Anthropogenic mortality of large mammals and trends of conflict over two decades in Nepal

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dc.citation.issue10
dc.citation.volume12
dc.contributor.authorBaral K
dc.contributor.authorBhandari S
dc.contributor.authorAdhikari B
dc.contributor.authorKunwar RM
dc.contributor.authorSharma HP
dc.contributor.authorAryal A
dc.contributor.authorJi W
dc.coverage.spatialEngland
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-11T00:17:17Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-25T06:39:49Z
dc.date.available2022-10-03
dc.date.available2023-12-11T00:17:17Z
dc.date.available2024-07-25T06:39:49Z
dc.date.issued2022-10-03
dc.description.abstractWildlife conservation in human-dominated landscapes faces increased challenges due to rising conflicts between humans and wildlife. We investigated the human and wildlife loss rates due to human-wildlife conflict between 2000 and 2020 in Nepal. We concentrated on Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), greater one-horned rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis), tiger (Panthera tigirs), and leopard (Panthera pardus) mortality, as well as human mortality caused by these species. Over the 21-year period, we recorded 1139 cases of wildlife mortality and 887 cases of human mortality. Leopard mortality was the highest, followed by that of greater one-horned rhinos, tigers, and Asian elephants. Overall, the rate of wildlife mortality has been increasing over the years. Asian elephants were found to be more responsible for crop damage than greater one-horned rhinos, while leopards were found to be more responsible for livestock depredation than tigers. The generalized linear model indicated that the mortality of wildlife in the districts is best predicted by the additive effect of human mortality, the proportion of agricultural land, and the literacy rate of the districts. Retaliatory wildlife mortality was the most challenging issue for wildlife conservation, especially for the large mammals. Findings from this study are important for mitigation of human-wildlife conflicts, controlling retaliatory killing, and conserving these threatened large mammals.
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dc.edition.editionOctober 2022
dc.format.paginatione9381-
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36225840
dc.identifier.citationBaral K, Bhandari S, Adhikari B, Kunwar RM, Sharma HP, Aryal A, Ji W. (2022). Anthropogenic mortality of large mammals and trends of conflict over two decades in Nepal.. Ecol Evol. 12. 10. (pp. e9381-).
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ece3.9381
dc.identifier.eissn2045-7758
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn2045-7758
dc.identifier.numbere9381
dc.identifier.piiECE39381
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/70635
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
dc.publisher.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.9381
dc.relation.isPartOfEcol Evol
dc.rights(c) 2022 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectelephant
dc.subjectendangered species
dc.subjectleopard
dc.subjectrhino
dc.subjecttiger
dc.subjectwildlife conservation
dc.subjectwildlife management
dc.subjectwildlife mortality
dc.titleAnthropogenic mortality of large mammals and trends of conflict over two decades in Nepal
dc.typeJournal article
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