Signs at the top: habitat features influencing snow leopard uncia uncia activity in sagarmatha national park, nepal

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 604-611

  Wolf, Mosheh ^a   Ale, Som ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Human activity; Nepal; Predator prey; Sign data; Uncia uncia

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; FELID; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATIONAL PARK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRADE-OFF;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SAGARMATHA [(ADS) NEPAL]; SAGARMATHA NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; HEMITRAGUS JEMLAHICUS; PANTHERA PARDUS; UNCIA UNCIA;

EID: 67649960176     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-002R1.1     Document Type: Article

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