Research Papers

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Thesis

• Distribution range, population status, and threats to Indian grey wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) and Asiatic Jackal (Canis aureus) in Lehri Nature Park, district Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan.  (ADOBE PDF) (New)

• Ecology, Genetics and Conservation of Himalayan Brown Bears, Muhammad Ali Nawaz (PhD) Thesis 2008-2009, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Department of Ecology and Natural Resources. (ADOBE PDF)

• Conservation of leopard in Ayubia National Park, Pakistan, Lodhi, Asad, M.S. May 2007, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT. (ADOBE PDF)

• A study on ecobiology of Gray Goral (Naemorhedus goral) with reference to Pakistan, Fakhar-i-Abbas (2006), University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. (ADOBE PDF)

 

Research Papers

Mammals:

• Jaffar. U. Din and M. A. Nawaz, 2010. Status of the Himalayan Lynx (Lynx lynx) in Distric Chitral, NWFP, Pakistan. The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences 20(1): 2010, Pages: 17-22 ISSN: 1018-7081. (ADOBE PDF) (New)
   

• Riaz Aziz Minhas, Khawaja Basharat Ahmed, Muhammad Siddique Awan, Naeem Iftikhar Dar, 2010. Habitat Utilization and Feeding Biology of Himalayan Grey Langur (Semnopithecus entellus ajex) in Machiara National Park, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. 动 物 学 研 究 2010，Apr. 31(2)： − CN 53-1040/Q ISSN 0254-5853 Zoological Research DOI：10.3724/SP.J.1141.2010.01035. (ADOBE PDF) (New)
   

• MINHAS, R. A., AHMED, K, B., AWAN, M. S., and DAR, N. I. 2010. Social Organization and Reproductive Biology of Himalayan Grey Langur (Semnopithecus entellus ajex) in Machiara National Park Azad Kashmir (Pakistan). Pak. J. Zool., Vol. 42 (1): 15p. (ADOBE PDF)
   

• Naeem Iftikhar Dar , Riaz Aziz Minhas, Qamar Zaman, Matthew Linkie, 2009. Predicting the patterns, perceptions and causes of human–carnivore conflict in and around Machiara National Park, Pakistan. Pakistan. Biol. Conserv. (2009), doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2009.04.003. (ADOBE PDF)
   

• ALI, U., AHMED, K. B., AWAN, M. S., ASHRIF, S., KHAN, B. and AWAN, M. N. 2007. Distribution and population estimation of Himalayan Ibex (Capra ibex sibirica) in upper Neelum valley, District Neelum Azad Kashmir. Pak. J. Biol. Sci. 10(18): 3150-3153. (ADOBE PDF)
   

• Baseer ud Din Qureshi, Muhammad Siddique Awan, Aleem Ahmed Khan, Naheem Iftikhar Dar and Muhammad Ejaz-ul-Islam Dar, 2004. Distribution of Himalayan Musk Deer (Moschus chrysogaster) in Neelum Valley, District Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir.  Journal of Biological Sciences 4 (2): 258-261, 2004. (ADOBE PDF)
   

• Aleem Ahmed Khan, Baseer ud din Qureshi and Muhammad Siddique Awan, 2006. Impact of musk trade on the decline in Himalayan musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster) population in Neelum Valley, Pakistan. CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 91, NO. 5, 10 SEPTEMBER 2006. (ADOBE PDF)
   

• Muhammad Akbar, Abdul Qadeer Mehal and Muhammad Javed Arshed, Punjab Wildlife Research Institute, Gutwala, Faisalabad, Pakistan. Population Estimation of Indus Dolphin from Jinnah-Guddu Barrage. Journal of Applied Sciences 4 (I): 21-23, 2004, ISSN 1607-8926. (ADOBE PDF)
   

• M. Anwar Maan and A. Aleern Chaudhry, Punjab Wildlife Research Institute. Gatwala, Faisalabad-Pakistan. Application of Probability Method in lndus Dolphin (Platanista minor) Population Estimation. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 3 (4): 677-678. 2000. (ADOBE PDF)
   

• M. Akbar , R.A.J. Khan , S. Mehboob and Z.U. Nisa 1122 Punjab Wildlife Research Institute, Gatwala, Faisalabad, Pakistan,  Zoology Department, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan. Wildlife of Border Belt Game Reserve District Narowal, Punjab, Pakistan. (ADOBE PDF)
   

• Bellemain, E., Nawaz, M. A., Valentini, A., Swenson, J. E. , Taberlet, 2007. Genetic tracking of the brown bear in northern Pakistan and implications for conservation. Biological Conservation, 1 3 4 ( 2 0 0 7 ) 5 3 7 –5 4 7. (ADOBE PDF)
   

• O.B. Kok, C.R. Haddad, D.J. Van Niekerk, H.J.B. Butler and M.A. Nawaz, 2005. Invertebrates as a Potential Food Source of Brown Bears on the Deosai Plateau, Northern Pakistan.  Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 8 (1): 13-19, 2005. (ADOBE PDF)
   

• Rukhsana Talat, Tanweer Khanum and Aliya Hayat, 2005. Studies on Mammalian Haematozoan Parasites of NWFP Pakistan.  Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 8 (5): 726-729, 2005. (ADOBE PDF)
   

• Leopard (Panther pardus) in Dara Adam Khail (North West Frontier Province, Pakistan (Squardon Leader Zulfiqar Ahmed ) (MS WORD)
   

• Status of Blanford's Urial (Ovis orientalis [vignei] blanfordi) and Sindh Ibex (Capra aegagrus blythii) on the Dureji Game Management Area, Bolochistan, Pakistan. 2003. Michael R. Frisina, Ghulam Ali Awan and Michael Woodford (ADOBE PDF)
   

• Status of the Punjab Urial (Ovis orientalis [vignei] punjabiensis) Population in the Kalabagh, Salt Range of Punjab Province, Pakistan. August 2001. Michael R. Frisina, Michael H. Woodford and Gulam Ali Awan  (ADOBE PDF)
   

• Habitat and Disease Issues of Concern to Management of Straight-Horned Markhor and Afghan Urial in the Torghar Hills, Balochistan, pakistan. 2002. Michael R. Frisina, Michael H. Woodford and Ghulam Ali Awan  (ADOBE PDF)
   

• Sulieman Markhor (Capra falconeri jerdoni) and Afghan Urial (Ovis orientalis cycloceros) Population Studies in the Torghar Hills, Balochistan Province, Pakistan. March 2000. Michael R. Frisina  (ADOBE PDF)
   

• Population Trend of Suleiman markhor (Capra falconeri jerdoni) and Afghan Urial (Ovis orientalis cycloceros) With Reference to Habitat Conditions, Torghar Hills, Baluchistan, Pakistan. May 1998. Michael R. Frisina, Charles Woods and Michael Woodford  (ADOBE PDF)
   

• Status and new records of Ladakh Urial (Ovis orientalis vignei) in northern Pakistan, Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Caprinae Specialist Group, October 2004  (ADOBE PDF)
   

• Status of Flare-horned Markhor in Chitral Gol National Park and Tushi Game Reserve, Pakistan, Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Caprinae Specialist Group, May 2001  (ADOBE PDF)
   

 

Birds:

• Muhammad Naeem Awan and Mir Mohammad Saleem. 2007. Avifaunal Diversity of the Pattika Recreational Park, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. 动 物 学 研 究 2007，Dec. 28(6): 634－639 CN 53-1040/Q ISSN 0254-5853 Zoological Research. (ADOBE PDF) (New)
   

• MUHAMMAD NAEEM AWAN, MUHAMMAD SIDDIQUE AWAN, KHAWAJA BASHARAT AHMED, ALEEM AHMED KHAN AND NAEEM IFTIKHAR DAR, 2004. A Preliminary Study on Distribution of Avian Fauna of Muzaffarabad–Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2004. (ADOBE PDF)
   

• AWAN, M. N. and AWAN, M. S. 2007. Altitudinal range and abundance of five species of Tits in Machiara National Park, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Ukarinian J. Zool. Berkut. Vol. 2, No. 6: 240-243. (ADOBE PDF)
   

• MOHAMMAD NAEEM AWAN,MIR MOHAMMAD SALEEM, M. SIDDIQUE AWAN AND KHAWAJA BASHARAT, 2006. Distribution, Status and Habitat Utilization of Alectoris chukar in Machiara National Park District Muzaffarabad Azad Kashmir. Journal of Agriculture and Social Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2006. (ADOBE PDF)
   

• AWAN, M.S., KHAN, A. A., QURESHI, M.A., AHMED, K.B. and MURTAZA, G. 2004. Habitat Utilization of Cheer Pheasant (Catreus wallichii) in Jhelum Valley, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. J. Applied Sci., 4(2): 250-256. (ADOBE PDF)
   

• AWAN M.S, KHAN, A. A., AHMED, K.B. QURESHI, M.A. and DAR, N.I. 2004. First Breeding and Nidification Record of Cheer Pheasant (Catreus wallichii) in Jhelum Valley, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. J. Bio. Sci., 4 (3): 304-308. (ADOBE PDF)
   

• Muhammad Siddique Awan, Aleem Ahmed Khan, Khawaja Basharat Ahmed, Masood Ahmed Qureshi, Mushtaq Ahmed Malik and Naeem Iftikhar Dar, 2004. Population Dynamics of Cheer Pheasant (Catreus wallichii) in Jhelum Valley, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 7 (5): 789-796, 2004. (ADOBE PDF)
   

• Abdul Shakoor Khan, Muhammad Siddique Awan, Khawaja Basharat Ahmed and Naeem Iftikhar Dar, 2006. Distribution and Population Status of Cheer Pheasant (Catreus wallichii) in Phalla Game Reserve, District Bagh, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 9 (5): 810-815, 2006. (ADOBE PDF)
   

• Karim Gabol, Sajid Mehmood, Nikhat Yasmin, R M Tariq and Rahila Tabassum.  Distribution, Status of Migratory and Resident Waterfowls of Drigh Lake (Sindh) Wildlife Sanctuary. (ADOBE PDF)

• Karim Gabol, Department of Zoology (Wild life and Fisheries), University of Karachi, Pakistan. Observation on the Water Flow of Hadero Lake (Sindh).  (ADOBE PDF)

• Zulfiqar Ali and Muhammad Akhtar. Surveys at wetlands in Punjab, Pakistan, with special reference to the present status of White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala.  (ADOBE PDF)
   

• H. A. Khan and M. A. Beg, 1998. Roosts and Roosting Habits of Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula Krameri) in Central Punjab (Pakistan). Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 1 (1): 37-38, 1998. (ADOBE PDF)
   

• Rukhsana Talat, 2005. Infection of Haematozoan Parasites Found in Birds of NWFP (Pakistan). Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 8 (1): 1-5,2005. (ADOBE PDF)
   

• Measures to enhance the effectiveness of the Cheer pheasant re-introduction project (Squardon Leader Zulfiqar Ahmed ) (MS WORD)
   

• Identification and Development of traits for successful Re-Introduction of Captive Bred Cheer Pheasants (Squardon Leader Zulfiqar Ahmed ) (MS WORD)

 

Amphibians:

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• Muhammad Sharif Khan. Amphibians of Pakistan. Reptilia, GB, The European Herp Journal: #56: February, 2008.

• ______,  and  Mufti, S. A. 1994a. Oral disc morphology  of  amphibian tadpole and its functional correlates. Pakistan J. Zool.,  26:25-30.
   

• Khan. M. S. 1990. The impact of human activities on the status and distribution of amphibians in Pakistan. Hamadryad, 15:21-24.
   

• ______, December 2003. The larval hyobranchial skeleton of five anuran species and its ecological correlates. HERPETOZOA 16 (3/4): 133-140.
   

• ______,  and Tasnim, Rashida, 1992. On a strange escape behavior shown by common Pakistani toad Bufo stomaticus to an ophidian predator. The Snake, 24:74-76.
   

• ______, 2002. Riparian tadpoles of Punjab, Pakistan: Bufo stomaticus Lutkin, 1862. Bulletin Chicago Herpetological Society,37(12):216-219.
   

• ______, 2001. Notes on Cranial-Ridged Toads of Pakistan and Description of a new subspecies (Amphibia:Bufonidae). Pakistan J. Zool., 33(4): 293-298.
   

• ______, 1997. A new subspecies of common skittering frog Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (Schneider, 1799) from Balochistan, Pakistan. Pakistan J. Zool., 29(2):107-112.
   

• ______, 2004. Riparian tadpoles: Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin, 1902) with notes on breeding habits and feeding ecology. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society, 39(6):101-104.
   

• Dubois,  A.  and Khan, M. S. 1979. A new species of  frog  (genus Rana, subgenus Paa) from northern Pakistan (Amphibia, Anura).  J. Herpetol., 13:403-410
   

• ______, and Malik, S. A.1987 b. Reproductive strategies in a subtropical anuran population in arid Punjab, Pakistan. Biologia (Lahore), 33:279-303.
   

• ______, 2002. Riparian tadpoles of Punjab, Pakistan: Bufo stomaticus Lutkin, 1862. Bulletin Chicago Herpetological Society,37(12):216-219.
   

• Khan,  M.  S.  1965.  A normal table  of  Bufo  stomaticus  (Bufo melanostictus). Biologia (Lahore), 11:1-39.

 

Reptiles:

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• Muhammad Akbar, Muhammad Mushtaq-ul-Hassan, and Zaib –u-Nisa.  Distribution of Freshwater Turtles in Punjab, Pakistan.  Caspian J. Env. Sci. 2006, Vol. 4 No. 2 pp. 142~ 146.

• Muhammad Sharif Khan, Herpetological Laboratory, Rabwah 35460, Pakistan.  Intergeneric Relations of the Angular - Toed Geckos of Circum Western Himalayas (Sauria: Gekkonidae).  Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 41(1), Fjp. 29-34, 2009.

• MUHAMMAD SHARIF KHAN, Herpetological Laboratory, Rabwah 35460, Pakistan.  Development of Digestive System of Indus Valley Toad, Bufo stomaticus Lutken.  Pakistan J. Zoo/., vol. 40(4), pp. 275-282, 2008.  

• Muhammad Sharif Khan.  BIOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION OF GECKOS OF GENUS Indogekko, KHAN, 2003 (SAURIA: GEKKONIDAE).  Russian Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2008, pp. 87 – 92.

• Muhammad Sharif Khan.  Review of the morphology, ecology, and distribution of geckos of the genus Cyrtopodion, with a note on generic placement of Cyrtopodion brachykolon Krysko et. al., 2007.  Caspian J. Env. Sci. 2008, Vol. 6 No. 1 pp. 79~86.
   

• ______, 2002. Key and checklist to the lizards of Pakistan (Reptilia: Squamata: Sauria).   HERPETOZOA 15 (3/4):  99-119. Bulletin Chicago Herpetological Society.
   

• ______, 1993. A new angular-toed gecko from Pakistan, with remarks on the  taxonomy and a key to the species belonging to genus Cyrtodactylus   (Reptilia:Sauria:Geckkonidae). Pakistan J. Zool, 25:67-73.
   

• ______, and Khan, M.R.Z. Khan, 1997. A new skink from the Thal Desert of Pakistan. Asiatic. Herpetol. Research, 7:61-67.
   

• ______, 2001. Taxonomic notes on angular-toed gekkota of Pakistan, with description of a new species of genus Cyrtopodion. Pakistan J. Zool., 33(1):13-24.
   

• ______, 1992. Validity of the mountain  gecko  Gymnodactylus  walli Ingoldby, 1922. Herptol. J., 2:106-109.
   

• ______,1997. Taxonomic notes on Pakistani snakes of  Coluber-karelini-rhodorachis-ventromaculatus species complex: a new approach  to the problem. Asiatic Herpetol. Res. 7:51-60.
   

• ______,  and Tasnim, Rashida, 1986c. Notes on the Himalayan pit viper, Agkistrodon himalayanus (Gunther). Litteratura Serpentium. (Eng. Ed.)  6:46-55.
   

• ______, 1991.   Endangered  species  of  reptiles  of  Pakistan   and suggested   conservation  measures.:42-45.  In  Handbook published   to  mark second seminar on "Nature conservation and environmental protection", 12  March,  1991,  Islamabad.  Pakistan   Wildlife Conservation Foundation, Islamabad.
   

• 1998. Notes on Typhlops diardi Schlegel, 1839, with description of a new subspecies (squamata, Serpentes, Scolecophidia). Pakistan J. Zool., 30(3):213-221.
   

• 1999. Typhlops ductuliformes  a new species of  blind snakes from Pakistan, with notes on extralimital  T. porrectus Stoliczka, 1871 (Serpentes:Typhlopidae). Pakistan J. Zool.,31(4):385-390.
   

• 1999. Two new species and a subspecies of blind snakes of genus Typhlops from Azad Kashmir and Punjab, Pakistan (Sertentes:Typhlopidae). Russian J. Herpetol., 6(3):231-240.
   

• ______, Snakes in Pakistani Folklore. In: A Guide to the Snakes of Pakistan. Pages: 222-231. publisher Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 2002.
   

• ___ 2003. Notes on circum Indus geckos of genus Cyrtopodion (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Gekkota, Quedlinburg, 4: 43-59.

• M. Zaheer Khan and Nazia Mahmood, 2004.  Study of Population Status and Natural History of Agamid Lizards of Karachi.   Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 7 (1 1): 1942.1 945, 2004.

 

General:

• Qamar-u-Zarnan Qamar, Muhammad Siddique Awan, Maqsood Anwar and Shahid Mahboob. Status of Wildlife Species and Their Management in Ghomat Game Reserve District Muzaffarabad. J. Nat. Sci., Vol. 3-4(1-2), 2005-6, pp.lOO-108. (ADOBE PDF) (New)
   

• Muhammad Sharif Khan, Checkliste und Bestimmungsschlüssel der Schildkröten und Krokodile Pakistans.  TESTUDO (SIGS), 12(4), Dezember 2003. (IN GERMAN)

• M. Anwar Maan and A. Aleem Chaudhry, 2001. Wildlife Diversity in the Punjab (Pakistan).  OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences 1 (5): 417-420, 2001.
  

• ______, 2004. Annotated Checklist of amphibians and reptiles of Pakistan. Asiatic Herpetological Research, 10: 191-201.
   

• ______, 1999. Herpetology of habitat types of Pakistan. Pakistan J. Zool.,31(3):275-289.
   

• Biology and Conservation of the Amphibians, Reptiles and their habitats in South Asia, Proceedings of the International Conference on the Biology and Conservation of the Amphibians and Reptiles of South Asia, held at the Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy and University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, August 1-5, 1996.
   

• Conservation of wildlife and its habitat in Soan Valley, Punjab (Squardon Leader Zulfiqar Ahmed ) (MS WORD)

Scientific Reports/ Case Studies

• Muhammad Waseem and Muhammad Kabir, 2010. Human Leopard Conflict Assessment In Pir Lasora National Park Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. Project report to WWF-Pakistan. (ADOBE PDF) (New)

• Waseem Ahmad KHAN, Mohammad QASIM, Ejaz AHMAD, Ghulam AKBAR, Ali Hassan HABIB, Hassan ALI, Faisal MUEEN, Abdul Aleem CHAUDHRY, Shahid IQBAL, Hussain Bux BHAAGAT, Mohammad AKHTAR, Mohammad Shafiq AHMAD. A SURVEY OF SMOOTH COATED OTTERS (Lutrogale perspicillata sindica) IN THE SINDH PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN. (ADOBE PDF) (New)

• Saving the Indus Blind Dolphin, A case study of the The Community Based Ecotourism Project of The Adventure Foundation of Pakistan at Taunsa Barrage, final report September 2002  (ADOBE PDF)

• Bear Baiting in Pakistan ( report from the World Society for Protection of Animals ) (ADOBE PDF)

• Husain, Syed Tasvir. 2001. Survey of the Asiatic Cheetah in Balochistan Province, Pakistan. Part 1 ( final project report to CAT ) (MS WORD)

• Husain, Syed Tasvir. 2001. Survey of the Asiatic Cheetah in Balochistan Province, Pakistan. Part 2 ( final project report to CAT ) (MS WORD)