Download or read book Habitat Use, Distribution and Conservation Status of the Mikado Pheasant (Syrmaticus Mikado) in Taiwan written by Cara Lin Bridgman and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To evaluate the conservation status of Taiwan's mikado pheasant, Syrmaticus mikado (Phasianidae), I test the similarity of preferred habitat to primary and secondary forest, develop models of habitat availability within Taiwan, and examine population trends within two locations inside Yushan National Park. The characteristics of locations with pheasant activity were most similar to secondary forest: high shrub stem counts and low canopy and leaf littercoverage. None of these variables were applicable to geographic information systems analysis. To the known extent of range and area of occupancy, I compared a model based on the habitats described in field guides. This model underestimated extent of range, confirmed that 39% of the pheasant's range isprotected inside parks and reserves, and suggest that Taiwan potentially has 6477 km2 of habitat available to S. mikado. Within Yushan National Park, there may be as many as 10,000 S. mikado. The small home ranges (