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Tourists' willingness to pay to view otters along the Wild Coast, South Africa: a potential for increased ecotourism
(2005-12)This article reports on tourists’ willingness to pay to view Cape clawless otters Aonyx capensis along the Eastern Cape Wild Coast, South Africa. We collected data from a survey carried out using a structured, ... -
Translocating lions into an inbred lion population in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa
(Blackwell, 2008)A fundamental problem in conservation biology is the risk of inbreeding in fragmented and declining populations. In the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park (HiP), a small, enclosed reserve in South Africa, a large lion Panthera leo ... -
Trophic scaling and occupancy analysis reveals a lion population limited by top-down anthropogenic pressure in the Limpopo National Park, Mozambique
(PloS, 2014-06-10)The African lion (Panthera Leo) has suffered drastic population and range declines over the last few decades and is listed by the IUCN as vulnerable to extinction. Conservation management requires reliable population ... -
Use of site occupancy models for targeted monitoring of the cheetah
(Zooloical Society of London, 2014-03)The cheetah Acinonyx jubatus has suffered dramatic range contractions and population declines as a result of habitat degradation, prey depletion and conflict with humans. Of further concern is that many of Africa’s ... -
Wildlife abundance and diversity as indicators of tourism potential in Northern Botswana
(Public Library of Science, 2015)Wildlife tourism can provide economic incentives for conservation. Due to the abundance of wildlife and the presence of charismatic species some areas are better suited to wildlife tourism. Our first objective was to develop ...