Amur tigers and leopards returning to China: direct evidence and a landscape conservation plan

Tianming Wang,Xiaojun Kou,Haitao Yang,Jianguo Wu,Yu Tian,Hongyan Wu,Dale G Miquelle,Li Zhang,Bo Zhou,Limin Feng,Yanchao Cheng,Pu Mou,Jianping Ge,Xuemei Han,Xiaodan Zhao,Run Xu ,Wei Xiao ,Chadwick Dearing Oliver ,Hongwei Dou ,Qiqiang Guo ,James L Smith

doi:10.1007/s10980-015-0278-1

Amur tigers and leopards returning to China: direct evidence and a landscape conservation plan

Tianming Wang, Xiaojun Kou + Show 19 more

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-015-0278-1

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Journal: Landscape Ecology	Publication Date: Sep 25, 2015
Citations: 89

Affiliation: Beijing Normal University, Arizona State University, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Wildlife Conservation Society, Yale University, Northeast Forestry University, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, University of Minnesota, NatureServe

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Context The Amur tiger and leopard, once roaming over the Eurasian continent, are now endangered and confined to the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Russia—a landscape that has been increasingly fragmented due to human activities. The ultimate fate of these big cats depends on whether they can resettle in their previous main historical range in NE China. Recent sightings of these animals along the China–Russia border have aroused new hope, but direct evidence is lacking.

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