Mapping black panthers: Macroecological modeling of melanism in leopards (Panthera pardus)

• Lucas G. da Silva ,

  * E-mail: lucas.silva@pucrs.br (LGS); eduardo.eizirik@pucrs.br (EE)

  Affiliation PUCRS, Faculdade de Biociências, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Kae Kawanishi,

  Affiliation Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

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• Philipp Henschel,

  Affiliation Panthera - Lion Program, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Andrew Kittle,

  Affiliation Wilderness & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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• Arezoo Sanei,

  Affiliation Asian Leopard Specialist Society, Tehran, Iran

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• Alexander Reebin,

  Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Dale Miquelle,

  Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Andrew B. Stein,

  Affiliations Landmark College, Putney, Vermont, United States of America, Botswana Predator Conservation Trust, Maun, Botswana

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• Anjali Watson,

  Affiliation Wilderness & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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• Laurence Bruce Kekule,

  Affiliation BK Wildlife Photography Co., Bangkok, Thailand

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• Ricardo B. Machado,

  Affiliation Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

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• Eduardo Eizirik

  * E-mail: lucas.silva@pucrs.br (LGS); eduardo.eizirik@pucrs.br (EE)

  Affiliations PUCRS, Faculdade de Biociências, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Instituto Pró-Carnívoros, Atibaia, São Paulo, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9658-0999

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