Integrating spatial analysis and questionnaire survey to better understand human-onager conflict in Southern Iran

Abstract Southern Iran is a conservation priority area for the endangered Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager), which is threatened by habitat fragmentation and conflict with local communities. To better understand factors that influence onager conservation, we administered a questionnaire in loca...

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Autores principales:	Alireza Mohammadi, Kamran Almasieh, Ho Yi Wan, Danial Nayeri, Amir Alambeigi, Jason I. Ransom, Samuel A. Cushman
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0adf0fe5b3ee4f999f480207bb1842832021-12-02T17:22:57ZIntegrating spatial analysis and questionnaire survey to better understand human-onager conflict in Southern Iran10.1038/s41598-021-91921-w2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/0adf0fe5b3ee4f999f480207bb1842832021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91921-whttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Southern Iran is a conservation priority area for the endangered Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager), which is threatened by habitat fragmentation and conflict with local communities. To better understand factors that influence onager conservation, we administered a questionnaire in local communities to survey their ecological knowledge, personal experience related to onager, and attitudes toward traditional solutions for reducing crop damage by onager. In addition, we used resistant kernel and factorial least-cost path analyses to identify core areas and corridors for onager movement, and spatial randomization of vehicle collisions and crossing locations to test the predictive ability of resistant kernel and factorial least-cost path predictions of movement. We found that local communities that were knowledgeable about onagers experienced less crop damage from onager compared with those who used traditional methods. Habitat connectivity models revealed that core areas of movement are highly concentrated at the center of protected areas. Some sections of core areas have been cut off by roads where most vehicle collisions with onagers occurred. We propose that effective onager conservation will require integrated landscape-level management to reduce mortality risk, protection of core areas and corridors, development of mitigation strategies to reduce vehicle collisions, and conflict mediation between local communities and onagers.Alireza MohammadiKamran AlmasiehHo Yi WanDanial NayeriAmir AlambeigiJason I. RansomSamuel A. CushmanNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Alireza Mohammadi Kamran Almasieh Ho Yi Wan Danial Nayeri Amir Alambeigi Jason I. Ransom Samuel A. Cushman Integrating spatial analysis and questionnaire survey to better understand human-onager conflict in Southern Iran
description	Abstract Southern Iran is a conservation priority area for the endangered Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager), which is threatened by habitat fragmentation and conflict with local communities. To better understand factors that influence onager conservation, we administered a questionnaire in local communities to survey their ecological knowledge, personal experience related to onager, and attitudes toward traditional solutions for reducing crop damage by onager. In addition, we used resistant kernel and factorial least-cost path analyses to identify core areas and corridors for onager movement, and spatial randomization of vehicle collisions and crossing locations to test the predictive ability of resistant kernel and factorial least-cost path predictions of movement. We found that local communities that were knowledgeable about onagers experienced less crop damage from onager compared with those who used traditional methods. Habitat connectivity models revealed that core areas of movement are highly concentrated at the center of protected areas. Some sections of core areas have been cut off by roads where most vehicle collisions with onagers occurred. We propose that effective onager conservation will require integrated landscape-level management to reduce mortality risk, protection of core areas and corridors, development of mitigation strategies to reduce vehicle collisions, and conflict mediation between local communities and onagers.
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author	Alireza Mohammadi Kamran Almasieh Ho Yi Wan Danial Nayeri Amir Alambeigi Jason I. Ransom Samuel A. Cushman
author_facet	Alireza Mohammadi Kamran Almasieh Ho Yi Wan Danial Nayeri Amir Alambeigi Jason I. Ransom Samuel A. Cushman
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title	Integrating spatial analysis and questionnaire survey to better understand human-onager conflict in Southern Iran
title_short	Integrating spatial analysis and questionnaire survey to better understand human-onager conflict in Southern Iran
title_full	Integrating spatial analysis and questionnaire survey to better understand human-onager conflict in Southern Iran
title_fullStr	Integrating spatial analysis and questionnaire survey to better understand human-onager conflict in Southern Iran
title_full_unstemmed	Integrating spatial analysis and questionnaire survey to better understand human-onager conflict in Southern Iran
title_sort	integrating spatial analysis and questionnaire survey to better understand human-onager conflict in southern iran
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/0adf0fe5b3ee4f999f480207bb184283
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Integrating spatial analysis and questionnaire survey to better understand human-onager conflict in Southern Iran

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