Home ranges, activity patterns and habitat preferences of leopards in Luambe National Park and adjacent Game Management Area in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia

2018 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 102-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rena Rebecca Ray-Brambach ◽  
Claudia Stommel ◽  
Dennis Rödder
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Home Ranges ◽  
Game Management ◽  
Management Area

scholarly journals Spatial dynamics and activity patterns of the fosa Cryptoprocta ferox in Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar: carnivores navigating a human-influenced landscape

Oryx ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 837-846
Author(s):  
Eileen Wyza ◽  
Luke Dollar ◽  
Leon Pierrot Rahajanirina ◽  
Viorel Popescu ◽  
Nancy J. Stevens
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Spatial Dynamics ◽  
Space Use ◽  
Home Range Size ◽  
Home Ranges ◽  
Gps Collars ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Cryptoprocta Ferox ◽  
Human Habitation

AbstractThe Vulnerable fosa Cryptoprocta ferox is the largest native carnivore in Madagascar, fulfilling a unique ecological niche in the island's remaining forests. Negative interactions with humans threaten the long-term viability of most remaining fosa populations across Madagascar. Threats to the fosa include habitat loss and persecution by humans resulting from perceived predation on domestic animals. We used GPS collars to record space use and activity patterns of five fosas in Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar, during the dry seasons of 2016 and 2017. The results, with up to 2,110 recorded locations per individual, indicated fosas’ home ranges and movements were not limited to the forest, and all collared individuals used networks of habitat patches and corridors to navigate deforested areas. The fosas studied in Ankarafantsika National Park had significantly larger home ranges than those reported in previous studies in other protected areas. They were rarely found within village boundaries and appeared to avoid areas of human habitation, suggesting that during the study period livestock was not a significant component of the fosas’ diet in this Park. Our results suggest that fosas have some flexibility that enables them to adapt to living near deforested and human-dominated areas by altering their space-use patterns, but they are compensating by increasing their home range size.

scholarly journals Ecology and Conservation of the Endangered Banteng (Bos javanicus) in Indonesia Tropical Lowland Forest

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Dede Aulia Rahman ◽  
Riki Herliansyah ◽  
Puji Rianti ◽  
Ujang Mamat Rahmat ◽  
Asep Yayus Firdaus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Conservation Strategy ◽  
Ecological Data ◽  
Lowland Forest ◽  
Bos Javanicus ◽  
Distribution Point

Banteng, Bos javanicus, as wild cattle is a vital and importance source of germplasm in Indonesia. Various human activities currently threaten their conservation status. Nonetheless, no long-term monitoring programmes are in place for this species. Using distribution point and statistical analysis based on 46,116 camera trap days from December 2015 to January 2017, we aimed to provide habitat preferences, activity patterns and ecological data for banteng population in Ujung Kulon National Park (UKNP). It is the largest population of banteng in Indonesia and is living in a limited habitat area. According to the best occupancy model, the most suitable areas for this species were the secondary forest located at the center portion of UKNP. The presence of the invasive cluster sugar palm, Arenga obtusifolia, in dry season provides additional alternative food for banteng when its main food is scarcer in the forest. Banteng was cathemeral all year round, with the proportion of cathemeral records and the recording rate did not change with the protection of the level area, moon phase or season. To reduce the probability of encountering predators, banteng avoided the space use of dholes. Selection and avoidance of habitats was stronger than avoidance of the predator activity areas. Habitat competition from domestic cattle which grazed illegally in the national park appears to be a problem to the species since zoonosis appears from domestic cattle to banteng. Therefore, effective law enforcement and an adequate conservation strategy are required to eliminate the impacts of both direct and indirect threats.

scholarly journals Ecology of River Otters in Grand Teton National Park

1986 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 92-94
Author(s):  
Joseph Hall
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Activity Cycle ◽  
Grand Teton National Park ◽  
River Otters ◽  
Additional Information

Obtaining additional information on populations, movements, activity patterns and habitat preferences are the main goals of this study. Special efforts were made to try to round out an understanding of the nocturnal phase of an otter's 24-hour activity cycle.

scholarly journals Bandicoots return to Booderee: initial survival, dispersal, home range and habitat preferences of reintroduced southern brown bandicoots (eastern sub species; Isoodon obesulus obesulus)

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 132 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. M. Robinson ◽  
C. I. MacGregor ◽  
B. A. Hradsky ◽  
N. Dexter ◽  
D. B. Lindenmayer
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
National Park ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Home Range Size ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
Home Ranges ◽  
Vegetation Types ◽  
Eastern Australia

Context Reintroductions can be an effective means of re-establishing locally extinct or declining faunal populations. However, incomplete knowledge of variables influencing survival and establishment can limit successful outcomes. Aim We aimed to examine the factors (e.g. sex, body mass, release order) influencing the survival, dispersal, home range and habitat selection of reintroduced southern brown bandicoots (eastern subspecies; Isoodon obesulus obesulus) into an unfenced, predator-managed environment in south-eastern Australia (Booderee National Park). Methods Over 2 weeks in May 2016, six female and five male bandicoots were wild-caught in state forest and hard released into the park. Release locations were approximately evenly distributed between three primary vegetation types assessed as suitable habitat: heath, woodland and forest. Bandicoots were radio-tracked day and night for 4 weeks from the initial release date. Key results No mortality was detected. Males dispersed more than twice as far as females (male 704 m, female 332 m), but there was no significant sex bias in home range size. At the landscape scale, bandicoots preferentially selected home ranges that contained heath and avoided forest. Within home ranges, heath and woodland were both favoured over forest. Conclusions Post-release dispersal is sex-biased, but more data are required to determine the influence of other predictors such as body mass and release order. Within the release area, bandicoots favoured non-forest vegetation types. Implications Our study outlines factors influencing the establishment of reintroduced bandicoots. We recommend that future bandicoot reintroductions to Booderee National Park occur within areas of heath and woodland, and that subsequent releases consider the potentially larger spatial requirements and conspecific avoidance among male bandicoots. Our findings contribute new knowledge for improving translocation methods of a nationally endangered medium-sized mammal.

scholarly journals Ecological Study of River Otters in Grand Teton National Park

1984 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 39-41
Author(s):  
Joseph Hall
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
National Park ◽  
Ecological Study ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Snake River ◽  
River Otters ◽  
The Future ◽  
Park Service

The objectives of this study are to obtain information about habitat preferences, movements, activity patterns, social interactions, distribution and density of otters within the park, primarily on the Snake River between the Jackson Lake Dam and Moose. This type of information is valuable as a basis of comparison with what is known about otters elsewhere and also could guide the National Park Service in altering policies or managing habitats to the benefit of otters, should this be desired in the future.

scholarly journals The battle over the benefits: analysing two sport hunting policy arrangements in Uganda

Oryx ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amos Ochieng ◽  
Ingrid J. Visseren-Hamakers ◽  
René van der Duim
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Game Management ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Policy Arrangements ◽  
Management Area ◽  
Document Review ◽  
Human Wildlife Conflict ◽  
Sport Hunting

AbstractIn 2001 sport hunting was reintroduced in Uganda around Lake Mburo National Park, and in 2008 at Kabwoya and Kaiso-Tonya Game Management Area, to derive economic benefits for communities and thus reduce human–wildlife conflict and change communities’ attitudes towards wildlife. We used the policy arrangement approach to analyse and compare the development of the two sport hunting policy arrangements. Through interviews and document review we learned that the arrangement at Lake Mburo changed considerably over time, whereas that at Kabwoya remained relatively stable. The two policy arrangements started with small constellations of actors but turned out to be complex arenas, mainly involving disagreement regarding the benefits. Land ownership proved to be a crucial factor in explaining the differences between the arrangements. Our results also show that benefits do not change communities’ attitudes towards conservation, thus questioning incentive-based policies for conservation. We argue for a careful analysis of the complex social, cultural and political contexts in which conservation and development policies are implemented, to better understand their outcomes.

scholarly journals The distribution of African swine fever virus isolated from Ornithodoros moubata in Zambia

1988 ◽  
Vol 101 (3) ◽  
pp. 547-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Wilkinson ◽  
R. G. Pegram ◽  
B. D. Perry ◽  
J. Lemche ◽  
H. F. Schels
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
African Swine Fever Virus ◽  
African Swine Fever ◽  
Game Management ◽  
Eastern Province ◽  
Ornithodoros Moubata ◽  
Animal Burrows ◽  
Management Area ◽  
Infected Adult

SUMMARYAfrican swine fever (ASF) has been reported in the Eastern Province of Zambia since 1912 and is now considered to be enzootic there. A survey of the distribution of ASF virus in Zambia was carried out by virus isolation from Ornithodoros moubata ticks collected from animal burrows in National Parks and Game Management Areas in northern, eastern, central and southern Zambia. ASF virus was isolated from ticks in all areas examined. The prevalence of infection in O. moubata was between 0·4% in South Luangwa National Park and 5·1% in Livingstone Game Park and mean infectious virus titres ranged from 103–4 HAD50/tick in Kakumbe Game Management Area to 105·9 HAD50/tick in Chunga and Nalusanga Game Management Areas. The prevalence of infection in adult ticks was between 4·7% and 5·3% in all areas examined except Sumbu National Park and Livingstone Game Park, where the prevalence was 15·1% and 13·2% respectively in adult ticks. The ratio of infected females to males for all the infected adult ticks in all areas of Zambia was 3·2:1.

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