There 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 …

Human population growth and concomitant increases in demand for natural resources pose
threats to many wildlife populations. The landscapes used by the endangered snow leopard …

Aim Snow leopards are distributed across the mountains of 12 countries spread across 1.8
million km2 in Central and South Asia. Previous efforts to map snow leopard distributions …

Snow leopards Panthera uncia are under threat across their range and require urgent
conservation actions based on sound science. However, their remote habitat and cryptic …

The endangered snow leopard Panthera uncia occurs in human use landscapes in the
mountains of South and Central Asia. Conservationists generally agree that snow leopards …

The habitats of snow leopards (Panthera uncia) are heavily utilized as pasturelands on the
Tibetan Plateau. Livestock can benefit the snow leopard populations via providing extra prey …

When densities of large carnivores fall below certain thresholds, dramatic ecological effects
can follow, leading to oversimplified ecosystems. Understanding the population status of …

In high-altitude settings of Central Asia the Endangered snow leopard Panthera uncia has
been recognized as a potential umbrella species. As a first step in assessing the potential …

Large carnivores commonly prey on livestock when their ranges overlap. Pastoralism is the
dominant land use type across the distributional range of the endangered snow leopard …

Understanding species distributions, patterns of change and threats can form the basis for
assessing the conservation status of elusive species that are difficult to survey. The snow …