Investigating the demography and dynamics of a low-density tiger population in Southeast Asia: What limits recovery?

ABSTRACT: Prey depletion, direct poaching, and habitat fragmentation are driving global declines of carnivore species, but the specific consequences of these impacts on population demography have not been widely studied, obscuring an understanding of why some populations recover while others flounder. This 11-year study sought to uncover what constrains recovery of a low-density tiger population in Thailand, by investigating population dynamics with respect to three key mechanisms potentially affecting vital rates: tiger poaching, prey depletion, and immigration. Our site resembled most Southeast Asian tiger populations in that tiger and prey abundance were both low, but it was unusual in sharing landscape connectivity with the largest tiger population remaining in Southeast Asia. We identified tige

SUBMITTER: Steinmetz R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12528830 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature