Xishuangbanna Mengyang Nature Reserve is one of the major habitats of wild Asian elephants, with population of 120 Asian elephants. Asian elephant population was increasing in recent years, but food source decreasing, which lead to aggravate human-elephant conflict, such as wild Asian elephants damaged crops, harmed people. In order to alleviate human-elephant conflict, wild Asian elephant habitat construction was carried out in 2005 , has attracted Asian elephants to this region by 89 times. Asian elephant activities at food source base had a great similarity with human farming activities. Suggestions to make appropriate increasing in size and quantity of food source base, and gradually changing the structure of food source base were proposed.%西双版纳勐养自然保护区是我国野生亚洲象的主要栖息地之一,区内分布着120头左右的亚洲象.近年来由于亚洲象种群数量的增加和林内野象的食物相对减少,野生亚洲象损坏农作物、伤害人、畜的事件频繁发生.为缓解人象冲突矛盾,于2005年开展了野生亚洲象栖息地建设工作,目前已先后89次把亚洲象吸引到这一区域活动.经亚洲象在食物源基地内的活动及取食情况分析,其在食物源基地的活动与人类的农事活动具有很大的相似性.提出适当增加食物源基地的面积和数量,逐渐改变食物源基地的种植结构等建议.
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