Matt Goode

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• Jones, M. D., Crane, M. S., Silva, I. M., Artchawakom, T., Waengsothorn, S., Suwanwaree, P., Strine, C. T., & Goode, M. (2020). Supposed snake specialist consumes monitor lizards: diet and trophic implications of king cobra feeding ecology. Ecology.
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  The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is an iconic elapid snake species distributed throughout tropical forests from southwestern India to the Philippines, and southern China to the Indonesian archipelago (Stuart et al., 2012). As the generic epithet suggests, king cobras are thought to specialize on snake prey. Documenting feeding habits of snakes in nature can be difficult due to their low detectability and long intervals between feeding bouts (Maritz et al., 2018). Radiotelemetry allows researchers to reliably locate individuals, making it possible to document predation by direct observation in the field.
• Marshall, B. M., Strine, C. T., Jones, M. D., Artchawakom, T., Silva, I., Suwanwaree, P., & Goode, M. (2019). Space fit for a king: spatial ecology of king cobras (Ophiophagus hannah) in Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve, Northeastern Thailand. AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA, 40(2), 163-178.
• Goode, M. (2018). Medically relevant venomous snakes and their distribution in Nepal: a hospital-based study. Toxicon, 150, 331-342.
• Goode, M. (2018). New records of snakes from Chitwan National Park and vicinity, Central Nepal. Herpetology Notes, 11, 679-696.
• Marshall, B. M., Strine, C. T., Jones, M. D., Theodorou, A., Amber, E., Waengsothorn, S., Suwanwaree, P., & Goode, M. (2018). Hits Close to Home: Repeated Persecution of King Cobras (Ophiophagus hannah) in Northeastern Thailand. TROPICAL CONSERVATION SCIENCE, 11.
• Silva, I., Crane, M., Suwanwaree, P., Strine, C., & Goode, M. (2018). Using dynamic Brownian Bridge Movement Models to identify home range size and movement patterns in king cobras. PloS one, 13(9), e0203449.
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  Home range estimators are a critical component for understanding animal spatial ecology. The choice of home range estimator in spatial ecology studies can significantly influence management and conservation actions, as different methods lead to vastly different interpretations of movement patterns, habitat selection, as well as home range requirements. Reptile studies in particular have struggled to reach a consensus on the appropriate home range estimators to use, and species with cryptic behavior make home range assessment difficult. We applied dynamic Brownian Bridge Movement Models (dBBMMs) to radio-telemetry data from Ophiophagus hannah, a wide-ranging snake species. We used two focal individuals at different life stages (one juvenile male and one adult male) and sought to identify whether the method would accurately represent both their home range and movement patterns. To assess the suitability of dBBMMs, we compared this novel method with traditional home range estimation methods: minimum convex polygons (MCP) and Kernel density estimators (KDE). Both KDE and MCP incorporated higher levels of Type I and Type II errors, which would lead to biases in our understanding of this species space-use and habitat selection. Although these methods identified some general spatial-temporal patterns, dBBMMs were more efficient at detecting movement corridors and accurately representing long-term shelters sites, showing an improvement over methods traditionally favored in reptile studies. The additional flexibility of the dBBMM approach in providing insight into movement patterns can help further improve conservation and management actions. Additionally, our results suggest that dBBMMs may be more widely applicable in studies that rely on VHF telemetry and not limited to studies employing GPS tags.