Cheyne Susan M
Wildlife Research Group, Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
BMC Ecol. 2006 Apr 13;6:5. doi: 10.1186/1472-6785-6-5.
Assessing the suitability of a habitat prior to the release of animals is vital. Proper assessment of the flora will allow reintroduction programmes to determine whether the area will be capable of supporting the released animals in the long-term. Here data are presented from an island in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia which has been used as a release site for agile gibbons (Hylobates agilis albibarbis) since January 2003.
Methods and results regarding fruit abundance, fruit productivity, tree density and diversity are presented. This information is then analysed in the context of the island's suitability to sustain released gibbons and without impact on the resident fauna. Based on the above ecological characteristics, the final carrying capacity of the island is estimated to be between 3 and 19 gibbons.
These data highlight the need to survey areas being considered for release of gibbon prior to the release taking place. For reintroductions to be successful, long-term habitat assessment is vital, both pre- and post-release.
在放生动物之前评估栖息地的适宜性至关重要。对植物群进行恰当评估将使重新引入计划能够确定该区域是否有能力长期支撑放生的动物。本文展示了来自印度尼西亚加里曼丹中部一个岛屿的数据，自2003年1月起该岛屿就被用作敏捷长臂猿（白颊长臂猿指名亚种）的放生地点。
呈现了关于果实丰度、果实生产力、树木密度和多样性的方法及结果。然后在该岛屿维持放生长臂猿且不对当地动物群产生影响的适宜性背景下对这些信息进行了分析。基于上述生态特征，该岛屿的最终承载能力估计在3至19只长臂猿之间。
这些数据凸显了在放生之前对拟考虑用于长臂猿放生的区域进行调查的必要性。为使重新引入成功，长期的栖息地评估在放生前后都至关重要。
