Prey preferences of the snow leopard (Panthera uncia): regional diet specificity holds global significance for conservation.

The endangered snow leopard is a large felid that is distributed over 1.83 million km(2) globally. Throughout its range it relies on a limited number of prey species in some of the most inhospitable landscapes on the planet where high rates of human persecution exist for both predator and prey. We r...

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Main Authors: Salvador Lyngdoh, Shivam Shrotriya, Surendra P Goyal, Hayley Clements, Matthew W Hayward, Bilal Habib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24533080/pdf/?tool=EBI