Population increase at a calving ground of the Endangered Tibetan antelope Pantholops hodgsonii in Xinjiang, China

• DOI: 10.1017/s0030605311001657
• Publication Date: 2012-03-04T15:55:09Z
• Authors: Paul J. Buzzard; How Man Wong; Huibin Zhang
• Keywords: Poaching

Abstract Females in most populations of chiru or Tibetan antelope Pantholops hodgsonii migrate up to 350 km each year summer calving grounds. These migrations characterize the Tibet–Qinghai Plateau. The Ullughusu grounds adjacent Arjinshan Nature Reserve Xinjiang, China, are used by multiple and this ground recovered from major poaching events 1998 1999, with a population increase 2001 2006. We direct methods (vehicle/walking transects radial point sampling) an indirect method (faecal pellet counts) 30 June 4 July 2011 assess at ground. saw substantially more all compared 2006, demonstrating that has increased suggesting conservation efforts have been effective.