Sentences with phrase «studies of snow leopards»

Rodney Jackson, Ph.D.: (Snow Leopard Conservancy) Conducted in - depth radio - tracking studies of snow leopards since the 1980s; dedicated to building local communities» capacity as key players in conserving the species.

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Several studies have found traditional Chinese herbal supplements to be tainted will all sorts of things, including actual pharmaceutical drugs, heavy metals and even DNA from endangered species like the snow leopard.

The data from tigers, lions and snow leopards provides a rich and diverse genome resource that could be used in future studies of conservation and population genomics.

In this study, the team found that the snow leopard had unique amino - acid changes in both genes that may have contributed to snow leopard's acquisition of an alpine, high altitude ecological niche.

While studying snow leopard scat is one of the least invasive ways to look at what the animals are eating and gauge their food preferences, according to a new UD study it may not always be the most accurate.

A lot of old studies on what snow leopards eat are based on just that, collections that people have done in the wild,» said McCarthy.

The researchers analyzed 199 suspected snow leopard scat samples collected from two study sites in Tajikistan during the summer of 2012 and 56 scats collected from two study sites in Kyrgyzstan between June and December of 2005.

While estimates of the amount of small mammals snow leopards consume may have been overstated, the importance of large ungulate populations to the snow leopard's diets may have been understated, as this study suggests stable snow leopard populations are possibly more reliant upon large ungulate prey than previously understood.

In order to create effective conservation programs to help protect and conserve populations of endangered snow leopards, whose estimated population is between 4,500 - 7,500 in the wild, University of Delaware researchers are studying their scat to try and understand what the large cats are eating.

Researchers found that past food - habit studies on snow leopards could have been biased by the inclusion of non-target species in fecal analysis, potentially misinforming managers about the prey requirements that allow snow leopard populations to succeed.

«That's what we consider the bias in our food habit studies and that was the ultimate goal of Sarah's project — to find out how far off we may have been in the past with what snow leopards eat and then ultimately refining our understanding of what they eat,» said McCarthy.

As a result of non-target species possibly being included in past research studies, it has been thought that snow leopards — who lack an abundance of natural prey — consume great numbers of small mammals such as marmots, hares and pika, as well as wild ungulates, which are larger hooved animals such as ibex.

Guest blogger, Alaina Macri from Edinburgh Zoo recently studied the social behavior of snow leopards in Zoos.

The study looked at 18 captive - born snow leopards, 12 of which were housed socially (that is with another cat) and six that were housed singly.

During this study, we've been constantly monitoring the snow leopard population of Tost with camera traps, and have tracked a total of 23 individual snow leopards with GPS collars.

During late 2013, a team of rangers and biologists led by Bakhtiyor Aromov and Yelizaveta Protas, in collaboration with Panthera, WWF Central Asia Program and Uzbekistan BioControl Agency, conducted a snow leopard camera trap study in the Kizilsu area of Gissar Nature Reserve, on the border of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

The den visit was part of the ongoing long - term ecological study on snow leopards in Mongolia's South Gobi province that's been conducted by the Snow Leopard Conservation Foundation, Snow Leopard Trust, and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences since 2snow leopards in Mongolia's South Gobi province that's been conducted by the Snow Leopard Conservation Foundation, Snow Leopard Trust, and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences since 2Snow Leopard Conservation Foundation, Snow Leopard Trust, and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences since 2Snow Leopard Trust, and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences since 2008.

Another area investigated during the study was the amount of time the snow leopard pairs spent in contact / close proximity (1.5 - 2.0 m) with their enclosure mates.

Good news from the base camp of our long - term snow leopard study in Mongolia's Tost Mountains: Our team has managed to equip a new male snow leopard with a GPS collar, allowing them to track the cat's movements in the months to come.

Field scientist Örjan Johansson is back in the South Gobi, the site of our long - term snow leopard study.

Dagina, an eight - year old female snow leopard we've known since she was a tiny cub, becomes our latest cat to be tracked with a GPS collar in the world's most comprehensive study of wild snow leopards.

Tsetsen, a male snow leopard wearing a GSP collar in Mongolia's Tost Mountains as part of the Snow Leopard Trust's long - term study of these cats, has gone offline as schedusnow leopard wearing a GSP collar in Mongolia's Tost Mountains as part of the Snow Leopard Trust's long - term study of these cats, has gone offline as scheduSnow Leopard Trust's long - term study of these cats, has gone offline as scheduled.

The studies have shown some snow leopards cover up to 30 or 40 kilometers of their habitat daily searching for prey.

During our 4 year study period, we recorded the mortality of 4 adult snow leopards, all of which were males.

However, assuming individuals that migrated permanently were lost from the study population (died), we estimated the life expectancy of adult snow leopards to be 5 years (95 % CI: 2.05 — 13.78 years).

Scientists know that the snow leopard's morphology (branch of biology dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features) is very different from leopards.

The snow leopard population remained constant over most of the study period, with no apparent growth (λ = 1.08 + − 0.25).

The change in sex ratio of snow leopards in Tost was accompanied by a potential decline in the number of cubs per female over the study period as the female population increased.

The goal of this comprehensive research is to understand the whole ecosystem in the study area of Tost; from the snow leopard at the top of the food chain down to its prey, both wild and domestic, and how these animals use vegetation and water sources.

As we head into the 5th year of our long - term ecological study, six snow leopards are currently wearing GPS tracking collars, including Aztai, the first cat we had ever collared.

Through our long - term ecological study in the Tost region of Mongolia, we are learning a great deal about the lives of wild snow leopards.

During the last week of May, our field researchers began to observe some interesting behavior in two of the female snow leopards in our long - term ecological study.

We've been tracking snow leopards with GPS collars as part of our long - term study in Mongolia for 4 years.

A new study [i] by the Snow Leopard Trust and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) reveals a disturbing link between the cashmere trade and the decay of ecosystems that support snow leopards and their natural pSnow Leopard Trust and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) reveals a disturbing link between the cashmere trade and the decay of ecosystems that support snow leopards and their natural psnow leopards and their natural prey.

To investigate this complex system in snow leopard habitat, we have made disease research one of our top priority areas, and we have initiated a holistic study following the one - health framework.