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Anthropogenic impact on the Himalayan marmot population in Nepal
- Authors: Nikolskii A.A.1, Vanisova E.A.1
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- Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
- Issue: Vol 28, No 2 (2020)
- Pages: 153-159
- Section: Ecology
- URL: https://journals.rudn.ru/ecology/article/view/25643
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-2310-2020-28-2-153-159
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Anthropogenic impact on the Himalayan marmot population in Nepal is discussed. Above the upper border of the forest, human shares the same habitats with marmots on the alluvial terraces of river valleys. Human buildings and farmland lead to fragmentation of the marmot population, and overgrazing leads to pasture digression, worsening the food supply of these rodents. At the same time, people regularly catch marmots with loops, while, in accordance with the criteria of the IUCN Red List, the population of the Himalayan marmot in Nepal should be classified as Endangered (EN) - a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
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Alexander A. Nikolskii
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
Author for correspondence.
Email: bobak@list.ru
Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of System Ecology of the Faculty of Ecology
8 Podolskoye Hwy, bldg 5, Moscow, 115093, Russian FederationElena A. Vanisova
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
Email: vanhelen@mail.ru
PhD in Biological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of System Ecology of the Faculty of Ecology
8 Podolskoye Hwy, bldg 5, Moscow, 115093, Russian FederationReferences
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