Verschueren et al.'s camera-trap research in Ondjou Conservancy, Namibia, reveals a surprising array of predators despite human encroachment and prey depletion in the region. Discover the hidden diversity of Namibia's carnivores in @stijn_versch's blog🐾📸
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ALT Left: The brown hyaena was the carnivore most frequently detected by the camera traps. Top right: A camera trap placed on fencepole. Bottom right: The team placing camera traps alongside roads, game trails and suspected movement paths of carnivores.
Monitoring cheetahs is imperative for conservation planning, but challenging due to the species' wide range and low detection rates.
Combining detection dog surveys and camera traps reduced the effort required to accurately survey the cheetah population.
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ALT Leopards walking on a tree branch (left). Footprints in dry ground (right). Inset image of a dog lying down next to a camera trap fixed to a tree.
We show that ecological connectivity for brown #bears persists although at relatively low levels in Romania’s Eastern Carpathians (Carpatii Orientali) doi.org/10.3897/natureconser… via @naturecons
Season, prey availability, sex, and age explain prey size selection in a large solitary carnivore - Bates‐Mundell - 2024 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
This is a great and quick read for people who want a refresher on brevity in scientific writing. Love to see a paper that practices what it preaches!
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Rehabilitated, wild-born captive-reared #cheetahs can be SUCCESSFULLY released if we consider:
🦌prey availability
💥human-wildlife conflict potential
🍖food supplementation
🕵️♀️+ undertake intensive monitoring
Read more: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…@CCFCheetah@Chewbaaka@Bound2Wild
Conservation efforts increasingly use celebrities to try and influence peoples’ #behaviour – especially around #wildlife consumption.
A new paper led by @alegriaoc outlines a decision guide created to help improve effectiveness of such initiatives.
See: bit.ly/3yx71lO
Do you use #CameraTraps? Have you ever considered how the decision to place the camera in a tree or elsewhere may influence your results? 💭
This study discusses how the precision of detection rates can be improved via clustered and rotating designs 📸
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My new research: No link between zodiac sign & subjective well-being and quality of life (distress, job satisfaction, happiness, etc.). Zodiac sign did not outperform random numbers. Challenging astrological myths and stereotypes.
Free to read: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/shar…
New Research: Rewilding landscapes with apex predators: cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) movements reveal the importance of environmental and individual contexts frontiersin.org/articles/10.…#conservation