Political Pressures Increased Vulnerability to Climate Hazards for Nomadic Livestock in Inner Mongolia, China

Abstract Herders in Inner Mongolia experienced two completely different political periods during their last nomadic period between 1961 and 1986. However, climate and technical factors were very similar between these two periods according to statistical analyses. We retrieved historical climate and...

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Autores principales:	Ang Li, Shi Chen, Xueyao Zhang, Jianhui Huang
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9ba06d683bff475080aaad430817427b2021-12-02T16:08:20ZPolitical Pressures Increased Vulnerability to Climate Hazards for Nomadic Livestock in Inner Mongolia, China10.1038/s41598-017-08686-42045-2322https://doaj.org/article/9ba06d683bff475080aaad430817427b2017-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08686-4https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Herders in Inner Mongolia experienced two completely different political periods during their last nomadic period between 1961 and 1986. However, climate and technical factors were very similar between these two periods according to statistical analyses. We retrieved historical climate and livestock population data and performed a retrospective study using generalized additive models to analyze three major livestock population demographic metrics changes between these two periods. We found that the sociopolitical factors significantly impacted all three major demographic metrics (adult mortality, neonatal mortality and birthrate) between the two periods for both large (cattle, horse, and camel) and small livestock (sheep and goat). We also identified the interaction effects between sociopolitical factor and climate factors for adult and neonatal mortality, while birthrate was not affected by these interactions. When exposed to climate hazards, adult and neonatal livestock mortality rates were significantly higher, while birthrate was significantly lower in social movement period than in peaceful period. We concluded that political movements had indeed increased the vulnerability of herders’ livestock to climate hazards. External political pressures deprived hazard-resistance entitlements of herders, which may explain the elevated effects of political pressures on livestock vulnerability.Ang LiShi ChenXueyao ZhangJianhui HuangNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2017)
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description	Abstract Herders in Inner Mongolia experienced two completely different political periods during their last nomadic period between 1961 and 1986. However, climate and technical factors were very similar between these two periods according to statistical analyses. We retrieved historical climate and livestock population data and performed a retrospective study using generalized additive models to analyze three major livestock population demographic metrics changes between these two periods. We found that the sociopolitical factors significantly impacted all three major demographic metrics (adult mortality, neonatal mortality and birthrate) between the two periods for both large (cattle, horse, and camel) and small livestock (sheep and goat). We also identified the interaction effects between sociopolitical factor and climate factors for adult and neonatal mortality, while birthrate was not affected by these interactions. When exposed to climate hazards, adult and neonatal livestock mortality rates were significantly higher, while birthrate was significantly lower in social movement period than in peaceful period. We concluded that political movements had indeed increased the vulnerability of herders’ livestock to climate hazards. External political pressures deprived hazard-resistance entitlements of herders, which may explain the elevated effects of political pressures on livestock vulnerability.
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title	Political Pressures Increased Vulnerability to Climate Hazards for Nomadic Livestock in Inner Mongolia, China
title_short	Political Pressures Increased Vulnerability to Climate Hazards for Nomadic Livestock in Inner Mongolia, China
title_full	Political Pressures Increased Vulnerability to Climate Hazards for Nomadic Livestock in Inner Mongolia, China
title_fullStr	Political Pressures Increased Vulnerability to Climate Hazards for Nomadic Livestock in Inner Mongolia, China
title_full_unstemmed	Political Pressures Increased Vulnerability to Climate Hazards for Nomadic Livestock in Inner Mongolia, China
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Political Pressures Increased Vulnerability to Climate Hazards for Nomadic Livestock in Inner Mongolia, China

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