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EWT: Carnivore Conservation Programme Cheetah Tracking Data

Última versión Publicado por Endangered Wildlife Trust en 3 de noviembre 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.
Fecha de publicación:
3 de noviembre de 2017
Licencia:
CC-BY 4.0

Registros

Los datos en este recurso de registros biológicos han sido publicados como Archivo Darwin Core(DwC-A), el cual es un formato estándar para compartir datos de biodiversidad como un conjunto de una o más tablas de datos. La tabla de datos del core contiene 3.165 registros.

Este IPT archiva los datos y, por lo tanto, sirve como repositorio de datos. Los datos y los metadatos del recurso están disponibles para su descarga en la sección descargas. La tabla versiones enumera otras versiones del recurso que se han puesto a disposición del público y permite seguir los cambios realizados en el recurso a lo largo del tiempo.

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Versiones

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¿Cómo referenciar?

Los usuarios deben citar este trabajo de la siguiente manera:

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

Derechos

Los usuarios deben respetar los siguientes derechos de uso:

El publicador y propietario de los derechos de este trabajo es Endangered Wildlife Trust. Este trabajo está autorizado bajo una Licencia Creative Commons Atribución/Reconocimiento 4.0 Internacional (CC-BY) 4.0.

Registro GBIF

Este recurso ha sido registrado en GBIF con el siguiente UUID: 77b04b75-97f5-4d3c-9184-8cc5c12d71ae.  Endangered Wildlife Trust publica este recurso y está registrado en GBIF como un publicador de datos avalado por South African Biodiversity Information Facility.

Palabras clave

Occurrence; Observation

Contactos

¿Quién creó el 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

¿Quién puede resolver dudas acerca del recurso?:

Kelly Marnewick
Carnivore Conservation Programme Manager
Endangered Wildlife Trust
ZA

¿Quién documentó los metadatos?:

Lizanne Roxburgh
Senior Scientist
Endangered Wildlife Trust
ZA

¿Quién más está asociado con el recurso?:

Custodio de los Datos
Lizanne Roxburgh
Senior Scientist
Endangered Wildlife Trust
ZA

Cobertura geográfica

Limpopo and North West provinces of South Africa

Coordenadas límite Latitud Mínima Longitud Mínima [-27,66, 22,43], Latitud Máxima Longitud Máxima [-21,65, 29,34]

Cobertura taxonómica

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

Especie  Acinonyx jubatus (Cheetah)

Cobertura temporal

Fecha Inicial / Fecha Final 2003-09-18 / 2008-11-21

Datos del proyecto

No hay descripción disponible

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

Personas asociadas al proyecto:

Investigador Principal
Kelly Marnewick
Investigador Principal
Michael Somers

Métodos de muestreo

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 Estudio 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.
Control de Calidad The dataset has gone through a cleaning and georeferencing verification process to ensure GPS points and accompanying location information is correct.

Descripción de la metodología paso a paso:

  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).

Metadatos adicionales

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