Data/hora: 12/06/2024 15:32:27

Provedor de dados: | 103
País: | Brazil
Título: | Mortality of primates due to roads and power lines in two forest patches in Bangladesh
Autores: | Al-Razi,Hassan; Maria,Marjan; Muzaffar,Sabir Bin.
Data: | 2019-01-01
Ano: | 2019
Palavras-chave: | Bengal slow loris; Conservation; Electrocution; Fragmentation; Road accident; Phayre’s langur.
Resumo: | ABSTRACT Primates are in imminent risk of extinction due to different types of anthropogenic activities. Mortality due to road accidents and electrocution from power lines are among the major direct anthropogenic threats to the survival of primates. We collected primate mortality data from 2015 to 2017 at Lawachara National Park and Satchari National Park in northeastern Bangladesh. We recorded 27 fatalities in five species of primates caused by road accidents (n = 15) and electrocution (n = 12). Most mortality records were for Trachypithecus phayrei (Blyth, 1847) (n = 8) while the lowest recorded mortality was for Macaca mulatta (Zimmermann, 1780) (n = 3). Ninety percent of primates in Bangladesh are threatened and populations are gradually declining. Our results suggest that roads and power supply lines are major sources of primate mortality that should be managed in these two forests. We strongly suggest avoiding construction of roads and power supply lines inside forests. Furthermore, control of the speed limit of vehicles inside the forests, use of insulated power lines, maintenance of natural canopy bridges and preparation of artificial canopy bridges are strongly recommended.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/other
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702019000100504
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
Relação: | 10.3897/zoologia.36.e33540
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Zoologia (Curitiba)  v.36 2019
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess