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Table 2 Economic valuation

From: Livestock depredation by snow leopard and Tibetan wolf: Implications for herders’ livelihoods in Wangchuck Centennial National Park, Bhutan

Product	Choekhortoe		Dhur
Product	Sum ($)	Mean (m)	Sum ($)	Mean (m)
Butter^a	8555	407 ± 389	6925	407 ± 969
Dry cheese^b	25,979	1237 ± 898	13,366	786 ± 545
Hair products^c	633	30 ± 34	487	28 ± 78
Meat^d	1669	79 ± 94	1626	95 ± 216
Tail^e	155	7 ± 9	54	3 ± 5
Cordyceps^f	129,461	6,164 ± 2,231	121,153	7,126 ± 3,860
Total	166,455	7926	143,615	8,447

Average annual income per herd: $8,159 ± 3,150
Product prices were calculated based on the estimated local average local price in 2016:
^a$5/kg
^b$4.3/24 pcs
^cIncludes sale of rope, bag, raincoat (cost estimated in lump sum)
^d$9.2/kg (dry)
^e$15.3/tail (small) $23/tail (large)
^f$13,846/kg

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