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View article: A place-based assessment of biodiversity intactness in sub-Saharan Africa
A place-based assessment of biodiversity intactness in sub-Saharan Africa Open
Maintaining biodiversity is central to the sustainable development agenda 1 . However, a lack of context-specific biodiversity information at policy-relevant scales has posed major limitations to decision-makers 2,3 . To address this chall…
View article: Community‐ and species‐level responses of reptiles to an avian ecosystem engineer
Community‐ and species‐level responses of reptiles to an avian ecosystem engineer Open
Ecosystem engineers can alter the distribution and abundance of resources in a landscape, thereby impacting the distribution of other species that use those resources. Although reptiles are known to respond to the ecosystem engineering of …
View article: Contrasting three diet datasets for the African brown house snake, <i>Boaedon capensis</i>
Contrasting three diet datasets for the African brown house snake, <i>Boaedon capensis</i> Open
Data on the dietary preferences of species can provide important information that deepens our knowledge of their evolutionary history and contemporary ecology. The combination of low detectability and irregular feeding frequency of snakes …
View article: The agony of choice: Comparing abundance estimates from multiple N-mixture model variants for a dataset of reptile observations
The agony of choice: Comparing abundance estimates from multiple N-mixture model variants for a dataset of reptile observations Open
Ecological surveys rarely achieve perfect detection of target species, and failure to account for imperfect detection can produce erroneous estimates of abundance. N-mixture models account for variation in detectability by separating the o…
View article: bi4africa dataset - open source
bi4africa dataset - open source Open
The bii4africa dataset is presented in a multi-spreadsheet .ods file. The raw data spreadsheet (‘Scores_Raw’) includes 31,313 individual expert estimates of the impact of a sub-Saharan African land use on a species response group of terres…
View article: bii4africa dataset
bii4africa dataset Open
The bii4africa dataset is presented in a multi-spreadsheet .xlsx file. The raw data spreadsheet (‘Scores_Raw’) includes 31,313 individual expert estimates of the impact of a sub-Saharan African land use on a species response group of terre…
View article: Application of a trait‐based climate change vulnerability assessment to determine management priorities at protected area scale
Application of a trait‐based climate change vulnerability assessment to determine management priorities at protected area scale Open
Estimating and planning for the impacts of climate change on the biodiversity of protected areas is a major challenge for conservation managers. When these areas are topographically heterogenous and contain species' entire ranges, this cha…
View article: Snake predators of bird eggs: a review and bibliography
Snake predators of bird eggs: a review and bibliography Open
Snakes are frequent predators of bird nests and therefore potentially have an important impact on bird population
\ndynamics. However, while many species are known to consume nestlings and chicks, few species have been recorded consuming b…
View article: Excessive red tape is strangling biodiversity research in South Africa
Excessive red tape is strangling biodiversity research in South Africa Open
Preventing the over-exploitation of natural resources is vital to ensure that biodiversity is protected and conserved. Legislation and regulations are therefore necessary to manage resource utilisation, but overly stringent legislation and…
View article: Testing assertions of dietary specialisation: a case study of the diet of <i>Aparallactus capensis</i>
Testing assertions of dietary specialisation: a case study of the diet of <i>Aparallactus capensis</i> Open
The lack of detailed natural history information required to precisely characterise the diets of many organisms often results in the use of generalised descriptions of those diets. These descriptions can become dogmatic, and should be chal…
View article: Sharing for science: high-resolution trophic interactions revealed rapidly by social media
Sharing for science: high-resolution trophic interactions revealed rapidly by social media Open
Discrete, ephemeral natural phenomena with low spatial or temporal predictability are incredibly challenging to study systematically. In ecology, species interactions, which constitute the functional backbone of ecological communities, can…
View article: Peer Review #1 of "Sharing for science: high-resolution trophic interactions revealed rapidly by social media (v0.1)"
Peer Review #1 of "Sharing for science: high-resolution trophic interactions revealed rapidly by social media (v0.1)" Open
Discrete, ephemeral natural phenomena with low spatial or temporal predictability are incredibly challenging to study systematically.In ecology, species interactions, which constitute the functional backbone of ecological communities, can …
View article: Sampling bias in reptile occurrence data for the Kruger National Park
Sampling bias in reptile occurrence data for the Kruger National Park Open
o effectively conserve and manage species, it is important to (1) understand how they are spatially distributed across the globe at both broad and fine spatial resolutions and (2) elucidate the determinants of these distributions. However,…
View article: Data for "Sharing for science: High-resolution trophic interactions revealed rapidly by social media"
Data for "Sharing for science: High-resolution trophic interactions revealed rapidly by social media" Open
Data associated with:Maritz, R. and Maritz, B. 2020. Sharing for Science: High-resolution trophic interactions revealed rapidly by social media. PeerJ DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9485Maritz_FacebookDatabase.csvFeeding interactions involving reptile…
View article: Data for "Sharing for Science: High-resolution trophic interactions revealed rapidly by social media"
Data for "Sharing for Science: High-resolution trophic interactions revealed rapidly by social media" Open
Data associated with:Maritz, R. and Maritz, B. Sharing for Science: High-resolution trophic interactions revealed rapidly by social media.Maritz_FacebookDatabase.csvFeeding interactions involving reptiles and amphibians in southern Africa …
View article: Snake body size frequency distributions are robust to the description of novel species
Snake body size frequency distributions are robust to the description of novel species Open
The accurate interpretation of body size frequency distributions ( BSFD s) has important implications for understanding large‐scale ecological and evolutionary patterns because they are shaped by ecological and evolutionary processes. Howe…
View article: An ambusher's arsenal: chemical crypsis in the puff adder (<i>Bitis arietans</i>)
An ambusher's arsenal: chemical crypsis in the puff adder (<i>Bitis arietans</i>) Open
Ambush foragers use a hunting strategy that places them at risk of predation by both visual and olfaction-oriented predators. Resulting selective pressures have driven the evolution of impressive visual crypsis in many ambushing species, a…
View article: Scent-matching data on Puff Adders from meerkat and dog models
Scent-matching data on Puff Adders from meerkat and dog models Open
Data collected from scent-matching trials conducted on dog and meerkat models using puff adder scent, and scent from several other species of active foraging snakes