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Andrew Houldcroft
@andyhouldcroft.com
Cantanhez Chimpanzee Project. Doctoral Researcher, University of Exeter. Data fusion, conservation technology, great apes. Based in Cornwall. http://tinyurl.com/andyhouldcroft
Some more highlights from my first month in Cantanhez NP, Guinea-Bissau! 🇬🇼

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March 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Excited to share that an article related to our recent review covering the evolutionary ecology of ethanol is now available online at @uk.theconversation.com!

Big thanks to @kjhockings.bsky.social, Matthew Carrigan, Amanda Melin, @evol-lab-ex.bsky.social, @exeter.ac.uk, @uniexecec.bsky.social.
February 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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For tree planting initiatives to truly benefit people and nature, they must be designed with farmers at the centre – not just as recipients, but as guardians and active decision-makers

New article by Ennia Bosshard of @uniexecec.bsky.social in @uk.theconversation.com
Kenya’s goal to plant 15 billion trees should include farmers – study shows they are keen
Kenya plans to plant 15 billion trees to combat climate change.
theconversation.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
PhD fieldwork is now well underway! I’m in Cantanhez NP for 4 months to explore the use of bioacoustics to monitor critically-endangered western chimpanzees! Lots of updates to come 🌍
February 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Very grateful to have my research highlighted by BES!

@wildcru.bsky.social
@uniexecec.bsky.social

This paper is now out and can be accessed here 🥳

zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
January 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Joint spatial modeling of cluster size and density for a heavily hunted primate persisting in a heterogeneous landscape https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.07399 #Primates #Mangroves #Sampling
January 1, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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spAbundance package (Doser et al. doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14332) was published this year at
@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social! It fits a variety of single/multispecies abundance models using Bayesian Inference allowing also for hierarchical frameworks. Let me show you a funny example 🧵👇(1/6) #rstats
December 30, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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Ok people. I’m drawing silhouettes this afternoon. If you have a paper coming up and you are in need of a #silhouette please let me know and I will have it ready today. As always I upload all my silhouettes to phylopic.org

I also have tutorials on how to put a silhouette in a plot in R.
PhyloPic
PhyloPic is an open database of free silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms, available for reuse under Creative Commons licenses. Download silhouettes for use in educational materi...
phylopic.org
December 26, 2024 at 6:47 PM
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New Paper! 🐒🌍🦤🧪

@andyhouldcroft.bsky.social built upon his MSc Conservation & Biodiversity project to develop a mapping model using monkeys in Guinea Bissau which aims to boost conservation & promote human-wildlife coexistence
@uniexecec.bsky.social #ExeterGSES

news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
December 20, 2024 at 11:36 AM
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A monkey mapping study led by doctoral researcher @andyhouldcroft.bsky.social could boost conservation of animal species that share their habitats with humans. @uniexecec.bsky.social

Full paper: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Press release: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
Monkey mapping model could boost conservation
A monkey mapping study could boost conservation of animal species that share their habitats with humans.  With an estimated 75% of Earth’s land surface already altered by humans, many animals must liv...
news.exeter.ac.uk
December 17, 2024 at 11:59 AM