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Author (up) Suryawanshi, K.
Title An encounter in snow Type Magazine Article
Year 2011 Publication FRONTLINE Abbreviated Journal
Volume 28 Issue 10 Pages
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Abstract In the trans-Himalayan region, a conservation effort has reduced conflicts between snow leopards and pastoralists. Photographs & text by author.
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Notes http://www.frontline.in/stories/20110520281005800.htm; INDIA'S NATIONAL MAGAZINE, from the publishers of THE HINDU, May 7-20, 2011 Approved no
Call Number SLN @ rana @ Serial 1316
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Author (up) Suryawanshi, K., K.
Title Sunshine and the Shadow Type Magazine Article
Year 2011 Publication Hornbill Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue April-June Pages 34-37
Keywords Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India, snow leopard, sighting, observation, blue sheep, Pseudois nayaur
Abstract Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi shares an update on his blog which describes snow leopard sightings in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, while studying the foraging behavior and eating habits of blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur).
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Call Number SLN @ rana @ Serial 1360
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Author (up) Suryawanshi, Kulbhushan. R
Title Standardizing the double-observer survey method for estimating mountain ungulate prey of the endangered snow leopard Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Oecelogia Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue December Pages
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Abstract Mountain ungulates around the world have been threatened by illegal hunting, habitat modification, increased livestock grazing, disease and development. Mountain ungulates play an important functional role in grasslands as primary consumers and as prey for wild carnivores, and monitoring of their populations is important for conservation purposes. However, most of the several currently available methods of estimating wild ungulate abundance are either difficult to implement or too expensive for mountainous terrain. A rigorous method of sampling ungulate abundance in mountainous areas that can allow for some measure of sampling error is therefore much needed. To this end, we used a combination of field data and computer simulations to test the critical assumptions associated with double-observer technique based on capture-recapture theory. The technique was modified and adapted to estimate the populations of bharal (Pseudois nayaur) and ibex (Capra sibirica) at five different sites. Conducting the two double-observer surveys simultaneously led to underestimation of the population by 15%. We therefore recommend separating the surveys in space or time.
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Call Number SLN @ rakhee @ Serial 1376
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Author (up) Trivedi, P.
Title From Cashmere to Gowa Type Magazine Article
Year 2011 Publication Journal of East China Normal University (Special Issue of Zoology)nbill Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue April-June Pages 4-10
Keywords Tibetan gazelle, gowa, Procapra picticaudata, Kalak Tar Tar, KTT, India, Ladakh, Sikkim
Abstract Story of research trip looking for Tibetan Gazelle (Procapra picticaudata) in its last stronghold in India – Kalak Tar Tar (KTT) plateau in the Hanle area of hangthang – the great Tibetan high altitude plain that stretches at its extreme south-western and southeastern edges into India in Ladakh and Sikkim respectively. Species is known locally as “gowa”.
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Call Number SLN @ rana @ Serial 1359
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Author (up) 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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Call Number SLN @ rana @ Serial 1308
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Author (up) Wildlife Times
Title Wildlife Times Type Magazine Article
Year 2011 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue November Pages
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Abstract Snow Leopard Count – A census of Snow Leopard has started in Mustang District, Nepal
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Call Number SLN @ rakhee @ Serial 1373
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Author (up) 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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Author (up) WWF Russia & Mongolia
Title WWF Newsletter Altai-Sayan Ecoregion July – September 2011 Type Report
Year 2011 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue 17 Pages 1-22
Keywords snow leopard, Mongolia, hunting, argali, Land of the Snow Leopard, Altai-Sayan, Russia, poaching, reserve,
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Call Number SLN @ rana @ Serial 1363
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Author (up) WWF Russia & WWF Mongolia Programme Office
Title Altai-Sayan Ecoregion WWF Newsletter April-June 2011 Type Report
Year 2011 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume April-June Issue 16 Pages 1-15
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Call Number SLN @ rana @ Serial 1349
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