Galina Salkina

The Tiger and It's Relations with Other Species in South Sikhote-alin: Materials on Snow Tracking and Observations in Snowless Period Galina Salkina

Last two-ten years period scientists pay big attention on research of Amur tiger. But it concerns little of South Sikhote-Alin, where is Lazovsky State Nature Zapovednik which is a key habitat for tigers in the Russian Far East. Here unique relations between tiger and sika deer have formed after dramatically decrease their number in the beginning of last century from non-control hunting. Situation is repeated due to appearance of illegal market on derivates of tigers and the increasing poaching now. Also the some species are living on north of their area in hard conditions of severe winter here. Author analyzes number dynamic of Amur tiger and the main potential prey - ungulate mammals; distribution of the tigers and the abundance of the ungulate; territorial, marking, hunting behavior and food chain of the predator and poaching on the tiger and the ungulate. Author conducted the snow tracking of tigers and search of any tracks of observated species in all season - traditions Russian method of animal's observation. The book was written for biologists, conservatists and people who are interesting in nature and it's protection.