Sustainable Management of Water Buffalo (Bubalus bulalis) explores the ecological interaction between the feral buffalo (Bubalus bulalis) and extreme
climate changes in Qingtiangang. More...
Sustainable Management of Water Buffalo (Bubalus bulalis) explores the ecological interaction between the feral buffalo (Bubalus bulalis) and extreme
climate changes in Qingtiangang. Since the last century, buffalo has played a unique role in shaping the mosaic
grassland across forest habitats. While consuming grass/shrubs for daily food staples, buffaloes also influence
vegetation by crossing bushes and creating temporary water holes. From January 2020 to December 2021, the
Qingtiangang buffaloes were tracked with a GPS recorder every month to observe their foraging preferences, and to
collect body information on seasonal growth. The results found that Qingtiangang buffalo has special genetic resources:
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis shows that the control region (D-Loop) and cytochrome (Cytb) have significant
genetic diversity, indicating that they are not inbreeding herds. Less...