Incredibly excited that this has gone to print. The Behavioural Biology of Zoo Animals, full of important & up-to-date information on species' ecology to underpin #zoo husbandry & #welfare . Contributions from experts around the globe. Due out Nov '22 from CRC Press.

Student field trip learning about radio tracking, collars, bomas and more:

New in Ecology: Applying the multivariate Hawkes process (originally developed to study earthquakes!) to #CameraTrap data reveals interspecific interactions among savanna predators & prey
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W/ #OpenData on Figshare

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Led by Hayley Clements, and with many others, we have just published the dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses in Scientific Data. UP Research Matters C•I•B

nature.com/articles/s4159…

A hidden underground effect of an invasive plant. A new paper in collaboration with W Maartin Strauss, Ph.D. shows lower mammalian burrow density in invaded areas. Unisa ZooEntUP UP Research Matters

Finaly we weigh in on the African cheetah in India issue.

PhD student Fluer Visser showing Wst African lions get second best conservation efforts.

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Niloufar Bayani has been in Iranian Jail for 5 years for protecting the Persian Cheetah

It’s time to bring her home

There's only a week left to apply for this funded PhD - due date Feb 13. Fieldwork to be done in the incredible #Kaza TFCA.

Qualitative researchers when they see statistics

Want to learn about camera trapping study design and analysis? Why not do it in one of the worlds most iconic African parks? Book your space to avoid missing out. First course date June 2023 wildecolabdotcom.wordpress.com/courses/

MSc Opportunity in the #WILDlab Laurier Biology 💜𓅪💛!

Come join a collaborative team to ask questions on northern #NWT wildlife communities.
✅Northern fieldwork
✅Ecological statistics
✅Fun team
✅Fully funded (2023-2025)
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Ad 📷 thnx to the talented Eric Jolin

Access to books is important, so making them open access where possible seems a terrific move. Here is a provisional list of open access books. Please let me know of any others.
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❗️❗️❗️ Please retweet: Last few days to apply for a PhD with me in the NaturaConnect project, on biodiversity monitoring and scenarios! We look for someone quantitative oriented. Deadline 15 December. iDiv Biodiversity Research Universität Halle personal.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/jobs/wissmi/

Last chance!
You have until Monday 15 Aug to apply for this funded MSc, incl. housing on the reserve for the duration of the 2 year study period, with Michael Somers Leslie Brown, and I. Apply today. You have to be in it, to win it! 😉 Details at wmstrauss.com

Our new Small Carnivore book was launched today🙂. ZooEntUP UP Research Matters C•I•B UP Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

Interested in an MSc in Nature Conservation? We are advertising 3 funded MSc projects, one of which is with Michael Somers and me! Details in the attached. Two weeks left to get your documentation submitted; the deadline is 15 August.

Colleagues and I are advertising funded MSc projects: 3 in total. If you're interested in how #ungulates make use of their landscape in a #grassland system, come and work with Michael Somers, Leslie Brown (Twitterless), and me! Please RT. Advert at link below wmstrauss.com