A MONITORING PROGRAM FOR THE AMUR TIGER THRITEENTH-YEAR REPORT: 1998-2010

In accordance with the Russian National Strategy for Tiger Conservation

A cooperative project conducted by representatives of: Wildlife Conservation Society All Russia Research Institute of Wildlife Management, Hunting, and Farming Institute of Geography, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Biology and Soils, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sikhote-Alin State Biosphere State Zapovednik Lazovski State Zapovednik Ussuriski State Zapovednik Botchinski State Zapovednik Bolshe-Khekhtsirski State Zapovednik Institute for Sustainable Use of Renewable Resources World Wide Fund for Nature

FUNDING FOR YEAR 13 PROVIDED WITH SUPPORT FROM

WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE (WWF) THE SAVE-THE-TIGER FUND, NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION, EXXON CORPORATION THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY KHABAROVSKY KRAI ADMINISTRATION

Previous Sponsors include: Save the Tiger Fund The Tiger Rhinoceros Conservation Fund, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service World Wide Fund For Nature, U.S. PIN MATRA DVO RAN (Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

PROJECT COORDINATORS: Overall Coordinator: Miquelle, D.G., Wildlife Conservation Society, Russian Far East Program Khabarovski Krai Coordinator Dunishenko, Yuri. M. A, All Russia Research Institute of Wildlife Management, Hunting, and Wildlife Farming (VNIIOZ) Zvyagintsev, D. A. VNIIOZ Darensky, A.A. VNIIOZ Golyb, A. M. VNIIOZ Dolinin, V. V. VNIIOZ Shvets, V. G., VNIIOZ Kostomarov, S. V., Botchinski Zapovednik

Primorski Krai Coordinators: Aramilev, V. V., Institute of Geography, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Fomenko, P. V., WWF, Russian Far East Litvinov, M. N., Ussuriski State Zapovednik Nikolaev, I. G., Institute of Biology and Soils, Far Eastern Branch Russian Academy of Sciences Pikunov, D. G., Institute of Geography, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Salkina, G. P., Lazovski State Zapovednik Zaumyslova, O. Yu. Sikhote-Alin Biosphere State Zapovednik Kozhichev, R. P., Agricultural Dept. of Control and Management, Vladivostok. Data entry, Translations, Report Editing, and Project Management Nikolaeva, E. I., Wildlife Conservation Society, Russian Far East Program

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………...………… I. INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………………….. II. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES………………………………………………………………... III. METHODOLOGY………………………………………………………………………….. IV. RESULTS OF THE 2010 WINTER MONITORING PROGRAM………………………… Summary Data on Count Units and Routes………………………………………………….. Measures of Tiger Abundance………………………………………………………………. Tiger Track Density on Survey Routes ………………………………………………….. Expert Assessment of Tiger Numbers on Monitoring Sites……………………………… Ungulate Populations on Monitoring Sites…………………………………………………... Red deer ………………………………………………………………………………….. Wild boar…………………………………………………………………………………. Roe deer…………………………………………………………………………………... Sika deer………………………………………………………………………………….. Status of Amur Tigers in the Russian Far East………………………………………………. V. LITERATURE CITED………………………………………………………………………

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