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http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=pilanesbergcheetah
Tracking data from a free-roaming female cheetah released into the Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa
John
Power
Department of Rural, Environment and Agricultural Development
Terrestrial Ecologist
ZA
JPower@nwpg.gov.za
Samantha
Page-Nicholson
Endangered Wildlife Trust
Lion Database Coordinator
ZA
samanthap@ewt.org.za
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Vincent
van der Merwe
Endangered Wildlife Trust
Cheetah Metapopulation Coordinator
ZA
vincentv@ewt.org.za
Stephen
Dell
Department of Rural, Environment and Agricultural Development
Field Ecologist
ZA
sdell@nwpb.org.za
Lizanne
Roxburgh
Endangered Wildlife Trust
Senior Scientist
ZA
lizanner@ewt.org.za
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Lizanne
Roxburgh
Endangered Wildlife Trust
Senior Scientist
ZA
lizanner@ewt.org.za
-7K8E30AAAAJ
John
Power
Department of Rural, Environment and Agricultural Development
Terrestrial Ecologist
ZA
JPower@nwpg.gov.za
John
Power
Department of Rural, Environment and Agricultural Development
Terrestrial Ecologist
ZA
JPower@nwpg.gov.za
user
2019-05-20
eng
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
Occurrence
cheetah
tracking
free-roaming
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml
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.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License.
Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa
26.191
28.191
-24.467
-25.998
2014-04-12
2015-02-07
species
Acinonyx jubatus
Cheetah
notPlanned
John
Power
Department of Rural, Environment and Agricultural Development
Terrestrial Ecologist
ZA
JPower@nwpg.gov.za
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.
Restricted to Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa
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.
Monitoring cheetah on North West Parks Reserves
John
Power
principalInvestigator
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.
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.
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dataset
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
d45cd682-b4a0-4118-bfc8-eea3fb752aff/v1.3.xml