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Fragmentation of Asia's remaining wildlands: implications for Asian elephant conservation

Leimgruber, P., Gagnon, J. B., Wemmer, C., Kelly, D. S., Songer, M. A., Selig, E. R.·2003·Animal Conservation
DOI 10.1017/s1367943003003421
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Habitat loss and fragmentation are main causes for Asian elephant population declines. We mapped wildlands ‐ large, unfragmented and undeveloped areas ‐ asking: (1) Where are the largest wildlands that constitute elephant habitats? (2) What proportion of these wildlands is protected? (3) What is their potential for elephant conservation? Our study demonstrates that wildlands constitute only 51% of the Asian elephant range. Myanmar has the largest wildland (∼170,000 km 2), followed by Thailand and India. In Principal Components Analysis (PCA), the first two components explained 73% of the variation in fragmentation among ranges. We identified three fragmentation clusters from the PCA. Cluster A contains large ranges with unfragmented wildlands; cluster B includes ranges with well‐developed transportation networks and large human populations; and cluster C contains ranges with severely fragmented wildlands. In cluster A, we identified four ranges with elephant populations >1000 animals: ARYO, MYUC, BNMH and BITE. Together with ranges that support >1000 elephants in cluster B, these A ranges have great potential for long‐term elephant conservation. We propose that fragmentation clusters and population size can be used to identify different elephant monitoring and management zones.

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Authors
Leimgruber, P., Gagnon, J. B., Wemmer, C., Kelly, D. S., Songer, M. A., & Selig, E. R.
Affiliations
Smithsonian Institution (US)
Corresponding author
Leimgruber, P.
ORCID
Venue
Animal Conservation
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2003-11
Volume
6
Issue
4
Pages
347-359
ISSN
  • 1367-9430 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-1795
DOI
10.1017/s1367943003003421
OpenAlex
W2128282931
Cited by
253
References
29
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FWCI
2.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 850 d)
Locations
Animal Conservation (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Keywords
Asian elephant, habitat fragmentation, habitat loss, elephant conservation, protected areas, human population pressure, transportation networks, population size, Myanmar, Thailand, India

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