Jan A Venter πΏπ¦
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Professor in wildlife conservation ecology. @WildEcoLabNMU Also likes history and politics. My views are not my employer's. #Academic
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http://wildecolab.com 27-01-2015 05:33:56
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π¨ New paper led by Terry-Lee Honiball in Wiley Ecology & Evolution using camera traps πΈ to investigate carnivore dynamics π¦ππΎ around elephant carcasses π
Elephant carcasses provide high volumes of carrion biomass, which may influence coexistence dynamics between the carnivore guild π¦πΎ
One of Wildlife Ecology Lab recent PhD graduates in the news dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-0β¦
Some great images here of Wildlife Ecology Lab PhD student, Elizabeth Overton, who is studying the cheetah population in Tswalu Kalahari Reserve
Elizabeth's study uses camera traps πΈ, DNA metabarcoding π§¬, movement data and direct observations to understand cheetah ecology & predator-prey dynamics
New paper out from Wildlife Ecology Lab Mika Vermeulen . See why this is a hot paper here doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1β¦
Great piece by Hayley Clements & Alta De Vos on S. Africa's controversial National Biodiversity Economy Strategy. Helped me understand it better and how it tries to enhance the relevance of biodiversity conservation to the average South African. theconversation.com/south-africas-β¦
New in Ecology: Applying the multivariate Hawkes process (originally developed to study earthquakes!) to #CameraTrap data reveals interspecific interactions among savanna predators & prey
doi.org/10.1002/ecy.42β¦
W/ #OpenData on Figshare
Lisa Nicvert Jan A Venter πΏπ¦ Michael Somers
New paper by Joti Daya on black rhino diets in Welgevonden Reserve by Wildlife Ecology Lab doi.org/10.2989/102201β¦
New paper out. Lots of collaborators and a great initiative. nature.com/articles/s4159β¦
Wildlife Ecology Lab
π¨ New Wildlife Ecology Lab paper in #FoodWebs
We report on trophic interactions between #cheetah & #baboon and suggest baboons could be an underreported source of food loss & kleptoparasitism!
Thanks to WildlifeACT in HluhluweβiMfolozi for some great πΈ!
sciencedirect.com/science/articlβ¦
Meet Zanri Strydom Dr Zanri Strydom Wildlife Ecology Lab most receint doctoral graduate. Very proud of her and her research outputs about Cape gannets.
Researchers discover the first snake trace in the fossil record in South Africa π
They estimate the marks were made between 83,000 - 93,000 years ago β¬
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10β¦
International Ichnological Association Mark Bateman Hayley Cawthra Jan A Venter πΏπ¦
New paper from Wildlife Ecology Lab and Michael Somers
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecβ¦