Benjamin Bleyhl

[Igor Khorozyan @igorkhorozyan]

I'm proud to be part of the Persian leopard team which is indeed extraordinary. My thanks and hello go to all team members, first of all from the Caucasus, my home region. I hope that this Cat News special issue and its resulting Conservation Strategy will make a breakthru.

[Benjamin Bleyhl @benjaminbleyhl]

This was indeed a great collaboration and I am glad for the opportunity to have worked with so many dedicated people! The whole special issue will be a great resource for conservation action on Persian #leopard, which is urgently needed! Read more in @ArashGhoddousi‘s 🧵⬇️

[Benjamin Bleyhl @benjaminbleyhl]

Paper out on understanding #poaching pressure using digitized ranger logbook data in @ESAApplications! Read a great thread on the study by @ArashGhoddousi ⬇️or get the full paper here (#OpenAccess): https://t.co/oR43SSEx3b

[Benjamin Bleyhl @benjaminbleyhl]

Interesting study assessing #CameraTrap distance sampling for monitoring mammal densities across large areas: https://t.co/UZeJy2MhHU

[Corinna Van Cayzeele @corinna_vc]

I proudly&gratefully present #MyFirstPaper!
We @ArashGhoddousi @PegahNegahdar @mahmoodsoofi @a_khaleghi @benjaminbleyhl @g_fandos @igorkhorozyan @MatthiasWaltert @TobiasKuemmerle show how to use ranger logbooks to improve patrols in Golestan NP. See thread
https://t.co/vKrXYBrZRK

[Benjamin Bleyhl @benjaminbleyhl]

@JudithRakowski @meredithgore Congratulations Judith, very exciting!

[Benjamin Bleyhl @benjaminbleyhl]

Happy to see this paper out! We used ranger-collected data and a model accounting for imperfect detection to assess #leopard killings. Result: Killings were more frequent in in areas with high #livestock and wild #prey densities! Read more:

[Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes-BdA eV @vvn_bda]

#2JahreHanau: Der 19. Februar ist seit dem 2020 ein Tag des Trauerns und des Erinnerns an die Opfer des rassistischen Terroranschlages in Hanau. Wir wollen nicht auf den nächsten Anschlag warten – Rassismus bekämpfen, Verfolgte schützen, gestern wie heute! 1/5

[Benjamin Bleyhl @benjaminbleyhl]

Hey #teaching community! Does anyone know a free tool that allows to pose estimation questions in an online class and anonymously summarizes student’s estimates (e.g. mean and min/max # of species on earth across all student answers)? Thankful for any hint 🙏

[Mitch Fennell @fennell_mitch]

Buried under a mountain of #CameraTrap images? Ever wondered how #MachineLearning might help speed up image classification? In our (@cole_burton @Chris_Beirne) new pre-print, we test an open-source model (#MegaDetector) on a recreation ecology dataset: https://t.co/RoeWjfSPFb

[Benjamin Bleyhl @benjaminbleyhl]

If you are attending #ICCB2021, join today's session GS48 Solutions to human-wildlife conflict at 3 PM (CET). I will be in the panel for my talk Reducing persecution is essential for fostering large carnivore recovery (https://t.co/z0ixrBwwvo). Looking forward seeing you there!

[Benjamin Bleyhl @benjaminbleyhl]

Are you working on #ProtectedArea effectiveness? Great conceptual work led by @ArashGhoddousi, taking a #SocioEcological perspective and suggesting an outcome oriented framework to assess effectiveness. Read more ⬇️

[Benjamin Bleyhl @benjaminbleyhl]

@corneliussenf @BiogeoBerlin @MatthiasLoretto @_tobiasrichter @AnaStritih Thanks for having us, hope to be able to come back soon!

[Benjamin Bleyhl @benjaminbleyhl]

@NarynTRosen Wow, this is exciting news!

[Benjamin Bleyhl @benjaminbleyhl]

Great tool to model spatially-explicit metapopulation dynamics (among other things)! #RangeShiftR #RangeShifter2.0

[Ecography @EcographyJourna]

In this issue: two new #OpenAccess #software #tools:
#RangeShiftR & #RangeShifter2.0

https://t.co/OcOpTxg9Q6 https://t.co/7lEW64S4wv

[Benjamin Bleyhl @benjaminbleyhl]

Engaging in the overarching political-economic context helps to better understand #conservation challenges such as #HumanWildlifeConflict. Recommended read: https://t.co/gQ7vpvGhTH

[Benjamin Bleyhl @benjaminbleyhl]

Wow, huge wasp spider(s) in my parents‘ garden 😱🕷🕸

[Faye @FayeWhiley]

Für meinen MSc-Abschluss an der @DICE_Kent untersuche ich die öffentliche Wahrnehmung und Akzeptanz des Eurasischen Luchses in Deutschland. Bitte teilen Sie meinen Fragebogen! https://t.co/1uCnQc1sYy

[Benjamin Bleyhl @benjaminbleyhl]

Looking forward working in the new #SoMo project @BiogeoBerlin on large mammal monitoring and socio-ecological drivers of threats for wildlife! Check out the thread:

[Biogeography Berlin @BiogeoBerlin]

This week, our new project #SoMo starts, funded by @BMBF_Bund. SoMo has the goal to develop and test a #socioecological #monitoring system for protecting large mammals in the southern #Caucasus. Pic.: V. Radeloff (1/7)

[Dr. Arnulf Köhncke AKA Der bärtige Mann @ArnulfKoehncke]

Mit gutem Schutz und hinreichend Beute könnten laut den Modellen die Leoparden im Kaukasus in 100 Jahren auf 1000 Tiere ansteigen.
Ohne Schutz vor Verfolgung durch uns Menschen sagt das Modell hingegen das dortige Aussterben der Leoparden voraus! 2/2 https://t.co/r6zNvbCkUn