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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"leopards"”.
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Conservation of leopards in Ayubia National Park, Pakistan
… recommendations for the conservation of leopards. Persecution of leopards by humans has been on the rise primarily due to depredation on livestock and risk to human lives. Since 1989, 16 humans have either been killed or injured in and around Ayubia National Park while leopards faced 44 …
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Conservation of leopards in Ayubia National Park, Pakistan
… recommendations for the conservation of leopards. Persecution of leopards by humans has been on the rise primarily due to depredation on livestock and risk to human lives. Since 1989, 16 humans have either been killed or injured in and around Ayubia National Park while leopards faced 44 …
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Snow leopards and sustainability: livelihoods, governance and coexistence in the Nepal Himalayas
… coexistence that occurs between people and snow leopards on the roof of the world. Within a political ecology framework, it aims to show how various social and economic factors can influence this coexistence and promote the conservation of Himalayan species and ecosystems. In particular, the …
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Mechanisms facilitating coexistence between leopards (Panthera pardus) and their competitors in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
… I investigate coexistence mechanisms between leopards (Panthera pardus) and their competitors and present four pieces of original research on leopard ecology and monitoring, primarily within the framework of carnivore interactions. To this end, I focus on sympatric populations of wild, but …
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The density of leopards in a mixed-use landscape in the Western Cape, South Africa
… and population declines. Despite these threats, leopards (Panthera pardus) persist outside protected areas throughout most of their range, occupying a diverse range of habitat types and land uses, including peri-urban and rural areas. Our understanding of leopard population dynamics in mixed-use …
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The Effects of Olfactory Stimuli on the Behavior of the Far Eastern/Amur Leopard (<i>Panthera pardus orientalis</i>) in Captivity
<p>Two Amur leopards from the Jackson Zoological Park were observed under continuous surveillance while on exhibit over 21 days to better understand the activity budget of leopards in captivity, and what effects olfactory stimuli may have on those activity patterns. Behaviors were observed through …
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Leopard population dynamics, trophy hunting and conservation in the Soutpansberg Mountains, South Africa
… of trophy hunting as a conservation tool for leopards in the Soutpansberg Mountains, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Results from camera trapping data show that the Soutpansberg is home to a very high density of leopards (20 per 100km2). This is supported by the small home range of an adult …
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The conservation of the snow leopard (panthera uncia) and an action plan for the Indian Himalaya population
… to 3,386 individuals remaining in the wild. Snow leopards were previously listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List, but 2017 saw the species demoted to vulnerable following a reassessment of the age of maturity used in population estimates. In addition to this change in status, there …
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Towards multimodal monitoring of large African carnivores
… data to monitor African lions (Panthera leo) and leopards (Panthera pardus). The most used technologies are camera traps and GPS or VHF collars. Passive acoustic monitoring could act as a complementary monitoring tool because both species produce loud, recognisable vocalisations that propagate …
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Estimating abundance, density, and occupancy of lion, leopard and serval in the Niokolo Koba National Park in Senegal
… (SECR) techniques for servals and leopards, and non-spatial (MR) and spatial mark resight (SMR) methods for lions. Lions selected optimal sites with both high tree density and prey activity; leopards occupied areas with high tree density but with less prey activity; and servals …
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Investigating the conservation value of leopard population indices obtained through camera traps in the greater Kruger region of South Africa
Leopards (Panthera pardus) are one of the most widespread large felids, historically ranging across much of Africa, the middle east and Asia. Their solitary and elusive nature has allowed them to persist in many areas where other members of the large carnivore guild have been extirpated. However, …
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Ecology and conservation of Formosan clouded leopard, its prey, and other sympatric carnivores in southern Taiwan
… of 150-3,092m in the study area. No clouded leopards were photographed in total 13,354 camera trap days. Hair snares did not trap clouded leopard hairs, either. Assessment of the prey base and available habitat indicated that prey depletion and habitat loss, plus historical pelt trade, were …
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A camera trap assessment of factors influencing leopard (Panthera pardus) habitat use in the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Republic of Congo
Leopards (Panthera pardus) are faced with increasing levels of anthropogenic pressure resulting in population declines across much of their historical range. While there is relatively limited knowledge of leopards occurring in African rain forests, their abundance and distribution is assumed to be …
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Tails through time: leopard population dynamics in the Little Karoo
… can offer refuge for large carnivores, however leopards (Panthera pardus), can persist outside of these areas and often occupy mixed-use landscapes. Our understanding of how leopards persist over time in mixed-use landscapes is limited, especially in the semi-arid regions of southern Africa. …
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Tails through time: leopard population dynamics in the Little Karoo
… can offer refuge for large carnivores, however leopards (Panthera pardus), can persist outside of these areas and often occupy mixed-use landscapes. Our understanding of how leopards persist over time in mixed-use landscapes is limited, especially in the semi-arid regions of southern Africa. …
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Estimating leopard density in a coastal protected area of the Western Cape, South Africa
Leopards (Panthera pardus), like many other large carnivores, are facing increasing threats including habitat degradation, illegal hunting, and persecution for perceived or actual livestock depredation. Protected areas remain the cornerstone of conservation efforts throughout the world but they are …
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Immunogenetics of free-ranging felids on Namibian farmlands
… in free-ranging cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) and leopards (Panthera pardus) on Namibian farmlands. Both felid species are sympatric thus subject to similar pathogenic pressures but differ in their evolutionary and demographic histories. The main aims were to investigate 1) the extent and patterns …
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Scale and impact of the illegal leopard skin trade for traditional use in southern Africa
While leopards (Panthera pardus) currently occupy the most extensive geographic range of all large felids, they are also suffering the highest rate of current range loss amongst large terrestrial carnivores. This is primarily because most leopards still range outside of formally protected areas …
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Carnivore ecology and conservation : implications for tiger conservation and management in Nepal /
… intraguild interaction between tigers and leopards in response to prey and disturbance factors, and evaluated sustainable financing mechanisms for tiger conservation programs. The success of carnivore conservation relies on better understanding their habitat use and prey availability, the …
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Reconstructing Past Population Dynamics and Movements from Genomic and Environmental Data
… of climate in shaping the ecological history of leopards. One of the widest distributed large Felidae, leopards show stark differences in the degree of subspecies separation in Asia and Africa, the former continent being home to 7 of 8 subspecies and the latter to only one, despite similar land …
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