Long‐term monitoring of wildlife populations for protected area management in Southeast Asia

• DOI: 10.1111/csp2.614
• Publication Date: 2021-12-21T13:10:03Z
• Authors: Matthew N. Nuttall; Olly Griffin; Rachel M. Fewster; Philip J. K. McGowan; Katharine Abernethy; Hannah O'Kelly; Menghor Nut; Vandoeun Sot; Nils Bunnefeld
• Keywords: Minimum viable population

Abstract Long‐term monitoring of biodiversity in protected areas (PAs) is critical to assess threats, link conservation action species outcomes, and facilitate improved management. Yet, rigorous longitudinal within PAs rare. In Southeast Asia (SEA), there a paucity long‐term wildlife PAs, many threatened lack population estimates from anywhere their range, making global assessments difficult. Here, we present new abundance trends for 11 between 2010 2020, spatial distributions 7 species, based on line transect distance sampling surveys Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary Cambodia. These represent the first robust four range are among trend analyses entire SEA region. Our study revealed that arboreal primates green peafowl ( Pavo muticus ) generally had either stable or increasing trends, whereas ungulates semiarboreal declining trends. results suggest ground‐based such as snares domestic dogs, having serious negative effects terrestrial species. findings have important implications across face similar threats yet reliable data.