Population of Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus) in Kaghan and Siran Valleys, District Mansehra, Pakistan
Zaib Ullah1*, Sajid Mahmood2,3, Zafar Iqbal4, Fakhar-i-Abbas5, Naveed Akhtar1 and Abdul Majid Khan6*
1Department of Zoology, Hazara University Sub-Campus Battargram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
2Department of Zoology Hazara University, Dhodial Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 21120, Pakistan
3Department of Zoology, University of Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan
4Department of Botany Hazara University, Dhodial Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 21120, Pakistan
5Centre for Bioresource Research, Islamabad, Pakistan
6Institute of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Fig. 1.
Map showing the locations of volunteers responding to the questionnaire.
Fig. 3.
Google location of the sighted black bear.
Fig. 4.
Encounter rate of mostly (A) and rarely (B) appeared signs from both valleys.
Fig. 2.
Map location of different transects.