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- Title
Density of leopards (<italic>Panthera pardus kotiya</italic>) in Horton Plains National Park in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka.
- Authors
Kittle, Andrew M.; Watson, Anjali C.
- Abstract
Quantitative ecological data needs to inform management of the endangered, endemic Sri Lankan leopard. Estimating habitat-specific leopard density and prey availability provides important baselines and improved understanding of the island-wide population. We used remote cameras in a spatially explicit capture-recapture framework to estimate leopard density (11.7 adult individuals/100 km2) and distance sampling to estimate prey density, within Horton Plains National Park. Sambar density was 178/km2 within the central grasslands, which represent a spatially anchored resource for sambar and in turn, a highly clumped, abundant resource for leopards. This study represents the first robust estimate of leopard density in Sri Lanka’s montane zone.
- Subjects
LEOPARD; ANIMAL population density; PREY availability; ENDANGERED species; ANIMAL diversity conservation; MOUNTAIN ecology; HORTON Plains National Park (Sri Lanka); ANIMAL behavior
- Publication
Mammalia: International Journal of the Systematics, Biology & Ecology of Mammals, 2018, Vol 82, Issue 2, p183
- ISSN
0025-1461
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/mammalia-2016-0139