Snow leopard Panthera uncia predation on livestock and wild prey in a mountain valley in northern Nepal: implications for conservation management
作者： Per Wegge , Rinjan Shrestha , Øystein Flagstad
DOI: 10.2981/11-049
关键词: Endangered species 、 Common species 、 Geography 、 Abundance (ecology) 、 Panthera uncia 、 Predation 、 Pseudois nayaur 、 Snow leopard 、 Ecology 、 Livestock
摘要: The globally endangered snow leopard Panthera uncia is sparsely distributed throughout the rugged mountains in Asia. Its habit of preying on livestock poses a main challenge to management. In remote Phu valley northern Nepal, we obtained reliable information losses and estimated predator abundance diet composition from DNA analysis prey remains scats. annual consisted 42% livestock. Among wild prey, bharal (blue sheep/naur) Pseudois nayaur was by far most common species (92%). Two independent estimates suggested that there were six leopards during course our study. On average, each killed about one individual two per month. Predation loss scats 3.9%, which concordance with village records (4.0%). From total count bharal, only large natural area occurring at density 8.4 animals/km2 or half dens...
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