| molecular phylogeography and genetic differentiation of blue sheep pseudois nayaurszechuanensis and pseudois schaeferi in china. | within the genus pseudois (bovidae, artiodactyla), two challenges are faced by taxonomists. first, the designation of the two subspecies of blue sheep, pseudois nayaur nayaur and pseudois nayaurszechuanensis, tends to be questionable with the accumulation of morphological and molecular data. second, the taxonomic status of the dwarf blue sheep (pseudois schaeferi) has been controversial since its discovery, and molecular analyses with relatively small sample sizes have not painted a clear pictur ... | 2008 | 18565767 |
| patterns of snow leopard site use in an increasingly human-dominated landscape. | human population growth and concomitant increases in demand for natural resources pose threats to many wildlife populations. the landscapes used by the endangered snow leopard (panthera uncia) and their prey is increasingly subject to major changes in land use. we aimed to assess the influence of 1) key human activities, as indicated by the presence of mining and livestock herding, and 2) the presence of a key prey species, the blue sheep (pseudois nayaur), on probability of snow leopard site us ... | 2016 | 27171203 |