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| The decline and impending extinction of the South China tiger | |
| Tilson R1; TraylorHolzer K1; Qiu MJ2 | |
| 1997 | |
| 发表期刊 | ORYX
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| ISSN | 0030-6053 |
| 卷号 | 31期号:4页码:243-252 |
| 合作性质 | 其它 |
| 摘要 | The South China tiger Panthera tigris amoyensis is the rarest of the five living tiger subspecies, the most critically threatened and the closest to extinction. No wild South China tigers have been seen by officials for 25 years and one was last brought into captivity 27 years ago. The 19 reserves listed by the Chinese Ministry of Forestry within the presumed range of the tiger are spatially fragmented and most are too small to support viable tiger populations. Over the last 40 years wild populations have declined from thousands to a scattered few. Despite its plight and occasional anecdotal reports of sightings by local people, no intensive field study has been conducted on this tiger subspecies and its habitat. The captive population of about 50 tigers, derived from six wild-caught founders, is genetically impoverished with low reproductive output. Given the size and fragmentation of potential tiger habitat, saving what remains of the captive population may be the only option left to prevent extinction of this tiger subspecies, and even this option is becoming increasingly less probable. This precarious dilemma demands that conservation priorities be re-evaluated and action taken immediately to decide if recovery of the wild population will be possible. |
| 资助者 | This article is an outcome of our involvement in as- sisting the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens in developing its South China tiger master- plan. ; This article is an outcome of our involvement in as- sisting the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens in developing its South China tiger master- plan. |
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| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 资助者 | This article is an outcome of our involvement in as- sisting the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens in developing its South China tiger master- plan. ; This article is an outcome of our involvement in as- sisting the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens in developing its South China tiger master- plan. |
| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://ir.kiz.ac.cn/handle/152453/5133 |
| 专题 | 其他 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Minnesota Zoo, 13000 Zoo Blvd, Apple Valley, MN 55124, USA 2.Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamacun, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, People’s Republic of China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Tilson R,TraylorHolzer K,Qiu MJ. The decline and impending extinction of the South China tiger[J]. ORYX,1997,31(4):243-252. |
| APA | Tilson R,TraylorHolzer K,&Qiu MJ.(1997).The decline and impending extinction of the South China tiger.ORYX,31(4),243-252. |
| MLA | Tilson R,et al."The decline and impending extinction of the South China tiger".ORYX 31.4(1997):243-252. |
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