Status and distribution of the Near Threatened Tibetan argali Ovis ammon hodgsoni in Ladakh, India: effect of a hunting ban
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...The Himalayan ibex deals with resource limitations imposed by migratory herds of goats and sheep around the Indian Trans-Himalayan pastures, while it is unaffected by the resident livestock as most species show habitat separation (Bagchi et al., 2004; Bhatnagar, 1997)....
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...The growth of cashmere production also threatens the endangered Tibetan gazelle (Procapra picticaudata Hodgson, 1846) in the Indian Trans-Himalaya (Namgail et al., 2007, 2009)....
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...The Himalayan blue sheep, bharal or naur (Pseudois nayaur (Hodgson, 1833)) overlaps its diet with goats in the Indian Trans-Himalaya (Mishra et al., 2001, 2004), whereas it is more abundant in neighbouring areas with lower livestock stocking rates (Mishra et al., 2002)....
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...The competition for forage between the wild ass named kiang (Equus kiang Moorcroft, 1841) and livestock generates conflicts with pastoral communities in the Indian Trans-Himalaya which are linked to the loss of pastures during the Indo-Chinese war in 1962 or the increase of the cashmere production there (Bhatnagar et al., 2006)....
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...A similar methodology has been used for Tibetan gazelle Procapra picticaudata (Bhatnagar et al., 2006) and Tibetan argali Ovis ammon (Namgail et al., 2009)....
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...The population in Ladakh is mostly confined to rolling mountains of eastern areas bordering China (Fox et al., 1991a) but its precise range is unknown....
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...In India the estimated population in the 1990s was c. 200, with most occurring in Ladakh (Fox et al., 1991a) and a few in Sikkim (Fox & Johnsingh, 1997)....
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...1), areas known to support a relatively high abundance of argali in Ladakh (Fox et al., 1991a)....
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...The argali population in the Gya-Miru Wildlife Sanctuary and Tsokar Basin could serve as a source population to recolonize adjacent areas, as apparently happened in the late 1970s in Hemis National Park (Fox et al., 1991b)....
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...The range of the Tibetan argali includes the Tibetan Plateau and its marginal mountains, encompassing c. 2.5 million km2 (Shackleton, 1997), but its population is highly fragmented throughout this vast range (Fox et al., 1991a; Schaller, 1998)....
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...Nomadic herders, army personnel and some Government officers also hunted the species for meat, and the argali’s preference for open areas, often close to human settlements, made it especially vulnerable (Namgail et al., 2004b)....
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...We carried out surveys during March–April 2003 in the Gya-Miru Wildlife Sanctuary and the neighbouring Tsokar Basin (Main survey area, Fig....
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...The last trophy hunting for the subspecies in Ladakh occurred in 1975 in the Tsabra catchment of the proposed Gya-Miru Wildlife Sanctuary (Namgail et al., 2004a)....
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...The argali population in the Gya-Miru Wildlife Sanctuary and Tsokar Basin could serve as a source population to recolonize adjacent areas, as apparently happened in the late 1970s in Hemis National Park (Fox et al., 1991b)....
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...Using topographic features such as ridges and streams the main survey area was partitioned into six localities: ª 2009 Fauna & Flora International, Oryx, 43(2), 288–291 Puyul, Gya, Kyam-Tsabenama, Tsabra, Tisaling-Shiabuk, and catchments in and around the the Gya-Miru Wildlife Sanctuary and Tsokar Basin....
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...Studies on the interaction between livestock and argali have shown that livestock grazing not only depletes resources required by argali but also physically displaces argali from productive pastures (Namgail et al., 2007b)....
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...Ladakh is currently undergoing substantial socio-economic change, and populations of wild ungulates such as argali are being affected by development activities that influence habitat use (Bhatnagar et al., 2006; Namgail et al., 2007b)....
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...Pashmina (cashmere wool) is a mainstay of the economy of people living within the argali’s range, and livestock populations, especially those of cashmere-producing goats, have increased substantially (Namgail et al., 2007a, 2008)....
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...Livestock grazing has negative influences on populations of other argali subspecies in Central Asia (Harris & Bedunah, 2001; Maroney, 2005; Wingard, 2005; Schaller & Kang, 2008)....
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"Status and distribution of the Near..." refers background in this paper
...Ladakh is currently undergoing substantial socio-economic change, and populations of wild ungulates such as argali are being affected by development activities that influence habitat use (Bhatnagar et al., 2006; Namgail et al., 2007b)....
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