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Why the snow leopard is endangered?
, 2023 The snow leopard is endangered due to a variety of factors, including habitat loss, poaching, hunting, and climate change. Other factors include overgrazing by livestock, which reduces the availability of the prey species that the snow leopards rely on for food, and competition with local communities for resources.
Erzsebet Frey
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Drivers of snow leopard poaching and trade in Pakistan and implications for management [PDF]
Nature Conservation, 2022 The snow leopard is one of the highly valued species from high-altitude mountain ecosystems of Central and Southeast Asia, including Pakistan. This keystone species is facing a myriad of conventional and emerging threats, including poaching and trade ...
Jaffar Ud Din +10 more
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Ecology, Economy and Society – The INSEE Journal, 2021 Studies on common pool resource governance have largely focused on men, who tend to have disproportionate rights and ownership with regards property and resources.
Ranjini Murali +2 more
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Applying a gender lens to biodiversity conservation in High Asia
Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2023 Community-based conservation efforts represent an important approach to facilitate the coexistence of people and wildlife. A concern, however, is that these efforts build on existing community structures and social norms, which are commonly dominated by ...
Justine Shanti Alexander +14 more
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Seasonal variation in daily activity patterns of snow leopards and their prey
Scientific Reports, 2022 The daily and seasonal activity patterns of snow leopards (Panthera uncia) are poorly understood, limiting our ecological understanding and hampering our ability to mitigate threats such as climate change and retaliatory killing in response to livestock ...
Örjan Johansson +6 more
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Spatial density pattern of Himalayan Ibex (Capra sibirica) in Pakistan
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022 Mountain ungulates perform a key role in maintaining the balance of ecosystems as they are the primary consumers of vegetation and prey for large predators.
Shakeel Ahmad +8 more
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Guidelines for Telemetry Studies on Snow Leopards [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Animal-borne tracking devices have generated a wealth of new knowledge, allowing us to better understand, manage and conserve species. Fitting such tracking devices requires that animals are captured and often chemically immobilized. Such procedures cause stress and involve the risk of injuries and loss of life even in healthy individuals.
Örjan Johansson +2 more
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Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2020 1. Camera trapping is a widely employed tool in wildlife research, used to estimate animal abundances, understand animal movement, assess species richness and understand animal behaviour.
Koustubh Sharma +7 more
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Understanding People’s Relationship With Wildlife in Trans-Himalayan Folklore
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021 People’s views and values for wild animals are often a result of their experiences and traditional knowledge. Local folklore represents a resource that can enable an understanding of the nature of human-wildlife interactions, especially the underlying ...
Saloni Bhatia +8 more
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Risky business: red foxes killed when scavenging from snow leopard kills [Elektronisk resurs]
, 2022 Scavenging of foods is a common but potentially dangerous behavior that exposes animals to risk of injury and even death from other animals. Here we report on two observations of red foxes that were killed when scavenging from snow leopard kills that ...
Samelius, Gustaf, +2 more
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