Amur Leopards

By: Matthew Sargent, Matthew

Cassidy & Kelsey McIvor
Reasons Why They Are Endangered
● Habitat loss from logging in Northern Russia
● Climate change making less of a snowy cold season
● Poaching for their beautiful fur
Ecosystem: Arctic Tundra in Northern Russia
Biotic Factors:
● Lack of food sources from changing climate in between seasons (less
plants=less herbivores for leopards to eat)
● Logging decreases habitat size & options

Abiotic Factors:

● Less snow melt (water source) as climate warms

○ Causes more competition for limited resource
 Amur Leopards

Food Web of
The Arctic
Tundra
Cycle of Matter and Energy in Arctic Tundra
● Starts w/ CO2 being taken in by Arctic wildflowers/other plants to create energy
○ Ends with the carcusses of animals releasing CO2 & energy back into
environment
● Matter and energy are taken by plants from the atmosphere in the form of CO2
that matter and energy
○ It is released back in the atmosphere with breathing from the animals along
with decomposition from dead bodies
● Matter and energy enter into the hydrosphere with carbon dioxide being absorbed
by the ocean and produced into energy by plants
Trophic Levels

Amur Leopards

Cellular
Respiration

Photosynthesis
Connections to Planet
● Biosphere: layer of life
○ Species of leopard at risk of extinction
○ Would affect Russian ecosystem drastically
● Carbon Cycle: how the environment is suffering
○ Deforestation: releases CO2 stored in trees when cut down to mingle with
atmospheric gas
● Atmosphere: climate change
○ Habitat loss: global warming has cut back snowfall = difficult for leopard to
adjust to warmer climate
Disruption of Homeostasis
● Adaptations to cold no longer help
○ Thick coat
○ Longer legs to walk through snow
● Human Impact
○ Main prey of deer have begun to be raised in farms for food and their antlers
= many leopards shot when trying to hunt caged deer
○ Illegal poaching and trade
○ Logging
○ State of climate due to human race
● Biodiversity
○ Ecosystem needs amur leopards as key predator
Solutions
● Ending climate change
○ Paris Climate Agreement
○ Political activism for more regulations and change
○ Daily adjustments
● Donate to WWF, Phoenix Fund or WCCA
● Spread awareness

These solutions would increase the population of Amur Leopards in Northern

Russia. This would stabilize the biodiversity of the ecosystem with a top
predator back at its natural numbers.
Website
Save the Amur Leopards
PSA video
PSA
Bibliography
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