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Combined with future work using remote cameras, scat - based DNA analysis and GPS collars, this project could reveal crucial information about how far the snow leopards travel in the area, how they interact within families and how fluctuations in available prey affect the cats.

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.

Researchers also sequenced the genomes of other Panthera - a white Bengal tiger, an African lion, a white African lion, and a snow leopard - using next - gen sequencing technology, and aligned them using the genome sequences of tiger and domestic cat.

When we used genetics to pre-screen the scat and find out which ones were actually snow leopard, there were many fewer small mammals in those scats,» said McCarthy, who added that many of the small mammals consumed in the original blind data set were much more associated with red fox.

Using remote - sensor research cameras and GPS tracking collars, Snow Leopard Trust researchers have been able to follow and observe a young female snow leopard named Anu over the course of four years as she grew up, dispersed from her mother and later had cubs herself twice in her mountain habitat in Mongolia's South GSnow Leopard Trust researchers have been able to follow and observe a young female snow leopard named Anu over the course of four years as she grew up, dispersed from her mother and later had cubs herself twice in her mountain habitat in Mongolia's South Gsnow leopard named Anu over the course of four years as she grew up, dispersed from her mother and later had cubs herself twice in her mountain habitat in Mongolia's South Gobi.

Intensify conservation efforts in the large landscapes required for snow leopard survival by identifying and designating critical habitats of key snow leopard populations as no - go areas for destructive land uses, maintaining their integrity and connectivity through natural corridors, and strengthening their protection on the ground.

This long - term research has given us a fairly good understanding of the behavior of individual snow leopards, such as what they eat, how often they kill, if they are territorial, and how much space they use.

However, she has also used her newly acquired skills in felting, weaving and embroidery to make various items for herself and her family: booties, gloves, hats and chair mats with snow leopard paw prints.

I will attempt to learn more about the effects of climate change on local ecosystems, and make use of data based on perceptions, livestock populations and rangeland experiments to aid snow leopard conservation strategies.

The adult population was estimated separately for each year using photographic data of 8, 11, 13 and 13 adult snow leopards identified respectively for each year.

This size was deemed appropriate allowing about 2 camera stations per home range [22] since the mean minimum summer and annual ranges of snow leopards in Tost are estimated to be c. 55 km2 and 70 km2, respectively for 9 adult breeding females using fixed Kernel estimators on 12,498 locations over a period of five years (Johansson et.

From a methodological perspective, we achieved high (95 %) success in identification of individual snow leopards from photographs, even though we used only one camera per trapping station.

As long as trapping stations are set up in sites where snow leopards are likely to linger (e.g. marking locations), thereby allowing multiple images and both flanks to be photographed, one camera trap appears adequate, especially when conducting long - term monitoring and using cameras that are capable of taking multiple images rapidly (< 1 second intervals).

«We have also been monitoring the population of key snow leopard prey such ibex and argali continuously for the last several years», Gustaf explains, «but we have never before tracked such prey animals to gain a detailed understanding of how they use the habitat.

We used robust design multi-season mark - recapture analysis to estimate the trends in abundance, sex ratio, survival probability and the probability of temporary emigration and immigration for adult and young snow leopards.

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.

For felid species with individually distinct fur patterns, such as tigers Panthera tigris [8], jaguars Panthera onca [10]--[12], snow leopards Panthera uncia [13], leopards Panthera pardus [14], cheetahs Acinonyx jubatus [15] and ocelots Leopardus pardalis [16], [17], data from camera - trapping can be analysed using capture - recapture models to estimate abundances and population dynamics [2].

Model based inferences from a separate analysis using adult snow leopards» data, grouped as male and female on program Mark indicated that the detection probability did not vary between sexes.

We use this tool to help us understand the diversity of specific snow leopard populations as well as identify individual snow leopards and potentially their relationship to each other.

This information on occupancy is used to establish where we need to expand, how we need to grow our protections for snow leopards, and if there is any conflict in the region that will impact our efforts.

This study uses GPS tracking collars to follow snow leopards as they move around the landscape.

I am so used to seeing the plain leopard bags, so I was excited that this one was white (snow leopard).

Gaddi Dogs were bred for hunting purposes but multi-talented Gaddi Dog is widely used by local shepherds, mostly Gaddis (from the tribe of the same name) and these dogs are reputed to be strong enough to repulse attacks by snow leopards and are very intelligent to herd stray sheep and goats back to their pens.

Estimating snow leopard population abundance using photography and capture — recapture techniques.

For this image, the artist used his own cat as a model, transferring its spots onto the snow leopard.

The Wildlife Conservation Society on Tuesday released photographs of snow leopards taken last month in the Wakhan Corridor region using automatically - triggered camera traps, a technology I've written about in the past.

Changes in land use in the Indian Himalayas have benefited snow leopards as well as farmers.