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Author International Snow Leopard Trust url 
  Title Snow Leopards in Ancient Artwork In Central Asia Type (up) Miscellaneous
  Year 1994 Publication Snowline Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume xii Issue Pages  
  Keywords Kazakhstan; Kyryzstan; art; browse; paintings; 4630  
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  Publisher Islt Place of Publication Seattle Editor  
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  Notes Full Text at URLJournal Title: Snowline Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 450 Serial 923  
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Author International Snow Leopard Trust url 
  Title Trade Continues in Snow Leopard Skins Type (up) Miscellaneous
  Year 1996 Publication Snowline Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume xiv Issue Pages  
  Keywords poaching; pelts; trade; asia; Pakistan; China; Kashgar; browse; 4550  
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  Publisher Islt Place of Publication Seattle Editor  
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  Notes Full Text at URLJournal Title: Snowline Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 443 Serial 924  
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Author International Snow Leopard Trust url 
  Title Snow Leopard News Spring 1999 Type (up) Miscellaneous
  Year 1999 Publication Snow Leopard News Abbreviated Journal  
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  Keywords Chitrol-Gol; Pakistan; Turner-foundation-grant; zoos; cooperation; conservation; Islt; Jackson; Slims; Singh; indictator-species; prey; browse; 4400  
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  Publisher Islt Place of Publication Seattle, WA Editor  
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  Notes Full Text at URLTable of Contents1.Chitrol Gol National Park, Pakistan Febuary 19992.ISLT Recieves Turner Foundation Grant3.ISLT and Zoos Continue Link for Conservation Success4.News and Notes5.Field Notes6.Jay Singh7.Snow Leopard Spot Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 428 Serial 925  
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Author International Snow Leopard Trust url 
  Title Snow Leopard News Type (up) Miscellaneous
  Year 1999 Publication Snow Leopard News Abbreviated Journal  
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  Keywords Hongfei; Natural-Partnership-Program; conservation; education; retribution; herders; livestock; killing; indicator-species; training; workshops; NGO's; Wwf; SLC's; web-of-life-poster; browse; 4410  
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  Publisher Islt Place of Publication Seattle, WA Editor  
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  Notes Full Text at URLTable of Contents:1.ISLT Hires Snow Leopard Conservationist in China2.Six New Zoos Join Natural Partnership Program3.1999Field Conservation Program of Work4.1999 Conservation Education Program of Work Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 429 Serial 926  
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Author International Snow Leopard Trust url 
  Title Snow Leopard News Summer/ Fall 1999 Type (up) Miscellaneous
  Year 1999 Publication Snow Leopard News Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords distribution; stutus; fur-trade; bones; medicine; conservation; enforcement; awareness; education; poaching; killing; hunting; web-of-life-poster; Slims; Nepal; field-study; Mongolia; prey; pelts; livestock; retaliatory-killing; habitat; browse; 4420  
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  Publisher Islt Place of Publication Seattle, WA Editor  
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  Notes Full Text at URLTable of Contents1.Conservation Challenges2.Education in Action: Posters Distributed in Mongolia and Bhutan3.5th SLIMS Workshop Held in Nepal4.News and Notes5.Thoughts From a Snow Leopard6.Snow Leopard Spot Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 430 Serial 927  
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Author International Snow Leopard Trust url 
  Title Snow Leopard News Autumn/ Winter 2000 Type (up) Miscellaneous
  Year 2000 Publication Snow Leopard News Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords McCarthy; Mongolia; field-work; surveys; collars; habitat; research; home-ranges; tourism; parks; preserves; reserves; Islt; Nepal; women; conservation; awareness; herders; crafts; livestock; pelts; furs; bones; hunting; incentives; browse; 4370  
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  Publisher Islt Place of Publication Seattle, Wa Editor  
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  Notes Full Text at URLTable of Contents:1. Dr. Tom McCarhty Joins ISLT Team2.Community Based Tourism3.Women and Snow Leopard Conservation4.Taking Stock in Snow Leopard Conservation5.Saving the Snow Leopard with Knitting Needles Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 425 Serial 928  
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Author International Snow Leopard Trust url 
  Title Snow Leopard News Summer 2000 Type (up) Miscellaneous
  Year 2000 Publication Snow Leopard News Abbreviated Journal  
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  Keywords Woodland-Park-Zoo; seattle; cubs; McCarthy; Allen; volunteer; Peter-Mathiessen; Chitrol-Gol; Pakistan; livestock; predator; prey; killing; Haleem; field-study; research; corraling; villagers; herders; browse; 4380  
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  Publisher Islt Place of Publication Seattle, WA Editor  
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  Notes Full Text at URLTable of Contents1.Woodland Park Zoo Society Awards $65,000 Challenge Grant to ISLT2.ISLT Completes Search for Conservation Director and Program Officer3.Volunteer Needed4.News and Notes5.Donate to ISLT on the Internet without Spending a Cent6.Seven Snow Leopards Spotted in Chitral Gol National Park in Pakistan Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 426 Serial 929  
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Author International Snow Leopard Trust url 
  Title Snow Leopard News Spring 2000 Type (up) Miscellaneous
  Year 2000 Publication Snow Leopard News Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Rutherford; Freeman; Morse; Jackson; Hillard; Natural-Partnerships-Program; Pakistan; Islt; Slims; training; Chitrol-Gol; parks; preserves; reserves; protected-areas; surveys; Hemis; Conflict-Resolution-Workshop; conflict; herders; leh; Jammu; Kashmir; Ladakh; corrals; predator; prey; livestock; depradation; human-wildlife-conflict; Uzbekistan; Gissar; Peace-Corps; Mongolia; Macne; fiction; populations; browse; 4390  
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  Notes Full Text at URLTable of Contents1.Transitions at the Trust2.Message From ISLT Founder Helen Freeman and President Charles Morse3.Jakson and Hillard to Leave ISLT for New Pursuits4. News and Notes5. ISLT's Natural Partnerships Program6.Thoughts from a Snow Leopard7. Snow Leopards, Local People,and Livestock losses: Solutions through Paticipation8.U.S. Peace Corps and ISLT Team Up in Mongolia Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 427 Serial 930  
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Author International Snow Leopard Trust url 
  Title Villagers Release Captured Snow Leopard Type (up) Miscellaneous
  Year 2000 Publication Snow Line Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 1  
  Keywords Jamalabad; Pakistan; herders; livstock; Wwf; Khunjerab livestock; predation; conflict; Islt; browse; 4470  
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  Publisher Islt Place of Publication Seattle Editor  
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  Notes Full Text at URLJournal Title: Snow Line Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 435 Serial 931  
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Author International Snow Leopard Trust url 
  Title Snow Leopard News Fall 2001 Type (up) Miscellaneous
  Year 2001 Publication Snow Leopard News Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords seattle; fund-raising; volunteers; annual-appeal; Woodland-Park-Zoo; Tserendeleg; Mongolia; Macne; Islt; Pakistan; Afganastan; Malik; September-11th; war; conservation; China; Slims; Tnc; Yunnan; Slss; Snow-Leopard-Survival-Summit; Sullenberger; Munktsog; irbis-enterprises; Cnn; Abc; tourism; travel; crafts; Dolijinsuren; browse; 4340  
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  Publisher Islt Place of Publication Seattle, WA Editor  
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  Notes Full Text at URLTable of Contents:1.Thanks Again to Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle2.Mongolia's Conservation Leader Passed Away3.The Presence of the Trust4.ISLT and the Nature Conservancy Team up in China5.Snow Leopard Survival Summit Postponed6.Mongolia's Snow Leopards in the News7.Volunteers for Snow Leopards8.From Cozzy Mitts to Tea Cozies Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 422 Serial 932  
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Author International Snow Leopard Trust url 
  Title Snow Leopard News Summer 2001 Type (up) Miscellaneous
  Year 2001 Publication Snow Leopard News Abbreviated Journal  
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  Keywords Islt; Woodland-Park-Zoo; seattle; Snow-leoaprd-Summit; Slss; threats; conservation; donation; field-study; surveys; Pakistan; Kyrgastan; Kyrgyz-Republic; India; research; staff; expansion; programs; education; herders; interviews; funding; travel; livestock; browse; 4350  
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  Notes Full Text at URLTable of Contents:1.ISLT to Host Snow Leopard Summit2.Trust Receives $100,000 Anonymous Donation3.Report from the Field Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 423 Serial 933  
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Author International Snow Leopard Trust url 
  Title Snow Leopard News Spring 2001 Type (up) Miscellaneous
  Year 2001 Publication Snow Leopard News Abbreviated Journal  
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  Keywords Annual-Appeals-Fund; conservation-programs; populations; Kyrgyz-Republic; Soviet-Union; China; India; Mongolia; Pakistan; Charudutt; incentive; Woodland-Park-Zoo; cub; Death; veterinary; medicine; Bayarjargal; raffle; Dorothy-McLean; volunteers; poaching; hunting; pelts; furs; bones; herders; killing; livestock; browse; 4360  
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  Publisher Islt Place of Publication Seattle, WA Editor  
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  Notes Full Text at URLTable of Contents1.Programs to Expand Thanks to Annual Appeal Funds2.Zoo and ISLT Mark Passing of Snow Leopard Cub3.Irbis Enterprises National Coordinator Visits Seattle4.A Raffle for the Snow Leopard5.Stock Gifts to ISLT6.ISLT Wants You7.Situation Worsens in Kyrgyz Republic8.ISLT Wish List Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 424 Serial 934  
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Author International Snow Leopard Trust url 
  Title Snow Leopard News, Spring 2002 Type (up) Miscellaneous
  Year 2002 Publication Snow Leopard News Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Snow-leopard-survival-strategy-summit; Slss; Islt; NGO's; Woodland-Park-Zoo; seattle; logo; Pakistan; behaviour; hunting; herders; conservation; tourism; Mongolia; Charudutt-Mishra; browse; 4330  
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  Publisher Islt Place of Publication Seattle, Washington Editor  
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  Notes Full Text at URLIndex of Articles:1. Snow Leopard Survival Strategy Summit2.Show Your Creativity: Eneter our Logo Contest3.Serious Snow Leopard fun in Pakistan4. Mission to Mongolia 20025.Spring Cleaning Treasures6.Another Doscter on the TeamDate of Copyright: 2002 Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 421 Serial 935  
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Author Wajrak, A.   
  Title Snow Leopard Skins in Poland (Polowanie Na Sniezna Pantere) Type (up) Miscellaneous
  Year 1994 Publication Abbreviated Journal Gazeta Wyborcza.  
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  Keywords Russia; Ussr; skins; furs; pelts; poaching; trade; browse; Soviet-Union; soviet union; soviet; union; 3160; information; 920; snow; snow leopard; snow-leopard; leopard; skin  
  Abstract Full Text: In 1991, Dr Andrzej Kruszewicz of the Institute of Ecology of the Polish Academy of Sciences saw a “quite fresh” snow leopard skin on sale by a Russian in a Warsaw market for three million Polish zlotys ($300). A few weeks later he saw another skin in a shop in the centre of Warsaw. In spring 1992, Marcin Waslawski from the Institute of Geography saw a snow leopard skin in the same market for the equivalent of $200. The seller was an Asian from a former Soviet Republic. In summer 1992, Wajrak himself saw a snow leopard skin in a hunters' shop in Warsaw and in winter saw one in the home of a Polish hunter, who said it was a gift from a Mongolian friend. In winter 1994, a student from Britain saw a Polish long coat of snow leopard skins in Bialowieza. Wajrak saw a skin in a Warsaw shop, which the owner said was 15-20 years old; he got it from a Polish diplomat who had been in Mongolia and had three snow leopard skins. The skin was priced at the equivalent of $1,000. Wajrak added that he had been told that it was possible to buy tiger skins from Russians in Poland and he was trying to find one; I have not heard from him since.  
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  Notes Information from Adam Wajrak of Gazeta Wyboracza (T: 48 2 416 920) 24/4/94. Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 268 Serial 1002  
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Author Wangchuk, T.R.   
  Title Snow Leopard: Its Management with Emphasis on Bhutan Type (up) Miscellaneous
  Year 1992 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
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  Keywords Bhutan; management; browse; 2440  
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  Notes Unpublished report. Date of Copyright: 1992 Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 195 Serial 1006  
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Author Wasser, S. url 
  Title Snow Leopard Genetics: New Techniques Type (up) Miscellaneous
  Year 1998 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume xvi Issue Pages 8  
  Keywords genetics; medicine; veterinary; Dna; feces; scat; browse; 4500  
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  Publisher Islt Place of Publication Seattle Editor  
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  Notes Full Text at URLJournal Title: Snow Line Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 438 Serial 1009  
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Author Wikramanayake, E. url 
  Title Tracking snow leopard and blue sheep, WWF conservationist Eric Wikramanayake goes on a wildlife survey in Bhutan Type (up) Miscellaneous
  Year Publication Abbreviated Journal  
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  Keywords Bhutan; blue-sheep; surveys; Jigme-Dorji; parks; park; reserve; protected-area; refuge; habitat; blue; sheep; browse; Jigme; Dorji; protected; area; 3980  
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  Notes Full text at URL Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 8 Serial 1021  
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Author Wikramanayake, E.D.   
  Title Recommendations for Conservation Management of Jigme Dorji National Park Type (up) Miscellaneous
  Year 1995 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
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  Keywords conservation; management; parks; park; reserves; reserve; refuge; Bhutan; protected-area; Jigme-Dorji; browse; protected; area; 2450  
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  Notes Field Report submitted to Nature Conservation Section, RGOB, and WWF Bhutan Program. Date of Copyright: 1995 Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 282 Serial 1023  
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Author Pohl, J.   
  Title Tracking the Big Cat Type (up) Newspaper Article
  Year 1996 Publication Juneau Empire (AK) Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 5  
  Keywords poaching; hunting; medicine; habitat; parks; reserve; refuge; pelt; fur; coat; McCarthy; Tom; Mongolia; bones; bone; browse; 1140  
  Abstract Juneau biologist Tom McCarthy will make one last trip to Mongolla to finish researching snow leopards – which are poached for their pelts and killed for the medicinal value of their bones – so he can recommend ways to preserve the elusive animals and their habitat  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Juneau, AK Editor  
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  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 294 Serial 777  
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Author Chundawat, R.S.; Qureshi, Q. url 
  Title Planning Wildlife Conservation in Leh and Kargil Districts of Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir Type (up) Report
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 92 p.  
  Keywords Ladakh; Jammu; Kashmir; conservation; planning; browse; 1870  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Dehradun, India Editor  
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  Notes Draft Report submitted to Wildlife Institute of India Title, Analytic: Planning Wildlife Conservation in Leh and Kargil Districts of Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir. ProCite field [12]: (1999) Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 358 Serial 226  
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Author Lama, T.T. url 
  Title Snow Leopard Conservation Annual Progress Report Type (up) Report
  Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
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  Keywords Nepal; conservation; Iunc; Wwf; management; Islt; field-study; field; study; Kanchenjunga; annapurna; parks; preserves; reserves; protected-area; habitat; workshops; monitoring; browse; 4170; snow; snow leopard; snow-leopard; leopard; status; Report  
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  Notes Full text available at URLAuthor Role: Program OfficerAuthor Affiliation: WWF Nepal ProgramTitle, Analytic: Snow Leopard Conservation Annual Progress Report.ProCite field [12]: (2000-20001) Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 405 Serial 608  
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Author Richard, C.   
  Title Sectoral Report in Vol II: Developing Strategies for Agriculture and Related Sectors in Ladakh Type (up) Report
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
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  Keywords livestock; grazing; predator; prey; herders; herder; Ladakh; browse; 1970  
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  Notes Submitted to the Leh Autonomous Hill Developement Council by IMOCD, Jan 1999 Title, Analytic: Rangelands and Livestock as a Niche Opportunity for Ladakh. Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 373 Serial 815  
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Author Suryawanshi, K.R. url 
  Title Towards snow leopard prey recovery: understanding the resource use strategies and demographic responses of bharal Pseudois nayaur to livestock grazing and removal; Final project report Type (up) Report
  Year 2009 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 1-43  
  Keywords project; snow; snow leopard; snow-leopard; leopard; network; conservation; program; prey; recovery; resource; use; strategy; demographic; Response; bharal; Pseudois; pseudois nayaur; Pseudois-nayaur; nayaur; livestock; grazing; Report; decline; wild; populations; population; Himalayan; region; Competition; threats; threat; uncia; Uncia uncia; Uncia-uncia; study; diet; winter; Test; browse; nutrition; areas; area; young; Female; times; High; Adult; mortality; species; predators; predator; endangered; trans-himalaya; transhimalaya  
  Abstract Decline of wild prey populations in the Himalayan region, largely due to competition with livestock, has been identified as one of the main threats to the snow leopard Uncia uncia. Studies show that bharal Pseudois nayaur diet is dominated by graminoids during summer, but the proportion of graminoids declines in winter. We explore the causes for the decline of graminoids from bharal winter diet and resulting implications for bharal conservation. We test the predictions generated by two alternative hypotheses, (H1) low graminoid availability caused by livestock grazing during winter causes bharal to include browse in their diet, and, (H2) bharal include browse, with relatively higher nutrition, to compensate for the poor quality of graminoids during winter. Graminoid availability was highest in areas without livestock grazing, followed by areas with moderate and intense livestock grazing. Graminoid quality in winter was relatively lower than that of browse, but the difference was not statistically significant. Bharal diet was dominated by graminoids in areas with highest graminoid availability. Graminoid contribution to bharal diet declined monotonically with a decline in graminoid availability. Bharal young to female ratio was three times higher in areas with high graminoid availability than areas with low graminoid availability. No starvation-related adult mortalities were observed in any of the areas. Composition of bharal winter diet was governed predominantly by the availability of graminoids in the rangelands. Since livestock grazing reduces graminoid availability, creation of livestock free areas is necessary for conservation of grazing species such as the bharal and its predators such as the endangered snow leopard in the Trans-Himalaya.  
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  Notes Project funded by Snow Leopard Network's Snow Leopard Conservation Grant Program, 2008. Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore. Post-graduate Program in Wildlife Biology and Conservation, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Wildlife Conservation Society -India program, Bangalore, India. Approved no  
  Call Number SLN @ rana @ 1077 Serial 952  
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