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- Title
Population dynamics of blue sheep Pseudois nayaur in Ningxia Helan Mountain National Nature Reserve, China.
- Authors
Mingchun Zhang; Xiaoming Wang; Yiuzhong Ding; Zejun Zhang; Zhenghuan Wang; Zhigang Li; Tianhua Hu; Bo Ma
- Abstract
The article explores the population dynamics of the 12,516 blue sheep Pseudois nayaur residing at the Ningxia Helan Mountaion National Nature Reserve of China. From 2004-2009, the authors performed 2,790 line transects and monitored the blue sheep in the facility, which saw fluctuating population size from 12,375 in 2004 to 13,344 in 2009. They discovered that the number of rainy days significantly contributed to the population dynamics of the blue sheep. They conclude that while population will not drastically increase or decrease in the reserve, managers should be in the look out in the varying density areas of the reserve to conserve the blue sheep.
- Subjects
HELAN Mountains (China); CHINA; SHEEP; POPULATION dynamics; NATURE reserves
- Publication
Folia Zoologica, 2012, Vol 61, Issue 2, p121
- ISSN
0139-7893
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.25225/fozo.v61.i2.a5.2012