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Animal and Veterinary Service (AVS)

Publications

Read our published research on wildlife here

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26 December 2024

A suite of wildlife crossing structures facilitates mammal movement across tropical forest fragments in a city

Facilitating mammal road crossings

Wildlife management
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31 October 2024

A novel method for estimating avian roost sizes using passive acoustic recordings

Applying tech to monitor roost sizes

Wildlife management
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30 August 2024

Biodiversity Record: First recorded nesting of the peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus ernesti, in Singapore

Biodiversity records

Conservation
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20 July 2024

Trapping efficacy of invasive crows is affected by environmental factors and deployment history

Assessing effects of environment on the trapping efficacy of house crows

Wildlife management
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13 September 2023

A systematic survey of the online trade in elephant ivory in Singapore before and after a domestic trade ban

Wildlife trade

Conservation
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23 May 2023

Proximity to anthropogenic food sources determine roosting and nesting prevalence of feral pigeons (Columba livia) in a tropical city

Pigeon management
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8 September 2021

Persistence of ungulates in small rainforest fragments within a tropical city-state

Monitoring ungulates in our reserves

Conservation
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30 June 2021

Biodiversity Record: Raffles’ banded langur at Dairy Farm Nature Park

Biodiversity records

Conservation
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28 December 2020

Restricted human activities shift the foraging strategies of feral pigeons (Columba livia) and three other commensal bird species

Pigeon management
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28 December 2020

Urban bird commensal maintain coexistence under extreme food shortages

Wildlife management
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