| Titre : | Long-term community-based monitoring of tamaraw Bubalus mindorensis on Mindoro Island, Philippines |
| Auteurs : | Shinya Ishihara, Auteur ; Rodel M. Boyles, Auteur ; Hisashi Matsubayashi, Auteur ; Arnel N. del Barrio, Auteur ; Merben R. Cebrian, Auteur ; Aiko Ishida, Auteur ; Rosalina M. Lapitan, Auteur ; Eufrocina P. Atabay, Auteur ; Libertado C. Cruz, Auteur ; Yukio Kanai, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Oryx (49(2) APR 2015) |
| Article en page(s) : | 352-359 |
| Résumé : | The Critically Endangered tamaraw Bubalus mindorensis is endemic to Mindoro Island, Philippines, and little is known of its ecology. During 2006-2011 we used community-based monitoring to examine the population status and ecology of tamaraw in the species' core habitat of Mount Iglit-Baco National Park. Each year, for 5 consecutive days at the end of the dry season, trained local volunteers and rangers or project staff were allocated to 18 vantage points in the study area (c. 160 km(2)). Tamaraw were categorized as adult (> 5 years), juvenile (2-5 years) or calf ( |



