{"id":7807,"date":"2016-02-22T07:52:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T07:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/?p=7807"},"modified":"2016-02-22T07:52:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T07:52:48","slug":"tiger-population-recovering-in-southeast-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/tiger-population-recovering-in-southeast-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger population recovering in Southeast Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New York<\/strong> \u2013 A new study by a team of Thai and international scientists finds that a depleted tiger population in Thailand is rebounding thanks to enhanced protection measures. This is the only site in Southeast Asia where tigers are confirmed to be increasing in population. It is also the first-ever long-term study of tiger population dynamics in Southeast Asia.<\/span>

Moreover, the scientists feel even better days lay ahead for this population of the iconic carnivores.<\/span>

The Government of Thailand in collaboration with WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) established an intensive patrol system in in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary (HKK) in 2006 to curb poaching of tigers and their prey, and to recover what is possibly the largest remaining \u201csource\u201d population of wild tigers in mainland Southeast Asia.<\/span>

Monitoring of the population from 2005-2012 identified 90 individual tigers and an improvement in tiger survival and recruitment over time.<\/span>

\u201cThe protection effort is paying off as the years have progressed, as indicated by the increase in recruitment, and we expect the tiger population to increase even more rapidly in the years to come,\u201d said Somphot Duangchantrasiri, the lead author of the study.\u201d<\/span>

To monitor the tigers, the scientists employed rigorous, annually repeated camera trap surveys (where tigers are photographed and individually identified from their stripe patterns) combined with advanced statistical models.<\/span>

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[pullquote]Monitoring of the population from 2005-2012 identified 90 individual tigers and an improvement in tiger survival and recruitment over time.[\/pullquote]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis collaboration between WCS and the Thai government used the most up-to-date methodologies for counting tigers,\u201d said Dr. Ullas Karanth, a senior scientist with WCS and one of the authors of the study. \u201cIt\u2019s gratifying to see such rigorous science being used to inform critical conservation management decisions.\u201d<\/span>

Analyses of the tigers\u2019 long-term photo-capture histories and calculations of tiger abundances and densities, annual rates of survival, recruitment and other information provided scientists with direct, comprehensive measures of the dynamics of the wild tiger population in HKK.<\/span>

Joe Walston, WCS Vice President of Field Conservation said, \u201cThis is an outstanding conservation success coming from an area where wildlife has been struggling for some time. The result to date is reflective of the commitment made by the Thai government and its partners to Thailand\u2019s natural heritage. And despite the considerable gains made already, we believe the future looks even brighter.\u201d<\/span>
The authors note that 10-15 years of intensive protection of source sites is required before prey populations attain optimal densities necessary to support higher tiger numbers.<\/span>

The study, \u201cDynamics of a low-density tiger population in Southeast Asia in the context of improved law enforcement,\u201d appears in the online version of the journal Conservation Biology. Authors of the study include: Somphot Duangchantrasiri, Saksit Simcharoen, Soontorn Chaiwattana and, Sompoch Maneerat of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Bangkok, Thailand; Mayuree Umponjan of Wildlife Conservation Society(WCS), Thailand Program, Nonthaburi, Thailand; Anak Pattanavibool of WCS Thailand Program, and Department of Conservation, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand; Devcharan Jathanna and Arjun Srivathsa of the Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bengaluru, India; N. Samba Kumar of the Centre for Wildlife Studies and WCS, India Program, Bengaluru, India; and K. Ullas Karanth of the WCS, Global Conservation Program, Bronx, New York, USA.<\/span>

This work has been supported by the Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of State, and Petroleum Authority of Thailand: Production & Exploration (PTT-EP), The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (Thailand), The Royal Thai Police and Kasetsart University-Thailand.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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