2.6 Species dispersal distance
We estimated the dispersal capacity of North China leopard according to
the allometric growth equations
(Santini et al., 2013 ), with body
weight and home range as inputs data. Information about North China
leopard’ body weight was extracted from the literature (Online
Resources). The adult male body weight of North China leopard is about
60-75 kg, and the adult female is about 40-55 kg. Data on home range
were from panTHERIA (Jones et al.,
2009 ). The maximum dispersal distance of North China leopard is
calculated asd =13.11×BS 0.34×HR 0.27,BS is body weight (kg), HR is home range
(km2), and dispersal distance d is in km.