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Author WWF Russia & Mongolia
Title WWF Altai-Sayan Newsletter Type Report
Year 2010 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue 14 Pages
Keywords Altai Sayan, WWF, camera trap, Argut River, poaching, conservation, Tuva
Abstract A Snow Leopard – A Treasure of Tuva. A beautiful animal as a winner of a wide-scale public vote

WWF will train a Scat Detection Dog for snow leopard monitoring project

WWF assessed the possibility to fight illegal helicopter hunting

WWF considers support of antipoaching activities an essential part of wildlife conservation in Altai – Sayan

Snow Leopard Camera Trapping in Argut River Valley

“Stars” of Tuva appeal to Snow Leopard Conservation
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Corporate Author Communication Staff of Altai - Sayan Programme in Russia and Mongolia Thesis
Publisher WWF Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
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Notes October-December 2010. Email: tivanitskaya@wwf.ru Approved no
Call Number (up) SLN @ rana @ Serial 1297
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Author Kashary
Title Strengthening corrals from penetration by irbis Type Report
Year 2009 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 12
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Publisher Place of Publication Editor
Language Russian & Tuvan Summary Language Original Title
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Notes Approved no
Call Number (up) SLN @ rana @ Serial 1298
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Author Mongolian News
Title 50 wild sheep will be hunted this year Type Newspaper Article
Year 2011 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume 43 Issue 1142 Pages 4
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Abstract Notice that the Mongolian government will allow the taking of 4 snow leopards in 2011.
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Publisher Ardchilal Place of Publication Mongolia Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
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Notes http://www.ardchilal.com/ Approved no
Call Number (up) SLN @ rana @ Serial 1299
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Author Sharma, K.
Title The mysterious irbis Type Magazine Article
Year 2008 Publication Sanctuary Asia Abbreviated Journal
Volume 28 Issue 6 Pages 52-57
Keywords Mongolia, Snow Leopard Conservation Fund, Panthera, Snow Leopard Trust, long-term, ecology, Tost, snow leopard
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Notes Approved no
Call Number (up) SLN @ rana @ Serial 1300
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Author Gronberg, E.
Title Movement patterns of snow leopard (Panthera uncia) around kills based on GPS location clusters Type Report
Year 2011 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords snow leopard, Panthera, Mongolia, Snow Leopard Trust, predator, prey, kill, behavior
Abstract Research concerning movement patterns of wild animals has been advancing since GPS technology arrived. But studying the snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is still difficult because of the harsh territory it inhabits in Central Asia. This study took place in south Gobi, Mongolia, and aimed to estimate the time spent at kills and the maximum distance away from kills between visits. Snow leopards were monitored with GPS collars that took a location every five or seven hours. Potential kill sites were established by identifying clusters of GPS-locations in ArcGIS and visited in the field for confirmation. ArcGIS was used to calculate the distance between cluster and GPS-locations. I used two buffer zones (100 m and 500 m radius) to define the time snow leopards spent at kills. It was found that snow leopard age and prey category affected time spent at kills and also that snow leopard sex together with prey category affected the maximum distance moved away from kills between visits. Season had no significant effect on either time at kills or distance moved away from kills between visits. Snow leopards spent on average 3.2 days at their kills in the 100 m buffer zone and 3.5 days at their kills in the 500 m buffer zone. Subadults stayed longer at kills than adults and animals of both age categories spent longer time on larger prey. The mean maximum distance moved away from kills between visits was 179 m in the 100 m buffer zone and 252 m in the 500 m buffer zone. Female snow leopards moved further away from kills between visits than male snow leopards. Both the number of days spent on kills and maximum distance moved away from kills between visits increased when kills consisted of more than one animal. This study has provided some basic information on snow leopard behaviors around their kills but also highlights the need to monitor more snow leopards before more solid conclusions can be drawn as this study was based on based on a relatively small sample.
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Corporate Author Thesis Master's thesis
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Language English Summary Language Original Title
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Notes Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology, Grimsö Wildlife Research Station Approved no
Call Number (up) SLN @ rana @ Serial 1301
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Author Snow Leopard Conservancy
Title Snow Leopard Scouts from Mt. Everest Type Book Whole
Year 2011 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 1-40
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Abstract Snow Leopard Scouts from Mt. Everest -- a sketch booklet – targeted to school students, their parents and other stakeholders to generate their interest on conservation. Because it is their effort, participating students are expected to share the booklet that vividly illustrates their own contributions -- with their parents, teachers, fellow villagers, and cohorts in the other schools. Note that all participants, snow leopard scouts, took part in outdoor activities – they were exposed to snow leopard habitat, encouraged to observe Himalayan tahr and other wildlife, and were engaged in nature debates, essay writings, a quiz contest, and wildlife drawings – all formed the basis for preparing this simple (trial) booklet – all materials for the booklet came from participating students.
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Corporate Author Snow Leopard Conservancy Thesis
Publisher Snow Leopard Conservancy Place of Publication Callifornia, US Editor Anil Adhikari & Basu Kshitiz
Language English & Nepalese Summary Language Original Title
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Notes Concept, feedback and suggestions by: Som B. Ale, Rodney Jackson & Darla Hillard Approved no
Call Number (up) SLN @ rana @ Serial 1302
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Author Anwar, M., Jackson, R., Nadeem, M., Janecka, J., Hussain, S., Beg, M., Muhammad, G., and Qayyum, M.
Title Food habits of the snow leopard Panthera uncia (Schreber, 1775) in Baltistan, Northern Pakistan Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication European Journal of Wildlife Research Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue 3 March Pages 1-7
Keywords Himalayas, Karakoram, Scat, Diet, Hair, Livestock, Biomass
Abstract The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) inhabits the high, remote mountains of Pakistan from where very little information is available on prey use of this species. Our study describes the food habits of the snow leopard in the Himalayas and Karakoram mountain ranges in Baltistan, Pakistan. Ninety-five putrid snow leopard scats were collected from four sites in Baltistan. Of these, 49 scats were genetically confirmed to have originated from snow leopards. The consumed prey was identified on the basis of morphological characteristics of hairs recovered from the scats. It was found that most of the biomass consumed (70%) was due to domestic livestock viz. sheep (23%), goat (16%), cattle (10%), yak (7%), and cattle–yak hybrids (14%). Only 30% of the biomass was due to wild species, namely Siberian ibex (21%), markhor (7%), and birds (2%). Heavy predation on domestic livestock appeared to be the likely cause of conflict with the local inhabitants. Conservation initiatives should focus on mitigating this conflict by minimizing livestock losses.
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Publisher Springer Berlin / Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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ISSN 1612-4642 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes Approved no
Call Number (up) SLN @ rana @ Serial 1304
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Author Shrestha, B., Kindlmann, P.
Title Interactions between the Himalayan tahr, livestock and snow leopards in the Sagarmatha National Park Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Himalayan Biodiversity in the Changing World Abbreviated Journal
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Publisher Place of Publication Editor Springer, dordrecht
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Notes Approved no
Call Number (up) SLN @ rana @ Serial 1305
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Author Singh, N.J.
Title Animal – Habitat relationships in high altitude rangelands Type Manuscript
Year 2008 Publication PhD Thesis Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 150
Keywords high altitude, homogeneous, argali, habitat selection, resource selection function, ENFA, stratified random sampling, sexual segregation, SSAS, livestock, predation, resources
Abstract This study conducted in the high altitude rangelands of Indian Transhimalaya, deals with basic questions regarding the ecology of an endangered species, the wildsheep Tibetan argali (Ovis ammon hodgsoni) and applied issues related to its conservation and potential conflict with the local nomadic pastoralists. The basic questions on ecology are aimed at delineating the habitat and resource selection processes, identifying factors causing sexual segregation and efficient surveying and sampling. The applied aspect focuses on the changing face of pastoralism and the potential impacts of modernising livestock husbandry on argali.

Overall, the study provides a general framework towards the understanding of argali-habitat relationships at different spatio-temporal scales. The spatial determinant associated with altitude in the area, predicts argali habitat and resource selection in this relatively homogenous landscape. These determine the range of other topographic variables and forage characteristics selected by argali. The selection of feeding patches in the selected range of altitude and topography is mainly characterised by their greenness and the quality of plant groups. Adjusting to changing forage quality, argali display an opportunistic feeding strategy, selecting grasses in early spring and switching to forbs later in summer. Nevertheless, the habitat selection process did not appear to differ among the sexes to drive sexual segregation. There was, however, strong segregation among the sexes as well as between lactating and non lactating females. The reasons for segregation appeared to be predominantly social, but driven ultimately by predation and concomitantly by resources. The habitat selection information was used to design a stratified random sampling strategy that led to i) a significant reduction in survey effort in sampling these sparsely distributed species and ii) reduction in sampling bias.

The applied aspect of the study outlines and evaluates the dramatic changes in the nomadic pastoralism that have occurred in the past five decades in the study area. These have led to a loss of pastures (-25 to -33%) of the nomads, consequent readjustment in traditional patterns of pasture use, intensified grazing pressures (25 to 70%) and rangeland degradation in the area. Such changes may have serious consequences on the survival of local wildlife, as tested with a study of the effects on argali of livestock presence and resource exploitation. Hence, a successful conservation and recovery strategy should focus on: minimising the impacts of livestock on argali, identifying the factors affecting the persistence of the current populations, increasing local sub populations of this species to prevent extinction due to stochastic events, prevent loss of genetic diversity and excessive fragmentation and thus ensuring gene flow.

Ecological Niche Factor Analyses (ENFA), bias-reduced logistic regression and Fuzzy correspondence analyses (FCA) were used to answer habitat and resource selection questions. A sexual segregation and aggregation statistic (SSAS) was used to estimate the components of sexual segregation and test segregation. SSAS combined with canonical correspondence analyses (CCA) allowed the estimation of segregation based on habitat variables. Logistic regression models were formulated to estimate models on which the stratified random sampling strategy was based. The 9 Animal – Habitat relationships in high altitude rangelands overall study also included surveys, interviews and literature reviews to understand the nomads’ movement and pasture use patterns of their livestock. Kernel density estimations (KDE) were used to estimate extent of range overlaps between livestock and argali.
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Publisher University of Tromsø Place of Publication Norway Editor
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Notes PhD Thesis Approved no
Call Number (up) SLN @ rana @ Serial 1306
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Author Karanth, K.U., Nichols, J.D., Seidensticker, J., Dinerstein, E., David Smith, J.L., McDougal, C., Johnsingh, A.J.T., Chundawat, R.S., Thapar, V.
Title Science deficiency in conservation practice: the monitoring of tiger populations in India Type Journal Article
Year 2003 Publication Animal Conservation Abbreviated Journal
Volume 6 Issue Pages 141-146
Keywords population monitoring, sampling, tiger, pugmark, census, pugmark census
Abstract Conservation practices are supposed to get refined by advancing scientific knowledge. We study this phenomenon in the context of monitoring tiger populations in India, by evaluating the ‘pugmark census method’ employed by wildlife managers for three decades. We use an analytical framework of modern animal population sampling to test the efficacy of the pugmark censuses using scientific data on tigers and our field observations. We identify three critical goals for monitoring tiger populations, in order of increasing sophistication: (1) distribution mapping, (2) tracking relative abundance, (3) estimation of absolute abundance. We demonstrate that the present census-based paradigm does not work because it ignores the first two simpler goals, and targets, but fails to achieve, the most difficult third goal. We point out the utility and ready availability of alternative monitoring paradigms that deal with the central problems of spatial sampling and observability. We propose an alternative sampling-based approach that can be tailored to meet practical needs of tiger monitoring at different levels of refinement.
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Publisher The Zoological Society of London Place of Publication United Kingdom Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
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Notes Approved no
Call Number (up) SLN @ rana @ Serial 1307
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