List of issues > Series «Biology. Ecology». 2013. Vol. 2
Far Eastern leopard Panthera pardus orientalis diet composition in the Russian Far East
Author(s)
E. I. Salmanova, A. V. Kostirya, D. G. Miquelle
Abstract
Far Eastern leopard diet composition was described based on scat analysis. 146 scat samples collected from October 2008 to December 2011 were analyzed. 14 kinds of prey were described with a predominance of sika deer and roe deer (73 % of the total sample numbers). Diet compositions in two seasons: November-March and April-October were compared. No evidences of difference in seasonal diet composition was found.
Keywords
Far Eastern leopard, diet analysis, diet composition, prey species, scat, seasonality
UDC
59.009