Title
Preliminary monitoring of Amur tiger population in Jilin Hunchun National Nature Reserve
Author(s)
Bing Li,Endi Zhang,Zhenghua Zhang,Yu Zhang
Published
2008
Abstract
The Hunchun Nature Reserve-located near the boundaries of Chiila with Russia and DPR Korea。is the only national level reserve in China containing tigers(Panthera tigrij)and leopards(P．pardus)．Since its establishment in December 2001-tiger monitoring has been carried out in and around the reserve．Because tigers can easily cross boundaries over the course of a year-winter snow tracking alone is insufficient as the sole method for tiger monitoring．Thus, a passive tiger monitoring method was adopted to augment the existing winter survey．Passive monitoring relies primarily On information on tiger predation reported by local villagers and informants in 12 villages．We summarize tiger monitoring efforts during 2001—2006，analyze tiger occurrence frequency，number。and sex／age ratios suggested by monitoring data, and make conservation suggestions.
Keywords
Amur tiger(Panthera tigris),Hunchun Nature Reserve,Monitorin, Population

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