Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Mammal responses to habitat degradation induced by cashew expansion in West Africa

The paper examines how mammal species composition, richness, and abundance change in response to habitat degradation from cashew monoculture expansion in West Africa.

Seasonal Variations and Challenges in Estimating Populations and Identifying Species of Korean Ungulates Using Drone-Derived Thermal Orthomosaic Maps

This study evaluates the use of drone-derived thermal orthomosaic maps for estimating Korean ungulate populations and identifying species, finding seasonal variations and challenges in accuracy.

Contrasting impacts of invasive Opuntia cacti on mammal habitat use

This study examines how invasive Opuntia cacti affect habitat use of twelve mammal species in Kenya, finding varied impacts across species and seasons.

Flexible movement kernel estimation in habitat selection analyses with generalized additive models

This paper introduces a generalized additive model approach to estimate movement kernels in habitat selection analyses, improving flexibility and accuracy by accounting for dependencies between step lengths and turning angles.

Wildlife movement and contact responses to intensive culling: implications for disease control

This study examines how intensive culling methods affect movement and contact behaviors in wild pigs, with implications for disease spread.

Predicting animal movement across the species range for landscape-scale applications

This study predicts wild pig movement across their range using displacement distributions and habitat selection analysis to inform landscape-scale management.

Predicting Ecosystem Resilience Using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

This paper uses multi-agent reinforcement learning to simulate animal behavior in alpine ecosystems and assesses ecosystem resilience under various stress scenarios.

Testing the ecological and behavioural responses of mammals to the Landscape of Fear.

This study examines how mammals in the Julian Prealps respond to predation risk through habitat selection, activity timing, and behavioral changes, finding that diel activity adjustments are the primary response.

Tracking butterfly flight in the field from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV): a methodological proof of principle.

This paper demonstrates a UAV-based method to track butterfly flight in the field, revealing seasonal directional changes and flight patterns that suggest migratory behavior.

Empirical evidence that diversionary feeding increases productivity in ground-nesting birds.

This study shows that diversionary feeding increases capercaillie productivity by reducing nest depredation, offering a non-lethal solution to conservation conflicts.

Spatial covariation between wild boars and other mammals in peri-urban landscapes: insights for management from southern France

The paper examines spatial relationships between wild boars and other mammals in peri-urban areas, finding no spatial covariation but strong spatial structuring driven by small carnivores.

What if wildlife health surveillance was not just for veterinarians? - Opportunistic use of population monitoring by camera traps for syndromic surveillance of the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)

The paper uses camera trap data to identify disease indicators in Eurasian lynx, finding 17% showed signs of illness, primarily skin disorders.

Zero-shot animal behavior classification with vision-language foundation models

This study uses vision-language foundation models to classify animal behaviors in camera trap images without prior training, achieving over 91% accuracy in three ungulate species.

A spatially targeted metric of potential koala populations based on Bayesian Networks for conservation management

This paper introduces a Bayesian Network-based metric, Koala Population Potential (KPP), to estimate koala populations in South-East Queensland and validate it with habitat quality assessments.

Not so scary after all? Decoding the landscape of fear through hormonal responses to risky times and places

The paper uses hormonal data to test assumptions about prey risk perception, finding that elk show consistent stress levels in high-reward habitats despite increased human activity.

Maternal time budgets of feral goats at high latitudes in northwest Europe.

This study shows lactating feral goats at high latitudes increase foraging time but not enough to meet their kids' nutritional needs, and they minimize thermal costs by spending more time in shelter and at lower altitudes.

A comparison of turn identification methods on high-frequency movement trajectories reveals potential comparability issues between studies of movement ecology

This study compares turn identification methods on movement trajectories, finding large accuracy differences and advising caution in comparing results across methods.

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Wolf Occurrences on the Summer Range of the Eastern Migratory Cape Churchill Caribou Population in the Hudson Bay Lowlands of Manitoba

The paper quantitatively analyzes wolf occurrence patterns in the Hudson Bay Lowlands using trail cameras, finding consistent spatial and temporal trends across years.

patter: particle algorithms for animal tracking in R and Julia

The paper introduces the patter package for Bayesian state-space modeling of animal tracking data, demonstrating its use in reconstructing movement paths and analyzing space use.

Particle algorithms for animal movement modelling in autonomous receiver networks

This paper introduces a Bayesian filtering-smoothing algorithm for animal movement modelling in autonomous receiver networks, showing it outperforms heuristic methods in accuracy and flexibility.

Saving the Dinaric lynx: multidisciplinary monitoring and stakeholder engagement support large carnivore restoration in human-dominated landscape

This study reports on a successful lynx translocation project that improved genetic diversity and population stability through stakeholder engagement and multidisciplinary monitoring.

Using Random Forests to Infer Nonlinear Step Selection Effects

This paper introduces random forests to infer nonlinear step selection effects in animal movement, showing they outperform traditional methods and confirm hypothesized step functions in wolf data.

From Shadows to Data: A Robust Population Assessment of Snow Leopards in the Highland Crossroads

This study estimates snow leopard population size and density in northern Pakistan using camera trapping and spatial capture-recapture models, finding higher densities in protected areas and regions with greater prey biomass.

An individual recognition system for Hartmann's mountain zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae).

This paper describes a manual system for individual recognition of Hartmann's mountain zebras using stripe patterns, offering a low-cost alternative to computerized methods for population monitoring.

Camera traps unable to determine whether plasticine models of caterpillars reliably measure bird predation

This study evaluates whether plasticine caterpillar models reliably measure bird predation using camera traps and finds they may underestimate foraging activity due to limitations in capturing predation events.

Remote inferences and direct observations provide complementary insights into foraging behavior

The paper reviews 604 foraging behavior studies to compare direct and remote methods, finding five categories with different spatial and temporal extents and highlighting the value of combining approaches.

Territoriality and resource availability modulate the effect of conspecific encounters on the foraging behaviours of a mammalian predator

This study examines how resource availability and territoriality affect foraging behaviors in Arctic foxes based on encounters with conspecifics.

One size does not fit all: a novel approach for determining the Realised Viewshed Size for remote camera traps

This paper develops a method to estimate the Realised Viewshed Size for camera traps by accounting for environmental and technical factors, finding that RVS values are smaller than previously reported.

Multi-source photographic evidence to assess corridor use, crop-raiding behaviour, and body injuries in Asian elephants

This study uses multi-source photographs to identify individual Asian elephants and assess their corridor use, crop-raiding behavior, and injuries over 11 years.

A simple method to classify behaviours of aerial predators using tri-axial high-frequency accelerometers

This paper introduces a simple method to classify aerial predator behaviors using tri-axial accelerometers, achieving high accuracy in identifying perching, soaring, flapping, and hovering.