scholarly journals New data on the location of the snow leopard Panthera uncia (Schreber, 1775) and the stone marten Martes foina (Erxleben, 1777) in the Katon-Karagai State National Natural Park (Kazakhstan Altai)

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 142-148
Author(s):  
Aliya U. Gabdullina ◽  
Zhomart B. Amanbaev ◽  
Erik T. Kasymov
Keyword(s):  
Camera Traps ◽  
Snow Leopard ◽  
Stone Marten ◽  
Martes Foina ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Panthera Uncia ◽  
Eastern Kazakhstan

The article provides new data on the location and distribution of the snow leopard Panthera uncia and the stone marten Martes foina in the Katon-Karagai State National Natural Park (South-Western Altai, Eastern Kazakhstan). The data were obtained using camera traps.

scholarly journals On the high trail: examining determinants of site use by the Endangered snow leopard Panthera uncia in Qilianshan, China

Oryx ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justine S. Alexander ◽  
Kun Shi ◽  
Lucy A. Tallents ◽  
Philip Riordan
Keyword(s):  
Gansu Province ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Snow Leopard ◽  
Occupancy Modelling ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Robust Techniques ◽  
Site Use ◽  
Assessment And Monitoring ◽  
Snow Leopards ◽  
Panthera Uncia

AbstractThere is a need for simple and robust techniques for assessment and monitoring of populations of the Endangered snow leopard Panthera uncia to inform the development of action plans for snow leopard conservation. We explored the use of occupancy modelling to evaluate the influence of environmental and anthropogenic features on snow leopard site-use patterns. We conducted a camera trap survey across 480 km2 in Gansu Province, China, and used data from 60 camera traps to estimate probabilities of site use and detection using the single season occupancy model. We assessed the influence of three covariates on site use by snow leopards: elevation, the presence of blue sheep Pseudois nayaur and the presence of human disturbance (distance to roads). We recorded 76 captures of snow leopards over 2,906 trap-days, representing a mean capture success of 2.62 captures per 100 trap-days. Elevation had the strongest influence on site use, with the probability of site use increasing with altitude, whereas the influence of presence of prey and distance to roads was relatively weak. Our findings indicate the need for practical and robust techniques to appraise determinants of site use by snow leopards, especially in the context of the limited resources available for such work.

scholarly journals First camera-trap record of the snow leopard Panthera uncia in Gaurishankar Conservation Area, Nepal

Oryx ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Narayan Prasad Koju ◽  
Bijay Bashyal ◽  
Bishnu Prasad Pandey ◽  
Satya Narayan Shah ◽  
Shankar Thami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Camera Trap ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Conservation Strategy ◽  
Snow Leopard ◽  
Musk Deer ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Blue Sheep ◽  
Northern Border ◽  
Himalayan Tahr ◽  
Panthera Uncia

Abstract The snow leopard Panthera uncia is the flagship species of the high mountains of the Himalayas. There is potentially continuous habitat for the snow leopard along the northern border of Nepal, but there is a gap in information about the snow leopard in Gaurishankar Conservation Area. Previous spatial analysis has suggested that the Lamabagar area in this Conservation Area could serve as a transboundary corridor for snow leopards, and that the area may connect local populations, creating a metapopulation. However, there has been no visual confirmation of the species in Lamabagar. We set 11 infrared camera traps for 7 months in Lapchi Village of Gaurishankar Conservation Area, where blue sheep Pseudois nayaur, musk deer Moschus leucogaster and Himalayan tahr Hemitragus jemlahicus, all snow leopard prey species, had been observed. In November 2018 at 4,100 m, 5 km south-west of Lapchi Village, one camera recorded three images of a snow leopard, the first photographic evidence of the species in the Conservation Area. Sixteen other species of mammals were also recorded. Camera-trap records and sightings indicated a high abundance of Himalayan tahr, blue sheep and musk deer. Lapchi Village may be a potentially important corridor for snow leopard movement between the east and west of Nepal and northwards to Quomolongma National Park in China. However, plans for development in the region present increasing threats to this corridor. We recommend development of a transboundary conservation strategy for snow leopard conservation in this region, with participation of Nepal, China and international agencies.

scholarly journals Population monitoring of snow leopards using camera trapping in Naryn State Reserve, Kyrgyzstan, between 2016 and 2019

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Rode ◽  
Claire Lambert ◽  
Lucile Marescot ◽  
Bastien Chaix ◽  
Julie Beesau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Population Monitoring ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Camera Trapping ◽  
Snow Leopard ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Buffer Area ◽  
The Core ◽  
Snow Leopards ◽  
Panthera Uncia

AbstractFour field seasons of snow leopard (Panthera uncia) camera trapping inside Naryn State Reserve, performed thanks to citizen science expeditions, allowed detecting a minimal population of five adults, caught every year with an equilibrated sex ratio (1.5:1), and reproduction: five cubs or subadults have been identified from three litters of two different females. Crossings were observed one to three times a year, in front of most camera traps, and several times a month in front of one of them. Overlap of adults’ territories was observed in front of several camera traps regardless of their sex. Significant snow leopard presence was detected in the buffer area and at Ulan, situated at the reserve border. To avoid poaching on this umbrella species and its preys, extending the more stringent protection measures of the core zone to both the Southern buffer area and land adjacent to Ulan is necessary.

Monitoring the small-scale distribution of sympatric European pine martens (Martes martes) and stone martens (Martes foina): a multievidence approach using faecal DNA analysis and camera-traps

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Rosellini ◽  
Enrique Osorio ◽  
Aritz Ruiz-González ◽  
Ana Piñeiro ◽  
Isabel Barja
Keyword(s):  
Dna Analysis ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Martes Martes ◽  
Faecal Dna ◽  
Stone Marten ◽  
Pine Marten ◽  
Martes Foina ◽  
Faecal Samples ◽  
European Pine Marten

The European pine marten (Martes martes) and stone marten (Martes foina) are two closely related mustelids that live sympatrically over a large area of Europe. In the northern Iberian Peninsula, the distribution ranges of both species overlap extensively. The objectives of this study were (1) to verify whether, on a small scale, both species also live sympatrically and (2) to compare camera traps and scat DNA as methods for detecting marten species. The study was conducted in a protected area (province of Ourense, north-west Spain), which covers 6700 ha. To test the sympatry hypothesis, 90 fresh faecal samples, identified as faeces of genus Martes on the basis of their morphology, were collected from June 2004 to August 2006. The specific identification of faecal samples was conducted using polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) techniques. In addition, 20 camera-traps (916 camera-trap-nights) were in operation during the study period. Of the faecal samples collected, 88.8% were attributed to the European pine marten, while the remaining 11.2% were not amplified by PCR and thus could not be assigned. The European pine marten was identified in 57.9% of the photos of carnivores and the stone marten was not detected in any. The faecal DNA analysis and camera-trap results supported previous conclusions about habitat preferences and the distribution of the two species obtained using other methods. The two non-invasive methods that were used in this study were shown to be reliable techniques that can be employed simultaneously, because each method has advantages and disadvantages that are influenced by the size of the area inventoried, sampling effort, and cost and efficiency of the method. The data gathered using these methods provided important information on the understanding of trophic and competitive interactions between the species.

scholarly journals Status and conservation of the Endangered snow leopard Panthera uncia in Qomolangma National Nature Reserve, Tibet

Oryx ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 590-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengju Chen ◽  
Yufang Gao ◽  
Jun Wang ◽  
Qiong Pu ◽  
Cering Lhaba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Snow Leopard ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Conservation Policies ◽  
National Nature Reserve ◽  
The Status ◽  
Snow Leopards ◽  
Religious Reasons ◽  
Panthera Uncia

AbstractLittle is known about the status of the snow leopard Panthera uncia in Qomolangma National Nature Reserve, located on the northern aspect of Mount Everest in Tibet. To address this, during May–September 2014 we conducted line transects, camera trapping, household interviews, and socioeconomic statistics analysis. We surveyed 14 transects and located 287 putative snow leopard signs, with a mean density of 1.9 sign sites km–1, 3.8 signs km–1, and 1.4 scrapes km–1. We set 41 camera traps and recorded a minimum of seven individual snow leopards. Our results were comparable to snow leopard abundance estimates for neighbouring protected areas in Nepal. Semi-structured interviews with 46 (59%) households found that local people were generally supportive of snow leopard conservation, for a variety of economic, legislative, and religious reasons. The socio-economic situation in the Reserve underwent dramatic changes between 2000 and 2014. The human population increased by 28.9%, the livestock population decreased by 9.9%, the number of tourists in 2014 was 6.8 times greater than in 2005, and the local gross domestic product underwent an annual increase of 15%. We discuss the current threats to snow leopards, and recommend that more rigorous, comprehensive, and interdisciplinary research be undertaken to provide an evidential basis for the formulation of effective conservation policies and programmes.

scholarly journals First photographic evidence of Snow Leopard Panthera uncia (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) outside current protected areas network in Nepal Himalaya

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 12086
Author(s):  
Rinzin Phunjok Lama ◽  
Tashi R. Ghale ◽  
Madan K. Suwal ◽  
Rishi Ranabhat ◽  
Ganga Ram Regmi
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Snow Leopard ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Top Predator ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Nepal Himalaya ◽  
Community Based Conservation ◽  
Photographic Evidence ◽  
Panthera Uncia

The Snow Leopard Panthera uncia is a rare top predator of high-altitude ecosystems and insufficiently surveyed outside of protected areas in Nepal.  We conducted a rapid camera-trapping survey to assess the presence of Snow Leopard in the Limi valley of Humla District.  Three individuals were recorded in two camera locations offering the first photographic evidence of this elusive cat outside the protected area network of Nepal. In addition to Snow Leopard, the Blue Sheep Pseudois nayaur, Beech Marten Martes foina, Pika Ochotona spp. and different species of birds were also detected by camera-traps.  More extensive surveys and monitoring are needed for reliably estimating the population size of Snow Leopard in the area.  The most urgent needs are community-based conservation activities aimed at mitigating immediate threats of poaching, retaliatory killing, and rapid prey depletion to ensure the survival of this top predator in the Himalaya. 

scholarly journals Presence of the snow leopard Panthera uncia confirmed at four sites in the Chinese Tianshan Mountains

Oryx ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 594-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul J. Buzzard ◽  
Roller MaMing ◽  
Mardan Turghan ◽  
Jiawu Xiong ◽  
Tong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Tianshan Mountains ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Snow Leopard ◽  
Chinese Tianshan Mountains ◽  
Western Tianshan ◽  
Chinese Tianshan ◽  
Conservation Concern ◽  
Snow Leopards ◽  
Survey Effort ◽  
Panthera Uncia

AbstractThe Endangered snow leopard Panthera uncia is a flagship species of mountainous central Asia, and a conservation concern. China has the largest extent of potential snow leopard habitat and is thus crucial for snow leopard conservation. There are many challenges to snow leopard conservation in China, however, and there is still little information on the species for many geographical locations, including the Tianshan Mountains of Xinjiang province, which are important because they potentially connect snow leopard populations in Krygyzstan and Kazakhstan with those in Mongolia. We used camera traps in four areas across eastern, central and western Tianshan, with a total survey effort of 3,216 camera-trapping days. We confirmed the presence of snow leopards and an abundance of potential snow leopard prey, including the Siberian ibex Capra sibirica, in all areas. We found 2–3 individual adult snow leopards at each site, with relatively limited survey effort, and more study is needed to fully investigate the importance of the Tianshan Mountains for the species. Establishing more protected areas is essential for snow leopard conservation, and we have used data from this study to apply for protected area status for several areas.

Dietary variation of the stone marten (Martes foina): A meta-analysis approach

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyriaki Kitikidou ◽  
Malamati Papakosta ◽  
Dimitris Bakaloudis ◽  
Christos Vlachos
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Stone Marten ◽  
Martes Foina ◽  
Dietary Variation
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