East Caucasian Tur (Capra cylindricornis) in two ranges of Kazbegi (Georgia). Ground survey

Thèse de Bachelor , 2013 , 59 Pages

Protection de la nature, Conservation du paysage

The tur is a species of economic interest and concidered a bioindicator. In 2008, tur’s status has improved from ‘vulnerable’ to ‘nearly threatened’ (IUCN4 red-list), nevertheless it remain a species of global conservation concerns. Indeed, the tur habitat is part of a world biodiversity hotspot: the Caucasian region. The loss of quality of its habitat as well as illegal hunting have been identified as threats to the turs population. As a contribution to the monitoring of biodiversity this work aim to design a ground survey method and perform an estimation of turs’ density on two sites situated in the north east district of Georgia known as Kazbegi. The implementation of monitoring of biodiversity is one of the priorities of Georgia’s Ministery of Environment and Natural Ressources Protection.

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Aknowlegements

Abstract

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1 Introduction
1.1 Context
1.1.1 Legal Basis
1.1.2 Biogeography
1.2 Objectives
1.3 Biology
1.3.1 Taxonomy and Phylogeny reconstruction
1.3.2 Habitat
1.3.3 Diet
1.3.4 Activity
1.3.5 Social behaviour
1.4 Problematic
1.5 Status

2 Methods
2.1 Study area
2.2 Sample count protocol
2.2.1 Parameters
2.2.2 Assumptions
2.2.3 Disadvantages
2.2.4 Advantages of sample counts
2.3 Aerial survey
2.4 Material
2.5 Questionnaire

3 Results
3.1 Sampling counts
3.1.1 in Kuro range
3.1.2 in Chkere gorges
3.2 Aerial Survey
3.3 Camera traps
3.4 Tur Habitat
3.4.1 Aspect
3.5 Questionnaire
3.5.1 Answearing question 1
3.5.2 Movements
3.5.3 Threats
3.5.4 Opportunities

4 Discussion
4.1 Final word
4.2 Opportunities
4.3 Protection
4.4 In the fu'tur'

5 References
5.1 Books and scientific articles
5.2 Documents not cited in the text
5.3 Internet websites and software
5.4 Graphic credits

6 Appendix

• Auteur: Thomas Nardin (Auteur)
• Année de publication: 2013
• Pages: 59
• N° de catalogue: V1191294
• ISBN (PDF): 9783346638083
• ISBN (Livre): 9783346638090
• Langue: anglais
• mots-clé: Caucasus, The Caucasus, Georgia, East Caucasian Tur, Ungulate Monitoring, Chèvre du Caucase, Tour, Bouquetin du caucase, Monitoring, Sampling count