Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Intestinal microbes are important symbiotes in the gastrointestinal tract of mammals, which are affected by food, environment, climate, genetics, and other factors.
Lei Chen +7 more
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Variation in craniomandibular morphology and sexual dimorphism in pantherines and the sabercat Smilodon fatalis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Sexual dimorphism is widespread among carnivorans, and has been an important evolutionary factor in social ecology. However, its presence in sabertoothed felids remains contentious.
Per Christiansen, John M Harris
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Vigorous dynamics underlie a stable population of the endangered snow leopard Panthera uncia in Tost Mountains, South Gobi, Mongolia. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2014 Sharma K +6 more
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Differences in Dietary Composition and Interspecific Competition Among Large Carnivores on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis study elucidated the mechanisms underlying regional coexistence among the snow leopard (Panthera uncia), wolf (Canis lupus), and brown bear (Ursus arctos) through the analysis of their trophic niches. The findings provide a scientific foundation for further investigation into the mechanisms that maintain carnivore communities in high‐altitude ...
Wang D, Li Q, Lian X.
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Preliminary results from applying satellite-tracking on snow leopards for the first time in China
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022 The lack of snow leopards telemetry studies in China has hampered researchers in studying the movement ecology and home range sizes of snow leopards, the knowledge gap of which has affected effective planning and improvement of snow leopard protected ...
Chenxing Yu +13 more
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A new multiplex qPCR assay to detect and differentiate big cat species in the illegal wildlife trade
Scientific Reports, 2023 All species of big cats, including tigers, cheetahs, leopards, lions, snow leopards, and jaguars, are protected under the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). This is due in large part to population declines resulting from
Carol S. Henger +7 more
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A pilot study—genetic diversity and population structure of snow leopards of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, using molecular techniques [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Background The Hindu Kush and Karakoram mountain ranges in Pakistan’s northern areas are a natural habitat of the snow leopard (Panthera uncia syn. Uncia uncia) but the ecological studies on this animal are scarce since it is human shy by nature and ...
Samreen Aruge +4 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 The habitats of snow leopards (Panthera uncia) are heavily utilized as pasturelands on the Tibetan Plateau. Livestock can benefit the snow leopard populations via providing extra prey resources.
Chuangming Yang +7 more
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Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 Rapid population declines of wild cats (family Felidae) are often related to widespread conflicts with people over the livestock depredation they are causing.
Igor Khorozyan, Matthias Waltert
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Functional Adaptations in the Forelimb of the Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)
Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2021 Abstract The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is anatomically and physiologically adapted for life in the rocky terrain of alpine zones in Central and South Asia. Panthera uncia is scansorial, and typically hunts solitarily by using overhead ambush of prey, rather than the typical stalking pattern of other large pantherines.
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