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Figure 1. Study area location within prime snow leopard habitat in the Kangchenjunga Conservation Area, northern Nepal where we conducted snow leopard scat collection and Naur and livestock surveys during Spring (April-May) 2012. Blue dots denote putative snow leopard scat collection sites in the sampling grids (4*4km2).
Figure 2. Location points of individual snow leopard identified by fecal DNA analysis within the four major blocks of potential snow leopard habitat (Ramjer, Khambachen, Yagma and Gola) of the KCA during the Spring Season (April- May) 2012.
Table 1. Summary of Model Parameters for Snow Leopard Fecal DNA analysis from the KCA, 2012. (Bayesian p-value based on individual encounters: 0.75); Sigma- Encounter probability, Lamda- Detection probability at trap location that considered home range, Psi- Data augmentation parameter (the ratio of the number of animals actually presents within S to the maximum allowable number), Nsuper- Population size, and Density- Animals per 100 km2).