A review of field techniques to estimate lion presence and abundance

Where have all the lions gone? Establishing realistic baselines to assess decline and recovery of African lions

(2022) Andrew J. Loveridge et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Lion and spotted hyena distributions within a buffer area of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem

(2021) Stanslaus B. Mwampeta et al.   Scientific Reports

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

Abundance estimation methods for unmarked animals with camera traps

(2020) Neil A. Gilbert et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Evaluating the Use of Drones Equipped with Thermal Sensors as an Effective Method for Estimating Wildlife

(2020) Jared T. Beaver et al.   WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN

Spatial and temporal overlap of caracal and serval in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

(2020) Stanslaus B. Mwampeta et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

A review of ecological factors promoting road use by mammals

(2020) Jacob E. Hill et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

Estimating abundance of a cryptic social carnivore using spatially explicit capture–recapture

(2019) Gretchen H. Roffler et al.   WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN

Multispecies hierarchical modeling reveals variable responses of African carnivores to management alternatives

(2019) Matthew T. Farr et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Track surveys do not provide accurate or precise lion density estimates in serengeti

(2019) Jerrold L. Belant et al.   Global Ecology and Conservation

Automatically identifying, counting, and describing wild animals in camera-trap images with deep learning

(2018) Mohammad Sadegh Norouzzadeh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Lion Densities in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania

(2018) William-Georges Crosmary et al.   African Journal of Wildlife Research

Machine learning to classify animal species in camera trap images: Applications in ecology

(2018) Michael A. Tabak et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Temporal and Spatial Variation of Broadcasted Vocalizations Does not Reduce Lion Panthera leo Habituation

(2017) Jerrold L. Belant et al.   WILDLIFE BIOLOGY

Estimating African Lion Abundance in the Southwestern Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

(2017) B. Otto Beukes et al.   African Journal of Wildlife Research

Conservation of large predator populations: Demographic and spatial responses of African lions to the intensity of trophy hunting

(2016) A.J. Loveridge et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Spatial Capture–Recapture: A Promising Method for Analyzing Data Collected Using Artificial Cover Objects

(2016) Chris Sutherland et al.   HERPETOLOGICA

Embargo on Lion Hunting Trophies from West Africa: An Effective Measure or a Threat to Lion Conservation?

(2016) Philippe Bouché et al.   PLoS One

Simplified large African carnivore density estimators from track indices

(2016) Christiaan W. Winterbach et al.   PeerJ

Visible and thermal infrared remote sensing for the detection of white-tailed deer using an unmanned aerial system

(2016) Louis-Philippe Chrétien et al.   WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN

Landscape-level movement patterns by lions in western Serengeti: comparing the influence of inter-specific competitors, habitat attributes and prey availability

(2016) Andrew M. Kittle et al.   Movement Ecology

Estimating Lion Abundance using N-mixture Models for Social Species

(2016) Jerrold L. Belant et al.   Scientific Reports

Distribution and Abundance of Lions in Northwest Tete Province, Mozambique

(2016) Andrew P. Jacobson et al.   Tropical Conservation Science

To track or to call: comparing methods for estimating population abundance of African lions Panthera leo in Kafue National Park

(2015) Neil Midlane et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Making literature reviews more reliable through application of lessons from systematic reviews

(2015) N.R. Haddaway et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

REVIEW: Wildlife camera trapping: a review and recommendations for linking surveys to ecological processes

(2015) A. Cole Burton et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Applying a random encounter model to estimate lion density from camera traps in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

(2015) Jeremy J. Cusack et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

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

Snapshot Serengeti, high-frequency annotated camera trap images of 40 mammalian species in an African savanna

(2015) Alexandra Swanson et al.   Scientific Data

On tracks: A spoor-based occupancy survey of lion Panthera leo distribution in Kafue National Park, Zambia

(2014) N. Midlane et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Detecting declines of apex carnivores and evaluating their causes: An example with Zambian lions

(2014) Elias Rosenblatt et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Efficacy of Two Lion Conservation Programs in Maasailand, Kenya

(2014) LEELA HAZZAH et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Evaluation of Microsatellite Markers for Populations Studies and Forensic Identification of African Lions (Panthera leo)

(2014) Susan M. Miller et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Surveys of lions Panthera leo in protected areas in Zimbabwe yield disturbing results: what is driving the population collapse?

(2014) Rosemary J. Groom et al.   ORYX

Monitoring jaguar populations Panthera onca with non-invasive genetics: a pilot study in Brazilian ecosystems

(2014) S. Roques et al.   ORYX

Individual Identification and Genetic Variation of Lions (Panthera leo) from Two Protected Areas in Nigeria

(2014) Talatu Tende et al.   PLoS One

Status and Ecological Effects of the World's Largest Carnivores

(2014) W. J. Ripple et al.   SCIENCE

Spatially explicit models for inference about density in unmarked or partially marked populations

(2013) Richard B. Chandler et al.   Annals of Applied Statistics

Density and habitat use of lions and spotted hyenas in northern Botswana and the influence of survey and ecological variables on call-in survey estimation

(2013) G. Cozzi et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Climate variability, human wildlife conflict and population dynamics of lions Panthera leo

(2013) Martina Trinkel   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Estimating population sizes of lions Panthera leo and spotted hyaenas Crocuta crocuta in Uganda's savannah parks, using lure count methods

(2013) Edward Okot Omoya et al.   ORYX

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

(2012) Jason Riggio et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Estimating past and future male loss in three Zambian lion populations

(2012) Matthew S. Becker et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Long-term trends in carnivore abundance using distance sampling in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

(2011) Sarah M. Durant et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Fear of Darkness, the Full Moon and the Nocturnal Ecology of African Lions

(2011) Craig Packer et al.   PLoS One

Population Characteristics of Lions (Panthera leo) in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

(2011) Paul J. Funston   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Population size of lions in Yankari Game Reserve as revealed by faecal DNA sampling

(2010) Talatu Tende et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The decline of lions in Ghana’s Mole National Park

(2010) A. Cole Burton et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Tracking and the interpretation of spoor: a scientifically sound method in ecology

(2010) P.E. Stander et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Substrate and species constraints on the use of track incidences to estimate African large carnivore abundance

(2010) P. J. Funston et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Estimating lion population variables: prey and disease effects in Kruger National Park, South Africa

(2010) Sam M. Ferreira et al.   WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Threat of rapid extermination of the lion (Panthera leo leo) in Waza National Park, Northern Cameroon

(2009) P. N. Tumenta et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

A method of identifying individual lions Panthera leo with an analysis of the reliability of identification

(2009) C. J. Pennycuick et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Identifying a potential lion Panthera leo stronghold in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, and Parc National des Virunga, Democratic Republic of Congo

(2009) Adrian Treves et al.   ORYX

Plenty of prey, few predators: what limits lions Panthera leo in Katavi National Park, western Tanzania?

(2009) Christian Kiffner et al.   ORYX

Population monitoring of snow leopards using noninvasive collection of scat samples: a pilot study

(2008) J. E. Janečka et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Livestock predation by lions, leopards, spotted hyenas, and their vulnerability to retaliatory killing in the Maasai steppe, Tanzania

(2008) B. M. Kissui   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Estimating animal density using camera traps without the need for individual recognition

(2008) J. Marcus Rowcliffe et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Monitoring law-enforcement performance in nine protected areas in Ghana

(2007) Hugo Jachmann   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION