Prey and tigers on the forgotten trail: high prey occupancy and tiger habitat use reveal the importance of the understudied Churia habitat of Nepal

K Thapa, MJ Kelly - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2017 - Springer
Tigers are globally threatened and their conservation relies on intact habitat that supports
key large prey. The Churia habitat is relatively unknown even though it occupies a …

Trophic scaling and occupancy analysis reveals a lion population limited by top-down anthropogenic pressure in the Limpopo National Park, Mozambique

KT Everatt, L Andresen, MJ Somers - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The African lion (Panthera Leo) has suffered drastic population and range declines over the
last few decades and is listed by the IUCN as vulnerable to extinction. Conservation …

Mortality of Amur tigers: The more things change, the more they stay the same

HS Robinson, JM Goodrich, DG Miquelle… - Integrative …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Poaching as well as loss of habitat and prey are identified as causes of tiger population
declines. Although some studies have examined habitat requirements and prey availability …

Effects of human disturbance on vegetation, prey and Amur tigers in Hunchun Nature Reserve, China

Z Li, A Kang, J Gu, Y Xue, Y Ren, Z Zhu, P Liu, J Ma… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Multiple human disturbances influence the vegetation, ungulates and Amur tigers (Panthera
tigris altaica) in Hunchun Nature Reserve (HNR) in northeastern China. In order to …

Spatial replicates as an alternative to temporal replicates for occupancy modelling when surveys are based on linear features of the landscape

A Charbonnel, F d'Amico, A Besnard… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Occupancy estimates can inform biodiversity managers about the distribution of elusive
species, such as the P yrenean desman G alemys pyrenaicus, a small semi‐aquatic …

Prey Composition of Harpy Eagles (Harpia harpyja) in Raleighvallen, Suriname

EBP Miranda - Tropical Conservation Science, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Apex predators are in widespread decline, in many occasions as a consequence of the
demise of their prey. Harpy Eagles (Harpia harpyja) are the largest extant eagles on Earth …

Species, sex and geo-location identification of seized tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) parts in Nepal—A molecular forensic approach

D Karmacharya, AM Sherchan, S Dulal, P Manandhar… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Tiger (Panthera tigris) populations are in danger across their entire range due to habitat
loss, poaching and the demand for tiger parts. The Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is an …

Estimating occupancy of Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) in a protected and non‐protected area of Nepal

S Sharma, HP Sharma, C Chaulagain… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Chinese pangolin is the world's most heavily trafficked small mammal for luxury food and
traditional medicine. Although their populations are declining worldwide, it is difficult to …

Gut microbiota and their putative metabolic functions in fragmented Bengal tiger population of Nepal

D Karmacharya, P Manandhar, S Manandhar… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) serve a pivotal role as an apex predator in forest
ecosystems. To increase our knowledge on factors impacting the viability and health of this …

Understanding the environmental and anthropogenic correlates of tiger presence in a montane conservation landscape

U Penjor, CKW Tan, S Wangdi, DW Macdonald - Biological Conservation, 2019 - Elsevier
Management of tigers is a response to a global conservation crisis. Range contraction,
population decline, habitat fragmentation, prey loss, and poaching cause and aggravate this …