Peer Review #2 of "The impact of leopards (Panthera pardus) on livestock losses and human injuries in a human-use landscape in Maharashtra, India (v0.1)"
Abstract:Manuscript to be reviewed There are many ways in which large carnivores and humans interact in shared spaces. In this study we provide insights into human-leopard relationships in an entirely modified, human-dominated landscape inhabited by dense populations of humans (266 per km), their livestock (162 per km 2) and relatively high densities of large predators (10 per 100 km 2). No human deaths were recorded, livestock losses to leopards numbered only 0.45 per km 2 per year (averaged over three years) despite … Show more
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