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Author(s)
Yasin ÜNAL1, Ahmet KOCA2, Abdulkadir ERYILMAZ2 and Mevlüt ZENBİLCİ2
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DOI:10.17265/2162-5298/2016.10.007
Affiliation(s)
1. Department of Wildlife Ecology and Management, Faculty of Forestry Engineering, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta 32260, Turkey
2. Department of Wildlife Ecology and Management, Faculty of Forestry Engineering, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta 32260, Turkey
ABSTRACT
Anatolian wild sheep is
still exists only in Konya-Bozdağ Wildlife Development Area in the world.
Because of the ongoing illegal hunting, habitat destruction, etc. starting in
1966, only a herd consisting of 35 individuals survived. Thereupon, in the same year, 42,000 ha of fieldshad were declared as a
protected areaby the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Following this
period, the number has increased to 2,000 in 2005. In the studied area, due to the
increasingly exceeded carrying capacity of the land, wild sheep tended to lower
the nutritional value of plants. Malnutrition, illnesses, stress, etc. led to
death, and population size decreased to 600.
Based on this information, there are two main ways to
make deteriorated habitat structure suitable for accommodation, growth and
proliferation of Anatolian wild sheep individuals.
The firstone
is about carrying individuals to other natural areas, and the latter is the
restoration work in this area. Restoration work on the outside to add nutrients
to the living environment (artificial feeding) and arranging habitat work are
implemented. Depending on the type
of habitat restoration work, restoration on the entire area,
plot-plot restoration
and radiating from the center to the environment restoration form can
be made.
KEYWORDS
Anatolian wild sheep (Ovis gmelini anatolica Valenciennes, 1856), Konya Bozdağ, habitat restoration.
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