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Emily Bennitt

University of BotswanaORCID 0000-0002-7794-3264Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1

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Alexandre CaroniD· 1 shared Andrew J. LoveridgeiD· 1 shared Benjamin KogeriD· 1 shared Blair R. CostelloeiD· 1 shared Ella Mutch· 1 shared Elodie WielgusiD· 1 shared Gaseitsiwe Smollie MasungaiD· 1 shared Kaisara Kelebileone· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Simple soil eDNA sampling reveals terrestrial mammal diversity in the Central Kalahari and highlights waterholes as sampling hotspots

Tamara Schenekar, Emily Bennitt, Kaisara Kelebileone, Robynne Kotze, Andrew J. Loveridge, Ella Mutch, Tlotlo S. Ndaba, Pooja Singh

The paper demonstrates that soil eDNA metabarcoding near waterholes efficiently detects terrestrial mammal diversity in the Central Kalahari, outperforming road sampling and complementing camera trapping.

bioRxiv · Oct 12, 2026 · PreprintEcology

Combining artificial intelligence and local ecological knowledge to document the largest ever-counted Cape buffalo mega-herd

Emily Bennitt, Blair R. Costelloe, Benjamin Koger, Elodie Wielgus, Gaseitsiwe Smollie Masunga, Alexandre Caron

The paper combines AI and local knowledge to count a large Cape buffalo herd, identifying it as the largest ever documented.

Ecology and Evolution · Jun 1, 2026Peer-reviewedEcology