Trends and biases in African large carnivore population assessments: identifying priorities and opportunities from a systematic review of two decades of research

A review of spotted hyaena population estimates highlights the need for greater utilisation of spatial capture-recapture methods

(2022) Robert S. Davis et al.   Journal of Vertebrate Biology

Habitat use of and threats to African large carnivores in a mixed‐use landscape

(2022) Paolo Strampelli et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

The decline of mammal functional and evolutionary diversity worldwide

(2021) Jedediah F. Brodie et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Insights into the status and distribution of cheetah ( Acinonyx   jubatus ) in an understudied potential stronghold in southern Tanzania

(2021) Paolo Strampelli et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Leopard population density varies across habitats and management strategies in a mixed-use Tanzanian landscape

(2021) Charlotte E. Searle et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

(2021) Matthew J Page et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Census and distribution of large carnivores in the Tsavo national parks, a critical east African wildlife corridor

(2020) Philipp Henschel et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Assessing the performance of index calibration survey methods to monitor populations of wide‐ranging low‐density carnivores

(2020) Egil Dröge et al.   Ecology and Evolution

A 20-Year Review of the Status and Distribution of African Wild Dogs (Lycaon pictus) in South Africa

(2020) Samantha K. Nicholson et al.   African Journal of Wildlife Research

Restoring Africa's Lions: Start With Good Counts

(2020) Alex Braczkowski et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Sampling bias in snow leopard population estimation studies

(2019) Kulbhushansingh R. Suryawanshi et al.   POPULATION ECOLOGY

Effects of publication bias on conservation planning

(2019) R. Hickisch et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul: managing threatened predators of endangered and declining prey species

(2019) Zeke Davidson et al.   PeerJ

Combining biological and socio-political criteria to set spatial conservation priorities for the endangered African wild dog

(2018) T. Kuiper et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Counting bears in the Iranian Caucasus: Remarkable mismatch between scientifically-sound population estimates and perceptions

(2018) Ehsan M. Moqanaki et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Political populations of large carnivores

(2018) Chris T. Darimont et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Quantifying lion (Panthera leo) demographic response following a three-year moratorium on trophy hunting

(2018) Thandiwe Mweetwa et al.   PLoS One

Conservation of severely fragmented populations: lessons from the transformation of uncoordinated reintroductions of cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) into a managed metapopulation with self-sustained growth

(2018) Kenneth G. Buk et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

A review of wildlife camera trapping trends across Africa

(2018) Mickey Agha et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

More than $1 billion needed annually to secure Africa’s protected areas with lions

(2018) Peter A. Lindsey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The distribution and numbers of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in southern Africa

(2017) Florian J. Weise et al.   PeerJ

Range contractions of the world's large carnivores

(2017) Christopher Wolf et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Changing trends and persisting biases in three decades of conservation science

(2017) Moreno Di Marco et al.   Global Ecology and Conservation

Assessing biological realism of wildlife population estimates in data-poor systems

(2016) Viorel D. Popescu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

runjags: AnRPackage Providing Interface Utilities, Model Templates, Parallel Computing Methods and Additional Distributions for MCMC Models inJAGS

(2016) Matthew J. Denwood   Journal of Statistical Software

Conservation Research Is Not Happening Where It Is Most Needed

(2016) Kerrie A. Wilson et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Population Estimates of Spotted Hyaenas in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

(2016) Sam M. Ferreira et al.   African Journal of Wildlife Research

Large carnivore abundance in the Benoue ecosystem, North Cameroon

(2015) Hans Bauer et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Should biodiversity offsets help finance underfunded Protected Areas?

(2015) Mwangi Githiru et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Priorities for global felid conservation

(2015) Amy J. Dickman et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Biodiversity conservation research challenges in the 21st century: A review of publishing trends in 2000 and 2011

(2015) David Velasco et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Lion (Panthera leo) populations are declining rapidly across Africa, except in intensively managed areas

(2015) Hans Bauer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Density of leopardsPanthera parduson protected and non-protected land in the Waterberg Biosphere, South Africa

(2015) Lourens H. Swanepoel et al.   WILDLIFE BIOLOGY

Conservation inequality and the charismatic cat: Felis felicis

(2015) E.A. Macdonald et al.   Global Ecology and Conservation

Monitoring Rarity: The Critically Endangered Saharan Cheetah as a Flagship Species for a Threatened Ecosystem

(2015) Farid Belbachir et al.   PLoS One

Understanding Tourists’ Preference for Mammal Species in Private Protected Areas: Is There a Case for Extralimital Species for Ecotourism?

(2014) Kristine Maciejewski et al.   PLoS One

Evaluating the Status of and African Wild Dogs Lycaon pictus and Cheetahs Acinonyx jubatus through Tourist-based Photographic Surveys in the Kruger National Park

(2014) Kelly Marnewick et al.   PLoS One

Rapid Growth Rates of Lion (Panthera leo) Populations in Small, Fenced Reserves in South Africa: A Management Dilemma

(2014) Susan M. Miller et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Conserving large carnivores: dollars and fence

(2013) C. Packer et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The importance of farmland for the conservation of the brown hyaena Parahyaena brunnea

(2013) Vivien T. Kent et al.   ORYX

Confronting Uncertainty in Wildlife Management: Performance of Grizzly Bear Management

(2013) Kyle A. Artelle et al.   PLoS One

Understanding heterogeneous preference of tourists for big game species: implications for conservation and management

(2012) E. Di Minin et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

The size of savannah Africa: a lion’s (Panthera leo) view

(2012) Jason Riggio et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Trends in conservation biology: Progress or procrastination in a new millennium?

(2012) Richard A. Griffiths et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Mapping where ecologists work: biases in the global distribution of terrestrial ecological observations

(2012) Laura J Martin et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Geographical and taxonomic biases in research on biodiversity in human-modified landscapes

(2012) Morgan J. Trimble et al.   Ecosphere

Leopard prey choice in the Congo Basin rainforest suggests exploitative competition with human bushmeat hunters

(2011) P. Henschel et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Edge effects and the impact of non-protected areas in carnivore conservation: leopards in the Phinda-Mkhuze Complex, South Africa

(2010) G. A. Balme et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Effects of Trophy Hunting on Lion and Leopard Populations in Tanzania

(2010) C. PACKER et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Expenditure by conservation nongovernmental organizations in sub-Saharan Africa

(2010) Dan Brockington et al.   Conservation Letters

Community, lions, livestock and money: A spatial and social analysis of attitudes to wildlife and the conservation value of tourism in a human–carnivore conflict in Botswana

(2009) Graham Hemson et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

A keystone predator at risk? Density and distribution of the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) in the Etosha National Park, Namibia

(2009) Martina Trinkel   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

The Geographical and Institutional Distribution of Ecological Research in the Tropics

(2008) Gabriela Stocks et al.   BIOTROPICA