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Study on species density estimation and habitat suitability prediction of spotted linsang (Prionodon pardicolor) in Jiangxi Jiulianshan National Nature Reserve

  • Wei LUO ,
  • Mi ZHANG ,
  • Changchun WEI ,
  • Jun DENG ,
  • Zufu ZHANG ,
  • Yuying SONG ,
  • Weiwei ZHANG
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  • 1.Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology, Research Center for Wildlife and Nature Reserves of Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
    2.Jiangxi Lushan National Nature Reserve Management Bureau, Jiujiang 332015, China
    3.Jiangxi Jiulianshan National Nature Reserve Management Bureau, Ganzhou 341700, China

Received date: 2024-11-06

  Accepted date: 2025-02-20

  Online published: 2025-02-20

Abstract

The spotted linsang (Prionodon pardicolor) was once widely distributed in southern and southwestern China as well as South and Southeast Asia. However, its population has drastically declined in recent years. From April 2023 to March 2024, we estimated the population density using infrared cameras and random encounter models, and generated current (2020s) and future (2050s) habitat suitability models using MaxEnt for the spotted linsang in the Jiangxi JiulianShan National Nature Reserve. This study showed that the population density of spotted linsang was (2.039 ± 0.243) civets/km2 in the Reserve. The MaxEnt model showed high accuracy in predicting suitable habitats for both current and future periods. Under future climatic conditions, suitable habitats for spotted linsang within the reserve may decrease by 14.44%, while those outside the reserve will decrease by 46.61% compared to the current period. High-suitability habitats will contract inward in the reserve and migrate to higher altitudes. The main environmental factors affecting the current distribution are distance to rivers, isothermality, vegetation type, precipitation in the driest season, and slope direction. For future distributions, the primary influencing factors are distance to rivers, mean temperature in the driest season, vegetation type, and the coefficients of seasonal variation of aspect and precipitation. This study preliminarily investigated the field ecological habits of spotted linsang and provided scientific support for the conservation of spotted linsang in the JiulianShan Reserve and beyond.

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Wei LUO , Mi ZHANG , Changchun WEI , Jun DENG , Zufu ZHANG , Yuying SONG , Weiwei ZHANG . Study on species density estimation and habitat suitability prediction of spotted linsang (Prionodon pardicolor) in Jiangxi Jiulianshan National Nature Reserve[J]. ACTA THERIOLOGICA SINICA, 2026 , 46(2) : 230 -239 . DOI: 10.16829/j.slxb.151023

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