| translocation as a tool for mitigating conflict with leopards in human-dominated landscapes of india. | we examined the efficacy of a translocation program in which large numbers of leopards (panthera pardus fusca) were trapped in human-dominated landscapes where livestock attacks were common and human attacks rare and released into adjoining forested areas in an attempt to reduce leopard presence and mitigate conflicts at the capture site. in the year starting in february of 2001, 29 leopards were captured in the human-dominated rural landscape of the junnar region (4275 km(2) , 185 people/km(2) ... | 2010 | 21054526 |
| big cats in our backyards: persistence of large carnivores in a human dominated landscape in india. | protected areas are extremely important for the long term viability of biodiversity in a densely populated country like india where land is a scarce resource. however, protected areas cover only 5% of the land area in india and in the case of large carnivores that range widely, human use landscapes will function as important habitats required for gene flow to occur between protected areas. in this study, we used photographic capture recapture analysis to assess the density of large carnivores in ... | 2013 | 23483933 |
| adaptable neighbours: movement patterns of gps-collared leopards in human dominated landscapes in india. | understanding the nature of the interactions between humans and wildlife is of vital importance for conflict mitigation. we equipped five leopards with gps-collars in maharashtra (4) and himachal pradesh (1), india, to study movement patterns in human-dominated landscapes outside protected areas. an adult male and an adult female were both translocated 52 km, and exhibited extensive, and directional, post release movements (straight line movements: male = 89 km in 37 days, female = 45 km in 5 mo ... | 2014 | 25390067 |