Ocorrência

EWT: Carnivore Conservation Programme Cheetah Tracking Data

Versão mais recente publicado por Endangered Wildlife Trust em 3 de Novembro de 2017 Endangered Wildlife Trust
In partnership with the University of Pretoria, The Endangered Wildlife Trust’s (EWT) Carnivore Conservation Programme collared nine free-roaming Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in the Thabazimbi area in Limpopo Province, South Africa. This study was undertaken to determine the spatial ecology of free-roaming Cheetahs and how they utilize areas that lack larger, competing predators such as Lions and Spotted Hyenas. The data were collected between September 2003 and November 2008; resulting in a total of 3165 location points for nine individual Cheetahs.
Publication date:
3 de Novembro de 2017
License:
CC-BY 4.0

Registros de Dados

Os dados deste recurso de ocorrência foram publicados como um Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), que é o formato padronizado para compartilhamento de dados de biodiversidade como um conjunto de uma ou mais tabelas de dados. A tabela de dados do núcleo contém 3.165 registros.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

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Versões

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Como citar

Pesquisadores deveriam citar esta obra da seguinte maneira:

Marnewick K, Page-Nicolson S, Roxburgh L, Somers M (2016): EWT: Carnivore Conservation Programme Cheetah Tracking Data. v1.1. Endangered Wildlife Trust. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=cheetahtrackingdata&v=1.1

Direitos

Pesquisadores devem respeitar a seguinte declaração de direitos:

O editor e o detentor dos direitos deste trabalho é Endangered Wildlife Trust. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License.

GBIF Registration

Este recurso foi registrado no GBIF e atribuído ao seguinte GBIF UUID: 77b04b75-97f5-4d3c-9184-8cc5c12d71ae.  Endangered Wildlife Trust publica este recurso, e está registrado no GBIF como um publicador de dados aprovado por South African Biodiversity Information Facility.

Palavras-chave

Occurrence; Observation

Contatos

Quem criou esse recurso:

Kelly Marnewick
Carnivore Conservation Programme Manager
Endangered Wildlife Trust
ZA
Samantha Page-Nicolson
Science Officer
Endangered Wildlife Trust
ZA
Lizanne Roxburgh
Senior Scientist
Endangered Wildlife Trust
ZA
Michael Somers
University of Pretoria
ZA

Quem pode responder a perguntas sobre o recurso:

Kelly Marnewick
Carnivore Conservation Programme Manager
Endangered Wildlife Trust
ZA

Quem preencher os metadados:

Lizanne Roxburgh
Senior Scientist
Endangered Wildlife Trust
ZA

Quem mais foi associado com o recurso:

Custódio de dados
Lizanne Roxburgh
Senior Scientist
Endangered Wildlife Trust
ZA

Cobertura Geográfica

Limpopo and North West provinces of South Africa

Coordenadas delimitadoras Sul Oeste [-27,66, 22,43], Norte Leste [-21,65, 29,34]

Cobertura Taxonômica

The dataset covers a single species, namely the Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus

Espécie  Acinonyx jubatus (Cheetah)

Cobertura Temporal

Data Inicial / Data final 2003-09-18 / 2008-11-21

Dados Sobre o Projeto

Nenhuma descrição disponível

Título Conservation biology of cheetahs Acinonyx jubatus (Schreber, 1775) and African wild dogs Lycaon pictus (Temminck, 1820) in South Africa.
Financiamento Columbus Zoo, Cat Life Foundation, Duemke Family Trust, Scovill Zoo, Carston Springs Trust and the DST-NRF Centre for Excellence for Invasion Biology

O pessoal envolvido no projeto:

Pesquisador Principal
Kelly Marnewick
Pesquisador Principal
Michael Somers

Métodos de Amostragem

Cheetahs were trapped using double door traps (described in Marnewick 2015; Marnewick & Celliers 2006). Trapped Cheetahs were immobilised by a professional wildlife veterinarian and fitted with tracking collars. In instances where coalitions were caught (i.e. George and Joss), only one member of the coalition or group was fitted with a tracking collar. Cheetahs were allowed to recover from immobilisation in the trap cage and were released at the site of capture. Cheetahs were monitored for the extent of their life or the life of the collar. All activities involving Cheetah handling and research were done under the guidance of the University of Pretoria Animal Use and Care committee (reference number: EC030-09) and with permits issued by Limpopo Economic Development Environment and Tourism department (the local conservation authority). Cheetahs were monitored for between 28 and 2 119 days, depending on the life of the Cheetah or the collar. Initially, VHF collars (African Wildlife Tracking, Pretoria, South Africa) were fitted to two individuals. Later in the study, these were replaced by GPS/GSM collars (African Wildlife Tracking, Pretoria, South Africa & Hot Group, Pretoria, South Africa) which were utilized to obtain more frequent and more accurate data. Two collars needed to be replaced as a result of deteriorating batteries. In these instances, the Cheetahs were immobilised from a helicopter. The two male (AM196 - GeorgeJoss) and three male (AS68 - CBU) coalitions were initially monitored using VHF collars resulting in 56 (2.8% of total) and 12 (8.6% of total) data points being obtained respectively.

Área de Estudo The study covers two provinces within South Africa; the Limpopo Province and the North-West Province, where a free-roaming population of Cheetah occurs. Most data points (> 95%) occur in Limpopo; typically around the town of Thabazimbi located in the western reaches of the province. Some of the points (< 5 %) occur in the northern areas of the North-West Province.
Controle de Qualidade The dataset has gone through a cleaning and georeferencing verification process to ensure GPS points and accompanying location information is correct.

Descrição dos passos do método:

  1. Locations for animals wearing VHF collars were recorded by tracking the individuals from a microlight aircraft with one pilot and one researcher on board. For GPS/ GSM collars, all GPS fixes were recorded directly from the device and transmitted through cell phone towers. This data was then accessed and downloaded through an online platform. The GPS/ GSM devices were set to take either two or four locations per day (at 12h00 and 00h00 for the collars set for two daily locations and additional times of 06h00 and 18h00 for collars with four daily locations).

Metadados Adicionais

Papers published from the dataset: Marnewick K, Ferreira SM, Grange S, Watermeyer J, Maputla N, et al. 2014. Evaluating the Status of African Wild Dogs Lycaon pictus and Cheetahs Acinonyx jubatus through Tourist-based Photographic Surveys in the Kruger National Park. PLoS ONE 9(1): e86265. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086265. Marnewick, K. & Cilliers, D. 2006. Range use of two coalitions of male cheetahs Acinonyx jubatus in the Thabazimbi district of the Limpopo province, South Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 36(2): 147-151. Marnewick, K., Cilliers, D., Hayward, M. & Somers, M. 2009. Survival of cheetahs relocated from ranchlands to fenced protected areas. In: Hayward, M & Somers, M. (Eds.) The re-introduction of top order predators, chapter 13. Blackwell Publishing. Marnewick, K. & Somers, M.J. 2015. Home range size of cheetahs Acinonyx jubatus outside protected areas in South Africa. African Journal of Wildlife Research 45(2): 223–232. Marnewick, K. 2015. Conservation biology of cheetahs Acinonyx jubatus (Schreber, 1775) and African wild dogs Lycaon pictus (Temminck, 1820) in South Africa. Phd. University of Pretoria.

Propósito The aim of this study (in the form of a Doctoral thesis - Marnewick 2015), was to determine, through satellite tracking, how free-roaming Cheetahs utilize utilize areas that lack larger, competing predators such as Lions (Panthera leo) and Spotted Hyenas (Crocuta crocuta. The current dataset is held at the Endangered Wildlife Trust.
Identificadores alternativos 77b04b75-97f5-4d3c-9184-8cc5c12d71ae
http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=cheetahtrackingdata