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This week: BlackMammalogists Week with @blackmammalogists.bsky.social https://blackmammalogists.com/
This week: BlackMammalogists Week with @blackmammalogists.bsky.social https://blackmammalogists.com/
Equipping rangers with reliable data collection tools (e.g #SMART) to track their patrols can help correct bias and improve poaching models.
However, it’s a challenging journey that may require a separate thread. For more insights, check out this piece: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
However, it’s a challenging journey that may require a separate thread. For more insights, check out this piece: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) in Mid‐Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe: Implementation challenges and practices
Biodiversity monitoring and data-management technologies can enhance the protection of persecuted species, such as African elephants (Loxodonta africana), through providing management-relevant inform....
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 22, 2024 at 4:32 AM
Equipping rangers with reliable data collection tools (e.g #SMART) to track their patrols can help correct bias and improve poaching models.
However, it’s a challenging journey that may require a separate thread. For more insights, check out this piece: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
However, it’s a challenging journey that may require a separate thread. For more insights, check out this piece: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
However, ranger-collected data can be unreliable due to patrol bias, leading to inaccurate models. 🤔
Collaborations between rangers and spatial modelers can help correct this bias and create more accurate maps.🗺️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Collaborations between rangers and spatial modelers can help correct this bias and create more accurate maps.🗺️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 22, 2024 at 4:30 AM
However, ranger-collected data can be unreliable due to patrol bias, leading to inaccurate models. 🤔
Collaborations between rangers and spatial modelers can help correct this bias and create more accurate maps.🗺️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Collaborations between rangers and spatial modelers can help correct this bias and create more accurate maps.🗺️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Moving to poaching - it’s still a challenge in many landscapes, particularly in Africa.
Its encouraging that spatial models built using ranger-collected and remote sensing data can help predict the drivers and distribution of elephant poaching. 🐘📊
Its encouraging that spatial models built using ranger-collected and remote sensing data can help predict the drivers and distribution of elephant poaching. 🐘📊
September 22, 2024 at 4:27 AM
Moving to poaching - it’s still a challenge in many landscapes, particularly in Africa.
Its encouraging that spatial models built using ranger-collected and remote sensing data can help predict the drivers and distribution of elephant poaching. 🐘📊
Its encouraging that spatial models built using ranger-collected and remote sensing data can help predict the drivers and distribution of elephant poaching. 🐘📊
Co-creating connectivity maps with communities in elephant🐘- inhabited landscapes showed how Indigenous knowledge 🌍 complements geospatial analysis 🛰️ for validating elephant corridors in data-limited areas.
Community voices 🗣️ are key to tackling habitat fragmentation! 🌱
Community voices 🗣️ are key to tackling habitat fragmentation! 🌱
September 22, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Co-creating connectivity maps with communities in elephant🐘- inhabited landscapes showed how Indigenous knowledge 🌍 complements geospatial analysis 🛰️ for validating elephant corridors in data-limited areas.
Community voices 🗣️ are key to tackling habitat fragmentation! 🌱
Community voices 🗣️ are key to tackling habitat fragmentation! 🌱
This makes identifying elephant corridors critical. But how do we assess and validate connectivity with limited telemetry data?🤔
September 22, 2024 at 4:24 AM
This makes identifying elephant corridors critical. But how do we assess and validate connectivity with limited telemetry data?🤔
2) Most potential pathways for anthropogenic expansion cut across potential wildlife dispersal areas between protected areas. www.mdpi.com/2673-7418/2/...
September 22, 2024 at 4:23 AM
2) Most potential pathways for anthropogenic expansion cut across potential wildlife dispersal areas between protected areas. www.mdpi.com/2673-7418/2/...
Our findings revealed that:
1) Human activities are encroaching on natural landscapes. 📉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
1) Human activities are encroaching on natural landscapes. 📉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 22, 2024 at 4:22 AM
Our findings revealed that:
1) Human activities are encroaching on natural landscapes. 📉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
1) Human activities are encroaching on natural landscapes. 📉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Since habitat fragmentation is a top priority threat to elephant conservation. Let’s dive into it first.
We used deep learning and circuit theory to assess land use changes in the Okavango Basin, part of KAZA-the largest TFCA and home to the biggest elephant population.🐘
We used deep learning and circuit theory to assess land use changes in the Okavango Basin, part of KAZA-the largest TFCA and home to the biggest elephant population.🐘
September 22, 2024 at 4:20 AM
Since habitat fragmentation is a top priority threat to elephant conservation. Let’s dive into it first.
We used deep learning and circuit theory to assess land use changes in the Okavango Basin, part of KAZA-the largest TFCA and home to the biggest elephant population.🐘
We used deep learning and circuit theory to assess land use changes in the Okavango Basin, part of KAZA-the largest TFCA and home to the biggest elephant population.🐘
Our findings revealed that:
1) Human activities are encroaching on natural landscapes. 📉:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402309970X
1) Human activities are encroaching on natural landscapes. 📉:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402309970X
September 22, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Our findings revealed that:
1) Human activities are encroaching on natural landscapes. 📉:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402309970X
1) Human activities are encroaching on natural landscapes. 📉:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402309970X
In recent years, I've worked with various mammal species in #Africa, including hippos, buffaloes, hyenas, and elephants. Today, however, I will focus on my research concerning the endangered African Savanna Elephant #Loxodontaafricana.
September 21, 2024 at 6:35 PM
In recent years, I've worked with various mammal species in #Africa, including hippos, buffaloes, hyenas, and elephants. Today, however, I will focus on my research concerning the endangered African Savanna Elephant #Loxodontaafricana.
Thanks for joining me today folks! Have a restful weekend and, in the wise words of @sciencewithtyus.bsky.social, stay curious!
Give me a follow on Twitter @Science_Miathod as I start my PhD. 🫡
Give me a follow on Twitter @Science_Miathod as I start my PhD. 🫡
September 20, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Thanks for joining me today folks! Have a restful weekend and, in the wise words of @sciencewithtyus.bsky.social, stay curious!
Give me a follow on Twitter @Science_Miathod as I start my PhD. 🫡
Give me a follow on Twitter @Science_Miathod as I start my PhD. 🫡
(Basic) definitions:
One Health- human, wildlife, & environmental health are all dependent on one another
Zoonoses- diseases from animals to people
Anthroponoses- diseases from people to animals
Spillover- disease from one sp./popu. to another
One Health- human, wildlife, & environmental health are all dependent on one another
Zoonoses- diseases from animals to people
Anthroponoses- diseases from people to animals
Spillover- disease from one sp./popu. to another
September 20, 2024 at 9:19 PM
(Basic) definitions:
One Health- human, wildlife, & environmental health are all dependent on one another
Zoonoses- diseases from animals to people
Anthroponoses- diseases from people to animals
Spillover- disease from one sp./popu. to another
One Health- human, wildlife, & environmental health are all dependent on one another
Zoonoses- diseases from animals to people
Anthroponoses- diseases from people to animals
Spillover- disease from one sp./popu. to another
So yeah, that’s what I’ve been up to for the last few years…any questions?
September 20, 2024 at 9:07 PM
So yeah, that’s what I’ve been up to for the last few years…any questions?
My ultimate goal is to understand host-microbe interactions and their effects on host outcomes. This info will allow us to look at individual- and population-level effects. Since everything’s connected (#OneHealth), there can be large effects on the health of a system.
September 20, 2024 at 9:01 PM
My ultimate goal is to understand host-microbe interactions and their effects on host outcomes. This info will allow us to look at individual- and population-level effects. Since everything’s connected (#OneHealth), there can be large effects on the health of a system.
That project is wrapping up right now (trying to finish writing the code between tweets!)
It was definitely a pivot from what I had been working on, but a really interesting opportunity to get into microbiology.
I’ll let y’all know when that paper is ready too.
It was definitely a pivot from what I had been working on, but a really interesting opportunity to get into microbiology.
I’ll let y’all know when that paper is ready too.
September 20, 2024 at 8:58 PM
That project is wrapping up right now (trying to finish writing the code between tweets!)
It was definitely a pivot from what I had been working on, but a really interesting opportunity to get into microbiology.
I’ll let y’all know when that paper is ready too.
It was definitely a pivot from what I had been working on, but a really interesting opportunity to get into microbiology.
I’ll let y’all know when that paper is ready too.
I cultured A LOT of bacteria this summer.
September 20, 2024 at 8:53 PM
I cultured A LOT of bacteria this summer.
This summer I worked on a project assessing human enteric pathogens carried by feral swine with an interest in swine found near agricultural systems.
Essentially:
🐗 ➡️💩🦠🌾➡️😷🤢
Essentially:
🐗 ➡️💩🦠🌾➡️😷🤢
September 20, 2024 at 8:49 PM
This summer I worked on a project assessing human enteric pathogens carried by feral swine with an interest in swine found near agricultural systems.
Essentially:
🐗 ➡️💩🦠🌾➡️😷🤢
Essentially:
🐗 ➡️💩🦠🌾➡️😷🤢
Feral swine are an introduced species that have been implicated in quite a few problems in the US (e.g. ecosystem damage, disease, being incredibly cute, etc).
www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/defaul...
www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/defaul...
www.aphis.usda.gov
September 20, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Feral swine are an introduced species that have been implicated in quite a few problems in the US (e.g. ecosystem damage, disease, being incredibly cute, etc).
www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/defaul...
www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/defaul...
I’m grateful to the lab and my PI for all the experience and support they provided to this growing, first-gen scientist. I officially left my lab of 5 years to pursue my PhD and explore new opportunities.
Welcome to the summer of 50-60+ feral swine!
Welcome to the summer of 50-60+ feral swine!
September 20, 2024 at 8:31 PM
I’m grateful to the lab and my PI for all the experience and support they provided to this growing, first-gen scientist. I officially left my lab of 5 years to pursue my PhD and explore new opportunities.
Welcome to the summer of 50-60+ feral swine!
Welcome to the summer of 50-60+ feral swine!
The desert and rodents are now permanently etched into my heart. The desert is a rich, unique ecosystem in need of your support and protection. It’s home to many beautiful and strange species.
Warning: non-mammals mentioned
Warning: non-mammals mentioned
September 20, 2024 at 8:31 PM
The desert and rodents are now permanently etched into my heart. The desert is a rich, unique ecosystem in need of your support and protection. It’s home to many beautiful and strange species.
Warning: non-mammals mentioned
Warning: non-mammals mentioned
After many dissections, hours at the microscope, and more gel electrophoresis than one could hope to do in 3 months, I wrapped up my thesis.
Once I publish, I’ll let y’all know the species I found 😉
Once I publish, I’ll let y’all know the species I found 😉
September 20, 2024 at 8:07 PM
After many dissections, hours at the microscope, and more gel electrophoresis than one could hope to do in 3 months, I wrapped up my thesis.
Once I publish, I’ll let y’all know the species I found 😉
Once I publish, I’ll let y’all know the species I found 😉
For my MSc thesis, I looked at the gastrointestinal parasites MUMUs carry to see if they could spill over into Amargosa vole populations.
That study involved stomach nematodes crawling toward me…nightmare fuel.
That study involved stomach nematodes crawling toward me…nightmare fuel.
September 20, 2024 at 6:48 PM
For my MSc thesis, I looked at the gastrointestinal parasites MUMUs carry to see if they could spill over into Amargosa vole populations.
That study involved stomach nematodes crawling toward me…nightmare fuel.
That study involved stomach nematodes crawling toward me…nightmare fuel.
MUMUs carry an assortment of diseases and move readily between habitats, making them a big concern in this story. Over the last decade, they’ve expanded their range in the Mojave marshes, which are like little islands.
More marshes have MUMUs now. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s429...
More marshes have MUMUs now. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s429...
Interspecific interactions, human proximity, and season affect spatiotemporal structure of a Mojave Desert wetlands rodent community with a highly endangered species - Mammalian Biology
We analyzed the influences of interspecific interactions and environmental factors on rodent community assembly in Mojave Desert wetlands that support the endangered Amargosa vole (Microtus californic...
dx.doi.org
September 20, 2024 at 6:43 PM
MUMUs carry an assortment of diseases and move readily between habitats, making them a big concern in this story. Over the last decade, they’ve expanded their range in the Mojave marshes, which are like little islands.
More marshes have MUMUs now. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s429...
More marshes have MUMUs now. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s429...
Enter our next character: the house mouse, which I will refer to as MUMUs (MUs MUsculus).
House mice are highly adaptable commensal species, meaning they reproduce rapidly, live in many habitats, and follow human settlements.
House mice are highly adaptable commensal species, meaning they reproduce rapidly, live in many habitats, and follow human settlements.
September 20, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Enter our next character: the house mouse, which I will refer to as MUMUs (MUs MUsculus).
House mice are highly adaptable commensal species, meaning they reproduce rapidly, live in many habitats, and follow human settlements.
House mice are highly adaptable commensal species, meaning they reproduce rapidly, live in many habitats, and follow human settlements.