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  • Wildlife Conservation
  • Population Dynamics

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  • Accurate carnivore community structure data is scarce but essential for effective management and conservation.
  • Understanding species abundance and distribution informs biodiversity conservation efforts and ecosystem service assessments.
  • Carnivore management decisions require robust, high-quality data for public acceptance and policy support.

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  • To demonstrate the utility of an integrated multi-method and multi-model approach for monitoring carnivore community structures.
  • To provide reliable density estimates for terrestrial carnivores in a Mediterranean ecosystem.
  • To highlight the implications of advanced monitoring techniques for conservation decision-making.

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  • Combined camera trapping, live-trapping, and telemetry data.
  • Employed spatially-explicit Bayesian models to account for imperfect detection and non-recognizable individuals.
  • Incorporated multiple covariates, device operation details, and individual removal data to enhance density estimate precision.

Main Results:

  • The Mediterranean terrestrial carnivore community was dominated by red foxes, followed by Egyptian mongooses, feral cats, and stone martens.
  • Badgers and common genets were found to be the least abundant carnivore species in the study system.
  • Density estimates showed improved precision when multiple factors, including individual removal, were considered.

Conclusions:

  • An integrated multi-method and multi-model approach offers a robust framework for monitoring carnivore communities.
  • This methodology enhances the precision of density estimates, crucial for effective wildlife management.
  • The approach facilitates standardized and comparable evaluations of community responses to conservation interventions.