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Monitoring of a Canis aureus population living in the airport area of Samos Island, Greece

Pietroluongo, Guido; Leggett, Joe; Fern�ndez, Francisco Javier Falquina; Linardaki, Eirini; Steer, Mark; Parker, William; Miliou, Anastasia; Tsimpidis, Thodoris; Ntampakis, Dionysis

Authors

Guido Pietroluongo

Joe Leggett

Francisco Javier Falquina Fern�ndez

Eirini Linardaki

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Mark Steer Mark.Steer@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Conservation Biology

William Parker

Anastasia Miliou

Thodoris Tsimpidis

Dionysis Ntampakis



Abstract

The golden jackal (Canis aureus) population that lives within the area of Samos International Airport and the surrounding area has been characterized during the past years as a potential risk for passenger and flight safety. For this reason, its exclusion from the airport installations and runorth-westays has become a priority adopting practices that do not affect the welfare of this population. The gradual exclusion process began in May 2017 and is ongoing involving monitoring of the airport population, using camera traps. Camera traps were deployed in locations known to be frequented by jackals. These locations were identified by the presence of tracks, scats, fur hairs and holes in the airport fencing that were used to gain access to habitat inside the airport. The first stages of the exclusion process were initiated in March 2018, when the holes in the airport fencing and other entrance points were identified. All entrance points were closed apart from one where a controlled gate was placed that can be closed as required. An attempt to herd the jackals out of the airport took place. The dense vegetation consisting of reeds, thorns and long grass concealed the jackals in inaccessible, for the herding team, areas. Population monitoring is ongoing with camera trapping and bioacoustics while the exclusion process will take place over the following months in parallel to the vegetation removal works. The post-exclusion behaviour and distribution of this population will be studied further in detail following the fitting of Global Positioning System collars to some individuals. The GPS collars will provide the precise locations of individuals. This dataset provides an insight into the jackals’ spatial and temporal use of the habitat and help to show an activity budget from which a number of analyses will be conducted.

Citation

Pietroluongo, G., Leggett, J., Fernández, F. J. F., Linardaki, E., Steer, M., Parker, W., …Ntampakis, D. (2018). Monitoring of a Canis aureus population living in the airport area of Samos Island, Greece

Conference Name 2nd International Jackal Symposium
Conference Location Marathon Bay, Attiki, Greece
Start Date Oct 31, 2018
End Date Nov 2, 2018
Acceptance Date Jul 24, 2018
Publication Date Nov 9, 2018
Deposit Date May 17, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Volume 9
Pages 49
Series Title Proceedings of the 2nd International Jackal Symposium
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6788471