India has a history of human-large cat conflict (Seidensticker and Lumpkin 1991), but
increasingly it is the Leopard Panthera pardus fusca, which is most often implicated in …

Leopards are known to prey on livestock throughout their range. Depredation of livestock
makes leopards vulnerable to retaliatory killings and reduces public support for …

Management zones feature prominently in conservation planning, particularly at large
spatial scales, but prioritization of areas of concern is required to focus efforts and limited …

Clouded leopards are one of the least known of larger felids and were believed to be extinct
in Nepal until 1987. They are particularly interesting because their Asian range spans a …

Studying leopards Panthera pardus in mountainous regions is challenging and there is little
ecological information on their behaviour in these habitats. We used data from global …

Large carnivores are currently disappearing from many world regions because of habitat
loss, prey depletion, and persecution. Ensuring large carnivore persistence requires …

Previously, factors governing distribution of leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) in forest
habitats of the Indian subcontinent were unknown. The present study assessed the influence …

Highlights•Markov Chain analyses of track data allow new signals of interaction to be
detected.•Animal behaviour and habitat transitions are influenced by predation risk.•Denser …

Tigers got exterminated from Sariska Tiger Reserve before 2005. After that, five tigers were
reintroduced to Sariska during 2008 to 2010. The present study compared the abundance …

We used logistic regression to examine factors that affected the spatial distribution of sign
(scrapes, feces, footprints, spray or scent marks, and rubbing sites) in a newly reestablished …