Status and distribution of the Near Threatened Tibetan argali Ovis ammon hodgsoni in Ladakh, India: effect of a hunting ban
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...The Himalayan ibex deals with resource limitations imposed by migratory herds of goats and sheep around the Indian Trans-Himalayan pastures, while it is unaffected by the resident livestock as most species show habitat separation (Bagchi et al., 2004; Bhatnagar, 1997)....
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...The growth of cashmere production also threatens the endangered Tibetan gazelle (Procapra picticaudata Hodgson, 1846) in the Indian Trans-Himalaya (Namgail et al., 2007, 2009)....
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...The Himalayan blue sheep, bharal or naur (Pseudois nayaur (Hodgson, 1833)) overlaps its diet with goats in the Indian Trans-Himalaya (Mishra et al., 2001, 2004), whereas it is more abundant in neighbouring areas with lower livestock stocking rates (Mishra et al., 2002)....
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...The competition for forage between the wild ass named kiang (Equus kiang Moorcroft, 1841) and livestock generates conflicts with pastoral communities in the Indian Trans-Himalaya which are linked to the loss of pastures during the Indo-Chinese war in 1962 or the increase of the cashmere production there (Bhatnagar et al., 2006)....
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Cites methods from "Status and distribution of the Near..."
...A similar methodology has been used for Tibetan gazelle Procapra picticaudata (Bhatnagar et al., 2006) and Tibetan argali Ovis ammon (Namgail et al., 2009)....
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