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6 summaries matching “dog” in Urban Wildcat Ecology on leopard
Big cats in our backyards: leopards persisting in a human-dominated Indian landscape
PaperThis influential study documented free-ranging leopards living at high density in the densely populated, intensively cultivated countryside of Maharashtra, India, far from any protected forest. Using…
Athreya V, Odden M, Linnell JDC, Krishnaswamy J, Karanth U · PLoS ONE · 2013
Leopards provide public health benefits by preying on free-ranging dogs in Mumbai
PaperThis study quantified an unexpected ecosystem service delivered by leopards inhabiting Sanjay Gandhi National Park inside greater Mumbai. By modelling leopard diet, in which feral and stray dogs form…
Braczkowski AR, OBryan CJ, Stringer MJ, Watson JEM, Possingham HP, Beyer HL · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment · 2018
Research overview: diet of urban-adjacent leopards and reliance on domestic prey
OverviewStudies of leopard diet around Mumbai and across rural Maharashtra consistently find heavy reliance on domestic animals, particularly free-ranging dogs, alongside livestock, feral pigs, rodents and sm…
Research overview: leopard density inside Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai
OverviewSanjay Gandhi National Park is a roughly hundred-square-kilometre forest island embedded within metropolitan Mumbai, hosting one of the highest known leopard densities recorded near a megacity. This o…
Research overview: patterns and drivers of leopard attacks on people near Indian cities
OverviewLeopard attacks on humans, though rare relative to encounter frequency, shape public perception and policy across urban-adjacent India. This overview surveys research on the spatial and temporal clust…
Research overview: stray dogs as an anthropogenic prey subsidy for urban leopards
OverviewIn and around many South Asian cities, free-ranging and stray dogs constitute a major prey base that sustains leopards at densities unattainable on wild prey alone. This overview synthesises diet and…