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  • 2022Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","147"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Basic and Applied Ecology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","156"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","64"],["dc.contributor.author","Soofi, Mahmood"],["dc.contributor.author","Soufi, Mobin"],["dc.contributor.author","Royle, Andy"],["dc.contributor.author","Waltert, Matthias"],["dc.contributor.author","Khorozyan, Igor"],["dc.date.accessioned","2022-11-01T10:17:44Z"],["dc.date.available","2022-11-01T10:17:44Z"],["dc.date.issued","2022"],["dc.description.sponsorship"," http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100005156 Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung"],["dc.description.sponsorship","Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 2022"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.baae.2022.08.001"],["dc.identifier.pii","S143917912200069X"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/116889"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI-Import GROB-605"],["dc.relation.issn","1439-1791"],["dc.rights","CC BY-NC-ND 4.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/"],["dc.title","Numbers and presence of guarding dogs affect wolf and leopard predation on livestock in northeastern Iran"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2013Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","148"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","International Journal of Primatology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","156"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","34"],["dc.contributor.author","Hoeing, Andrea"],["dc.contributor.author","Quintel, Michael"],["dc.contributor.author","Indrawati, Yohana Maria"],["dc.contributor.author","Cheyne, Susan M."],["dc.contributor.author","Waltert, Matthias"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:28:47Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:28:47Z"],["dc.date.issued","2013"],["dc.description.abstract","Estimating population densities of key species is crucial for many conservation programs. Density estimates provide baseline data and enable monitoring of population size. Several different survey methods are available, and the choice of method depends on the species and study aims. Few studies have compared the accuracy and efficiency of different survey methods for large mammals, particularly for primates. Here we compare estimates of density and abundance of Kloss' gibbons (Hylobates klossii) using two of the most common survey methods: line transect distance sampling and triangulation. Line transect surveys (survey effort: 155.5 km) produced a total of 101 auditory and visual encounters and a density estimate of 5.5 gibbon clusters (groups or subgroups of primate social units)/km(2). Triangulation conducted from 12 listening posts during the same period revealed a similar density estimate of 5.0 clusters/km(2). Coefficients of variation of cluster density estimates were slightly higher from triangulation (0.24) than from line transects (0.17), resulting in a lack of precision in detecting changes in cluster densities of < 66 % for triangulation and < 47 % for line transect surveys at the 5 % significance level with a statistical power of 50 %. This case study shows that both methods may provide estimates with similar accuracy but that line transects can result in more precise estimates and allow assessment of other primate species. For a rapid assessment of gibbon density under time and financial constraints, the triangulation method also may be appropriate."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s10764-012-9655-7"],["dc.identifier.isi","000314048600010"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/8852"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/30860"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Springer"],["dc.relation.issn","1573-8604"],["dc.relation.issn","0164-0291"],["dc.rights","Goescholar"],["dc.rights.uri","https://goescholar.uni-goettingen.de/licenses"],["dc.title","Line Transect and Triangulation Surveys Provide Reliable Estimates of the Density of Kloss' Gibbons (Hylobates klossii) on Siberut Island, Indonesia"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2015Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","8"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","18"],["dc.contributor.author","Le Page, Christophe"],["dc.contributor.author","Bobo, Kadiri Serge"],["dc.contributor.author","Kamgaing, Towa Olivier William"],["dc.contributor.author","Ngahane, Bobo Fernanda"],["dc.contributor.author","Waltert, Matthias"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T10:01:52Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T10:01:52Z"],["dc.date.issued","2015"],["dc.description.abstract","An agent-based model (ABM) representing snare trapping of blue duikers (Cephalophus monticola) was co-designed and used with local populations to raise their awareness about the sustainability of bushmeat hunting activities in the region of the Korup National Park (South-West Cameroon). Village meetings based on interactive simulations with a stylized scale model were structured in three successive steps. During the first step, an abstract representation of a village surrounded by a portion of forest was co-designed by directly manipulating the computer interface displaying a spatial grid. Then, knowledge about the live-cycle traits and the behavior of blue duikers was shared through the demonstration of the individual-based population dynamics module of the ABM. The objective of the second step, introducing the hunting module of the ABM, was to elicit snare trapping practices through interactive simulation and to calibrate the hunting module by setting a value for the probability of a blue duiker to be caught by a snare trap. In a third step, a more realistic version of the ABM was introduced. The seven villages included in the process were located in the GIS-based spatial representation, and the number of 'Hunter' agents for each village in the ABM was set according to the results of a survey. The demonstration of this realistic version triggered discussion about possible management scenarios, whose results obtained with the finalized version of the ABM will be discussed during next round of village meetings. We present the pros and cons of the method consisting in using at an early stage of theprocess interactive simulations with stylized scale models to specify empirically-based agent-based models."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Volkswagen Foundation, Hanover, Germany"],["dc.identifier.isi","000354226700006"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/38120"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","J A S S S"],["dc.relation.issn","1460-7425"],["dc.title","Interactive Simulations with a Stylized Scale Model to Codesign with Villagers an Agent-Based Model of Bushmeat Hunting in the Periphery of Korup National Park (Cameroon)"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2008-12Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","349"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","4"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Bird Conservation International"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","362"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","18"],["dc.contributor.author","Abrahamczyk, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Kessler, Michael"],["dc.contributor.author","Dwi Putra, Dadang"],["dc.contributor.author","Waltert, Matthias"],["dc.contributor.author","Tscharntke, Teja"],["dc.date.accessioned","2017-09-07T11:50:42Z"],["dc.date.available","2017-09-07T11:50:42Z"],["dc.date.issued","2008-12"],["dc.description.abstract","In order to assess the potential value of differently managed cacao plantations for bird conservation on Sulawesi, we surveyed birds in near-primary forest (with limited timber and rattan extraction, and some hunting), cacao plantations with remnant forest trees and plantations lacking forest trees, from February to April 2007. A total of 16 50 x 50 m plots were visited twice and records of 87 species were obtained. Bird species richness and the number of endemics and forest specialists decreased along this gradient of forest conversion, with 20% of the forest specialists, among them 10 endemics, exclusively found in forest. Species composition changed dramatically between habitat types. Sørensen indices showed a similarity of species composition between forests and plantations of 45–60% for forest specialists and 65–71% for all species. The most important environmental variable for the diversity and composition of birds was the number of remnant rainforest trees present in the plantations. Our results suggest that large, undisturbed rainforest are most important for the conservation of forest specialists and endemics but that cacao plantations, if managed to maintain a high and diverse cover of forest trees, can harbour up to 60% of forest specialists and endemics."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1017/s0959270908007570"],["dc.identifier.gro","3149871"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/6578"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","public"],["dc.relation.issn","0959-2709"],["dc.title","The value of differently managed cacao plantations for forest bird conservation in Sulawesi, Indonesia"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","no"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2017Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","201"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","3"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Journal of Zoology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","210"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","302"],["dc.contributor.author","Lumetsberger, T."],["dc.contributor.author","Ghoddousi, A."],["dc.contributor.author","Appel, A."],["dc.contributor.author","Khorozyan, I."],["dc.contributor.author","Waltert, M."],["dc.contributor.author","Kiffner, C."],["dc.date.accessioned","2020-12-10T18:29:08Z"],["dc.date.available","2020-12-10T18:29:08Z"],["dc.date.issued","2017"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1111/jzo.12449"],["dc.identifier.issn","0952-8369"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/76537"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-354"],["dc.title","Re-evaluating models for estimating prey consumption by leopards"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2008Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","375"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","3"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Oryx"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","379"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","42"],["dc.contributor.author","Waltert, Matthias"],["dc.contributor.author","Abegg, Christophe"],["dc.contributor.author","Ziegler, Thomas"],["dc.contributor.author","Hadi, Susilo"],["dc.contributor.author","Priata, Dodi"],["dc.contributor.author","Hodges, Keith"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T11:13:44Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T11:13:44Z"],["dc.date.issued","2008"],["dc.description.abstract","The island of Siberut in the Mentawai Archipelago, west of Sumatra, Indonesia, Supports four of the five primate species endemic to the Archipelago, all categorized as threatened on the IUCN Red List. As a baseline for future research on the ecology and conservation of Siberut's primates we used a line-transect approach to Survey primates in the Peleonan forest, site of the Siberut Conservation Project in northern Siberut. In 104 kin of Surveys we made a total of 391 observations of primates and estimated density and Population sizes for the Project's 10.7 km(2), main study site. Overall primate biomass density was estimated to be 697 kg km(-2) and abundances, in individuals km-2, were: pig-tailed snub-nosed langur Simias concolor, 53.1; Siberut macaque Macaca siberu, 16.2; Moss's gibbon Hylobates klossii, 8.9; Mentawai langur Presbytis potenziani, 8.2. These results confirm those from earlier studies that in undisturbed and unhunted primary forests S. concolor is more Successful than the sympatrically occurring P. potenziani. Results for all species suggest considerable population sizes on the island and underline its importance for the conservation of Mentawai primates."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1017/S0030605308000793"],["dc.identifier.isi","000258862300014"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/53965"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Cambridge Univ Press"],["dc.relation.issn","0030-6053"],["dc.title","Abundance and community structure of Mentawai primates in the Peleonan forest, north Siberut, Indonesia"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2004Book Chapter
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","327"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","349"],["dc.contributor.author","Waltert, Matthias"],["dc.contributor.author","Langkau, Maike"],["dc.contributor.author","Maertens, Miet"],["dc.contributor.author","Härtel, Michael"],["dc.contributor.author","Erasmi, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Mühlenberg, Michael"],["dc.contributor.editor","Gerold, Gerhard"],["dc.contributor.editor","Fremerey, M."],["dc.contributor.editor","Guhardja, Edi"],["dc.date.accessioned","2020-05-12T08:32:54Z"],["dc.date.available","2020-05-12T08:32:54Z"],["dc.date.issued","2004"],["dc.description.abstract","Tropical deforestation and forest fragmentation are probably the most serious threats to biodiversity (see Turner 1996) and it has been theoretically stated that even the largest protected areas in the tropics might be too small to sustain populations of all species of the original system (Terborgh 1999). But species loss in forest fragments is a complex process and appears often only after considerable time lags, especially in vertebrates (Brooks et al. 1999b). Therefore, empirical evidence for such extinctions can only be obtained from areas with a long deforestation history and long-known faunal composition (e.g. van Balen 1999). Such empirical data are scarce but are essential in order to convince land use managers of the long-term effects of forest loss on biodiversity. Species area models, however, are a valuable tool in the prediction of tropical vertebrate species loss (van Balen 1999; Brooks et al. 1997, 1999a, c, 2002; Cowlishaw 1999)."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/978-3-662-08237-9_19"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/65139"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.publisher","Springer"],["dc.relation.eisbn","978-3-662-08237-9"],["dc.relation.isbn","978-3-642-05617-8"],["dc.relation.ispartof","Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia. Environmental Science."],["dc.title","Predicting Losses of Bird Species from Deforestation in Central Sulawesi"],["dc.type","book_chapter"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2004Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1339"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","5"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Conservation Biology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","1346"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","18"],["dc.contributor.author","Waltert, Matthias"],["dc.contributor.author","Mardiastuti, A."],["dc.contributor.author","Muhlenberg, M."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T10:45:05Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T10:45:05Z"],["dc.date.issued","2004"],["dc.description.abstract","There is still much debate over the potential value of land-use systems for the maintenance of tropical biodiversity. An increasing number of studies indicate that much forest biodiversity can also be found in the agricultural landscape matrix. Because there is little information on the potential value of land-use systems for tropical forest bird species, we conducted repeated point counts in near-primary forest, adjacent young secondary forest, modernized cacao agroforestry systems, and annual cultures at submontane elevations in central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Species richness decreased from natural forest and young secondary forest to agroforestry systems and annual cultures. Although species richness was similar between natural and young secondary forest, the number of endemic bird species was significantly lower in second-growth forest. Species composition gradually changed as the habitat changed from natural to secondary forest, agroforestry systems, and annual cultures. Despite close proximity to near-primary forest, the agroforestry systems studied supported only a few small frugivorous-nectarivorous species. Our results suggest that secondary forest could play an important role in the conservation of many Sulawesi bird species, but, although suitable for colonization, its potential to sustain populations over the long term is unknown. Improvement of the landscape matrix for biodiversity conservation through secondary habitats therefore seems desirable to enlarge the ranges of forest species, but the fight against land conversion within protected areas of the region should be of much higher importance, at least at present."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00127.x"],["dc.identifier.isi","000224071800019"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/47416"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Blackwell Publishing Inc"],["dc.relation.issn","0888-8892"],["dc.title","Effects of land use on bird species richness in Sulawesi, Indonesia"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2017Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","223"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Biological Conservation"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","229"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","209"],["dc.contributor.author","Ghoddousi, Arash"],["dc.contributor.author","Soofi, Mahmood"],["dc.contributor.author","Hamidi, Amirhossein Khaleghi"],["dc.contributor.author","Lumetsberger, Tanja"],["dc.contributor.author","Egli, Lukas"],["dc.contributor.author","Ashayeri, Sheyda"],["dc.contributor.author","Khorozyan, Igor"],["dc.contributor.author","Kiabi, B. H."],["dc.contributor.author","Waltert, Matthias"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T10:23:58Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T10:23:58Z"],["dc.date.issued","2017"],["dc.description.abstract","Overexploitation of wildlife for meat is a widespread phenomenon, which drives populations of many species toward extinction and may in turn affect large carnivores. Therefore, human hunters may compete with large carnivores over food resources and threaten their survival. In this study, we assessed the trophic competition of endangered Persian leopard with local poachers in Golestan National Park, Iran, where poaching has depleted populations of three ungulate species by 66-89% in the past decades. We compared leopard diet (77 scats) with prey offtake by poachers (75 poacher seizure records). In addition, we estimated prey abundance by line transect sampling (186 km), camera trapping (2777 camera days), double-observer point-counts (64 scans) and dung counts (38 km). Using interview surveys with local poachers, we also quantified their stated hunting preference. We documented a narrow hunting specialization of leopard (niche breadth 0.24) and poachers (niche breadth 0.19), and exclusivity (niche overlap 0.31) of their dietary/hunting niches, which suggest no exploitative competition between these two apex predators. This pattern likely results from the major role of wild boar in leopard diet. Due to religious beliefs, poachers avoid hunting this species and its population has increased in contrast to other ungulates. Considering the general avoidance of Suidae species across leopard range, depletion of alternative prey species may have resulted in a prey-switching strategy by leopard. The influence of religious beliefs and taboos on hunting preference and, consequently, on prey populations and predators' trophic niches shows the importance of incorporation of cultural beliefs in conservation practices. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.biocon.2017.02.032"],["dc.identifier.isi","000404308600025"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/42566"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","PUB_WoS_Import"],["dc.publisher","Elsevier Sci Ltd"],["dc.relation.issn","1873-2917"],["dc.relation.issn","0006-3207"],["dc.title","When pork is not on the menu: Assessing trophic competition between large carnivores and poachers"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2020Journal Article Research Paper
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","85"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Biodiversity and Conservation"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","105"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","30"],["dc.contributor.author","Shokri, Shirko"],["dc.contributor.author","Jafari, Abbas"],["dc.contributor.author","Rabei, Korous"],["dc.contributor.author","Hadipour, Ehsan"],["dc.contributor.author","Alinejad, Hossein"],["dc.contributor.author","Zeppenfeld, Thorsten"],["dc.contributor.author","Soufi, Mobin"],["dc.contributor.author","Qashqaei, Ali"],["dc.contributor.author","Ahmadpour, Mohsen"],["dc.contributor.author","Zehzad, Bahram"],["dc.contributor.author","Kiabi, Bahram H."],["dc.contributor.author","Pavey, Chris R."],["dc.contributor.author","Balkenhol, Niko"],["dc.contributor.author","Waltert, Matthias"],["dc.contributor.author","Soofi, Mahmood"],["dc.date.accessioned","2021-04-14T08:30:45Z"],["dc.date.available","2021-04-14T08:30:45Z"],["dc.date.issued","2020"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s10531-020-02077-4"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/83359"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-399"],["dc.relation.eissn","1572-9710"],["dc.relation.issn","0960-3115"],["dc.relation.orgunit","Abteilung Wildtierwissenschaften"],["dc.title","Conserving populations at the edge of their geographic range: the endangered Caspian red deer (Cervus elaphus maral) across protected areas of Iran"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.subtype","original_ja"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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