Prey Preference of Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) in South Gobi, Mongolia

Wasim Shehzad; Thomas Michael McCarthy; Francois Pompanon; Lkhagvajav Purevjav; Eric Coissac; Tiayyba Riaz; Pierre Taberlet

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032104

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Prey Preference of Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) in South Gobi, Mongolia

Wasim Shehzad,

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
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Thomas Michael McCarthy,

Affiliation Snow Leopard Program, Panthera, New York, New York, United States of America
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Francois Pompanon,

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
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Lkhagvajav Purevjav,

Affiliation Snow Leopard Conservation Fund, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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Eric Coissac,

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
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Tiayyba Riaz,

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
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Pierre Taberlet

* E-mail: pierre.taberlet@ujf-grenoble.fr

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
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Prey Preference of Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) in South Gobi, Mongolia

Wasim Shehzad,
Thomas Michael McCarthy,
Francois Pompanon,
Lkhagvajav Purevjav,
Eric Coissac,
Tiayyba Riaz,
Pierre Taberlet

Published: February 29, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032104

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