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  • 2020 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Rahel Sollmann is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Ecology. Key subfields include Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics covered in Sollmann's work encompass Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Fire effects on ecosystems, Avian ecology and behavior, and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies.

Recent papers by Sollmann include:

  • Identifying conservation priorities in a defaunated tropical biodiversity hotspot (2020, Diversity and Distributions)
  • Resilience of terrestrial and aquatic fauna to historical and future wildfire regimes in western North America (2021, Ecology and Evolution)
  • Estimating abundance and growth rates in a wild mountain gorilla population (2020, Animal Conservation)
  • Conservation in the maelstrom of Covid-19 - a call to action to solve the challenges, exploit opportunities and prepare for the next pandemic (2020, Animal Conservation)
  • An integrated approach to measure hunting intensity and assess its impacts on mammal populations (2020, Journal of Applied Ecology)

Frequent co-authors working alongside Sollmann are:

  • Andreas Wilting
  • Jesse F. Abrams
  • Jürgen Niedballa
  • Angela M. White
  • Andrew Tilker

The most common publication venues for their research include:

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Animal Conservation
  • Biological Conservation
  • Ecological Applications

Rahel Sollmann received the Hellman Fellow award in 2020.

Best Publications

  • camtrapR: an R package for efficient camera trap data management

    Jürgen Niedballa;Rahel Sollmann;Alexandre Courtiol;Andreas Wilting

  • Risky business or simple solution – Relative abundance indices from camera-trapping

    Rahel Sollmann;Azlan Mohamed;Hiromitsu Samejima;Andreas Wilting

  • Improving density estimates for elusive carnivores: Accounting for sex-specific detection and movements using spatial capture–recapture models for jaguars in central Brazil

    Rahel Sollmann;Rahel Sollmann;Mariana Malzoni Furtado;Mariana Malzoni Furtado;Beth Gardner;Heribert Hofer

  • Jaguar and Puma Activity Patterns and Predator-Prey Interactions in Four Brazilian Biomes

    Vania C. Foster;Vania C. Foster;Pedro Sarmento;Rahel Sollmann;Rahel Sollmann;Natalia Tôrres;Natalia Tôrres

  • How Does Spatial Study Design Influence Density Estimates from Spatial Capture-Recapture Models?

    Rahel Sollmann;Beth Gardner;Jerrold L. Belant

  • A gentle introduction to camera‐trap data analysis

    Rahel Sollmann

  • Connecting Earth observation to high-throughput biodiversity data

    Alex Bush;Alex Bush;Alex Bush;Rahel Sollmann;Andreas Wilting;Kristine Bohmann;Kristine Bohmann

  • Fully Spatial Capture-Recapture Models

    J.Andrew Royle;Richard B. Chandler;Rahel Sollmann;Beth Gardner

  • A spatial mark–resight model augmented with telemetry data

    Rachel Sollmann;Beth Gardner;Arielle W. Parsons;Jessica J. Stocking

  • iDNA from terrestrial haematophagous leeches as a wildlife surveying and monitoring tool – prospects, pitfalls and avenues to be developed

    Ida Bærholm Schnell;Ida Bærholm Schnell;Rahel Sollmann;Rahel Sollmann;Rahel Sollmann;Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer;Mark E. Siddall

  • Comparing capture-recapture, mark-resight, and spatial mark-resight models for estimating puma densities via camera traps

    Lindsey N. Rich;Marcella J. Kelly;Rahel Sollmann;Andrew Noss

  • Using occupancy models to investigate space partitioning between two sympatric large predators, the jaguar and puma in central Brazil

    Rahel Sollmann;Rahel Sollmann;Mariana Malzoni Furtado;Mariana Malzoni Furtado;Heribert Hofer;Anah T.A. Jácomo

  • Coming down from the trees: Is terrestrial activity in Bornean orangutans natural or disturbance driven?

    Marc Ancrenaz;Rahel Sollmann;Erik Meijaard;Andrew J. Hearn

  • Cover of tall trees best predicts California spotted owl habitat

    Malcolm P. North;Malcolm P. North;Jonathan T. Kane;Van R. Kane;Gregory P. Asner

  • Use of Camera‐Trapping to Estimate Puma Density and Influencing Factors in Central Brazil

    Nuno Negrões;Pedro Sarmento;Joana Cruz;Catarina Eira

  • Density and habitat use of the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) in three commercial forest reserves in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

    Azlan Mohamed;Rahel Sollmann;Henry Bernard;Laurentius N. Ambu

  • Using multiple data sources provides density estimates for endangered Florida panther

    Rahel Sollmann;Beth Gardner;Richard B. Chandler;David B. Shindle

  • Combining camera-trapping and noninvasive genetic data in a spatial capture–recapture framework improves density estimates for the jaguar

    Rahel Sollmann;Rahel Sollmann;Natália Mundim Tôrres;Natália Mundim Tôrres;Mariana Malzoni Furtado;Mariana Malzoni Furtado;Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo

  • Shifting up a gear with iDNA: From mammal detection events to standardised surveys

    Jesse F. Abrams;Lisa A. Hörig;Robert Brozovic;Jan Axtner

  • Ecology of the Giant Armadillo (Priodontes maximus) in the Grasslands of Central Brazil

    Leandro Silveira;Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo;Mariana Malzoni Furtado;Natália Mundim Torres

  • Habitat degradation and indiscriminate hunting differentially impact faunal communities in the Southeast Asian tropical biodiversity hotspot

    Andrew Tilker;Jesse F. Abrams;Azlan Mohamed;Azlan Mohamed;An Nguyen

  • Mentawai’s endemic, relictual fauna: is it evidence for Pleistocene extinctions on Sumatra?

    Andreas Wilting;Rahel Sollmann;Erik Meijaard;Kristofer M Helgen

Frequent Co-Authors

Beth Gardner
Beth Gardner University of Washington
Leandro Silveira
Leandro Silveira University of Brasília
Andreas Wilting
Andreas Wilting Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
J. Andrew Royle
J. Andrew Royle United States Geological Survey
Douglas W. Yu
Douglas W. Yu University of East Anglia
Heribert Hofer
Heribert Hofer Leibniz Association
Jerrold L. Belant
Jerrold L. Belant SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
David W. Macdonald
David W. Macdonald University of Oxford
Francisco Palomares
Francisco Palomares Spanish National Research Council
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen

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