Comparison of noninvasive genetic and camera-trapping techniques for surveying snow leopards

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 771-783

  Janečka, Jan E ^a   Munkhtsog, Bariushaa ^b   Jackson, Rodney M ^c   Naranbaatar, Galsandorj ^b   Mallon, David P ^d   Murphy, William J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Irbis Mongolian Centre   (United States)

^c Snow Leopard Conservancy   (United States)

^d MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abundance; Gobi Desert; microsatellites; Mongolia; monitoring; Panthera uncial; population survey; scat

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FELID; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; INVASIVE SPECIES; LINEARITY; LOGISTICS; MOUNTAIN REGION; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION SIZE; SECRETION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVEY; TERRAIN; VIDEOGRAPHY;

CENTRAL ASIA; GOBI DESERT;

FELIDAE; PANTHERA; UNCIA UNCIA;

EID: 80051880581     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-036.1     Document Type: Article

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