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Editorial Animal Ethics and Ecotourism
(South African wildlife Managament Association, 2012-10)None -
Editorial: African small carnivores: the “forgotten Eden"
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Effects of a colour variant on hunting ability: the white lion in South Africa
(Creative Commons Attribution Licence, 2015)Background: Coat colour variation has been recorded in several mammalian taxa, including large felid species. White lions are a rare colour variant of the African lion, Panthera leo, that only occurred in the wild in the ... -
The effects of an invasive alien plant (Chromolaena odorata) on large African mammals
(CAB International, 2017)Alien plants have invaded most ecosystem types (terrestrial, fresh water and marine) and are responsible for the loss of irreplaceable natural services on which humankind relies. They alter food quantity, quality and ... -
Effects of prescribed burning and mechanical bush clearing on ungulate space use in an African Savannah
(Wiley, 2013)Savannah ecosystems exhibit constant transitions between states dominated by trees and states dominated by a combination of trees and grasses. Transitions between these states are driven by interactions between fire and ... -
Efforts going to the dogs? Evaluating attempts to re-introduce endangered wild dogs in South Africa
(British Ecological Society, 2008-01)1. We evaluated one of the most extensive efforts to date to re-introduce an endangered species: attempts to establish an actively managed meta-population of African wild dogs Lycaon pictus in South Africa. 2. Using an ... -
Evidence for a resident population of cheetah in the Parque Nacional do Limpopo, Mozambique
(South African wildlife Managament Association, 2012-10)Transboundary protected areas may be important for the conservation of large African carnivores because these species require large tracts of habitat to maintain viable population numbers and gene flow. Cheetah (Acinonyx ... -
Evolutionary ecology meets wildlife management: artificial group augmentation in the re-introduction of endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus)
(BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 2006-11)As an alternative to kin selection, group augmentation theory provides a framework for evolutionary mechanisms maintaining cooperative breeding when individual fitness is positively related to group size. It is expected ... -
Extent and fragmentation of suitable leopard habitat in South Africa
(Blackwell, 2013)Large mammalian carnivores are threatened by anthropogenic environmental impacts, particularly through habitat loss which often cause population declines. Understanding the extent of suitable habitat is therefore of great ... -
Factors affecting the success of artificial pack formation in an endangered, social carnivore: the African wild dog
(2019)Social integration is an important factor when reintroducing group-living species, but examples of the formation of social groups before reintroduction are largely lacking. African wild dogs Lycaon pictus are endangered, ... -
Fencing for Conservation: restriction of evolutionary potential or a riposte to threatening processes?
(Springer, 2012-01)How can we best protect the world’s biodiversity in the face of the growing human population? This question is the central theme of contemporary conservation biology. The protection of biodiversity from overuse by fencing ... -
Food, family and female age affect reproduction and pup survival of African wild dogs
(Springer, 2019)Understanding factors that affect the reproductive output and growth of a population of endangered carnivores is key to providing information for their effective conservation. Here, we assessed patterns in reproduction ... -
The foraging ecology of reintroduced African wild dog in small protected areas
(BioOne, 2018)Restoring large predators to small confined areas (< 400 km2) is inherently complex and therefore any data on the foraging behaviour and top–down influences hold significant value for the conservation and reintroduction ... -
Functional responses of retaliatory killing versus recreational sport hunting of leopards in South Africa
(PloS, 2015-04-25)Predation strategies in response to altering prey abundances can dramatically influence the demographic effects of predation. Despite this, predation strategies of humans are rarely incorporated into quantitative assessments ... -
Grazing by large savanna herbivores indirectly alters ant diversity and promotes resource monopolization
(Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0, 2019)In savannas, grazing is an important disturbance that modifies the grass layer structure and composition. Habitat structural complexity influences species diversity and assemblage functioning. By using a combination of ... -
Habitat use responses of the African leopard in a human-disturbed region of rural Mozambique
(Elsevier GmbH., 2018)Leopard (Panthera pardus) populations across Africa are increasingly exposed to high levels of anthropogenic disturbance, and information on habitat use responses of leopards in human-disturbed landscapes can help inform ... -
Heterogeneity in the density of spotted hyaenas in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa
(Polish Academy of Science, 2009)Animal population sizes and trends, as well as their distributions, are essential information to the understanding and conservation of ecosystems. During this study in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa, a spotted hyaena ... -
Home range use of free-ranging cheetah on farm and conservation land in Botswana
(Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2009-07)Cheetah ( Acinonyx jubatus) movements should be considered when developing management strategies for long-term survival and coexistence with humans. Although work has been done in Namibia, South Africa and Tanzania little ... -
Home ranges of cheetahs ( Acinonyx jubatus ) outside protected areas in South Africa
(SAWMA, 2015-09)As many carnivores occur outside protected areas, they are vulnerable to anthropogenic threats. In South Africa, the largest proportion of the distribution range of cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) is outside protected areas ...