Daniel Zayonc

I am a M. Sc. student at McGill University interested in tropical conservation and indigenous knowledges.

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@VictoriaNHS looking for help identifying an oddball goose hanging around a flock of GWFG in Pachena Bay near Bamfield.

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New research published by @ConservationSP
#conservation #Amazon #animals #cameratrap #transect #householdsurvey #inventorymethods

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Just posted a photo https://t.co/cXVjKRpvdg

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Just posted a photo https://t.co/0LlvvDdi2q

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Just posted a photo @ McGill University https://t.co/S4BIDEOcbQ

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Just posted a photo @ Bamfield, British Columbia https://t.co/o46Xbtt7i7

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@BetteLoiselle @Chris_J_Rivera @UFWildlife @UFSNRE @LatamUF Sad to have missed this but looking forward to viewing the recording!

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BLACK
LIVES
MATTER https://t.co/rYBC8QBK2v

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Biodiversity is pretty sweet. Biodiversity makes for resilient ecosystems that provide us billions of dollars worth of services (clean water, oxygen, medicine, food to name just a few). Today is a day where we can… https://t.co/ZrfSamf7Bz

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Happy Earth Day to some of my favourite places and some of my favourite creatures. Hope to see you again soon :)
#earthday #seagullswallowsseastar https://t.co/jk96ZgdbLP

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To celebrate #worldwildlifeday here are some interesting camera trap shots from fieldwork this past summer. These data will be used to corroborate wildlife inventory data collected during household interviews.

#1… https://t.co/3VEMzl3h3c

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Thank you @CLAGGeography for organizing an excellent conference! Great job to all of the presenters and especially to the PARLAP team for representing an awesome project!
#clag50 https://t.co/OLyGwdmhat

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Vulnerable Lives

Hunting is a controversial subject in the Amazon. On one hand, hunting depletes wildlife. On the other, locals rely on hunting to provide protein, or income, for their families. Illegally selling… https://t.co/9KsjpP3xAP

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Showing off some stipes for science! Our BMSC DS project is now out there for mycologists to cite through the journal Northwest Science.
#bamfieldfungusfestival #chanterelles #showyourstipes https://t.co/WOEa8Vh2vv

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Gracias Peru, Loreto y el Napo por dejarme con un apoyo grande de una familia especial de campo. Ya es tiempo de regresar para mi país. Chao chao.

Thank you Peru, Loreto and the Napo River for providing me with an… https://t.co/WXMPHaO0j1

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You’ve been up all night searching for an animal that will provide protein for your family. Shortly before dawn, you happen upon an Ocelot along the riverbank. What do you do?

Ocelot were a target species during the… https://t.co/gaO6bVdV7j

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Another part of my project is to measure various levels of local knowledge regarding wildlife. By comparing household survey data for wildlife presence with camera trap and line transect data, I hope to determine… https://t.co/aHbCWmTcFT

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Part of my project aims to characterize who hunters are in Amazonia and the importance of game meat in their livelihoods. Understanding how game meat gets to big city markets is also important.

Game meat is hunted… https://t.co/bh3YBdVbFD

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These Orange-bellied Euphonias got creative in their nesting habits.

#birds #euphoniaxanthogaster #birdonawire @ Iquitos, Peru https://t.co/ZL2EA9UpsB