Impact of natural salt lick on the home range of Panthera tigris at the Royal Belum Rainforest, Malaysia.

ABSTRACT: Natural salt lick (sira) is a strategic localisation for ecological wildlife assemblage to exhibit geophagy which may act as a population dynamic buffer of prey and predators. Undoubtedly, many agree that geophagy at natural licks is linked to nutritional ecology, health and assembly places facilitating social interaction of its users. Overall, natural salt licks not only save energy of obtaining nutrient leading to health maintenance but also forms the basis of population persistence. The Royal Belum Rainforest, Malaysia (Royal Belum) is a typical tropical rainforest in Malaysia rich in wildlife which are mainly concentrated around the natural salt lick. Since this is one of the most stable fauna ecology forest in Malaysia, it is timely to assess its impact on the Malayan tiger (Panthera

SUBMITTER: Lazarus BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8134436 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature