Combination of facial and nose features of Amur tigers to determine age  

作　　者：Caiping ZHAO Wenrui DAI Qiang LIU Dongqi LIU Nathan James ROBERTS Zhaoli LIU Ming GONG Hongkun QIU Changhai LIU Dan LIU Guangkai MA Guangshun JIANG 

机构地区：[1]Feline Research Center of National Forestry and Grassland Administration,College of Wildlife and Protected Area,Northeast Forestry University,Harbin,P.R.China [2]Research Center for Northeast Asia Biodiversity Conservation,Harbin,P.R.China [3]College of Computer and Control Engineering,Northeast Forestry University,Harbin,P.R.China [4]Heilongjiang Siberia Tiger Park,Harbin,Heilongjiang,P.R.China

出　　处：《Integrative Zoology》2025年第1期186-198,共13页整合动物学(英文版)

摘　　要：INTRODUCTION For a given population,only when the individual age is known can we understand the population age structure,evaluate the population stability,speculate on the future development trend of the population,and formulate reasonable animal management approaches(Coulson et al.2001).The Amur tiger(Panthera tigris altaica)is the largest subspecies of tiger and is mainly distributed in the southeast of Russia at present,while there are also a small number of individuals living in the border region of China,Russia,and North Korea in the northeast of China(Qi et al.2020).Age determination of Amur tigers is required for conservation strategy design,prioritization,and allocation of resources,as well as for evaluating the success of conservation programs.It is very difficult to determine the age of tiger individuals in the wild.

关 键 词：PANTHERA SOUTHEAST NORTHEAST 

分 类 号：Q95[生物学—动物学]