Occupancy of the Ethiopian endemic Moorland Francolin in pristine and degraded Afroalpine biome using a camera trap approach.

ABSTRACT: Occupancy modeling is an essential tool for understanding species-habitat associations, thereby helping to plan the conservation of rare and threatened wildlife species. The conservation status and ecology of several avian species, particularly ground-dwelling birds, are poorly known in Ethiopia. We used camera trap-based occupancy modeling to investigate habitat covariate influence on occupancy (Ψ) and detection probability (ρ) estimates of Moorland Francolins Scleroptila psilolaema from spatially replicated surveys across both relatively pristine and disturbed landscapes in the Afroalpine biome of Ethiopia. Model-averaged estimate of ψ^ across all sites was 0.76 (SD = 0.28) and ρ^ was 0.77 (SD = 0.13) in the pristine landscape. The ψ^ of the species in the disturbed landscape was

SUBMITTER: Abrha AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10617016 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature