Ancient DNA reveals genetic admixture in China during tiger evolution

X Sun, YC Liu, MP Tiunov, DO Gimranov… - Nature ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is a charismatic megafauna species that originated and diversified
in Asia and probably experienced population contraction and expansion during the …

Tigers of the world: genomics and conservation

SJ Luo, YC Liu, X Xu - Annual review of animal biosciences, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Of all the big cats, or perhaps of all the endangered wildlife, the tiger may be both the most
charismatic and most well-recognized flagship species in the world. The rapidly changing …

Unsustainable anthropogenic mortality disrupts natal dispersal and promotes inbreeding in leopards

VN Naude, GA Balme, J O'Riain… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic mortality of wildlife is typically inferred from measures of the absolute decline
in population numbers. However, increasing evidence suggests that indirect demographic …

[HTML][HTML] A review of two decades of conservation efforts on tigers, co-predators and prey at the junction of three global biodiversity hotspots in the Transboundary Far …

MS Sarkar, DE Amonge, N Pradhan, H Naing, Z Huang… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The Far-Eastern Himalayan Landscape, a global biodiversity hotspot
spread across parts of India, Myanmar, and China, holds great potential for the long-term …

[HTML][HTML] Density-dependent natal dispersal patterns in a leopard population recovering from over-harvest

J Fattebert, G Balme, T Dickerson, R Slotow, L Hunter - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Natal dispersal enables population connectivity, gene flow and metapopulation dynamics. In
polygynous mammals, dispersal is typically male-biased. Classically, the 'mate …

[HTML][HTML] Vigorous Dynamics Underlie a Stable Population of the Endangered Snow Leopard Panthera uncia in Tost Mountains, South Gobi, Mongolia

K Sharma, R Bayrakcismith, L Tumursukh… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Population monitoring programmes and estimation of vital rates are key to understanding
the mechanisms of population growth, decline or stability, and are important for effective …

[HTML][HTML] The timing of breeding and independence for snow leopard females and their cubs

Ö Johansson, G Ausilio, M Low, P Lkhagvajav… - Mammalian …, 2021 - Springer
Significant knowledge gaps persist on snow leopard demography and reproductive
behavior. From a GPS-collared population in Mongolia, we estimated the timing of mating …

Multi-scale prediction of landscape resistance for tiger dispersal in central India

R Krishnamurthy, SA Cushman, MS Sarkar… - Landscape …, 2016 - Springer
Context Connectivity models for animal movement frequently use resistance surfaces, but
rarely incorporate actual movement data and multiple scale drivers of landscape resistance …

Home range establishment and the mechanisms of philopatry among female Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) at Tuanan

AM Ashbury, EP Willems, SS Utami Atmoko… - Behavioral Ecology and …, 2020 - Springer
Female orangutans exhibit natal philopatry, living in stable home ranges that overlap with
those of their maternal relatives. Using data collected from 2003 to 2017 at Tuanan in …

Large-scale assessment of genetic diversity and population connectivity of Amazonian jaguars (Panthera onca) provides a baseline for their conservation and …

G Lorenzana, L Heidtmann, T Haag, E Ramalho… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Jaguar population genetics has so far not been investigated on a broad scale in the Amazon
rainforest, which constitutes the largest remaining block of continuous habitat for the …