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Habitat selection by Eld's deer following relocation to a patchy landscape.

Duo Pan¹, Yan-Ling Song¹, Zhi-Gao Zeng¹

¹Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

|March 12, 2014

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Reintroduced Hainan Eld's deer (Cervus eldi) successfully utilized disturbed farmland and forest habitats, preferring areas near villages and avoiding intensive agriculture. This indicates agroforest ecosystems can support endangered ungulate populations.

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Area of Science:

Wildlife Conservation
Ecology
Habitat Selection

Background:

Hainan Eld's deer (Cervus eldi) faced extinction, with populations recovering to over 1000 individuals by 2003.
A relocation strategy involved moving 131 deer to a mixed farmland-forest landscape in 2005.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate habitat selection of reintroduced Hainan Eld's deer in a human-disturbed landscape.
To assess the suitability of agroforest ecosystems for endangered ungulate reintroduction.

Main Methods:

Monitoring 19 radio-collared Hainan Eld's deer in a relocated habitat.
Analyzing habitat use patterns, home range size, and landscape composition.

Main Results:

Deer predominantly used areas within 0.6-2 km of villages (77% of locations).
Average home range was 725 ha, comprising 54% shrub-grassland, 26% forest, and 15% farmland.
Selected habitats included slash-and-burn agriculture and forest, avoiding intensive farmland and pure forests; swiddens and shrub-grasslands were preferred.

Conclusions:

Reintroduced deer demonstrated adaptability to disturbed habitats, including those with human activity.
Subsistence agroforest ecosystems possess the capacity to sustain reintroduced endangered ungulate populations.