Efficient and cost-effective non-invasive population monitoring as a method to assess the genetic diversity of the last remaining population of Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) in the Russia Far East.

Small populations of the endangered species are more vulnerable to extinction and hence require periodic genetic monitoring to establish and revisit the conservation strategies. The Amur leopard is critically endangered with about 100 individuals in the wild. In this study, we developed a simple and...

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Main Authors: Sujoo Cho, Puneet Pandey, Jee Yun Hyun, Taisia Marchenkova, Anna Vitkalova, Timophey Petrov, Daecheol Jeong, Jangmi Lee, Dong Youn Kim, Ying Li, Yury Darman, Mi-Sook Min, Kyung Seok Kim, Victor Bardyuk, Hang Lee
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.0270217