Population monitoring of snow leopards using camera trapping in Naryn State Nature Reserve, Kyrgyzstan, between 2016 and 2019
Four field seasons of snow leopard (Panthera uncia) camera trapping inside Naryn State Nature Reserve, Kyrgyzstan, performed thanks to citizen science expeditions, allowed detecting a minimal population of five adults, caught every year with an equilibrated sex ratio (1.5:1) and reproduction: five c...
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| author | Julie Rode Claire Lambert Lucile Marescot Bastien Chaix Julie Beesau Suzanne Bastian Joldoshbek Kyrbashev Anne-Lise Cabanat |
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| description | Four field seasons of snow leopard (Panthera uncia) camera trapping inside Naryn State Nature Reserve, Kyrgyzstan, performed thanks to citizen science expeditions, allowed detecting a minimal population of five adults, caught every year with an equilibrated sex ratio (1.5:1) and reproduction: five cubs or subadults have been identified from three litters of two different females. Crossings were observed one to three times a year, in front of most camera traps, and several times a month in front of one of them. Overlap of adults’ minimal territories was observed in front of several camera traps, regardless of their sex. Significant snow leopard presence was detected in the buffer area and at Ulan area which is situated at the reserve border. To avoid poaching on this apex predator and its preys, extending the more stringent protection measures of the core zone to both the Southern buffer area and land adjacent to Ulan is recommended. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8198bc9ea5954bf49b278be6e6221f0e2022-12-21T22:38:57ZengElsevierGlobal Ecology and Conservation2351-98942021-11-0131e01850Population monitoring of snow leopards using camera trapping in Naryn State Nature Reserve, Kyrgyzstan, between 2016 and 2019Julie Rode0Claire Lambert1Lucile Marescot2Bastien Chaix3Julie Beesau4Suzanne Bastian5Joldoshbek Kyrbashev6Anne-Lise Cabanat7Objectif Sciences International NGO, OSI-Panthera Program, Geneva, SwitzerlandObjectif Sciences International NGO, OSI-Panthera Program, Geneva, SwitzerlandObjectif Sciences International NGO, OSI-Panthera Program, Geneva, Switzerland; CIRAD, UMR CBGP, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, FranceObjectif Sciences International NGO, OSI-Panthera Program, Geneva, SwitzerlandObjectif Sciences International NGO, OSI-Panthera Program, Geneva, SwitzerlandINRAE, Oniris, BIOEPAR, 44300 Nantes, FranceNaryn State Nature Reserve, KyrgyzstanObjectif Sciences International NGO, OSI-Panthera Program, Geneva, Switzerland; Corresponding author.Four field seasons of snow leopard (Panthera uncia) camera trapping inside Naryn State Nature Reserve, Kyrgyzstan, performed thanks to citizen science expeditions, allowed detecting a minimal population of five adults, caught every year with an equilibrated sex ratio (1.5:1) and reproduction: five cubs or subadults have been identified from three litters of two different females. Crossings were observed one to three times a year, in front of most camera traps, and several times a month in front of one of them. Overlap of adults’ minimal territories was observed in front of several camera traps, regardless of their sex. Significant snow leopard presence was detected in the buffer area and at Ulan area which is situated at the reserve border. To avoid poaching on this apex predator and its preys, extending the more stringent protection measures of the core zone to both the Southern buffer area and land adjacent to Ulan is recommended.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989421004005Snow leopardCamera trappingCitizen scienceKyrgyzstan |
| spellingShingle | Julie Rode Claire Lambert Lucile Marescot Bastien Chaix Julie Beesau Suzanne Bastian Joldoshbek Kyrbashev Anne-Lise Cabanat Population monitoring of snow leopards using camera trapping in Naryn State Nature Reserve, Kyrgyzstan, between 2016 and 2019 Global Ecology and Conservation Snow leopard Camera trapping Citizen science Kyrgyzstan |
| title | Population monitoring of snow leopards using camera trapping in Naryn State Nature Reserve, Kyrgyzstan, between 2016 and 2019 |
| title_full | Population monitoring of snow leopards using camera trapping in Naryn State Nature Reserve, Kyrgyzstan, between 2016 and 2019 |
| title_fullStr | Population monitoring of snow leopards using camera trapping in Naryn State Nature Reserve, Kyrgyzstan, between 2016 and 2019 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Population monitoring of snow leopards using camera trapping in Naryn State Nature Reserve, Kyrgyzstan, between 2016 and 2019 |
| title_short | Population monitoring of snow leopards using camera trapping in Naryn State Nature Reserve, Kyrgyzstan, between 2016 and 2019 |
| title_sort | population monitoring of snow leopards using camera trapping in naryn state nature reserve kyrgyzstan between 2016 and 2019 |
| topic | Snow leopard Camera trapping Citizen science Kyrgyzstan |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989421004005 |
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