Sentences with phrase «signs of snow leopard»

In each grid cell we searched along saddles on the ridgelines, valley or cliff bases and near overhanging boulders for fresh signs of snow leopard presence such as urine spray markings and scrapes.

Weiskopf explained that a big problem with collecting and identifying scat in the field is that researchers mostly rely on morphological characteristics such as shape, size or associated signs of snow leopards, and since scat from different species can look similar, this can lead to misrepresented population estimates and errors in reporting what the snow leopards are actually eating.

Not exact matches

Usually the keepers who work with snow leopards on a daily basis are the first to see signs of stiffness, soreness, slowing down, visible lumps etc..

Landrovers helped us cover the huge area of snow leopard territory on our survey.We'd drive across the steppe to valleys and then walk the hills to scan for animal sign.

, pika and marmot (two small ground mammals that can provide a snow leopard with snacks), scat of a roe deer, sign of weasel and a couple of foxes frolicking in the morning dew.

«Recently I was happy to work with Chinese biologists in Xinjiang, training them on snow leopard survey methodology and with Russian colleagues in transboundary areas of Mongolia and Russia confirming their knowledge on snow leopard sign surveys and checking the camera traps.