Seasonal resource selection of an arboreal habitat specialist in a human-dominated landscape: A case study using red panda.

Human-dominated landscapes provide heterogeneous wildlife habitat. Conservation of habitat specialists, like red pandas , inhabiting such landscapes is challenging. Therefore, information on resource use across spatial and temporal scales could enable informed-decision making with better conservation outcomes.

Movement and dispersal of a habitat specialist in human-dominated landscapes: a case study of the red panda.

Background: Habitat specialists living in human-dominated landscapes are likely to be affected by habitat fragmentation and human disturbances more than generalists. But there is a paucity of information on their response to such factors. We examined the effect of these factors on movement patterns of red pandas Ailurus fulgens, a habitat and diet specialist that inhabits the eastern Himalaya.

Effect of disturbances and habitat fragmentation on an arboreal habitat specialist mammal using GPS telemetry: a case of the red panda.

Context: Habitat specialists residing in human-modified landscapes are likely to be more vulnerable to disturbance because of a functional reliance on very particular habitat features. However, there have been few studies designed to specifically address that issue.

Objectives: This study aimed to explore how the red panda, an iconic endangered habitat specialist, behaves when faced with disturbances and habitat fragmentation.

Improved Trapping and Handling of an Arboreal, Montane Mammal: Red Panda .

It is sometimes essential to have an animal in the hand to study some of their ecological and biological characteristics. However, capturing a solitary, cryptic, elusive arboreal species such as the red panda in the wild is challenging. We developed and successfully tested a protocol for tracking, trapping, immobilization, and handling of red pandas in the wild in eastern Nepal.

Who's a Good Handler? Important Skills and Personality Profiles of Wildlife Detection Dog Handlers.

Wildlife detection dog teams are employed internationally for environmental surveys, and their success often depends on the dog handler. Minimal research is available on the skills that dog handlers believe are important, and no research has been published on the personality profiles of wildlife detection dog handlers. This may reveal the skills that people should acquire to be successful at, or suitable for, this work.

You Are Not My Handler! Impact of Changing Handlers on Dogs' Behaviours and Detection Performance.

Dog-handler relationships can directly impact team success. Changing a dog's handler may therefore compromise detection performance. However, there are currently few studies which support this.

Resource pulses in desert river habitats: productivity-biodiversity hotspots, or mirages?

Resource pulses in the world's hot deserts are driven largely by rainfall and are highly variable in both time and space. However, run-on areas and drainage lines in arid regions receive more water more often than adjacent habitats, and frequently sustain relatively high levels of primary productivity. These landscape features therefore may support higher biotic diversity than other habitats, and potentially act as refuges for desert vertebrates and other biota during droughts.

Relationships among rat numbers, abundance of oil palm fruit and damage levels to fruit in an oil palm plantation.

The relationships between vertebrate pests and crop damage are often complex and difficult to study. In palm oil plantations rodents remain the major pests, causing substantial monetary losses. The present study examined the numerical and functional responses of rodents to changes in the availability of oil palm fruit and the damage associated with that response.