Some ecological aspects of dhole (<i>Cuon alpinus</i>) in the Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Uthai Thani Province, Thailand

Charaspet, Khwanrutai; Sukmasuang, Ronglarp; Khiowsree, Noraset; Songsasen, Nucharin; Simchareon, Saksit; Duengkae, Prateep

doi:10.2478/foecol-2019-0012

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“…The average activity period of dholes is 14:49 hours, and mostly diurnal. The average activity period of dholes is not significant difference when compared with the period of dholes in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary located in the western part of the country (11:17 hours 169.397°, n=22) (Charaspet et al 2019) and Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary (10:41 hours 160.354°, n=732) (Ruengtik et al 2019) located in the eastern part of Thailand (Hotelling's Test (F) = 9.273, P=0.226). That confirms the activity period of dholes in Thailand mostly occur during day time.…”

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Abundance, prey, and activity period of dholes (Cuon alpinus) in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

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Abstract. Khoewsree N, Charaspet K, Sukmasuang R, Songsasen N, Pla-ard M, Thongbantum J, Kongchaloem W, Srinopawan K. 2020. Abundance, prey, and activity period of dholes (Cuon alpinus) in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. Biodiversitas 21: 345-354. The abundance and occupancy of dholes in Khao Yai National Park are the highest among found carnivorous mammals. This demonstrates the importance of the home range of dholes. From the scat analysis, eight species of mammals that are prey can be identified. The dholes mainly consume ungulates when considering the most percentage of relative biomass consumed were ungulate species. For the number of prey animals consumed by dholes per year, a dhole consumes 25.94 prey animals per year which consist of 6.51 masked palm civets, 6.44 Asian palm civets, 4.55 muntjac, 3.97 lesser mouse-deer, 2.22 large Indian civets, 1.03 wild boars, 0.66 sambar, and 0.56 porcupines. From the daily activity pattern captured by the camera trap, dholes have an average activity period of 14:49 hours. Therefore, they are mostly diurnal. The results of the study confirm that Khao Yai National Park is an important habitat of dholes. To maintain the population of dholes in the area, the most important factor is maintaining the ungulate population in the area, especially muntjac, sambar, lesser mouse-deer, and wild boar by increasing and improving the quality of grassland, austerity of maintenance, garbage and dirt disposal from tourism activities in the area for ecological health, and public relations for dholes’ conservation in the long-term.

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Abundance, prey, and activity period of dholes (Cuon alpinus) in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

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“…By studying the types of leopard food in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Simcharoen (2008) reported that 27 types of prey were found from scat analysis with the respective highest frequencies of occurrence were sambar deer, Malayan porcupine, wild boar, red muntjac, banteng, Phayre's langur (Trachypithecus phayrei), crabeating macaque (Macaca fascicularis), white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar), Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis), and rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta). Pianka's prey overlap index between dhole and leopard preys acquired from data collection in the same time period in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary was 0.98 and the index between dhole and tiger was 0.68 (Charaspet et al 2019). Ramesh et al (2012) found that dhole separated the habitat on a temporal basis with tiger and leopard in the same area without any overlap.…”

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“…There is concentrated interaction between large carnivores and their preys in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary. Charaspet et al (2019) reported that the habitat area of female dhole in the sanctuary studied from satellite radiofrequency was 34 km 2 . Phetdee (2000) studied the prey species of large carnivores in the sanctuary and reported that there were 18 tiger prey species found using scat analysis.…”

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Spatial and temporal overlaps of top predators: Dhole, tiger and leopard, and their potential preys in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand

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Abstract. Charaspet K, Sukmasuang R, Khoewsree N, Pla-Ard M, Paansri P, Keawdee B, Chanachai Y, Bhumpakphan N. 2021. Spatial and temporal overlaps of top predators: Dhole, tiger and leopard, and their potential prey in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand. Biodiversitas 22: 580-592. The study of the spatial-temporal overlap of top predators and their prey is important to understand competition among predators and predator-prey relationships so that the viable populations of predators and other animals can be sustained. This research aimed to study the abundance of three top predators: Dhole (Cuon alpinus), tiger (Panthera tigris) and leopard (Panthera pardus), and their potential wild prey in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand, and to investigate the spatial-temporal overlap between those three predators, and their potential wild prey. We tested two significant hypotheses: (i) tiger and leopard had the highest spatial-temporal overlap and the spatial overlap of dhole and leopard was higher in comparison to dhole and tiger due to a higher prey overlap; (ii) the three species of large carnivore avoided spatial-temporal overlap even if they were in the same area. The study was conducted using camera traps. In addition, the spatial-temporal overlap of large carnivores and their potential prey was studied to understand the important species of prey of these large carnivores. The results showed that the spatial overlap of tiger and leopard was the highest. Dhole had significant spatial overlap with leopard, which was higher in comparison to dhole and tiger. A significant temporal overlap of dhole and leopard was not found. Also, a significant temporal overlap of tiger and leopard was not found. The results were based on hypotheses that conformed to the niche overlap index of the potential prey and the temporal overlap coefficient. There were ten important species of potential prey of large carnivores: Sambar deer (Rusa unicolor), red muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak), gaur (Bos gaurus), banteng (Bos javanicus), wild boar (Sus scrofa), Malayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura), large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha), Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus), pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) and red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus). The important recommendation is the protection of the sanctuary from wildfires which spread from the outside in, especially in dry evergreen forest. Food resources of herbivores in the area must be managed, as well as the prevention of epidemics from livestock to wild animals.

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“…The overlap index between Leopard and Tiger was 0.90 when using the results of prey species found in Leopard scats from the study of Simchareon (2008) and research results of prey species of tiger from the study of Phetdee (2000). However, Charaspet et al (2019) reported that the overlap index between prey of Dhole and Leopard found between data collection process in HKKWS was 0.98. The overlap index between Dhole and Tiger was 0.68 which was higher than the result of this study.…”

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“…The absence of Wild boar in any scats found in HKKWS is also consistent with the study of Kamler et al (2012;2020) which reported that Dholes avoided consuming Wild boar by considering prey electivity index. Charaspet et al (2019) reported that Pianka's prey overlap index for Dhole and Leopard received from data collection in HKKWS pointed out the fierce competition in the area. That makes Dholes in the area it is less abundant than Tigers and Leopards and consumed smaller prey in Viverrid species and Malayan porcupines.…”

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Prey species and prey selection of dholes at three different sites in Thailand

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Abstract. Charaspet K, Sukmasuang R, Khoewsree N, Pla-ard M, Chanachai Y. 2020. Prey species and prey selection of dholes at three different sites in Thailand. Biodiversitas 21: 5248-5262. The study of prey species and prey selection of Dholes at 3 different sites was conducted at Khao Yai National Park, Salak Pra, and Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries from 2013 to 2020. Information on Dhole prey at the sites was collected from the residues of dhole scats, from which the selection index, the relative biomass of the prey, and the relative amounts of the consumed prey were calculated. The data were collected simultaneously with the use of camera traps at each site. The study revealed that there were 13 species of Dhole prey with body weight over 5 kg. The result indicated that there were 7 species of even-toed ungulates. The relative biomass of even-toed ungulates ranged between 76.78 - 90.50% of the total biomass of all the Dholes’ consumed prey for all study sites. The dietary diversity index unveiled a similar index in all areas, which proved the adequacy of the analyzed scats. However, the Niche breadth index, which indicates the relevance of prey selection and prey species to the appearances of the prey at each site, was found to be high at Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Khao Yai National Park, while the index was found to be low at Salak Pra Wildlife Sanctuary. The results revealed that Dholes consumed viverrid species and Malayan porcupine more often at the site where there were large carnivores. The recommendation from this study was the conservation and restoration of the ungulate populations, the main prey, as it greatly affects the conservation of the Dhole populations in Thailand. Grassland and salt lick sites, water sources improvements are also important to promote prey population. The conservation of wildlife prey by releasing them to nature, as currently conducted, has an effect on the increase of Dholes’ prey species.

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Some ecological aspects of dhole (Cuon alpinus) in the Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Uthai Thani Province, Thailand

Cited by 8 publications

References 31 publications

Abundance, prey, and activity period of dholes (Cuon alpinus) in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

Abundance, prey, and activity period of dholes (Cuon alpinus) in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

Spatial and temporal overlaps of top predators: Dhole, tiger and leopard, and their potential preys in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand

Prey species and prey selection of dholes at three different sites in Thailand

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