Food habits of the snow leopard Panthera uncia (Schreber, 1775) in Baltistan, Northern Pakistan

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1077-1083

  Anwar, Muhammad Bilal ^a   Jackson, Rodney ^b   Nadeem, Muhammad Sajid ^a   Janečka, Jan E ^c   Hussain, Shafqat ^d   Beg, Mirza Azhar ^a   Muhammad, Ghulam ^e   Qayyum, Mazhar ^a  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Snow Leopard Conservancy   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Baltistan Wildlife Conservation and Development Organization (Reg)   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biomass; Diet; Hair; Himalayas; Karakoram; Livestock; Scat

Indexed keywords

AVES; BOS; BOS GRUNNIENS; CAPRA FALCONERI; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAPRA SIBIRICA; FELIDAE; OVIS ARIES; PANTHERA; UNCIA UNCIA;

EID: 80052736701     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-011-0521-2     Document Type: Article

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