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A new multiplex qPCR assay to detect and differentiate big cat species in the illegal wildlife trade

Scientific Reports, 2023
All species of big cats, including tigers, cheetahs, leopards, lions, snow leopards, and jaguars, are protected under the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). This is due in large part to population declines resulting from
Carol S. Henger, Dyan J. Straughan, Charles C. Y. Xu, Batya R. Nightingale, Heidi E. Kretser, Mary K. Burnham-Curtis, Denise McAloose, Tracie A. Seimon   +7 more
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Natural mortality amoung four common ungulate species on Letaba Ranch, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2002
Five years of mortality data of impala Aepyceros melampus, blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus, buffalo Syncerus caffer and kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros have been used to describe the minimum mortality profiles of the respective species in an open ...
H.P. Cronje, B.K. Reilly, I.D. Macfadyen
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Dhole Cuon alpinus (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae) rediscovered in Bardia National Park, Nepal

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2019
An increasing intensity of camera traps recorded the presence of poorly known and globally Endangered Asiatic Wild Dogs Cuon alpinus from different locations in recent years in Nepal.  After 18 years since the previous report, we recorded 29 photos and a
Shailendra Kumar Yadav, Babu Ram Lamichhane, Naresh Subedi, Ramesh Kumar Thapa, Laxman Poudyal, Bhagawan Raj Dahal   +5 more
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La panthère des monts Mandara, de l’effroi à l’oubli

Revue d'ethnoécologie, 2021
Since the early 1980’s, no leopard (Panthera pardus) had been spotted in the Mandara mountains. Leopards were fearsome felines, they represented leadership in the animal world and were a symbol of power for human leaders.
Christian Seignobos
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From armadillos to sloths: Patterns and variations in xenarthran coronary anatomy

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Species of the superorder Xenarthra play a vital ecological role in the Neotropics. Despite their evolutionary significance, anatomical studies on their coronary circulation remain scarce. This study investigated the coronary anatomy of 82 hearts from nine Xenarthra species across the Dasypodidae, Myrmecophagidae, and Bradypodidae.
Wilson Viotto‐Souza, André Luiz Quagliatto Santos, Marcelo Abidu‐Figueiredo, Thaís Aparecida Silva, Rodrigo Ananias Barreiros Silva, Paulo de Souza‐Junior   +5 more
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Limitations to recording larger mammalian predators in savannah using camera traps and spoor [PDF]

, 2015
Traditionally, spoor (tracks, pug marks) have been used as a cost effective tool to assess the presence of larger mammals. Automated camera traps are now increasingly utilized to monitor wildlife, primarily as the cost has greatly declined and ...
Balme G. A., Beier P., Chapman S., Garcia K. P., Gompper M. E., Gutteridge L., Hayward G. D., Jackson R. M., Kingdon J., Mark D. E. Fellowes, Rebecca L. Thomas, Sanei A., Sharma S., Tara J. Pirie, Trolle M., Trolliet F., Zalewski A.   +16 more
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Patterns of wild meat and other protein consumption in the periphery of Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract In Central Africa, human activities are severely impacting terrestrial and aquatic wildlife, threatening the food security of millions of people. Accordingly, sustainable use of wildlife is crucial for the nutrition and livelihoods of many rural communities in the region.
Zolo Admettons, Mattia Bessone, Josué Ausse Baraka, Josué Engombe Botomia, Espérance Miezi, Bénédicte Nsilu, Jonathan Nkamisha Mukole, Michel Opelele Omeno, Jean Semeki Ngabinzeke, Barbara Fruth   +9 more
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Knee height is often right: evaluating device height effects on camera trapping rate

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Camera trap deployment height can introduce systematic biases in detection trapping rates across species of different body sizes. Combining 172 paired sampling points in five experiments across Europe, North America and Africa, our results show that low cameras significantly increase detections of small‐ and medium‐sized species, whereas high cameras ...
Jorge Sereno‐Cadierno, Tim R. Hofmeester, Marcus Becker, Alice Bernard, Lizette Moolman, Hervé Fritz, Pelayo Acevedo   +6 more
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Human–Felid Conflict in Corridor Habitats: Implications for Tiger and Leopard Conservation in Terai Arc Landscape, India

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
We use the Rajaji-Corbett corridor in the Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) in India to examine the pattern of human–felid conflict in wildlife corridors and its implications for the long-term persistence of tigers (Panthera tigris) and leopards (Panthera pardus)
Manjari Malviya, Krishnamurthy Ramesh
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An autonomous network of acoustic detectors to map tiger risk by eavesdropping on prey alarm calls

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Tiger population recovery brings with it increased fatalities from human‐tiger conflict. We describe a network of autonomous intelligent passive acoustic sensors that monitor the forest for deer alarm calls as a proxy for tiger risk and provide a risk map to local communities in real‐time.
Arik Kershenbaum, Andrew Markham, Holly Root‐Gutteridge, Bethany Smith, Casey Anderson, Riley McClaughry, Ramjan Chaudhary, Amogh Vishwakarma, Stephen Cummins, Angela Dassow   +9 more
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