Outputs (16)

Multi‐Species Impacts of Invasive Opuntia Cacti on Mammal Habitat Use (2025)
Journal Article
Stewart, P. S., Stewart, P. S., Oduor, A. M. O., Hill, R. A., Oduor, A. M. O., Whittingham, M. J., Stephens, P. A., Whittingham, M. J., & Dawson, W. (2025). Multi‐Species Impacts of Invasive Opuntia Cacti on Mammal Habitat Use. Ecology Letters, 28(7), Article e70163. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70163

Biological invasions impact ecosystems worldwide, including through changing the behaviour of native species. Here, we used camera traps to investigate the effects of invasive Opuntia spp. on the habitat use of 12 mammal species in Laikipia County, K... Read More about Multi‐Species Impacts of Invasive Opuntia Cacti on Mammal Habitat Use.

Ecological citizen science in schools: a case study of impact on pupils’ connection to nature and knowledge of UK mammals (2025)
Journal Article
Mason, S. S., Hill, R. A., Whittingham, M. J., Coghill, L., & Stephens, P. A. (online). Ecological citizen science in schools: a case study of impact on pupils’ connection to nature and knowledge of UK mammals. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2025.2515617

Being connected to nature can have many benefits for children, including improved well-being, and more positive attitudes towards the environment. Ecological recording, as part of a citizen science project, may offer new opportunities for children to... Read More about Ecological citizen science in schools: a case study of impact on pupils’ connection to nature and knowledge of UK mammals.

Increasing citizen scientist accuracy with artificial intelligence on UK camera‐trap data (2025)
Journal Article
Sharpe, C. R., Hill, R. A., Chappell, H. M., Green, S. E., Holden, K., Fergus, P., Chalmers, C., & Stephens, P. A. (online). Increasing citizen scientist accuracy with artificial intelligence on UK camera‐trap data. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.70012

As camera traps have become more widely used, extracting information from images at the pace they are acquired has become challenging, resulting in backlogs that delay the communication of results and the use of data for conservation and management.... Read More about Increasing citizen scientist accuracy with artificial intelligence on UK camera‐trap data.

Keystone individuals – linking predator traits to community ecology (2024)
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LaBarge, L. R., Krofel, M., Allen, M. L., Hill, R., Welch, A. J., & Allan, A. T. L. (2024). Keystone individuals – linking predator traits to community ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 39(11), 983-994. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.07.001

Individual behavioral plasticity enables animals to adjust to different scenarios. Yet, personality traits limit this flexibility, leading to consistent inter-individual differences in behavior. These individual behavioral traits have the potential t... Read More about Keystone individuals – linking predator traits to community ecology.

Leopard density and determinants of space use in a farming landscape in South Africa (2024)
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McKaughan, J., Stephens, P., Lucas, C., Guichard-Kruger, N., Guichard-Kruger, F., & Hill, R. (2024). Leopard density and determinants of space use in a farming landscape in South Africa. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 10562. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61013-6

Protected areas are traditionally the foundation of conservation strategy, but land not formally protected is of particular importance for the conservation of large carnivores because of their typically wide-ranging nature. In South Africa, leopard (... Read More about Leopard density and determinants of space use in a farming landscape in South Africa.

Efficient data collection for camera trap‐based density estimation: A preliminary assessment (2024)
Journal Article
Ternyik, B., McKaughan, J. E., Hill, R. A., & Stephens, P. A. (2024). Efficient data collection for camera trap‐based density estimation: A preliminary assessment. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 5(1), Article e12300. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12300

Camera traps have great potential for generating wildlife insights by providing high resolution site‐specific data. Methods of data collection and analysis reliant on these tools for population density estimation can be relatively resource intensive,... Read More about Efficient data collection for camera trap‐based density estimation: A preliminary assessment.

Estimating mesocarnivore abundance on commercial farmland using distance sampling with camera traps (2023)
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McKaughan, J., Stephens, P., & Hill, R. (2023). Estimating mesocarnivore abundance on commercial farmland using distance sampling with camera traps. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 4(2), Article e12229. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12229

1. Mesocarnivores are of particular interest in wildlife management. Their adaptability makes them a focus of public attention globally, as negative interactions with people occur regularly, but their importance to wider ecosystem function is increas... Read More about Estimating mesocarnivore abundance on commercial farmland using distance sampling with camera traps.

Model Selection in Occupancy Models: Inference versus Prediction (2023)
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Stewart, P. S., Stephens, P. A., Hill, R. A., Whittingham, M. J., & Dawson, W. (2023). Model Selection in Occupancy Models: Inference versus Prediction. Ecology, 104(3), Article e3942. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3942

Occupancy models are a vital tool for ecologists studying the patterns and drivers of species occurrence, but their use often involves selecting among models with different sets of occupancy and detection covariates. The information-theoretic approac... Read More about Model Selection in Occupancy Models: Inference versus Prediction.

Large-scale mammal monitoring: the potential of a citizen science camera-trapping project in the United Kingdom (2022)
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Hsing, P.-Y., Hill, R., Smith, G., Bradley, S., Green, S., Kent, V., Mason, S., Rees, J., Whittingham, M., Cokill, J., scientists, M. C., & Stephens, P. (2022). Large-scale mammal monitoring: the potential of a citizen science camera-trapping project in the United Kingdom. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 3(4), Article e12180. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12180

1. In light of global biodiversity loss, there is an increasing need for large-scale wildlife monitoring. This is difficult for mammals, since they can be elusive and nocturnal. In the United Kingdom (UK), there is a lack of systematic, widespread ma... Read More about Large-scale mammal monitoring: the potential of a citizen science camera-trapping project in the United Kingdom.

Camera trapping with photos and videos: implications for ecology and citizen science (2022)
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Green, S. E., Stephens, P. A., Whittingham, M. J., & Hill, R. A. (2023). Camera trapping with photos and videos: implications for ecology and citizen science. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 9(2), 268-283. https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.309

Camera traps are increasingly used in wildlife monitoring and citizen science to address an array of ecological questions on a wide variety of species. However, despite the ability of modern camera traps to capture high-quality video, the majority of... Read More about Camera trapping with photos and videos: implications for ecology and citizen science.