Assessing the camera trap methodologies used to estimate density of unmarked populations

P Palencia, JM Rowcliffe, J Vicente… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Population density estimations are essential for wildlife management and conservation.
Camera traps have become a promising cost‐effective tool, for which several methods have …

The epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis in wild deer and feral pigs and their roles in the establishment and spread of bovine tuberculosis in New Zealand wildlife

G Nugent, C Gortázar, G Knowles - New Zealand veterinary …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract In New Zealand, wild deer and feral pigs are assumed to be spillover hosts for
Mycobacterium bovis, and so are not targeted in efforts aimed at locally eradicating bovine …

One tool in the box: the role of hunters in mitigating the damages associated to abundant wildlife

C Gortázar, J Fernandez-de-Simon - European Journal of Wildlife …, 2022 - Springer
Many game species are prey species and evolved to cope with significant mortality by
natural predators. In the absence of predation or hunting, these game populations will be …

Environmental Presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Aggregation Points at the Wildlife/Livestock Interface

JA Barasona, J Vicente, I Díez‐Delgado… - Transboundary and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) cause tuberculosis (TB).
Infection is transmitted within and between livestock and wildlife populations, thus …

Random encounter model is a reliable method for estimating population density of multiple species using camera traps

P Palencia, P Barroso, J Vicente… - Remote Sensing in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Population density estimates are important for wildlife conservation and management.
Several camera trapping‐based methods for estimating densities have been developed …

Past, present and future of wild ungulates in relation to changes in land use

P Acevedo, MA Farfán, AL Márquez… - Landscape …, 2011 - Springer
In recent decades, Mediterranean landscapes have been experiencing more rapid changes
in land use than usual, which have affected the ecology of the species inhabiting this …

Temporal trend of tuberculosis in wild ungulates from Mediterranean S pain

J Vicente, JA Barasona, P Acevedo… - Transboundary and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis (TB), a chronic disease caused by infection with the M ycobacterium
tuberculosis complex, is endemic in wild boar (S us scrofa) and red deer (C ervus elaphus) …

Progress in the control of bovine tuberculosis in Spanish wildlife

C Gortazar, J Vicente, M Boadella, C Ballesteros… - Veterinary …, 2011 - Elsevier
Despite the compulsory test and slaughter campaigns in cattle, bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is
still present in Spain, and the role of wildlife reservoirs is increasingly recognized. We …

Spatial distribution of wild boar population abundance: Basic information for spatial epidemiology and wildlife management

P Acevedo, F Quirós-Fernández, J Casal, J Vicente - Ecological Indicators, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) is growing in numbers and has been
expanding its distribution in Europe from some decades ago. This increasing trend, in some …

Interactions between four species in a complex wildlife: livestock disease community: implications for Mycobacterium bovis maintenance and transmission

CE Cowie, MR Hutchings, JA Barasona… - European journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Livestock diseases such as bovine tuberculosis can have considerable negative effects on
human health and economic activity. Wildlife reservoirs often hinder disease eradication in …