Snow Leopard Dietary Preferences and Livestock Predation Revealed by Fecal DNA Metabarcoding: No Evidence for Apparent Competition Between Wild and Domestic Prey

Snow Leopard Dietary Preferences and Livestock Predation Revealed by Fecal DNA Metabarcoding: No Evidence for Apparent Competition Between Wild and Domestic Prey

Accurate assessments of the patterns and drivers of livestock depredation by wild carnivores are vital for designing effective mitigation strategies to reduce human-wildlife conflict. Snow leopard’s (Panthera uncia) range extensively overlaps pastoralist land-use and livestock predation there is wid...

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Main Authors: Qi Lu, Lingyun Xiao, Chen Cheng, Zhi Lu, Jindong Zhao, Meng Yao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
apparent mutualism
blue sheep
feeding habits
molecular dietary analysis
human-carnivore conflict
prey selection
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.783546/full

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