Nature reserve in Israel
Arabian oryx
Two Addax near sunset
Addax nasomaculatus , 2021
The Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve is a 3,000-acre (12 km2 )
breeding and reacclimation center administered by the
Israel Nature Reserves & National Parks Authority , situated in the Southern
Arava near
Yotvata .
The Yotvata Hai-Bar is the desert counterpart of the
Carmel Hai-Bar Nature Reserve which operates in the country's Northern
Mediterranean forest .
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Endangered and locally extinct animals mentioned in the Bible are bred here for possible reintroduction to the
Negev desert . The Asian wild ass has already been reintroduced in the
Makhtesh Ramon area of the wild, while the Arabian oryx has been reintroduced to the northern Arava.
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[3] In addition the park has some rare desert animals, which are not native to Israel, like the
scimitar oryx and the
North African ostrich .
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Some of the species bred here are:
References
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"Hai-Bar Yotvata Nature Reserve" . Israel Nature and Parks Authority . Retrieved 2023-05-16 .
^ Saltz, David; Rubenstein, Daniel I. (May 1995).
"Population Dynamics of a Reintroduced Asiatic Wild Ass (Equus Hemionus) Herd" . Ecological Applications . 5 (2): 327–335.
doi :
10.2307/1942025 .
JSTOR
1942025 .
^ Gilad, Oranit; Grant, William E.; Saltz, David (2008-01-10).
"Simulated dynamics of Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx) in the Israeli Negev: Effects of migration corridors and post-reintroduction changes in natality on population viability" . Ecological Modelling . 210 (1): 169–178.
doi :
10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.07.015 .
ISSN
0304-3800 .
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e Rohner, Christoph; Ward, David (October 1997).
"Chemical and mechanical defense against herbivory in two sympatric species of desert Acacia" . Journal of Vegetation Science . 8 (5): 717–726.
doi :
10.2307/3237377 .
JSTOR
3237377 .
^ Baharav, Dan (1980-06-01).
"Habitat utilization of the dorcas gazelle in a desert saline area" . Journal of Arid Environments . 3 (2): 161–167.
Bibcode :
1980JArEn...3..161B .
doi :
10.1016/S0140-1963(18)31664-1 .
ISSN
0140-1963 .
^ Breslau, Benjamin; Polak, Tal; Shalmon, Benny; Groner, Elli (2020-02-01).
"Evidence of browsing pressure on the critically endangered Acacia gazelle (Gazella acaciae)" . Journal of Arid Environments . 173 : 104019.
Bibcode :
2020JArEn.173j4019B .
doi :
10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.104019 .
ISSN
0140-1963 .
S2CID
203405255 .
^ Putnam, Andrea S.; Nguyen, Tram N.; Mott, Alison; Korody, Marisa L.; Ryder, Oliver A. (March 2020).
"Assessing possible hybridization among managed Nubian ibex in North America" . Zoo Biology . 39 (2): 121–128.
doi :
10.1002/zoo.21527 .
ISSN
0733-3188 .
PMID
31833594 .
S2CID
209340970 .
External links
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