Assurance of the existence of a trans‐boundary population of the snow leopard (Panthera uncia) at Tsagaanshuvuut – Tsagan‐Shibetu SPA at the Mongolia–Russia border

• Published in: Integrative zoology Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 224 - 231
• Main Authors: POYARKOV, Andrey D., MUNKHTSOG, Bariushaa, KORABLEV, Miroslav P., KUKSIN, Alexander N., ALEXANDROV, Dmitry Y., CHISTOPOLOVA, Maria D., HERNANDEZ‐BLANCO, Jose Antonio, MUNKHTOGTOKH, Ochirjav, KARNAUKHOV, Alexander S., LKHAMSUREN, Namdag, BAYARAA, Munkhtsog, JACKSON, Rodney M., MAHESHWARI, Aishwarya, ROZHNOV, Viatcheslav V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2020
• Subjects: Cytochrome b; Cytochromes; Females; FST; Genetic analysis; Global positioning systems; GPS; Home range; Identification; Microsatellites; Panthera uncia; Positioning systems; Snow; snow leopard; Species identification; trans‐boundary population; Mongolia; Russia; home range; FST; snow leopard; Panthera uncia; trans-boundary population

The existence of a trans‐boundary population of the snow leopard (Panthera uncia) that inhabits the massifs of Tsagaanshuvuut (Mongolia) – Tsagan‐Shibetu (Russia) was determined through non‐invasive genetic analysis of scat samples and by studying the structure of territory use by a collared female...