Guido Pietroluongo
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
Joe Leggett
Francisco Javier Falquina Fern�ndez
Eirini Linardaki
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 |
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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 |
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