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: Received: 24 February 2020 / Approved: 25 February 2020 / Online: 25 February 2020 (11:48:32 CET)
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: Received: 25 February 2020 / Approved: 26 February 2020 / Online: 26 February 2020 (10:49:20 CET)
How to cite:
Jiang, Z.; Mallon, D.; Foggen, M.; Li, C.; Cui, S.; Zeng, Y.; Ping, X. A Case of Reintroducing Saiga Highlights the Conservation Needs of Migratory Species. Preprints2020, 2020020375
Jiang, Z.; Mallon, D.; Foggen, M.; Li, C.; Cui, S.; Zeng, Y.; Ping, X. A Case of Reintroducing Saiga Highlights the Conservation Needs of Migratory Species. Preprints 2020, 2020020375
Jiang, Z.; Mallon, D.; Foggen, M.; Li, C.; Cui, S.; Zeng, Y.; Ping, X. A Case of Reintroducing Saiga Highlights the Conservation Needs of Migratory Species. Preprints2020, 2020020375
APA Style
Jiang, Z., Mallon, D., Foggen, M., Li, C., Cui, S., Zeng, Y., & Ping, X. (2020). A Case of Reintroducing Saiga Highlights the Conservation Needs of Migratory Species. Preprints. https://doi.org/
Chicago/Turabian Style
Jiang, Z., Yan Zeng and Xiaoge Ping. 2020 "A Case of Reintroducing Saiga Highlights the Conservation Needs of Migratory Species" Preprints. https://doi.org/
Abstract
Saiga (Saiga tatarica) was extirpated in China. Since Mid-1980s, attempts have been made for revival the species in the country, however, only a breeding herd of Saiga was successfully established at Wuwei, Gansu, China. The reintroduced Saiga population experienced a bumpy growth. Then, the population collapsed following the catastrophe die-off in the Saiga ranging countries in Central Asia, then population started to rebound when 6 new lams were born in 2019. After reviewing the population trend and conservation breeding of Saiga in China, we concluded that to establish a migratory species that needs vast range size like Saiga on central Asia steppe, an international collaboration is needed for introducing new genes. We recommend China to ratify the CMS in order to facilitate international conservation efforts to restoring the species in its former range.
Keywords
Saiga; antelope; conservation breeding; reintroduction; Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Commenter: Zhigang Jiang
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author