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The status of snow leopards Panthera uncia, and high altitude use by common leopards P. pardus, in north-west Yunnan, China [PDF]

Oryx, 2017
AbstractThe Endangered snow leopard Panthera uncia is a flagship species of mountainous Asia and a conservation priority. China is the most important country for the species’ conservation because it has the most potential habitat and the largest population of snow leopards.
Paul J. Buzzard, Xueyou Li, William V. Bleisch   +2 more
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Ungulates’ Behavioral Responses to Humans as an Apex Predator in a Hunting-Prohibited Area of China

Animals, 2023
Large mammals can perceive humans as predators and therefore adjust their behavior to achieve coexistence with humans. However, lack of research at sites with low hunting intensity limits our understanding of how behavioral responses of animals adapt to ...
Mingzhang Liu, William J. McShea, Yidan Wang, Fan Xia, Xiaoli Shen, Sheng Li   +5 more
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Human activities reshape the spatial overlap between North Chinese leopard and its wild ungulate prey [PDF]

Frontiers in Zoology
Background Rapidly expanding human activities have profoundly changed the habitat use of both large carnivores and their prey, but whether and how human activities affect the interactions between them has received relatively less attention. In this study,
Yidan Wang, Mingzhang Liu, Fan Xia, Sheng Li   +3 more
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Tolerances of North China leopard and their prey distributions to primary road disturbances driven by habitat spatial heterogeneity

Global Ecology and Conservation
Roads, as man-made features nested within landscapes, have extensive impacts on wildlife survival. However, how the heterogeneous distribution of habitat factors along roads affects the tolerance of wildlife’s spatial distribution relative to roads has ...
Shangchun Qiao, Penghui Zhai, Baozhuang Liu, Xuankai Liang, Nathan J. Roberts, Siyu Yan, Zhenyang Li, Yan Li, Gengzhao Wu, Jinzhe Qi, Guangshun Jiang   +10 more
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INSIGHTS ON THE NORTH CHINA LEOPARD (PANTHERA PARDUS JAPONENSIS GRAY, 1862): CHALLENGES IN DISTRIBUTION, POPULATION STATUS, THREATS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION [PDF]

The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 2020
China has four sub-species of leopard throughout the country. One of them is the North China leopard (Panthera pardus japonensis, Gray, 1862) which experiences a wide range of threats. It remains at the centre of interest for recent research and new management policies within its natural habitat.
K Vitekere, K Tulizo, M Zaman, H Karanja, Y Hua, G Jiang   +5 more
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Free-ranging livestock altered the spatiotemporal behavior of the endangered North Chinese leopard (Panthera pardus japonensis) and its prey and intensified human-leopard conflicts

, 2023
Widespread distribution of livestock in the natural habitats of large carnivores may negatively impact carnivore populations by reducing wild prey availability and increasing human-carnivore conflicts.
Shen, Xiaoli, Li, Sheng, Liu, Mingzhang, Liu, Yanlin, Xia, Fan, Bu, Hongliang, Wang, Yiqing   +6 more
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Hydropotes inermis (Cervidae), a new species for the Russian fauna registered in the Land of Leopard National Park (Russia)

Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2019
On 1 April 2019, a water deer, Hydropotes inermis, was registered by photo-trap in the Land of Leopard National Park in the south part of Khasansky district (Primorsky Krai, Russia). This Cervidae species has been found for the first time in the fauna of
Yury A. Darman, Viktor B. Storozhuk, Gleb A. Sedash   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of the project on Transboundary cooperation on the conservation of Amur tigers, Amur leopards and Snow leopards in North-East Asia [PDF]

, 2023
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Subregional Office for East and North-East Asia (SOENEA) implemented the project on Transboundary cooperation on the conservation of Amur tigers, Amur leopards and Snow ...
UN.ESCAP
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Suitable habitat of Himalayan wolf in Upper Mustang, Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Decades ago, the Himalayan wolf Canis lupus chanco, a genetically distinct sub‐species of the gray wolf Canis lupus, faced persecution by local communities in the Nepalese Himalayas. Recently, wolf populations have returned and recolonized, sparking concerns about conflicts over livestock depredation, and emphasizing the urgent need for comprehensive ...
Deu Bahadur Rana, Jhamak Bahadur Karki, HimLal Shrestha, Thakur Silwal, Bikash Ghimire, Bikram Shrestha   +5 more
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Prevalence of Eight Viruses in Captive Amur Tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) From Harbin, China 中国哈尔滨市圈养东北虎8种病毒的流行

Wildlife Letters, EarlyView.
The Amur tiger, an endangered flagship species mainly found in the Russia Far East and Northeastern China, holds immense biological importance, and has been listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Wei Xie, Luyao Wang, Mengna Chen, Qinjie Chang, Hongyu Jiang, Haitao Xu, Liu Dan, Xiang Li, Yulong Wang, Xiangwei Zeng, Bin Yang, Miaowei Wang, Yonggang Jiang, Hongliang Chai, Siyuan Yang, Yajun Wang   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source