A5018273671- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Biological Control of Invasive Species
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
Panthera Corporation
2019-2025
Ecological Society of America
2019
Rhodes University
2006-2011
Abstract Human impact is near pervasive across the planet and studies of wildlife populations free anthropogenic mortality are increasingly scarce. This particularly true for large carnivores that often compete with and, in turn, killed by humans. Accordingly, densities at which carnivore occur naturally, their role shaping and/or being shaped natural processes, frequently unknown. We undertook a camera‐trap survey Sabi Sand Game Reserve (SSGR), South Africa, to examine density, structure...
Abstract The global decline of large carnivores demands effective and efficient methods to monitor population status, particularly using non‐invasive methods. Density is among the most useful metrics status because it directly comparable across space time. Unfortunately, density difficult measure reliably, especially for mobile, cryptic species. Recently, efforts have turned approximating based on its relationship more readily estimable indices occurrence. However, between such contingent...
AbstractArid and semi-arid environments are characterized by extreme fluctuations in temperature low rainfall, which present significant challenges to the animals inhabiting these areas. However, presence of burrows may allow avoid climatic extremes predators act as valuable foraging sites. We assessed microhabitat conditions (maximum minimum temperature, relative humidity seed abundance) aardvark (Orycteropus afer) relation paired non-burrow areas at three sites South Africa. also describe...
Arid and semi-arid environments are characterized by extreme fluctuations in temperature low rainfall, which present significant challenges to the animals inhabiting these areas. However, presence of burrows may allow avoid climatic extremes predators act as valuable foraging sites. We assessed microhabitat conditions (maximum minimum temperature, relative humidity seed abundance) aardvark (Orycteropus afer) relation paired non-burrow areas at three sites South Africa. also describe extent...
Abstract Effective conservation requires understanding the processes that determine population outcomes. Too often, we assume protected areas conserve wild populations despite evidence they frequently fail to do so. Without large‐scale studies, however, cannot what relationships are product of localized conditions versus general patterns inform more broadly. Leopards’ ( Panthera pardus ) basic ecology is well studied but little research has investigated anthropogenic effects on leopard...
Abstract With human influences driving populations of apex predators into decline, more information is required on how factors affect species at national and global scales. However, camera-trap studies are seldom executed a broad spatial scale. We demonstrate uniting fine-scale utilizing data non-target an effective approach for broadscale assessments through case study the brown hyaena Parahyaena brunnea . collated from 25 protected unprotected sites across South Africa largest...
Abstract Despite having protected status, poaching for the illegal trade and traditional use remains a primary threat to leopards ( Panthera pardus ) across southern Africa. Addressing this is challenging, not only because it difficult uncover monitor illicit behavior, but law enforcement alternative intervention strategies need account cultural political sensitivities prove effective sustainable. With up 4 million followers in Africa, recently‐established Nazareth Baptist “Shembe” Church...
AbstractBushclumps are scattered islands of thicket-like vegetation within a matrix more open vegetation. We investigated the role bushclumps as refugia for small mammals, and examined effect limited number abiotic biotic factors on their richness, diversity abundance. Small mammals were surveyed using Sherman mammal traps at two sites in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa (Mountain Zebra National Park Kwandwe Private Game Reserve). Soil hardness seed abundance, inside outside bushclumps,...
Wildlife population density estimates provide information on the number of individuals in an area and influence conservation management decisions. Thus, accuracy is vital. A dominant feature many landscapes globally fencing, yet implications fence permeability estimation using spatial capture-recapture modelling are seldom considered. We used camera trap data from 15 fenced reserves across South Africa to examine brown hyaenas (Parahyaena brunnea). estimated modelled its relationship with a...
Bushclumps are scattered islands of thicket-like vegetation within a matrix more open vegetation. We investigated the role bushclumps as refugia for small mammals, and examined effect limited number abiotic biotic factors on their richness, diversity abundance. Small mammals were surveyed using Sherman mammal traps at two sites in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa (Mountain Zebra National Park Kwandwe Private Game Reserve). Soil hardness seed abundance, inside outside bushclumps,...