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Preliminary results from applying satellite-tracking on snow leopards for the first time in China

open access: yesGlobal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Is water an important resource for the snow leopard (Panthera uncia) in periods when terrain is covered with snow?

open access: yesArctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 2020
Some mammalian species that inhabit cold environments are known to eat snow to fulfill their water requirements. However, there is a potential trade-off between eating snow and drinking water because of the considerable energy that the body invests in ...
Dale M. Kikuchi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Snow Leopard Dietary Preferences and Livestock Predation Revealed by Fecal DNA Metabarcoding: No Evidence for Apparent Competition Between Wild and Domestic Prey

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Accurate assessments of the patterns and drivers of livestock depredation by wild carnivores are vital for designing effective mitigation strategies to reduce human-wildlife conflict. Snow leopard’s (Panthera uncia) range extensively overlaps pastoralist
Qi Lu   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Snow leopard distribution in the Chang Tang region of Tibet, China

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2020
In 2006 and 2007, the authors conducted human-wildlife conflict surveys in the Tibet Autonomous Region’s (TAR) Shainza, Nyima, and Tsonyi Counties, located in the TAR’s remote Chang Tang region.
John D. Farrington, Dawa Tsering
doaj   +1 more source

An empirical demonstration of the effect of study design on density estimations

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
The simultaneous development of technology (e.g. camera traps) and statistical methods, particularly spatially capture–recapture (SCR), has improved monitoring of large mammals in recent years.
Muhammad Ali Nawaz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Snow leopard numt hits

open access: yes, 2023
Numt sequences identified in a snow leopard nuclear genome.
Emily Patterson (15995438)
core   +1 more source

Factors affecting livestock depredation by snow leopards (Panthera uncia) in the Himalayan region of Nepal [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2021
The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) found in central Asia is classified as vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Every year, large number of livestock are killed by snow leopards in Nepal, leading to economic loss
Ajay Karki, Saroj Panthi
doaj   +2 more sources

Livestock limits snow leopard’s space use by suppressing its prey, blue sheep, at Gongga Mountain, China

open access: yesGlobal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Pastoralist-predator interaction at the roof of the world: Conflict dynamics and implications for conservation

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2017
Pastoralism and predation are two major concomitantly known facts and matters of concern for conservation biologists worldwide. Pastoralist-predator conflict constitutes a major social-ecological concern in the Pamir mountain range encompassing ...
Jaffar Ud. Din   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Status & ecology of leopard (Panthera pardus) in African conservation landscapes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Although widely considered one of the world’s most resilient large carnivores, the leopard (Panthera pardus) is severely threatened by habitat fragmentation, prey base declines, and human-induced mortality.
Searle, Charlotte
core   +1 more source

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