Efficient and cost-effective non-invasive population monitoring as a method to assess the genetic diversity of the last remaining population of Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) in the Russia Far East

• Sujoo Cho,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Research Institute for Veterinary Science and Conservation Genome Resource Bank for Korean Wildlife, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, Tiger and Leopard Conservation Fund in Korea, Seoul, South Korea

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• Puneet Pandey ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration

  * E-mail: puneet.pandey09@snu.ac.kr (PP); director@leopard-land.ru (VB); hanglee@snu.ac.kr (HL)

  Affiliations Research Institute for Veterinary Science and Conservation Genome Resource Bank for Korean Wildlife, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, Tiger and Leopard Conservation Fund in Korea, Seoul, South Korea, ENPROTEC India Foundation, Uttar Pradesh, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5891-3927

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• Jee Yun Hyun,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Research Institute for Veterinary Science and Conservation Genome Resource Bank for Korean Wildlife, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, Tiger and Leopard Conservation Fund in Korea, Seoul, South Korea

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• Taisia Marchenkova,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Federal State Budgetary Institution Joint Directorate of Kedrovaya Pad’ State Biosphere Nature Reserve and Land of the Leopard National Park, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2857-6960

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• Anna Vitkalova,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Federal State Budgetary Institution Joint Directorate of Kedrovaya Pad’ State Biosphere Nature Reserve and Land of the Leopard National Park, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia

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• Timophey Petrov,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Federal State Budgetary Institution Joint Directorate of Kedrovaya Pad’ State Biosphere Nature Reserve and Land of the Leopard National Park, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia

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• Daecheol Jeong,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Research Institute for Veterinary Science and Conservation Genome Resource Bank for Korean Wildlife, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, Tiger and Leopard Conservation Fund in Korea, Seoul, South Korea

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• Jangmi Lee,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Research Institute for Veterinary Science and Conservation Genome Resource Bank for Korean Wildlife, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, Tiger and Leopard Conservation Fund in Korea, Seoul, South Korea

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• Dong Youn Kim,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Research Institute for Veterinary Science and Conservation Genome Resource Bank for Korean Wildlife, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, Tiger and Leopard Conservation Fund in Korea, Seoul, South Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2673-0445

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• Ying Li,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Research Institute for Veterinary Science and Conservation Genome Resource Bank for Korean Wildlife, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, Tiger and Leopard Conservation Fund in Korea, Seoul, South Korea, College of Geography and Ocean Science, Yanbian University, Yanji, Jilin, China

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• Yury Darman,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation WWF-Russia, Amur Branch, Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia

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• Mi-Sook Min,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliations Research Institute for Veterinary Science and Conservation Genome Resource Bank for Korean Wildlife, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, Tiger and Leopard Conservation Fund in Korea, Seoul, South Korea

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• Kyung Seok Kim,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Victor Bardyuk ,

  Roles Project administration, Resources

  * E-mail: puneet.pandey09@snu.ac.kr (PP); director@leopard-land.ru (VB); hanglee@snu.ac.kr (HL)

  Affiliation Federal State Budgetary Institution Joint Directorate of Kedrovaya Pad’ State Biosphere Nature Reserve and Land of the Leopard National Park, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia

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• Hang Lee

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources

  * E-mail: puneet.pandey09@snu.ac.kr (PP); director@leopard-land.ru (VB); hanglee@snu.ac.kr (HL)

  Affiliations Research Institute for Veterinary Science and Conservation Genome Resource Bank for Korean Wildlife, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, Tiger and Leopard Conservation Fund in Korea, Seoul, South Korea

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