{"id":16225,"date":"2020-03-27T14:07:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T18:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/?p=16225"},"modified":"2020-03-27T14:07:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T18:07:38","slug":"photo-spotlight-the-impala-of-kafue-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/2020\/03\/27\/photo-spotlight-the-impala-of-kafue-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo spotlight: The Impala of Kafue National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, field work can simply take your breath away.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16226\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog-preprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/02\/Impala_KNP-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16226\" class=\"wp-image-16226 size-full img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog-preprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/02\/Impala_KNP-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/02\/Impala_KNP-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/02\/Impala_KNP-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/02\/Impala_KNP-scaled-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/02\/Impala_KNP-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/02\/Impala_KNP-scaled-1-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/02\/Impala_KNP-scaled-1-2048x1364.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo courtesy of Carolyn Sanguinetti.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>A vigilant herd of impala early in the morning in Kafue National Park, Zambia. This herd was photographed by one of the Zambian Carnivore Programme\u2019s long time field ecologists, Carolyn Sanguinetti, while conducting ground-based distance sampling surveys used to estimate species\u2019 density and distribution throughout the park. This photo highlights an open miombo woodland with a tall grass understory in the early dry season.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16502\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog-preprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/02\/Puku_KNP-scaled-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16502\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16502 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog-preprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/02\/Puku_KNP-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/02\/Puku_KNP-scaled-1.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/02\/Puku_KNP-scaled-1-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/02\/Puku_KNP-scaled-1-1024x681.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/02\/Puku_KNP-scaled-1-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/02\/Puku_KNP-scaled-1-1536x1021.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/02\/Puku_KNP-scaled-1-2048x1362.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo credit: Carolyn Sanguinetti.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>A lone puku ram on the southern fringe of the Busanga flood plain in Kafue National Park. Puku are still relatively abundant in parts of the Busanga flood plain, though their current range is limited and continent-wide population declines are cause for concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Journal article: <a href=\"https:\/\/esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/ecs2.3067\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Milan A Vinks. \u201cTesting the effects of anthropogenic pressures on a diverse African herbivore community.\u201d <em>Ecosphere, <\/em>DOI<em>: <\/em>10.1002\/ecs2.3067<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, field work can simply take your breath away. A vigilant herd of impala early in the morning in Kafue National Park, Zambia. This herd was photographed by one of the Zambian Carnivore Programme\u2019s long time field ecologists, Carolyn Sanguinetti, while conducting ground-based distance sampling surveys used to estimate species\u2019 density and distribution throughout the park. 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