New Research: Rewilding landscapes with apex predators: cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) movements reveal the importance of environmental and individual contexts frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #conservation

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Do you use #CameraTraps? Have you ever considered how the decision to place the camera in a tree or elsewhere may influence your results? 💭 This study discusses how the precision of detection rates can be improved via clustered and rotating designs 📸 🔗doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

My new research: No link between zodiac sign & subjective well-being and quality of life (distress, job satisfaction, happiness, etc.). Zodiac sign did not outperform random numbers. Challenging astrological myths and stereotypes. Free to read: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/B…

Conservation efforts increasingly use celebrities to try and influence peoples’ #behaviour – especially around #wildlife consumption. A new paper led by Alegria outlines a decision guide created to help improve effectiveness of such initiatives. See: bit.ly/3yx71lO

Rehabilitated, wild-born captive-reared #cheetahs can be SUCCESSFULLY released if we consider: 🦌prey availability 💥human-wildlife conflict potential 🍖food supplementation 🕵️‍♀️+ undertake intensive monitoring Read more: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… Cheetah Conservation Fund Dr. Laurie Marker Bogdan Cristescu

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Comprehensive review on #cheetah research and the potential suitability of cheetah a #biodiversity umbrella is now published as part of an excellent Ph.D. thesis by Stijn Verschueren - Mammal Review - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Cheetah Conservation Fund

This is a great and quick read for people who want a refresher on brevity in scientific writing. Love to see a paper that practices what it preaches! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

Our letter on #cheetah in #India is now public: Society for Conservation Biology conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Cheetah Conservation Fund

Season, prey availability, sex, and age explain prey size selection in a large solitary carnivore - Bates‐Mundell - 2024 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Large #carnivores persist in #Namibia outside national parks but in a simplified guild sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Cheetah Conservation Fund My NUST

New study: Cheetahs as flagship species for drylands can unlock important potential for biodiversity conservation, especially outside national parks. buff.ly/4eNmsWZ Authors: Stijn Verschueren Cheetah Conservation Fund Dr. Laurie Marker Bogdan Cristescu #ecology #science #mammals #conservation

Verschueren et al.'s camera-trap research in Ondjou Conservancy, Namibia, reveals a surprising array of predators despite human encroachment and prey depletion in the region. Discover the hidden diversity of Namibia's carnivores in Stijn Verschueren's blog🐾📸 oryxthejournal.org/blog/unveiling…

We show that ecological connectivity for brown #bears persists although at relatively low levels in Romania’s Eastern Carpathians (Carpatii Orientali) doi.org/10.3897/nature… via Nature Conservation

Functional response in resource selection and mortality risk for a large #carnivore #puma onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/el…

Monitoring cheetahs is imperative for conservation planning, but challenging due to the species' wide range and low detection rates. Combining detection dog surveys and camera traps reduced the effort required to accurately survey the cheetah population. bit.ly/3DOpEoa