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Pickin' up good vibrations: a systematic review of footfall detection and analysis in the realm of wildlife surveying

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Exploration of new wildlife surveying methodologies that leverage advances in sensor technology and machine learning has led to tentative research into the application of seismology techniques. This, most commonly, involves the deployment of a footfall trap – a seismic sensor and data logger customised for wildlife footfall.
Benjamin J. Blackledge, Luigi La Spada, Robert A. Briers, Niamh M. McHugh, Patrick J. C. White   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

International Law Relating to Wildlife Trafficking: An Overview

, 2020
This chapter provides an overview of international law relevant to wildlife trafficking. It explains that, while no single instrument comprehensively addresses such trafficking, a range of international treaties and other materials contain rules, obligations, and principles that relate to its prevention and suppression.
openaire   +2 more sources

Cortisol concentrations in hair are biomarkers of health status and seasonal change, but not urbanisation, in wolves

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Wolves have reclaimed much of their former range in Europe, including areas with a high human footprint, yet the physiological impacts of human‐associated stressors remain poorly understood. We first examined methodological factors affecting hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) in wolves by using a ‘shave/re‐shave' design to assess hair growth rate and ...
Gwendolyn Wirobski, Carmela Musto, Rudy Brogi, Martina Lazzaroni, Rupert Palme, Yasmina Wukovich, Fanni Kertész, Ágnes Szabó, Chiara Garbarino, Marco Gobbi, Lorella Barca, Mauro Delogu, The Wolf Network, Friederike Range, Marco Apollonio, Sarah Marshall‐Pescini   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global wildlife trade and trafficking contribute to the world’s nonhuman primate conservation crisis

Frontiers in Conservation Science
A growing global human population, habitat conversion, and the indiscriminate exploitation of natural resources have created unsustainable demands on nature, resulting in widespread biodiversity loss.
Paul A. Garber, Paul A. Garber, Alejandro Estrada, Sam Shanee, Magdalena S. Svensson, Luis Verde Arregoitia, Luis Verde Arregoitia, Vincent Nijman, Noga Shanee, Sidney F. Gouveia, K.A.I. Nekaris, Abhishek Chaudhary, Júlio César Bicca-Marques, Malene Fris Hansen, Malene Fris Hansen, Malene Fris Hansen, Malene Fris Hansen   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Road mortality mitigation for red wolves requires a landscape approach

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
In 1980, the red wolf Canis rufus was declared extinct in the wild. However, starting in 1987, a captive breeding program allowed for a reintroduction effort in and around Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (Alligator River NWR), North Carolina, USA. In 2012 the wild red wolf population peaked at about 120 individuals.
Marcel P. Huijser, James S. Begley
wiley   +1 more source

Availability bias and responsive movement during ground‐based wildlife surveys revealed by concurrent thermal drone surveys

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Methods to estimate abundance from unmarked populations of animals are widely used because of their efficiency and presumed accuracy. These methods account for imperfect detection by comparing observed data against the assumed distribution of the entire population.
David M. Delaney, Tyler M. Harms, Stephen J. Dinsmore   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Isotopic evidence for the consumption of Galliformes by the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in rural southern England

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Anthropogenic resource subsidies can drive mesopredator population growth, altering predator–prey dynamics. The red fox Vulpes vulpes is a generalist canid that can readily exploit such subsidies. In the UK, tens of millions of pheasants Phasianus colchicus and red‐legged partridges Alectoris rufa are released annually for sport shooting, potentially ...
Nathan F. Williams, Tom A. Porteus, Rona A. R. McGill, Emilie A. Hardouin, Mike J. Short   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecology of declining populations of gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) in Indiana, USA Ecología de las poblaciones en declive de zorros grises (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) en Indiana, EE.UU.

Wildlife Monographs, EarlyView.
We estimated seasonal space use, cover selection, and resource selection; evaluated gene flow and potential genetic barriers; and assessed cause‐specific survival rates and reproduction of radiomarked gray foxes in Indiana, USA. Our results provide evidence that gray foxes in Indiana are an edge species with relatively large home ranges, relatively low
Tim L. Hiller, Julia A. Nawrocki, Brandon M. Bernhardt, Lane K. Jeakle, Dawn M. Reding, Geriann Albers   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Historical Development of Zoo Tapir (Tapirus ssp.) Survivorship

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
The survivorship of tapirs in zoos has improved significantly over historical time. ABSTRACT Tapirs (Tapirus spp.) are large, long‐lived herbivores native to Central and South America and Southeast Asia. All species are currently classified as Vulnerable (T. terrestris) or Endangered (other species) in the IUCN SSC Red List.
Johanna E. Wittenberg, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, Jörg Beckmann, Marco Roller, Dennis W. H. Müller, Jan Pluháček, Marcus Clauss, João Pedro Meireles   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Offshore wind farm avoidance by a discard‐feeding seabird is independent of local fishing activity

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Fishing is not allowed within wind farms; therefore, discard‐feeding seabirds may appear to avoid wind farm areas. We found that most Lesser Black‐backed Gulls avoided the wind farm area, but not each individual in each period. Avoidance of the wind farm was not driven by fishing exclusion within its perimeter.
Rosemarie Kentie, Rob S. A. van Bemmelen, Judy Shamoun‐Baranes, Eric W. M. Stienen, Ruben C. Fijn   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source