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dc.contributor.authorJackson, John
dc.contributor.authorU Mar, Khyne
dc.contributor.authorZ Childs, Dylan
dc.contributor.authorLummaa, Virpi
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-09T21:53:25Z
dc.date.available2019-01-09T21:53:25Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationJackson, J., U Mar, K., Z Childs, D. and Lummaa, V. (2018). Myanmar’s semi-captive working elephant population is not sustainable without capture from the wild. 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology. doi: 10.17011/conference/eccb2018/109040
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/62403
dc.description.abstractWildlife populations in captivity are increasingly common, but captive populations often have a higher extinction risk and may require supplementation through wild-capture. Despite this, wild-capture may actually hinder long-term conservation goals by reducing remaining wild populations, and its direct and long-term indirect consequences for captive population viability are rarely addressed using longitudinal data. Here, we explore the implications of changes in wild-capture on population viability over 54 years using a multi-generational studbook of working Asian elephants from Myanmar. We show that population viability declined between 1960 and 2014 with declines in wild-capture. Wild-caught females had reduced birth rates and high mortality risk, but despite such disadvantages their capture is required to sustain the captive population. Importantly, survival in juveniles had a large influence on population viability, suggesting that targeting juvenile mortality may have a disproportionate effect on population growth. Myanmar’s working population may constitute a third of the large captive population of Asian elephants (~16,000 individuals), and sustainable management of this population is crucial for the preservation of this species. Our results highlight the need to assess the demographic consequences of wild-capture as species are increasingly managed and conserved in altered or novel environments, to ensure the sustainability of both wild and captive populations.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOpen Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä
dc.relation.urihttps://peerageofscience.org/conference/eccb2018/109040/
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dc.titleMyanmar’s semi-captive working elephant population is not sustainable without capture from the wild
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferenceItem
dc.identifier.doi10.17011/conference/eccb2018/109040
dc.type.coarconference paper not in proceedings
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
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dc.relation.conferenceECCB2018: 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology. 12th - 15th of June 2018, Jyväskylä, Finland
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