Correction: Prey preferences of the snow leopard (Panthera uncia): Regional diet specificity holds global significance for conservation (PLoS ONE (2014) 9, 2 (e88349) DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0088349);Prey preferences of the snow leopard (Panthera uncia): Regional diet specificity holds global significance for conservation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Lyngdoh, Salvador ^a   Shrotriya, Shivam ^a   Goyal, Surendra P ^a   Clements, Hayley ^b   Hayward, Matthew W ^b,c,d   Habib, Bilal ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CAPRA SIBRICA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HEMITRAGUS JEMLAHICUS; HOST RANGE; IBEX; MARMOTA; NONHUMAN; OVIS AMMON; PANTHERA; PANTHERA UNCIA; PREY SELECTION; PSEUDOIS NAYAUR; SHEEP; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FELIDAE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FELIDAE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARMOTA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84895755733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100071     Document Type: Erratum

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