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Population and Habitat of the Amur Tiger in the Russian Far East

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In the beginning of 19th century, the range (areal) of Panthera tigris altaica included the forest part of the Korean Peninsula, the northern provinces of China, and the left bank of the Amur River in Russia and approached Transbaikalia and Yakutia. By the late 1930s, the number of tigers in Russia had decreased to 20–30 individuals. Protections against hunting (1947), the entrapment of tiger cubs (1965), and a lack of a market for tiger derivatives contributed to growth in tiger numbers. By the 1960s, the tiger population in Russia had increased to 100–110 individuals. According to a count in 1970, the population of tigers had reached 140–150 individuals. At this point in time, the range covered the forest territory of Primorsky Krai and southern Khabarovsky Krai. The last two total counts (1995–96 and 2004–05) revealed a further increase in the numbers to 450–500 animals and a range of 156,000 km2. The latest recordings have confirmed the maximum numbers of tigers in the Sikhote-Alin and Lazovsky reserves and adjacent territories.
However, the small areas of the reserves and their territorial separation preclude the maintenance of or increases in the population to or beyond 400–500 adult animals, which in genetic terms,would ensure the long-termconservation of the tiger. Further conservation of the region requires the assignment of two protective zones of 45,000–50,000 km2 with centres in the Sikhote-Alin and Lazovsky reserves. Within these protective zones, economic development involving any
type of forest felling or ungulate hunting should be fully prohibited. The creation of protective zones is the only route to preserving the natural complex of the Sikhote-Alin, including the Amur tiger in Russia.

Keywords:
Amur tiger Panthera tigris altaica Far East Sikhote-Alin

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Judul Seri

Achievements in the Life Sciences

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: Elsevier., 2014

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Achievements in the Life Sciences 8 (2014) 145–149

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8 (2014)

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