Data from: Resource selection and landscape change reveal mechanisms suppressing population recovery for the world's most endangered antelope
- Ali, Abdullahi H.
- Ford, Adam T.
- Evans, Jeffrey S.
- Mallon, David P.
- Hayes, Matthew M.
- King, Juliet
- Amin, Rajan
- Goheen, Jacob R.
DOIAbstract
Understanding how bottom-up and top-down forces affect resource selection can inform restoration efforts. With a global population size of <500 individuals, the hirola Beatragus hunteri is the world's most endangered antelope, with a declining population since the 1970s. While the underlying mechanisms are unclear, some combination of habitat loss and predation are thought to be responsible for low abundances of contemporary populations. Efforts to conserve hirola are hindered by a lack of understanding as to why population density remains low, despite eradication of the viral disease, rinderpest. To elucidate factors underlying chronically low numbers, we examined resource selection and landscape change within the hirola's native range. Be...
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