-derived zoonotic parasites of particular recent interest. An ecological approach to disease is promoted, as is a need for an increased profile for this approach in undergraduate and graduate education in the health sciences. Synergy among scientists and disciplines is identified as critical for the study of parasites and parasitic disease in wildlife populations. Recent advances in techniques for the investigation of parasite fauna of wildlife are presented and monitoring and surveillance systems for wildlife disease are discussed. Some of the limitations inherent in predictions for the emergence and re-emergence of infection and disease associated with zoonotic parasites of wildlife are identified. The importance of public awareness and public education in the prevention and control of emerging and re-emerging zoonotic infection and disease are emphasised. Finally, some thoughts for the future are presented.     

Impacts of climate change and environmental factors on reproduction and development in wildlife

The robustness of the growth of the human population in the face of environmental impacts is in contrast to the sensitivity of wildlife. There is a danger that the success of reproduction of humans provides a false sense of security for the public, media and politicians with respect to wildlife survival, the maintenance of viable ecosystems and the capacity for recovery of damaged ecosystems and endangered species. In reality, the success of humans to populate the planet has been dependent on the combination of the ability to reproduce successfully and to minimize loss of offspring through controlling and manipulating their own micro-environment. In contrast, reproduction in wildlife is threatened by environmental changes operating at many different physiological levels.     

Pastoralist's livestock and settlements influence game bird diversity and abundance in a savanna ecosystem of southern Kenya

We investigated the vegetation structure and density of game birds along a successional gradient created by varying intensity of human settlement in a pastoral community in Shompole group ranch in southern Kenya. We examined four habitat types including heavily-grazed grass in currently occupied settlements, short grass in seasonal settlements, patches of bushed woodland in settlement sites that had been abandoned up to 30 years ago, and tall grass in a wildlife sanctuary. Vegetation biomass was the highest in the sanctuary where livestock are excluded and the lowest in the vicinity of currently occupied settlements. Abundance of doves ( Oena spp . and Streptopelia spp. ) was best associated with moderate grazing and per cent green grass, which provide good foraging opportunities. Francolin and spurfowl ( Francolinus spp .) were positively associated with vegetation biomass. Quail ( Coturnix spp .) were positively associated with tree cover. These data reflect the importance of maintaining a balance of wildlife and livestock grazing with patches of ungrazed grasslands and bushed woodlands in providing a mosaic of habitats that support a diverse population of game birds. The results have wide application for an integrated management approach to livestock, wildlife and game bird management in the savannas.     

Managing subsistence hunting in the changing landscape of Neotropical rain forests

Subsistence hunting has been a vital activity for local people across Neotropical rain forests (NRF). While providing a reliable source of protein, subsistence hunting also reflected the strong relationships that connected local people with the species and ecosystems in which they inhabited. However, the social and ecological context in which subsistence hunting can be sustainable has been altered. The relatively small groups that hunted in large and mostly undisturbed forests, using traditional weapons, have been replaced by a growing population using fragmented habitats and modern hunting methods. Thus, subsistence hunting is less likely to be sustainable, threatening the food security of local people and the persistence of species with critical roles in the functioning of NRF. Managing subsistence hunting in this changing context will require a more efficient combination of tools which might include banning the hunting of large and sensitive species, strengthening protected areas, alternatives to reduce the role of wildlife protein on local people's subsistence and, in some cases, voluntary resettlements of local people, from areas that could still be used as refuge for endangered species.     

Swamp rabbits as indicators of wildlife habitat quality in bottomland hardwood forest ecosystems

Reforestation of bottomland hardwood (BLH) forests has occurred within the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV), USA, to support a wide range of ecosystem services, but especially wildlife habitat enhancement. As ecosystem restoration efforts proceed in BLH ecosystems, managers and policymakers are seeking criteria to evaluate wildlife habitat enhancement goals. Specialist wildlife that evolved within forest ecosystems can be sensitive to the composition, structure, and function of an ecosystem in relation to the system's natural or historical range of variation and thereby serve as indicators of habitat quality. The swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) is a specialist species of BLH forests throughout the LMAV and therefore may be an appropriate indicator species for this ecosystem. To address this, we reviewed peer-reviewed literature to evaluate the utility of swamp rabbits as an indicator species according to three commonly-used criteria: habitat factors defining swamp rabbit relationships to BLH forests, the importance of swamp rabbit habitat to other wildlife, and the efficiency of swamp rabbit monitoring. We conclude that the swamp rabbit is a suitable indicator of wildlife habitat quality in BLH ecosystems in the LMAV because they evolved and remain endemic to the ecosystem, use habitat that integrates desirable characteristics that positively influence wildlife biodiversity, and are easy to monitor routinely.     

Australian ecosystems, capricious food chains and parasitic consequences for people

Characteristic Australian ecosystems or environments contain numerous food chains some of which may become capriciously side-tracked or appropriated by humans, with parasitic consequences for people in Australia and overseas. Twelve of 13 arboviruses affecting humans are of wildlife origin and all are transmitted by mosquitoes. In this case, transmission is thus associated with aquatic environments, many artificial. Zoonotic trematode (brachylaimiasis) and cestode (rodentoleposis) infections have been reported from semi-arid environments. Scabies and angiostrongylosis are associated with work, recreational and home environments. Four species of Rickettsia endemic in wildlife are acquired by humans from fleas, mites and ticks in bush and semi-urban environments. The enigmatic and life-threatening muspiceoid nematode, Haycocknema perplexum, is known from people associated with the natural environment in Tasmania; whether it comes from vertebrates, invertebrates, plants, soil or water is unknown. Food chains occurring in a range of Australian ecosystems and environments, some associated with feeding arthropods, others with accidental ingestion of invertebrates, may result in human exposure and infection. A range of organisms normally occurring in wildlife, domestic animals or the environment may be involved in causing human disease.     

野生动物监测技术和方法应用进展与展望

野生动物是生态系统研究和保护管理的重要生物类群, 对调控生态系统结构和功能, 维持生态系统健康平衡具有显著作用。科学监测数据是野生动物研究、保护、管理决策的前提基础, 但由于传统监测技术的限制, 野生动物的多样性特征及其与环境、生态系统的平衡机制未得到充分关注和研究。随着自动化、智能化、信息化技术的发展及应用, 野生动物监测技术和方法出现较大突破和变革。该文论述了近年来野生动物监测研究领域的重要新技术, 包括红外相机技术、全球定位系统(GPS)追踪技术、DNA条形码技术和高通量测序技术等。通过综合介绍相关的基础概念、基本原理, 该文总结了新技术的应用优势和重大应用进展, 同时探讨了新技术应用中存在的问题, 并对未来野生动物监测技术的发展趋势进行了展望。