This archive of reports of wildlife surveys in Namibia aims to:
Public access to information is a vital component of ensuring community engagement in prevalent issues. Wildlife surveys are critical to determine the health of wildlife populations and determine trends over time to guide conservation and management actions.
Wildlife surveys are done for different species using methods that are suited to counting them (e.g. by air or road) in their natural habitats. Such surveys need to be repeated over time to detect long-term trends and inform conservation managers. The Namibian government, non-governmental organisations and private reserves all conduct regular surveys covering different parts of Namibia and targeting different species. This archive will thus serve as a repository of our collective knowledge of the trends and status of a variety of species occurring throughout Namibia.
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Estimating abundance of wildlife populations can be challenging and costly, especially for species that are difficult to detect and that live at low densities, such as cougars (Puma concolor). Remote, motion‐sensitive cameras are a relatively efficient monitoring tool, but most abundance estimation techniques using remote cameras rely on some or all of the population being uniquely identifiable. Recently developed methods estimate abundance from encounter rates with remote cameras and do not require identifiable individuals.
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Estimating abundance of an unmarked_low_density species using cameras.pdf | 590.21 KB |
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Lion population census in Etosha National Park_2010.pdf | 154.42 KB |
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Overview of past_present and future for Namibias lions.pdf | 169.44 KB |
An assessment of population size is a fundamental stage in the conservation of any species. The recent availability of data from the Southern African Bird Atlas Project (SABAP) provides a tool to investigate the status and distribution of approximately 900 bird species covered by this work. Here, we assess whether or not reporting rate can be used to establish absolute abundance and thereby produce estimates of population size.
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Can Bird Atlas data be used to estimate population size.doc | 634.5 KB |
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First approximation on the role of predators and scavangers on Etoshas grasslands.pdf | 29.32 MB |
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Etosha NP_Aerial census 1977 03.PDF | 1.1 MB |
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Etosha NP_Aerial census 1976 07.PDF | 1.31 MB |
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Etosha NP_Aerial census 1976 05 CT.PDF | 153.58 KB |
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Etosha NP_Aerial census 1974 07.PDF | 1.02 MB |