Landscape use and co-occurrence pattern of snow leopard (Panthera uncia) and its prey species in the fragile ecosystem of Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh.

The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) plays a vital role in maintaining the integrity of the high mountain ecosystem by regulating prey populations and maintaining plant community structure. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the role of the snow leopard and its interaction with prey species. Furt...

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Main Authors: Amira Sharief, Vineet Kumar, Hemant Singh, Tanoy Mukherjee, Ritam Dutta, Bheem Dutt Joshi, Saurav Bhattacharjee, Chinnasamy Ramesh, Kailash Chandra, Mukesh Thakur, Lalit Kumar Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271556