Spatiotemporal distribution of human-monkey conflict in Guiyang
With the intensification of human activities,conflicts between humans and wildlife,especially those protected animals,are becoming one of the major concerns of conservation biology.Non-human primates are highly genetically like human.Non-human primates are highly genetically like humans and are prone to zoonotic diseases.Conflicts with humans can pose a series of serious safety issues.Based on this,we counted 2 000 human-monkey(macaque:Macaca mulatta)conflicts happened in Guiyang from 2014 to 2022.We found that(1)in all incidents,83％are a group of 3-10 macaques(15％and 2％are one and two individuals,respectively),60％are male,10％are female bringing infant,and the remaining 30％could not distinguish between genders;and(2)human-macaque conflict mainly happened within a 10 km radius(0.065-23.5 km)centered around Qianlingshan Park,gradually decreasing towards the surrounding area in a diffusion pattern,and negatively with the distance to Qianlingshan Park(-0.17,R2=0.117).From 2014 to 2022,the overall trend of conflicts has raised,and mainly concentrated in January each year and scattered in other months.Be-cause of the lack of natural enemy and feeding of humans,the population of Macaque in Qianlingshan Park grows rapid-ly,leading to diffusion to city around and robbery.This study revealed spatiotemporal distribution of human-monkey conflicts,which has a guiding meaning for alleviating conflicts between humans and monkeys.
Rhesus macaqueBehaviorNon-human primatesHuman-animal conflictsSpatiotemporal distribution
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