A5075189004- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Marine animal studies overview
- Livestock Farming and Management
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Underwater Acoustics Research
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
Save the Elephants
2020-2023
UNSW Sydney
2015-2022
COVID-19 lockdowns in early 2020 reduced human mobility, providing an opportunity to disentangle its effects on animals from those of landscape modifications. Using GPS data, we compared movements and road avoidance 2300 terrestrial mammals (43 species) during the same period 2019. Individual responses were variable with no change average or behavior, likely due lockdown conditions. However, under strict 10-day 95th percentile displacements increased by 73%, suggesting permeability. Animals'...
Abstract Transfrontier wildlife corridors can be successful conservation tools, connecting protected areas and reducing the impact of habitat fragmentation on mobile species. Urban have been proposed as a potential mitigation tool to facilitate passage elephants through towns without causing conflict with urban communities. However, because such are typically narrow close human development, (particularly large mammals) may less likely use them. We used remote-sensor camera traps global...
We examined recordings from a 15-month (May 2009-July 2010) continuous acoustic data set collected bottom-mounted passive recorder at sample frequency of 6kHz off Portland, Victoria, Australia (38°33'01″S, 141°15'13″E) southern Australia. Analysis revealed that calls both subspecies were recorded this site, and general additive modeling the number varied significantly across seasons. Antarctic blue whales detected more frequently July to October 2009 June 2010, corresponding suspected...
Abstract Aim Assessing the distribution and persistence of species across their range is a crucial component wildlife conservation. It demands data at adequate spatial scales over extended periods time, which may only be obtained through collaborative efforts, development methods that integrate heterogeneous datasets. We aimed to combine existing on large carnivores evaluate population dynamics improve knowledge nationwide. Location Botswana. Methods Between 2010 2016, we collated African...
Abstract Managing interactions between humans and wild elephants is a complex problem that increasing as result of agricultural urban expansion into alongside protected areas. Mitigating negative requires the development new tools to reduce competition promote coexistence. Many studies have tested various mitigation techniques across elephant ranges in Africa Asia, with varying levels success. Recently, strobe lights been suggested potential strategy deterring African lions Panthera leo from...
The global impact of increased human activities has consequences on the conservation wildlife. Understanding how wildlife adapts to pressures with urban expansion and agricultural areas is fundamental future plans any species. However, there a belief that large wild free-ranging carnivores ungulates, cannot coexist people, limited studies have looked at movements through differing human-dominated landscapes finer spatial scales, in Africa. This information vital as population only going...
We have a limited understanding of the effects that an increasing human population and urban agricultural development are having on elephant movements in Botswana. Elephant complex because they influenced by wide range location-specific variables. This study aimed to investigate how elephants move through different human-dominated landscapes Chobe District, The four female from District were studied over period 13 months using GPS collars follow them. Annual home ranges calculated both 100%...
Botswana has been lauded by the international conservation community for maintaining largest population of African elephants on continent. However, given size elephant and increasing human in Botswana, people are forced at times to live close proximity each other, making human–elephant conflict difficult avoid. It is widely acknowledged that management protected areas wildlife often a complicated contentious issue, which requires participation all stakeholders. This preliminary study aims...