Search Results - "Garbett, Rebecca"
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Variation in monthly sizes of home‐ranges of Hooded Vultures Necrosyrtes monachus in western, eastern and southern Africa
Published in Ibis (London, England) (01-10-2020)“…Tracking studies are often used to inform conservation plans and actions. However, species have frequently only been tracked in one or a few localities,…”
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A conservation criminology-based desk assessment of vulture poisoning in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area
Published in Global ecology and conservation (01-09-2020)“…Vulture declines are uniquely problematic for socio-ecological systems because they are nature’s most important scavengers. Intentional and unintentional…”
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Assessing African Vultures as Biomonitors and Umbrella Species
Published in Frontiers in conservation science (25-11-2021)“…African vulture populations are rapidly declining, yet funding and other resources available for their conservation are limited. Improving our understanding of…”
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Association between hunting and elevated blood lead levels in the critically endangered African white-backed vulture Gyps africanus
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-07-2018)“…•African white-backed vultures in Botswana have elevated blood Pb levels.•African vultures are exposed to ingesting fragmented Pb ammunition left over in…”
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Raptor population trends in northern Botswana: A re-survey of road transects after 20 years
Published in Biological conservation (01-08-2018)“…Across Africa, many raptor species, especially vultures, are in steep decline. Botswana is regionally important for numerous raptor species including vultures,…”
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Leopard dispersal across a fragmented landscape in the Western Cape, South Africa
Published in African journal of ecology (01-09-2024)“…Leopard (Panthera pardus) dispersal is poorly documented. An amalgamation of independent, mixed‐method camera trap data spanning six years provides evidence of…”
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Home-range size and movement patterns of Hooded Vultures Necrosyrtes monachus in southern Africa
Published in Ostrich (02-01-2019)“…Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus populations have declined dramatically in recent years, but we know little about their ecology. We radio-tagged four…”
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African savanna raptors show evidence of widespread population collapse and a growing dependence on protected areas
Published in Nature ecology & evolution (2024)“…The conversion of natural habitats to farmland is a major cause of biodiversity loss and poses the greatest extinction risk to birds worldwide. Tropical…”
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