10.5061/DRYAD.4G87S
Rostro-García, Susana
University of Oxford
Kamler, Jan F.
Panthera Corporation
Crouthers, Rachel
World Wide Fund for Nature Cambodia, Street 352, Boeun Keng Kang I,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Sopheak, Keo
Provincial Department of Environment, Mondulkiri, Sen Monorom, Cambodia
Prum, Sovanna
World Wide Fund for Nature Cambodia, Street 352, Boeun Keng Kang I,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
In, Visattha
World Wide Fund for Nature Cambodia, Street 352, Boeun Keng Kang I,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Pin, Chanratana
University of Oxford
Caragiulo, Anthony
American Museum of Natural History
Macdonald, David W.
University of Oxford
Data from: An adaptable but threatened big cat: density, diet and prey
selection of the Indochinese leopard (Panthera pardus delacouri) in
eastern Cambodia
Dryad
dataset
2018
Panthera pardus delacouri
Panthera pardus
population decline
spatially explicit capture-recapture models
food habits
intersexual differences
Bos javanicus
2018-01-08T14:19:08Z
2018-01-08T14:19:08Z
en
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171187
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We studied the Indochinese leopard (Panthera pardus delacouri) in eastern
Cambodia, in one of the few potentially remaining viable populations in
Southeast Asia. The aims were to determine the: (i) current leopard
density in Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary (SWS) and (ii) diet, prey selection
and predation impact of leopard in SWS. The density, estimated using
spatially explicit capture–recapture models, was 1.0 leopard/100 km2, 72%
lower than an estimate from 2009 at the same site, and one of the lowest
densities ever reported in Asia. Dietary analysis of 73 DNA confirmed
scats showed leopard consumed 13 prey species, although ungulates
comprised 87% of the biomass consumed (BC). The overall main prey (42% BC)
was banteng (Bos javanicus), making this the only known leopard population
whose main prey had adult weight greater than 500 kg. Consumption of wild
pig (Sus scrofa) was also one of the highest ever reported (22% BC),
indicating leopard consistently predated on ungulates with some of the
largest adult weights in SWS. There were important differences in diet and
prey selection between sexes, as males consumed mostly banteng (62% BC) in
proportion to availability, but few muntjac (Muntiacus vaginalis; 7% BC),
whereas females selectively consumed muntjac (56% BC) and avoided banteng
(less than 1% BC). Predation impact was low (0.5–3.2% of populations) for
the three ungulate species consumed. We conclude that the Indochinese
leopard is an important apex predator in SWS, but this unique population
is declining at an alarming rate and will soon be eradicated unless
effective protection is provided.
READMEFile describing the datasets accompanying the above
publicationLeopard DietFile containing the raw data used to determine the
diet of leopard in Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia. Only confirmed
leopard scats were used for the analysis and are shown here.Individual
Leopard GenotypeFile containing the genotype data from each individual
leopardLine TransectsFile containing the data collected for banteng, wild
pig, and muntjac in 2014Camera TrapDates camera trap stations were set,
checked, and collectedUngulates DensityFile containing the density,
estimated using Distance 6.2, of banteng, wild pig, and muntjac in the
inner core zone (450 km2) of Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary during
2014Ungulates Detection FunctionsFile containing the Detection Functions
produced in Distance 6.2 for banteng (A), wild pig (B), and muntjac (C)
for line-transect data collected during 2014 in the Eastern Plains
Landscape, Cambodia