Activity Characteristics of Asian Elephants in Guanping Asian Elephant Food Source Base and Its Relationship with Changes of Regional Hydrothermal Conditions
By comparing the activity records of Asian elephants in Guanping Asian Elephant Food Source Base from 2005 to 2012 and meteorological observation data during the same period,this paper analyzed the relationship between the activity patterns of Asian elephants and changes of rainfall and temperature.The results showed that the number of Asian elephants entering the food source base was positively corre-lated with the increase in years(rs=0.643),and more Asian elephants were attracted to the food source base;the number of Asian elephants entering the base increased with the decrease in annual rainfall,mainly due to the increase in the number of independent Asian elephant activities.Climate change had a potential impact on the activity patterns of Asian elephants.This paper recommended to conduct more in-depth climate and forest phenological monitoring in the future to better explain the activity patterns and behavioral changes of Asian elephants in the local area.
Asian elephant activityclimate changeSpearman's rank correlation coefficientfood source base
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