Presented during the 17h Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting organized by the NGO Sahara Conservation Fund in Senegal, from 4 to 6 May 2017. The Sahara Conservation Fund (SCF) gathers every year about a hundred people who are interested in the field of Sahelo-Saharan species conservation.

1. 17th Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting
2 days of talks on biodiversity conservation in the Sahara and in the Sahel
Post-Release Monitoring of Reintroduced Scimitar-Horned Oryx
Jared STABACH et al., Conservation Biologist - Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
May 4 – 6, 2017

2. ©D.Reed, SCBI
©T.Wacher, ZSL
Post-Release Monitoring of Reintroduced Scimitar-Horned Oryx
1Conservation Ecology Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA, USA
2Zoological Society of London, London, UK
3Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
4Sahara Conservation Fund, ℅ Saint Louis Zoo, Saint Louis, MO, USA
17th Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting
St. Louis, Senegal
02-06 May 2017
Jared Stabach1, Tim Wacher2, Ricardo Pusey3, Justin Chuven3, Marc Dethier4, Katherine Mertes1,
Melissa Songer1, Peter Leimgruber1, and John Newby4

3. 35 oryx reintroduced (33 collared)
12 calves born
>137,000 GPS positions received
2 release groups (Aug 2016 | Jan 2017)
36 animals to be released Jul 2017
No adult mortality to date
©T Wacher,
ZSL

4. Data Flow/Infrastructure
©T Wacher,
ZSL
NavStar Iridium

5. Real-Time Monitoring

6. Real-Time Monitoring

7. Post-Release Monitoring
©J.Newby,
SCF

8. Software for electronically
collecting and submitting survey
data.
Post-Release Monitoring

9. R Shiny Application

10. R Shiny Application

11. R Shiny Application

13. Next Steps
Area requirements
• What are the area requirements for a viable population?
• Where are the core/critical areas?
• Where are the seasonally important areas?
Movement strategies
• How long from release behavior to natural behavior?
• How closely do animals track vegetation changes?
• What are the triggers for dispersal?
• Migration vs. residency vs. nomadism
Human/natural disturbance
• How do animals respond to anthropogenic disturbance?
• Does disturbance alter space use?
Survival/Mortality
• Does seasonal timing of release effect survival?

14. Next Steps
Continuous Time Movement ModelingArea requirements
• What are the area requirements for a viable population?
• Where are the core/critical areas?
• Where are the seasonally important areas?
Movement strategies
• How long from release behavior to natural behavior?
• How closely do animals track vegetation changes?
• What are the triggers for dispersal?
• Migration vs. residency vs. nomadism
Human/natural disturbance
• How do animals respond to anthropogenic disturbance?
• Does disturbance alter space use?
Survival/Mortality
• Does seasonal timing of release effect survival?

15. Next Steps
Area requirements
• What are the area requirements for a viable population?
• Where are the core/critical areas?
• Where are the seasonally important areas?
Movement strategies
• How long from release behavior to natural behavior?
• How closely do animals track vegetation changes?
• What are the triggers for dispersal?
• Migration vs. residency vs. nomadism
Human/natural disturbance
• How do animals respond to anthropogenic disturbance?
• Does disturbance alter space use?
Survival/Mortality
• Does seasonal timing of release effect survival?

16. Next Steps
Area requirements
• What are the area requirements for a viable population?
• Where are the core/critical areas?
• Where are the seasonally important areas?
Movement strategies
• How long from release behavior to natural behavior?
• How closely do animals track vegetation changes?
• What are the triggers for dispersal?
• Migration vs. residency vs. nomadism
Human/natural disturbance
• How do animals respond to anthropogenic disturbance?
• Does disturbance alter space use?
Survival/Mortality
• Does seasonal timing of release effect survival?

17. With technical support from
Acknowledgements