Access management for wildlife conservation

野生动物保护的准入管理

• 批准号: 364323-2007
• 负责人: Boyce, Mark
• 金额: $ 10.92万
• 依托单位: University of Alberta
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=499159
• 关键词: Access; management; wildlife; conservation

Industrial development for oil and gas extraction, mining, and timber harvest has resulted in extensive road construction in western Alberta. Roads and human use of roads is known to influence the distribution, movement, and mortality of sensitive wildlife species including elk, wolves, and grizzly bears. Gated management of recreational access to roads has been proposed to mitigate the effects of industrial development on indigenous wildlife. We propose an experimental study to evaluate the effectiveness of gated access management of roads on wildlife on the east slopes of SW Alberta. We will use a repeated before-after-control-intervention (BACI) study design and global positioning system (GPS) radiotelemetry to monitor movements, habitat use, and mortality of elk, wolves, and grizzly bears. We will use newly developed statistical methods in a GIS to map the influences of access management on the distribution and movement of wildlife, and to identify localities that should be managed as movement corridors. We will evaluate the relations between habitat selection and components of fitness and how these are modified by roads and access management. We will develop spatially structured predator-prey models (elk/wolves & bears) that allow us to identify the effect of roads and access management on predator-prey interactions. Our research will evaluate cost-effective methods that can allow persistence of sensitive wildlife in the face of industrial development.

石油和天然气提取，采矿和木材收获的工业发展已在艾伯塔省西部进行了广泛的道路建设。 众所周知，道路和人类对道路的使用会影响包括麋鹿，狼和灰熊在内的敏感野生动植物物种的分布，运动和死亡率。 已经提出了娱乐途径的封闭式管理，以减轻工业发展对土著野生动植物的影响。 我们提出了一项实验研究，以评估艾伯塔省东南部斜坡上道路通道管理的有效性。 我们将使用重复进行的前对照干预（BACI）研究设计和全球定位系统（GPS）辐射电子指定来监测麋鹿，狼和灰熊的运动，栖息地的使用以及死亡率。 我们将在GIS中使用新开发的统计方法来绘制访问管理对野生动植物分布和运动的影响，并确定应将其作为运动走廊进行管理的地方。 我们将评估栖息地选择与健身组成部分之间的关​​系，以及如何通过道路和通道管理来修改它们之间的关系。 我们将开发出空间结构的捕食者捕食模型（Elk/Wolves＆Bears），使我们能够确定道路和访问管理对Predator-Prey相互作用的影响。 我们的研究将评估具有成本效益的方法，这些方法可以在工业发展中允许敏感野生动植物的持久性。