About the Authors

Koustubh Sharma

koustubhsharma@gmail.com

Affiliations Snow Leopard Trust, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore, Karnataka, India

Rana Bayrakcismith

Affiliation Panthera, New York, New York, United States of America

Lkhagvasumberel Tumursukh

Affiliations Snow Leopard Trust, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Snow Leopard Conservation Foundation, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia

Orjan Johansson

Affiliations Snow Leopard Trust, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Panthera, New York, New York, United States of America, Grimso Wildlife Research Station, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Purevsuren Sevger

Affiliations Snow Leopard Trust, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Snow Leopard Conservation Foundation, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia

Tom McCarthy

Affiliation Panthera, New York, New York, United States of America

Charudutt Mishra

Affiliations Snow Leopard Trust, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore, Karnataka, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS CM. Performed the experiments: KS LT OJ PS. Analyzed the data: KS RB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CM TM. Wrote the paper: KS CM TM RB PS LT OJ. Project managers, helped coordinate field work and analysis: TM CM.