73 research outputs found
Assessment of human-leopard conflict in Machiara National Park, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
No full textLivestock depredation by leopards is one of the key conservation issues in landscapes with limited resources worldwide. Any attempts to mitigate human-leopard conflict and conserve the species in conflict should be based on an unequivocal understanding of the conflict patterns. A household survey was conducted with an intention to quantify livestock losses resulting from depredation by leopards in and around the Machiara National Park, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. A total of 301 livestock were killed between June 2007 and August 2008 by leopards. The extent of loss varied in different months, with maximum killing occurring in the month of May. Small-bodied livestock such as goats and sheep were more vulnerable than large-bodied cattle. Goats were killed in significantly higher numbers as compared to other livestock. Domestic animals were killed more frequently at night as compared to other times of the day. There was a significant effect of the nighttime protection measures on depredation. Most attacks happened in valleys and in areas far from the forests. Factors most closely associated with livestock depredation included decline of natural prey, herding practices, guarding especially during the nighttime, and repeated use of pastures where predators were known to be hunting actively. Attitudes of the local community towards leopards were largely negative, and further efforts should be made to improve support for carnivore conservation. We suggest widespread local community education and proactive human-leopard conflict management, particularly through adopting carnivore-friendly livestock protection measures.AJ&K wildlife & Fisheries departmen
ENGLISH-MARK GABRIEL’S CRITIQUE OF ISLAM: A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE HISTORICAL CLAIMS, RELIGIOUS COMPARISONS, AND THEIR SOCIO-POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS
No full textThe article performs a critical evaluation of writings by Mark A. Gabriel especially his perspectives on interfaith connections and Islamic beliefs. Gabriel, turned outspoken critic of Islam, has authored works like Jesus and Muhammad: Through his collection Islam and Terrorism and Islam and the Jews and Jesus and Muhammad: Profound Differences and Surprising Similarities, Mark A. Gabriel uses his platform to demonstrate how Islam fosters violent teachings and systematic repression. Gabriel's Islamic historical readings face widespread opposition because his critics believe his interpretation methods reveal biases and simplifications between Islam and Christianity. The author studies Gabriel's literary works while analyzing contextual evolution and key plotlines and analyzes their influence on societal perspective alongside their effect on religious cross-cultural conversations. Both Western reception of Islam through Gabriel's works and their role in creating Islamophobia combine to promote stereotypes that restrict true interfaith understanding
Prognostically significant fusion oncogenes in Pakistani patients with adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia and their association with disease biology and outcome
No full textBackground and objectives: Chromosomal abnormalities play an important role in genesis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and have prognostic implications. Five major risk stratifying fusion genes in ALL are BCR-ABL, MLL-AF4, ETV6-RUNX11, E2A-PBX1 and SIL-TAL1. This work aimed to detect common chromosomal translocations and associated fusion oncogenes in adult ALL patients and study their relationship with clinical features and treatment outcome. Methods: We studied fusion oncogenes in 104 adult ALL patients using RT-PCR and interphase-FISH at diagnosis and their association with clinical characteristics and treatment outcome. Results: Five most common fusion genes i.e. BCR-ABL (t 9; 22), TCF3-PBX1 (t 1; 19), ETV6-RUNX1 (t 12; 21), MLL-AF4 (t 4; 11) and SIL-TAL1 (Del 1p32) were found in 82/104 (79%) patients. TCF3-PBX1 fusion gene was associated with lymphadenopathy, SIL-TAL1 positive patients had frequent organomegaly and usually presented with a platelets count of less than . Survival of patients with fusion gene ETV6-RUNX1 was better when compared to patients harboring other genes. MLL-AF4 and BCR-ABL positivity characterized a subset of adult ALL patients with aggressive clinical behaviour and a poor outcome. Conclusions: This is the first study from Pakistan which investigated the frequency of5 fusion oncogenes in adult ALL patients, and their association with clinical features, treatment response and outcome. Frequencies of some of the oncogenes were different from those reported elsewhere and they appear to be associated with distinct clinical characteristics and treatment outcome. This information will help in the prognostic stratification and risk adapted management of adult ALL patients.Noreen Sabir, Zafar Iqbal, Aamer Aleem, Tashfeen Awan, Tahir Naeem, Sultan Asad, Ammara H Tahir, Muhammad Absar, Rana MW Hasanato, Sulman Basit, Muhammad Azhar Chishti, Muhammad Faiyaz Ul-Haque, Ahmad Muktar Khalid, Muhammad Farooq Sabar, Mahmood Rasool, Sajjad Karim, Mahwish Khan, Baila Samreen, Muhammad Hassan Siddiqi, Saba Shahzadi, Sana Shahbaz, Agha Shabbir Ali, Amer Mahmood, Muhammad Akram, Tariq Saeed, Arsalan Saleem, Danish Mohsin, Ijaz Hussain Shah, Muhammad Khalid, Muhammad Asif, Mudassar Iqbal, Tanveer Akhta
Avifaunal Diversity of the Pattika Recreational Park, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
No full textThe survey was carried out from June 2006 to May 2007 in the
recreational park Pattika situated at 34°27' latitude and 73°
34' longitudes. During the survey a total of 73 species were recorded
belonging to 10 orders and 35 families. Out of 73, 55% were
Passeriformes, 45% were non-Passeriformes. The distribution and
abundance varied with season, the maximum species number was found
during the monsoon season when most of the birds migrate to breed. As
this park is in the environs of a human population, the human related
impacts such as grazing by livestock, removal of shrub cover,
disturbance of habitat etc. were also studied
Avifaunal Diversity of the Pattika Recreational Park, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
No full textThe survey was carried out from June 2006 to May 2007 in the
recreational park Pattika situated at 34°27' latitude and 73°
34' longitudes. During the survey a total of 73 species were recorded
belonging to 10 orders and 35 families. Out of 73, 55% were
Passeriformes, 45% were non-Passeriformes. The distribution and
abundance varied with season, the maximum species number was found
during the monsoon season when most of the birds migrate to breed. As
this park is in the environs of a human population, the human related
impacts such as grazing by livestock, removal of shrub cover,
disturbance of habitat etc. were also studied
7th International Symposium on Galliformes (September 22–24, 2019: Quang Binh, Vietnam): Abstracts
No full textAbstracts
How much recent research help with plans to reintroduce Vietnam pheasant Lophura edwardsi to the world? Nigel Collar
Status and range decline of Germain’s peacock pheasant, Vy Nguyen Tran, Dusit Ngoprasert, Stephen Browne, and Tommaso Savini
Landscape-scale camera-trapping surveys fill the information gap about the distribution of galliforms in the Annamites, An Nguyen, Andrew Tilker, Jesse F. Abrams, Thanh V. Nguyen, Nguyen Quang Hoa Anh, Benjamin Rawson, Francois Guegan, Camille N. Z. Coudrat, Cao Tien Trung, Minh Le, Daniel Wilcox, and Andreas Wilting
Increasing the breeding success of two vulnerable peacock-pheasant species through antiparasitic interventions and hand-rearing Grace Tang
Mixed ancestry and cryptic introgression of the red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) in India, Mukesh Thakur, Merwyn Fernandes, Sambandam Sathyakumar
Monitoring pheasants in Palas Valley, Pakistan: Do conservation efforts really help to protect Galliformes? Muhammad Azhar Jamil, Fiaz Khan, and Muhammad Naeem Awan
Good news for a red listed galliform: Rediscovery and first nesting record of vulnerable cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii) in Machiara National Park Iba, Kashmir Himalaya, Pakistan, Muhammad Naeem Awan, Mirza Wajid Ali, Muhammad Kabir, Naeem Iftikhar, and Francis Buner
Distribution and conservation awareness of cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii) in far western Nepal, Hari Basnet, Ganga Shah, and Laxman Poudyal
Red junglefowl in Pakistan: Smaller population but bigger conservation opportunities, Mohebullah Naveed, Rab Nawaz, and Muhammad Naeem Awan
Distribution and abundance of Galliformes in Bhagirathi Basin, Uttarakhand, India, Sambandam Sathyakumar, Ranjana Pal, Shagun Thakur, Shashank Arya, and Tapajit Bhattacharya
Status and distribution of Galliformes of Bangladesh, Mohammod Foysal
Genomic consequences of a population decline in the brown eared-pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum), Pengcheng Wang and Zhengwang Zhang
Conservation status and strategy of Chinese monal (Lophophorus lhuysii) in captivity, Zhang Jing, Deng Jiangyu, Ma Hong, Luo Yi, Tao Yujing, Li Ying, Zuo Lin, and Zhang Chengling
Human overexploitation caused rapid recent population decline for green peafowl (Pavo muticus), Feng Dong, Yang Liu, Fei Wu, Chih-Ming Hung, Peng-Fei Shan, Jie Wang, and Xiao-Jun Yang
Biodiversity spatial patterns of pheasants in China and the underlying factors, Hongyan Yao, Nan Wang, Jianqiang Li, and Lijiang Xu
Assessing the spatio-temporal response of Reeves’s pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesi) to human infrastructure development in Dabie Mountains, Jiliang Xu, Shan Tian, Junqin Hua, and Yong Wang
Spatial and temporal niche separation of three sympatric pheasant species in north Guangdong, Fasheng Zou, Xincai Wang, Min Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Yuening Gong, and Tangteng Yang
Phylogenetics and evolution of white eared-pheasant (Crossoptilon crossoptilon), Pengcheng Wang, Hongyan Yao, Kadeem J. Gilbert, Qi Lua, Yu Hao, Zhengwang Zhang, and Nan Wang
First systematic survey of green peafowl (Pavo muticus) in northeastern Cambodia reveals a population stronghold and preference for disappearing riverine habitat, Robin Loveridge, Darren Kidney, Ty Srun, Eang Samnang, Jonathan C. Eames, and David Borchers
Why so many subspecies in common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)? Yang Liu
Multi-locus analysis indicates phylogeographic population structuring of Blyth’s tragopan Tragopan blythii (Jerdon, 1870) (Aves: Phasianidae), Jingyi Zou, De Chen, Geoffrey Davison, Win Hlaing, Moe Myint Aung, Zhengwang Zhang, and Nan Wang
Extinct or alive? Re-investingating the distribution of critically endangered Himalayan quail in India, Paul Pop and Randeep Singh
The evolutionary history of Tetrao gallus in China inferred from genome-wide SNPs, Bei An and Lixun Zhang
Galliformes online: An update on the Galliformes sightings in Indonesia, Nurul L. Winarni, Amelia Rahmah, Mulia N. Latifah, and Maria I. N. D. U. Sogen
Preliminary results on maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) occupancy in Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park, Alfons Patandung, and Wildy Poneke
A lesson learnt from managing the maleo macrocephalon maleo nesting site in the Bogani Nani Wartabone landscape, north Sulawesi, Iwan Hunowu, Alfons Patandung, Max Welly Lela, and Hanom Bashari
Co-occurrence of two sympatric galliform species on a landscape scale, Vy T. Nguyen, Dusit Ngoprasert, George A. Gale, Stephen J. Browne, and Tommaso Savini
Status and range decline of orange-necked partridge, Vy Nguyen Tran, Dusit Ngoprasert, Stephen Browne, and Tommaso Savini
Population status, habitat assessment and threats to cheer pheasant Catreus wallichii (Hardwicke, 1827) Inmyagdi, Nepal, Keshab Chokhal
Characterization of three clade 2.3.4.4 H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses isolated from wild birds, Yuan Qiu and Fasheng Zou
Green peafowl (Pavo muticus) population dynamics and life history parameters estimation through combining territory-mapping with camera-trap, Shan Pengfei, Wu Fei, Wang Jie, and Yang Xiaojun
Status and distribution changes of the endangered green peafowl (Pavo muticus) in China over the past three decades (1990s‒2017), Xiaojun Yang, Dejun Kong, Fei Wu, Pengfei Shan, Jie Wang, Jianyun Gao, Dao Yan, and Weixiong Luo
Unusual returning-nest behaviour in the Sichuan partridge (Arborophila rufipectus) chicks, Yiqiang Fu1, Benping Chen, Simon D. Dowell, and Zhengwang Zhang
Mixed group and distribution overlap of some sister Galliformes species, Roller Ma Ming, Hong-Gang Bao (Mobei), Guoqiang Zhang, and Junwei Lee
Genome-wide analysis and behavioral observation shed light on the high-altitude adaptation in the buff-throated partridge (Tetraophasis szechenyii), Chuang Zhou, Yang Meng, and Bisong Yue
Assessment of the threatened status of Chinese pheasants using new data, Zhen Wang and Zhengwang Zhang
Research advances on Galliformes since 1990 and future prospects, Shan Tian, Jiliang Xu, Jianqiang Li, Zhengwang Zhang, and Yong Wang
Habitat use and threats to Siamese fireback (Lophura diardi) assessed using camera-trapping in lo Go-Xa Mat National Park, Vietnam, Nguyễntrần Vỹ, Tô Quang, Hồđắc Long, Hoàngvăn Hải, Huỳnhhữu Phương, and Nguyễn Long Điề
Enhanced Production of Streptokinase by UV- and Ethidium Bromide-Treated Streptococus equisimilis Mutant
No full textPopulation Surveys of Endangered Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) in Mahasheer National Park Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir
No full textThe global distribution and population of the Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus) has declined but the species remains poorly studied in the Azad, Jammu and Kashmir area of Pakistan. This lack of information about the species limits the ability to adopt strategies for its conservation. This study was conducted in four selected sites of northeast Pakistan to estimate the population status of Egyptian vultures in the study area. Potential sites and colonies of the Egyptian vultures were first identified and then monitored using point count methods. We counted a maximum of 121 Egyptian vultures across the four sites that were surveyed in the study area. Conservation action at the State level is needed to help protect this vulture species of global conservation concern, and our results provide a baseline from which future monitoring can proceed
The Future of Biodiversity in the Changing Watersheds of Kashmir Himalaya, Pakistan: Conservation Challenges and Opportunities
No full textLandscape associations of Asiatic black bears in Kashmir Himalaya, Pakistan
No full textThe Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) is threatened throughout its range and assessed as nationally vulnerable in Pakistan. Habitat degradation and loss, illegal exploitation, and human–bear conflict are key threats to the species, but there is a lack of empirical knowledge regarding its occurrence in Pakistan. In 2012, we conducted a sign survey study to classify Asiatic black bear presence in a little studied and isolated region of the Kashmiri Mountains in Azad, Jammu and Kashmir, northern Pakistan. We compared bear presence in five habitat types (agriculture, forest, pasture, plantation, and scrubland) across an elevational range of 910 to 2,990 m. We used hierarchical logistic regression analysis to identify whether elevation, habitat and/or the interaction between the two explained bear presence in the region. Type of bear sign was significantly associated with some habitats, although claw marks were not associated with any habitat type. The strongest positive predictor of bear presence was the interaction between elevation and forest habitat, with greater presence (37.5%) in forest habitat at higher elevations between 1,890 and 2,855 m. The predicted likelihood of bears occurring in agriculture, plantation, and scrubland habitats was always <10%, regardless of elevation, and >30% in forest habitat. Our findings contribute to the national understanding of black bear presence and we provide recommendations for actions that support effective conservation management of the species in Pakistan
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