- Title
- Using photo by-catch data to reliably estimate spotted hyaena densities over time
- Creator
- Mgqatsa, Nokubonga, Jama, Kanyisa, Landman, Marietjie, Kerley, Graham I H
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2024
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/462757
- Identifier
- vital:76332
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2024.105155"
- Description
- Protected areas are becoming increasingly isolated refugia for large carnivores but remain critical for their survival. Spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) are important members of the African large carnivore guild but, like other members of the guild, routinely come into conflict with people because of their large home ranges that are not always confined to protected areas. To effectively conserve spotted hyaena populations, it is paramount to monitor their abundance through reliable and cost-effective techniques. We estimated the density of spotted hyaenas in Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park (HiP), South Africa using camera trap images and a spatially explicit capture-recapture (SECR) framework between 2013 and 2018. We estimated an average of 18.29 ± 3.27 spotted hyaenas per 100 km2 between 2013 and 2018, with an annual estimated high of 20.83/100 km2 in 2014 and a low of 11.98/100 km2 in 2015. Our results demonstrate that camera trap by-catch data can be used for estimating spotted hyaena densities over time. We believe that given the widespread use and deployment of camera traps across Africa, collaborative efforts to use existing data to improve regional and continental estimates and population trends for spotted hyaenas should be a priority.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (6 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Mammalia, Roberts, P.J., Druce, D.J., Mgqatsa, N. and Parker, D.M., 2024. Using photo by-catch data to reliably estimate spotted hyaena densities over time. Mammalia, 88(2), pp.85-92, Mammalia volume 88 number 2 p. 85 2024 1095-922X
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- Rights
- Open Access
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SDG 15. Life On Land
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