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Автор Kuchling, Gerald
Автор Ko, Win Ko
Автор Min, Sein Aung
Автор Lwin, Tint
Автор Myo, Khin Myo
Автор Khaing (1), Thin Thin
Автор Khaing (2), Thin Thin
Автор Mar, Win Win
Автор Win, Ni Ni
Дата выпуска 2006
dc.description The endemic roofed turtle Kachuga trivittata has been extirpated over most of its former range in the Ayeyarwady River system of Myanmar. Only two small remnant populations are known to survive. In a small stretch of the upper Chindwin River K. trivittata persists because local Shan villages traditionally ban the killing of large adult K. trivittata. The population has nevertheless declined dramatically during the last few years because of the erosion of the ban by migrant fishermen from central Myanmar who do not observe the local regulation, and because of the overexploitation of eggs. The traditional regulation of the Shan villages offers a basis, through its reinforcement and education of migrants, for a species recovery programme. Further actions will include the protection of nests and eggs, and eventually the banning of camps and seasonal settlements on sandbanks used by K. trivittata for nesting. K. trivittata also still persists in the Dokhtawady River in a small area subjected to low exploitation pressure in the recent past because of the dangers of a frontline between the government army and an army of insurgents. The opening of this area following a truce brought this population close to extinction and a hydroelectric dam under construction will alter the ecology of this stretch of river. We propose to assess the potential use of the future impoundment lake for the recovery of this K. trivittata population.
Издатель Cambridge University Press
Тема Conservation status
Тема exploitation
Тема Kachuga trivittata
Тема Myanmar
Тема natural resource management
Тема Testudines
Название Two remnant populations of the roofed turtle Kachuga trivittata in the upper Ayeyarwady River system, Myanmar This paper contains supplementary material that can only be found online at http://journals.cambridge.org
DOI 10.1017/S0030605306000391
Electronic ISSN 1365-3008
Print ISSN 0030-6053
Журнал Oryx
Том 40
Первая страница 176
Последняя страница 182
Аффилиация Kuchling Gerald; School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia; School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia
Аффилиация Ko Win Ko; Wildlife Conservation Society
Аффилиация Min Sein Aung; Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division, Ministry of Forestry, Forestry Department
Аффилиация Lwin Tint; Yadanabon Zoological Garden
Аффилиация Myo Khin Myo; Wildlife Conservation Society
Аффилиация Khaing (1) Thin Thin; Department of Zoology, University of Mandalay
Аффилиация Khaing (2) Thin Thin; Department of Zoology, University of Mandalay
Аффилиация Mar Win Win; Department of Zoology, University of Mandalay
Аффилиация Win Ni Ni; Department of Zoology, University of Mandalay
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