Tracking data from a free-roaming female cheetah released into the Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa

Occurrence
Dernière version Publié par Endangered Wildlife Trust le mai 20, 2019 Endangered Wildlife Trust
Date de publication:
20 mai 2019
Licence:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

In 2011, South Africa’s cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) metapopulation began with the capture of free-roaming cheetahs on ranchland to populate a network of fenced game reserves. This practice has become increasingly disparaged as the wild population faces population decline due to numerous anthropogenic threats. However, occasionally, there are extenuating circumstances where free-roaming animals are captured from this population to augment the managed metapopulation. One particular female cheetah that was captured on ranchland in the North West Province in April 2014, where she was perceived to be at risk from persecution, was released onto Pilanesberg National Park She was monitored via satellite telemetry for a period of 10 months, and interventions took place during this period to ensure her survival. Satellite location data of ~11 months, including four locations per day, is availed for users interested in movement, home-range and resource use data

Enregistrements de données

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Comment citer

Les chercheurs doivent citer cette ressource comme suit:

Power J, Page-Nicholson S, van der Merwe V, Dell S, Roxburgh L (2019): Tracking data from a free-roaming female cheetah released into the Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa. v1.1. North West Parks Board and Endangered Wildlife Trust. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=pilanesbergcheetah&v=1.0

Droits

Les chercheurs doivent respecter la déclaration de droits suivante:

L’éditeur et détenteur des droits de cette ressource est Endangered Wildlife Trust. Ce travail est sous licence Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0.

Enregistrement GBIF

Cette ressource a été enregistrée sur le portail GBIF, et possède l'UUID GBIF suivante : d45cd682-b4a0-4118-bfc8-eea3fb752aff.  Endangered Wildlife Trust publie cette ressource, et est enregistré dans le GBIF comme éditeur de données avec l'approbation du South African Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mots-clé

Occurrence; cheetah; tracking; free-roaming

Contacts

John Power
  • Fournisseur Des Métadonnées
  • Créateur
  • Utilisateur
  • Personne De Contact
Terrestrial Ecologist
Department of Rural, Environment and Agricultural Development
ZA
Samantha Page-Nicholson
  • Créateur
Lion Database Coordinator
Endangered Wildlife Trust
ZA
Vincent van der Merwe
  • Créateur
Cheetah Metapopulation Coordinator
Endangered Wildlife Trust
ZA
Stephen Dell
  • Créateur
Field Ecologist
Department of Rural, Environment and Agricultural Development
ZA
Lizanne Roxburgh
  • Fournisseur Des Métadonnées
  • Créateur
Senior Scientist
Endangered Wildlife Trust
ZA

Couverture géographique

Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa

Enveloppe géographique Sud Ouest [-25,998, 26,191], Nord Est [-24,467, 28,191]

Couverture taxonomique

Pas de description disponible

Species Acinonyx jubatus (Cheetah)

Couverture temporelle

Date de début / Date de fin 2014-04-12 / 2015-02-07

Données sur le projet

In 2011, South Africa’s cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) metapopulation began with the capture of free-roaming cheetahs on ranchland to populate a network of fenced game reserves. This practice has become increasingly disparaged as the wild population faces population decline due to numerous anthropogenic threats. However, occasionally, there are extenuating circumstances where free-roaming animals are captured from this population to augment the managed metapopulation. One particular female cheetah that was captured on ranchland in the North West Province in April 2014, where she was perceived to be at risk from persecution, was released onto Pilanesberg National Park She was monitored via satellite telemetry for a period of 10 months, and interventions took place during this period to ensure her survival. This female bred successfully, and established a home-range of ~317 km² (100 % MCP), which was half that of the free-roaming cheetahs outside of Pilanesberg, and may be related to differences in anthropogenic disturbances. During the denning period she moved less, and covered only 2 % of her normal ranging area, while as expected she also travelled less during the night time. Satellite location data of ~11 months, including four locations per day, is availed for users interested in movement, home-range and resource use data.

Titre Monitoring cheetah on North West Parks Reserves
Financement Aside from nominal funding (i.e. salaries, subsistence and travel) for one government organisation, North West Provincial Government, one parastatal conservation agency, North West Parks Board, and one NGO, the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), the satellite collar was funded by C4 Images and Safaris – a specialist wildlife photographic safari company.

Les personnes impliquées dans le projet:

John Power
  • Chercheur Principal

Méthodes d'échantillonnage

A female cheetah was immobilised using standard procedures. She was fitted with a satellite collar (Iridium GPS unit, 1 D cell AWT transmitter, 1 C cell, African Wildlife Tracking cc, 106 Nuffield Street, Rietondale, Pretoria, South Africa), that would obtain 4 location fixes per day. The download times were at the following evenly spaced times throughout the diel cycle: 00:00, 06:00, 12:00 and 18:00. The recorded data was the geographic coordinates, altitude and temperature. The collar stopped at the end of the period, while the telemetry component lasted till the end of the year in 2015, and this animal is still alive, but we have not removed her collar as yet.

Etendue de l'étude Restricted to Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa

Description des étapes de la méthode:

  1. It is possible that the first day’s locations upon release would be at different times to that specified, which is the case when a specific schedule is selected, so such can be excluded. The fixes obtained are mostly within a 10 m accuracy.

Métadonnées additionnelles

Note that while the Endangered Wildlife Trust published this dataset to GBIF, we have done so in collaboration with North West Parks Board, who are the rights holders to the data, as indicated in the Institution code in the dataset itself.

Identifiants alternatifs d45cd682-b4a0-4118-bfc8-eea3fb752aff
http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=pilanesbergcheetah