A5060057017- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health
University of the Witwatersrand
2018-2024
Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa is under-represented in global biodiversity datasets, particularly regarding the impact of land use on species’ population abundances. Drawing recent advances expert elicitation to ensure data consistency, 200 experts were convened using a modified-Delphi process estimate ‘intactness scores’: remaining proportion an ‘intact’ reference species group particular use, scale from 0 (no individuals) 1 (same abundance as reference) and, rare cases, 2 (populations that...
Abstract Urbanisation creates challenges and opportunities for wildlife. Globally, small carnivores have colonised urban spaces, but we do not know whether or how sympatric partition resources in order to co-exist. We studied the diet degree of dietary overlap two herpestid mongooses – yellow, Cynictis penicillata , slender, Galerella sanguinea mongoose a nature area South Africa. The composition 2600 yellow 2000 slender scats was sampled over year an Eco-Estate, where wildlife contact with...
Several species are negatively impacted by urbanization, while others thrive in urban areas exploiting anthropogenic habitats matching their pre-existing niche preferences, or modifying behavior for life. We studied the ecology of a recent resident, yellow mongoose, an ecological estate South Africa. assessed dwelling mongooses' diet, spatial and temporal occurrence, home range size, whenever possible, compared our findings to published literature on non-urban conspecifics. Additionally, we...
Abstract Small carnivores are becoming increasingly common in urban areas. What has received less attention is whether and how resource partitioning among sympatric species areas facilitates their coexistence. We examined the spatial, temporal combined spatiotemporal occurrence overlap of co-existing yellow mongoose Cynictis penicillata slender Galerella sanguinea an estate South Africa. The reserve comprised two parts, Eco-Estate where human residential natural interspersed wildlife greater...