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| Author | Ale, S., Thapa, K., Jackson, R., Smith, J.L.D. | ||||
| Title | The fate of snow leopards in and around Mt. Everest | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2010 | Publication | Cat News | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 53 | Issue | Autumn | Pages | 19-21 |
| Keywords | Mt. Everest, Everest, Rolwaling, snow leopard, re-colonize, Nepal | ||||
| Abstract | Since the early 2000s snow leopards Panthera uncia have re-colonized the southern slopes of Mt. Everest after several decades of extirpation. Are they now beginning to disperse to the adjoining valleys that may serve as habitat corridors linking the Everest region to other protected areas in Nepal? We conducted a cursory survey in autumn 2009 in Rolwaling lying west of Mt. Everest and detected snow leopard presence. We conclude that in these remote valleys snow leopards must rely upon livestock given the low abundance of natural prey, Himalayan tahr. Livestock-rearing is unfortunately declining in the region. Rolwaling requires immediate conservation attention for the continued survival of the endangered snow leopard and other high altitude flora and fauna. | ||||
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| Call Number | SLN @ rana @ | Serial | 1181 | ||
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| Author | Singh, N., Milner-Gulland, E.J. | ||||
| Title | Monitoring ungulates in Central Asia: current constraints and future potential | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2010 | Publication | Oryx | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 1-12 | ||
| Keywords | Central Asia, confidence intervals, cost, participatory monitoring, saiga, sampling effort, stratified random sampling, ungulate | ||||
| Abstract | Asia’s rangelands and mountains are strongholds for several endemic ungulate species. Little is known about the ecology of these species because of the region’s remoteness and the lack of robust scientific studies. Hunting, habitat modification, increased livestock grazing, disease and development are the major threats to the species. There is an urgent need for better monitoring to identify the size, distribution and dynamics of the populations of these species, and the threats to them, for effective conservation. The feasibility of standard scientific monitoring is greatly influenced by the remoteness of the region, the pre-existing scientific ideology, lack of expertise in the latest monitoring methods and awareness of biases and errors, and low capacity and logistical and financial constraints. We review the existing methods used for monitoring ungulates, identify the practical and institutional challenges to effective monitoring in Central Asia and categorize the methods based on various criteria so that researchers can plan better monitoring studies suited to particular species. We illustrate these issues using examples from several contrasting ungulate species. We recommend that scientific surveys should be complemented by increases in participatory monitoring, involving local people. The future of ungulate monitoring in Central Asia lies in a better recognition of the existing errors and biases in monitoring programmes and methods, allocation of more monitoring effort in terms of manpower, finances and logistics, understanding of robust scientific methods and sampling theory and changing the scientific culture, as well as a commitment to ensuring that we monitor the things that matter. |
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| Call Number | SLN @ rana @ | Serial | 1291 | ||
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| Author | Richardson, N. | ||||
| Title | The snow leopard: ghost of the mountains | Type | Newspaper Article | ||
| Year | 2010 | Publication | The telegraph | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | Issue | 16 Dec 2010 | Pages | ||
| Keywords | Mongolia, Snow Leopard Trust, Panthera, snow leopard, research | ||||
| Abstract | Snow leopards face the threats of poaching, habitat loss and diminishing prey. In remotest Mongolia, a research team is keeping tabs on this iconic and elusive species. | ||||
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| Notes | http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/8207266/The-snow-leopard-ghost-of-the-mountains.html | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | SLN @ rana @ | Serial | 1292 | ||
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| Author | Rosen, T. | ||||
| Title | From Yellowstone to the Karakorums: A journey to understand conflicts with large carnivores | Type | Magazine Article | ||
| Year | 2010 | Publication | NRCC News | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 23 | Issue | 1 | Pages | 12-13 |
| Keywords | Pakistan, Project Snow Leopard, Baltistan Wildlife Conservation and Development Organization | ||||
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| Notes | NRCC News (Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative) annual newsletter: bridging science and policy to advance conservation. Fall 2010, issue 23(1). | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | SLN @ rana @ | Serial | 1295 | ||
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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 | |||
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| Notes | October-December 2010. Email: tivanitskaya@wwf.ru | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | SLN @ rana @ | Serial | 1297 | ||
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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 | ||
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| 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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| Notes | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology, Grimsö Wildlife Research Station | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | SLN @ rana @ | Serial | 1301 | ||
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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 |
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| Call Number | 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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| Call Number | SLN @ rana @ | Serial | 1305 | ||
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| Author | Tytar, V., Hammer, M. | ||||
| Title | Mountain ghosts: snow leopards and other animals in the mountains of the Altai Republic, Central Asia | Type | Report | ||
| Year | 2011 | Publication | Abbreviated Journal | ||
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 60 | ||
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| Abstract | This study was part of an expedition to the Altai Mountains in the Kosh Agach region of the Altai Republic, run by Biosphere Expeditions from 28 June to 7 August 2010. The aim was to continue a survey of snow leopard (Uncia uncia) in this area, as well as surveying the snow leopard's primary prey species, argali (Ovis ammon) and Siberian ibex (Capra sibirica), together with secondary prey species. Using the Snow Leopard Information Management System (SLIMS) developed by the International Snow Leopard Trust (ISLT), presence/absence surveys (SLIMS form 1) of snow leopard and prey species were conducted throughout the study period across the entire survey area. In 2010 surveys were extended to areas away from the Talduair massif site to valleys and surrounding ridges of the Karaghem mountain pass. Interviews with local, semi-nomadic herders also formed an important part of the research procedure. The expedition also collected data for extended mammal, bird and plant inventories. No signs of snow leopard presence were recorded this year and there was no indication that the areas had been visited and used since the 2009 expedition. The developing relationship between the predator and prey species seems to be very fragile, so perhaps the decline in the prey species (particularly argali) may have driven the snow leopard out of the area. In addition, human disturbance is considered to be a severe and growing threat and may be responsible for the declining mammal diversity in general. Yet the study area still retains its importance as a habitat for snow leopard and as a corridor for snow leopard dispersal. The survey area urgently needs protection, but involving the local community and raising public awareness is vital if conservation initiatives are to succeed. Work on establishing four additional nature parks in the Republic of Tuva and the Sailugem Nature Reserve in the Republic of Altai, which will protect the biggest Russian population of the snow leopard, is in progress. | ||||
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| Corporate Author | Biosphere Expeditions | Thesis | |||
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| Notes | Expedition dates: 28 June – 7 August 2010 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | SLN @ rana @ | Serial | 1308 | ||
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| Author | WWF Russia & Mongolia | ||||
| Title | WWF Newsletter Altai-Sayan Ecoregion January – March 2011 | Type | Report | ||
| Year | 2011 | Publication | Abbreviated Journal | ||
| Volume | Issue | 15 | Pages | 13 | |
| Keywords | snow leopard, Mongolia, hunting | ||||
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| Call Number | SLN @ rana @ | Serial | 1309 | ||
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