Population size and artificial waterhole use by striped hyenas in the Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
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Omar Attum
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Dasynda Rosenbarger
Abstract
Striped hyenas have a widespread distribution in arid and semi-arid areas of Africa and Asia. However, very little is known about their population status or ecology. We used camera traps to estimate the population size and waterhole use patterns of striped hyenas visiting artificial waterholes in the Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan. The population size of hyenas at waterholes was estimated, using capture-recapture (identified from unique stripe patterns) method, to be nine animals in 2010 and 10 animals in 2012. Waterhole visits occurred almost entirely at night, with monthly visitation rates increasing in the hotter summer months and as the duration from the last rainfall increased. In conclusion, our results suggest that the Dana Biosphere Reserve provides safe drinking opportunities for a small population of striped hyenas and the use of these permanent artificial waterholes increases in the late summer months.
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) and Indiana University Southeast (IUS) for their support. This work would not have been possible without the logistical assistance and participation of Dana Biosphere Reserve staff, Omar Abed, Thabit Al Share, and the IUS field biology class. Nashat Hamidan provided useful comments on the manuscript.
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