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All evidence areas

Giraffe evidence area

Predation & calf survival

Predation and neonatal/juvenile mortality and recruitment.

Broad corpus coverage
153mapped records
88open-access records
11human-checked notes

Working conservation implication

What this evidence could inform

Calf ID, mother-calf association, and weakness/disappearance alerts.

This is a research and product hypothesis derived from the developing map. It is not a clinical protocol, a field-program claim, or proof that a proposed intervention works.

Corpus coverage

1898–2026

58% of mapped records are marked open access. Classification can be imperfect; use the paper-level sources for substantive conclusions.

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Starting points

Key papers in the map

2013265 citations in source index

Co-infection with Anaplasma platys, Bartonella henselae and Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum in a veterinarian

Parasites & Vectors

Open DOI
2007173 citations in source index

Prevalence of antibodies against Rift Valley fever virus in Kenyan wildlife

Epidemiology and Infection

Open DOI
2013171 citations in source index

HotSpotter — Patterned species instance recognition

Open DOI
1996170 citations in source index

Winning by a Neck: Sexual Selection in the Evolution of Giraffe

The American Naturalist

Open DOI
2008142 citations in source index

Retinal cone topography of artiodactyl mammals: Influence of body height and habitat

The Journal of Comparative Neurology

Open DOI
2005130 citations in source index

Social influences on vigilance behaviour in giraffes, Giraffa camelopardalis

Animal Behaviour

Open DOI

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