Trends and biases in African large carnivore population assessments: identifying priorities and opportunities from a systematic review of two decades of research

P Strampelli, LAD Campbell, P Henschel… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
African large carnivores have undergone significant range and population declines over
recent decades. Although conservation planning and the management of threatened …

Mismatch between conservation needs and actual representation of lions from West and Central Africa in in situ and ex situ conservation

F Visser, M Drouilly, Y Moodley, JR Michaux… - Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mismatches between conservation action and conservation needs have been highlighted for
diverse species. Lion (Panthera leo) conservation is no exception, raising the question of …

Savanna fire management can generate enough carbon revenue to help restore Africa's rangelands and fill protected area funding gaps

TH Tear, NH Wolff, GJ Lipsett-Moore, ME Ritchie… - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
Many savanna-dependent species in Africa including large herbivores and apex predators
are at increasing risk of extinction. Achieving effective management of protected areas (PAs) …

Rangers on the frontline of wildlife monitoring: a case study on African lions in Uganda's Nile Delta

AR Braczkowski, L Namukose, S Musobozi… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Regular population monitoring of imperilled charismatic species such as large carnivores is
critical for conservation. However, the role of monitoring in conservation is frequently …

Population density and genetic diversity are positively correlated in wild felids globally

A Azizan, S Anile, CK Nielsen… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Insights into the biological and evolutionary traits of species, and their ability to cope
with global changes, can be gained by studying genetic diversity within species. A …

How “science” can facilitate the politicization of charismatic megafauna counts

AM Gopalaswamy, NB Elliot, S Ngene… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
This unfortunate circumstance has likely occurred in the case of India's official tiger
(Panthera tigris) monitoring program and will conceivably reoccur during efforts to quantify …

Using camera traps to study hyenas: challenges, opportunities, and outlook

A Dheer, D Samarasinghe, SM Dloniak… - Mammalian …, 2022 - Springer
The use of remote camera traps has accelerated rapidly in the field of large carnivore
science since the 1990s. Members of the Hyaenidae are important components of functional …

A review of spotted hyaena population estimates highlights the need for greater utilisation of spatial capture-recapture methods

RS Davis, LK Gentle, EL Stone, A Uzal… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2022 - BioOne
As apex predators with a regulating effect on interspecific competitors and prey
demographics, monitoring of spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) population trends can …

Camera trap** and spatially explicit capture–recapture for the monitoring and conservation management of lions: Insights from a globally important population in …

P Strampelli, CE Searle, JB Smit… - Ecological Solutions …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate and precise estimates of population status are required to inform and evaluate
conservation management and policy interventions. Although the lion (Panthera leo) is a …

[HTML][HTML] Do carnivore surveys match reports of carnivore presence by pastoralists? A case of the eastern Serengeti ecosystem

FP Mbise, CR Jackson, R Lyamuya… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Human-carnivore encounters are common where humans and wild carnivores share the
same landscape. The frequency of such encounters gives insight regarding carnivore …