
Aung Nyein ChanUtah State University | USU · Department of Wildland Resources
Aung Nyein Chan
Doctor of Philosophy
Mule deer and White-tailed deer fission-fusion dynamics
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Introduction
I am interested in developing and applying statistical models to address management problems in applied ecology and conservation biology. My work focuses primarily on large mammals, such as Asian elephant, African elephants, and wild pigs, in Myanmar, Namibia, and United States of America.
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August 2017 - August 2023
August 2018 - May 2023
Education
August 2017 - August 2023
August 2012 - May 2016
Publications
Publications (10)
In the southern Bago Yoma mountain range in Myanmar, Asian elephants are being killed at a disturbing rate. This emerging crisis was identified initially through a telemetry study when 7 of 19 of collared elephants were poached within a year of being fitted with a satellite-GPS collar. Subsequent follow up of ground teams confirmed the human caused...
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Asian elephant numbers are declining across much of their range driven largely by serious threats from land use change resulting in habitat loss and fragmentation. Myanmar, holding critical range for the species, is undergoing major developments due to recent sociopolitical changes. To effectively manage and conserve the remaining populatio...
Habitat loss and fragmentation due to accelerated agriculture expansion is a major threat to existing wildlife populations across Asia. The human-wildlife interface mosaic across Asia is
varied in terms of juxtaposition and structure, which can strongly influence biodiversity value and impacts on wildlife species. Here we analyzed habitat selection...
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Human modification of landscapes poses a significant threat to wildlife, particularly in Africa where population growth and land conversion are expected to increase. Habitat loss and fragmentation have led to declines in wildlife populations, highlighting the need to identify and preserve critical habitats, including core use areas and conn...
COVID-19 lockdowns in early 2020 reduced human mobility, providing an opportunity to disentangle its effects on animals from those of landscape modifications. Using GPS data, we compared movements and road avoidance of 2300 terrestrial mammals (43 species) during the lockdowns to the same period in 2019. Individual responses were variable with no c...
Context Asian elephant numbers are declining across much of their range, driven largely by serious threats from land use change resulting in habitat loss and fragmentation. Myanmar, holding critical range for the species, is undergoing major developments due to recent sociopolitical changes. To effectively manage and conserve the remaining populati...
Context
Asian elephant numbers are declining across much of their range driven largely by serious threats from land use change resulting in habitat loss and fragmentation. Myanmar, holding critical range for the species, is undergoing major developments due to recent sociopolitical changes. To effectively manage and conserve the remaining populatio...
or centuries, people have hunted and killed both African and Asian
elephants for their ivory. Despite many efforts to protect these
animals, elephant populations worldwide are still declining. The
rapidly increasing human population on the other hand has led
to elephants’
habitat
shrinking. This further endangers elephants,
leading to more f...
Locations of elephant poaching events March 2015-August 2017.
A summary of the elephant deaths and disappearance documented between March 2015 and August 2017. Collared elephants refer to the elephants that were being tracked by the research team prior to their death or disappearance. Uncollared elephants were not part of the movement study, and we...