Population density of snow leopards (Panthera uncia) in the Yage Valley Region of the Sanjiangyuan National Park: Conservation implications and future directions

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	Population density of snow leopards (Panthera uncia) in the Yage Valley Region of the Sanjiangyuan National Park: Conservation implications and future directions
	Zhang, Liyun; Lian, Xinming; Yang, Xin
	2020
发表期刊	ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH
卷号	52 期号:1
摘要	Population-based studies on snow leopard (Panthera uncia) are of theoretical and practical significance for the conservation of alpine ecosystems, though geographic remoteness and isolation hinder surveys in many promising regions. The Sanjiangyuan National Park on the Tibetan Plateau is acknowledged as a main snow leopard habitat, but most of the region remains unexplored and unknown. We adopted a combined approach of route survey and camera trapping survey to explore the population density of snow leopard in the Yage Valley region of the Sanjiangyuan National Park. Results indicated that (1) large populations of blue sheep contributed to the major food supply for snow leopards, along with diverse prey species as dietary supplementations, and (2) a population density of four to six snow leopards per 100 km(2)on the north bank was estimated, and nine to fourteen individuals within the valley core areas were identified. We also argue that under the potential impacts of hydropower dams, this valley ecosystem should be symbolized as a conservation hotspot and therefore merits prioritized conservation. We recommend further surveys combined with novel methods/techniques and advocate a sustainable ecotourism model for the first V-shaped valley along the Yangtze mainstream.
关键词	Snow leopard population density camera trapping Tibetan Plateau alpine ecosystem
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://210.75.249.4/handle/363003/60450
专题	中国科学院西北高原生物研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Liyun,Lian, Xinming,Yang, Xin. Population density of snow leopards (Panthera uncia) in the Yage Valley Region of the Sanjiangyuan National Park: Conservation implications and future directions[J]. ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH,2020,52(1).
APA	Zhang, Liyun,Lian, Xinming,&Yang, Xin.(2020).Population density of snow leopards (Panthera uncia) in the Yage Valley Region of the Sanjiangyuan National Park: Conservation implications and future directions.ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH,52(1).
MLA	Zhang, Liyun,et al."Population density of snow leopards (Panthera uncia) in the Yage Valley Region of the Sanjiangyuan National Park: Conservation implications and future directions".ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH 52.1(2020).