Broad corpus coverage235
Other infectious disease
Viral, bacterial or fungal infection, outbreaks and zoonoses (excl. GSD).
- Open access
- 155
- Records with verification flag
- 11
- Coverage
- 1872–2026
Conservation evidence map
Twenty problems. Uneven evidence. Better questions.
The literature is grouped into practical conservation, population, health, welfare, and monitoring areas. Counts show catalogue coverage, not the size or severity of a real-world threat.
20evidence areas
3,620records in the corpus
784open-access records
Verification flags describe internal record status, not human review of a paper or validation of its topic mapping.
Broad corpus coverage196
Population decline, demography & census
Status, decline, survival, abundance estimation and monitoring gaps.
- Open access
- 105
- Records with verification flag
- 19
- Coverage
- 1949–2026
Broad corpus coverage153
Predation & calf survival
Predation and neonatal/juvenile mortality and recruitment.
- Open access
- 88
- Records with verification flag
- 11
- Coverage
- 1898–2026
Broad corpus coverage137
Capture, handling & translocation risk
Immobilisation, capture myopathy, handling stress, translocation and welfare.
- Open access
- 69
- Records with verification flag
- 7
- Coverage
- 1960–2026
Broad corpus coverage125
Parasites
Helminths, ticks, mites, protozoa and parasite burden.
- Open access
- 63
- Records with verification flag
- 5
- Coverage
- 1872–2026
Broad corpus coverage120
Drought, climate & water stress
Drought, climate change, heat and water stress.
- Open access
- 62
- Records with verification flag
- 5
- Coverage
- 1891–2026
Moderate corpus coverage73
Injury, wounds & lameness
Trauma, wounds, fractures, hoof problems, gait impairment and lameness.
- Open access
- 30
- Records with verification flag
- 4
- Coverage
- 1961–2026
Moderate corpus coverage61
Genetic & population isolation
Small-population genetics, diversity loss, isolation as a conservation threat.
- Open access
- 38
- Records with verification flag
- 1
- Coverage
- 1908–2026
Moderate corpus coverage52
Nutrition & body condition
Body condition, food supply, starvation, mineral/energy deficiency.
- Open access
- 28
- Records with verification flag
- 4
- Coverage
- 1983–2026
Moderate corpus coverage45
Reproductive & neonatal disorders
Dystocia, abortion, stillbirth, congenital defects, neonatal medical mortality, maternal rejection (non-predation).
- Open access
- 24
- Records with verification flag
- 0
- Coverage
- 1949–2026
Moderate corpus coverage42
Habitat loss & fragmentation
Habitat loss, land-use change, encroachment and connectivity loss.
- Open access
- 26
- Records with verification flag
- 0
- Coverage
- 1985–2026
Moderate corpus coverage41
Captive welfare & husbandry stress
Managed-care welfare: stereotypies, visitor and environment stress, husbandry-induced stress (distinct from wild social disruption).
- Open access
- 26
- Records with verification flag
- 1
- Coverage
- 1996–2025
Moderate corpus coverage40
Snaring & illegal killing
Wire snares, poaching, bushmeat, trafficking, trophy hunting.
- Open access
- 29
- Records with verification flag
- 6
- Coverage
- 1999–2026
Emerging corpus coverage31
Digestive & metabolic disorders
GI and metabolic disease: bloat, acidosis, volvulus, pancreatic disease, serous fat atrophy, peracute mortality syndrome.
- Open access
- 20
- Records with verification flag
- 0
- Coverage
- 1973–2026
Emerging corpus coverage31
Giraffe skin disease (GSD)
Giraffe skin disease, including cutaneous filariasis and related dermatoses.
- Open access
- 22
- Records with verification flag
- 10
- Coverage
- 1907–2025
Emerging corpus coverage26
Neoplasia & tumours
Tumours and neoplastic disease: fibropapillomas, PVNS, carcinomas, sarcomas.
- Open access
- 12
- Records with verification flag
- 0
- Coverage
- 1984–2025
Emerging corpus coverage19
Foot & hoof disease
Chronic foot and hoof pathology: laminitis, overgrowth, pedal osteitis, sole disease (distinct from acute injury).
- Open access
- 4
- Records with verification flag
- 0
- Coverage
- 1971–2026
Emerging corpus coverage19
Human–wildlife conflict
Conflict and competition with people and livestock.
- Open access
- 18
- Records with verification flag
- 0
- Coverage
- 2008–2026
Emerging corpus coverage15
Social disruption
Loss of sociability/association and orphaning affecting survival.
- Open access
- 7
- Records with verification flag
- 1
- Coverage
- 2010–2025
Emerging corpus coverage3
Roads, fences & infrastructure
Roadkill, electrocution, fence entanglement and infrastructure impacts.
- Open access
- 2
- Records with verification flag
- 0
- Coverage
- 2020–2022