The snow leopard Panthera uncia has declined due to habitat loss, habitat fragmentation
and human persecution. Predator distribution is heavily dependent on prey species …

In countries such as Mongolia, where globalization of the cashmere market has spurred
herders to massively increase their livestock numbers, an important conservation concern is …

This review paper reports on current information about the physical and biological diversity
of high altitude wetlands in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) mountains of northern …

Ungulate conservation directly affects conservation of their predators and habitats.
Assessing conservation status of ungulates found in the mountains is particularly …

We surveyed the urial Ovis vignei and Siberian ibex Capra sibirica in the Hindu Kush
mountain range of Wakhan National Park in north-eastern Afghanistan to determine their …

The high mountains of northern Pakistan comprise the western section of the Hindu Kush-
Karakoram-Himalayas (HKH) region of South and Central Asia. They are home to some rare …

Due to vast area comprising multiple ecological zones, rippling and tough topography and
climatic conditions, presence-only methods cannot contrast wildlife forecasts with the …

Ladakh urial or shapu (Ovis vignei vignei) is an endangered wild sheep still occurring in
small pockets in certain areas of Gilgit Baltistan (GB) besides Ladakh in India. The present …

The IUCN Caprinae action plan (Shackleton 1997) and the previous IUCN Red List of
Threatened Species assessment (Valdez 2008) list one species, Ovis orientalis, for both …

Effective conservation and management of Asiatic black bear Ursus thibetanus requires the
identification and in-depth knowledge of suitable habitats. Habitat suitability models (HSMs) …