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Meta-learning provides a robust framework to discern taxonomic carnivore agency from the analysis of tooth marks on bone: reassessing the role of felids as predators of <i>Homo habilis</i>. [PDF]

R Soc Open Sci
Domínguez-Rodrigo M, Cifuentes-Alcobendas G, Vegara-Riquelme M, Camarós E, Baquedano E.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Tourist sightings improve the precision of camera trap‐derived density estimates using spatial capture‐recapture models

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
In this study, we combine tourist‐contributed images with camera trap‐based monitoring data to estimate leopard (Panthera pardus) population densities using multi‐session spatial capture–recapture models. We show that incorporating tourist observations improves precision and yields an overall density estimate of 7.02 leopards per 100 km2, while ...
Rachael S. Leeman, Robert S. Davis, Antonio Uzal, Heinrich Neumeyer, Rebecca A. Garbett, Joshua P. Twining, Richard W. Yarnell   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

What's in a Name? Not All Mesopredators Are Mesocarnivores. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Madsen EK, Eckersley L, Linden JF, Lai S, Hare D, Macdonald DW, Kimaili D, Kulunge S, Mutinhuma Y, Petracca L, Rono BJ, Sibanda L, Sillero-Zubiri C, Tacey J, Broekhuis F.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Inferring camera trap detection zones for rare species using species‐ and camera‐specific traits: a meta‐level analysis

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Camera trap detection zones are critical for estimating wildlife population sizes, but data scarcity hampers accurate measurement. Through a meta‐level analysis and modeling approach, we show that biological, environmental and camera trap traits can reliably predict detection zones, and that fewer than 25 detection events can yield <15% error when ...
Johannes N. Wiegers, Kathryn E. Barry, Marijke van Kuijk   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community-based approach to detect and predict conflicts with large carnivores in human-dominated landscape. [PDF]

Ambio
Fedyń I, Pasiniewicz M, Zabiega K, Fedyń H, Ciach M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Cameras do not always take a full picture: wolf activity patterns revealed by accelerometers versus road‐positioned camera traps

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Camera traps have become an increasingly popular non‐invasive alternative to animal‐attached devices for studying wildlife behaviour. This study compared wolf (Canis lupus) activity patterns derived from collar accelerometers and road‐positioned camera traps and revealed strong overall agreement but also important seasonal and diel mismatches between ...
Katarzyna Bojarska, Michał Żmihorski, Morteza Naderi, J. David Blount, Mark Chynoweth, Emrah Coban, Çağan H. Şekercioğlu, Josip Kusak   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early humans and the balance of power: Homo habilis as prey. [PDF]

Ann N Y Acad Sci
Vegara-Riquelme M, Baquedano E, Domínguez-Rodrigo M.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

General practice veterinarians’ attitudes towards avian influenza: A COM‐B analysis of barriers to backyard poultry treatment

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The recent expansion of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 to non‐avian species in the United States has intensified public health‐related concerns. In Great Britain, low veterinarian confidence in seeing and treating birds creates potential barriers to HPAI diagnosis and reporting.
Sol Elliott, Sarah Jewitt, Emma McClaughlin, Matthew Smallman‐Raynor, Sioux Fisher, Michael Clark, Rachael Tarlinton   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global scale assessment of the human-induced extinction crisis of terrestrial carnivores. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Torres-Romero EJ, Eppley TM, Ripple WJ, Newsome TM, Krofel M, Carter NH, Ordiz A, de Oliveira TG, Selva N, Penteriani V.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Modelling the surprising recolonisation of an understudied aquatic mammal in a highly urbanised area: fortune favoured the smooth‐coated otter in Singapore

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Ever‐growing human activities present an active and continuing threat to many species throughout the world. Nevertheless, concerted conservation efforts in some regions have balanced these threats and allowed endangered species to recolonise former parts of their original ranges and reverse their decline.
Kilian Hughes, Justin M. J. Travis, Aurore Ponchon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source