Recovery of snow leopard Uncia uncia in Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) National Park, Nepal

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Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-92

  Ale, Som B ^a   Yonzon, Pralad ^b   Thapa, Kamal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Foundation Eye Care Himalaya   (Nepal)

^c Ram Rekha ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

Hemitragus jemlahicus; Himalayan tahr; Mount Everest; Nepal; Sagarmatha National Park; Snow leopard; Uncia uncia

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FELID; NATIONAL PARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; MOUNT EVEREST; NEPAL; SAGARMATHA; SAGARMATHA NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH ASIA;

CERVIDAE; FELIDAE; HEMITRAGUS JEMLAHICUS; MOSCHIDAE; MOSCHUS CHRYSOGASTER; UNCIA UNCIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33847686757     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605307001585     Document Type: Article

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