| Summary: | Border fences impact on wildlife migration, such as large mammals, geese andduckes.So the purpose of this study is to understand the status of wild animalresources in the Altay Prefecture, to investigate the situation of border fences at theAltay Mountains, to make clear the border fences impacted on animals, to putforward to restore or build biological corridor proposals, and come up with atransboundary protected area idea in the border area. The main results are as follows:1）Wildlife resources in the Altay Prefecture.The Altay Prefecture had 7 orders, 13 families, 31 genera and 35 - 42 species offish, 1 order, 2 families, 2 genera and 2 species of amphibians, 2 orders, 4 families,and 5genera and 11 species of reptiles, 20 orders, 61 families, 171 genera and 350species of birds, 7 orders, 20 families and 64 species of mammals.2）The status of border fences of the Altay Mountains.Border fences of the Altay Mountains involves China, Kazakhstan, Russia andMongolia, with the length of 1 205 km. The border fences height is 2.0 - 2.8 m,single door width is 1.2 - 1.3cm and height is 1.9 - 2.0 m. double doors width is 3.4 -3.6 m and height is 2.0 m. flood discharge culvert width is 98.2 cm and height is81.3 cm while length is 493.0 cm along the border fences.3）Border fences impacted on wildlife at Altay Mountains.We found wild animal corpses and furs, such as Red deer（Cervus elaphus），Siberian ibex（Capra sibirica）and Goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) on theborder fences at the Altay Mountains. Death rate was approximately 0.74 individuals/ km in the Aketasibulake regional.Using camera trap to monitor results showed wildlife movement around theborder fences, such as Wolverine, Red deers and Siberian ibexes. Some infraredcameras monitored wild animal prowl back and forth near the border fences in winter. Many experiments showed that the border fences of the Altay Mountains hasno effect on reptiles, amphibians and small mammals, but the large andmedium-sized mammals, birds that in the wetlands were greatly impacted by ...
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