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Browsing Research Articles (Zoology and Entomology) by UP Author "Davies-Mostert, Harriet T."
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A 20-year review of the status and distribution of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in South Africa Nicholson, Samantha K.; Marneweck, David G.; Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Marnewick, Kelly; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T. (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2020-02)South Africa is one of only seven countries with a viable population of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). The national population in 2017 was 372 adults and yearlings and comprised three subpopulations: 1) Kruger National ...
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Parker, Daniel M.; Watermeyer, Jessica P.; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Beverley, Grant; Marnewick, Kelly (Inter Research, 2018-07-10)The survival of wildlife ultimately relies on its acceptability to humans. The African wild dog Lycaon pictus is an endangered species that often comes into conflict with humans. Currently, the only viable population in ...
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Kamler, Jan F.; Nicholson, Samantha; Stenkewitz, Ute; Gharajehdaghipour, Tazarve; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T. (Wiley, 2020-09)This study determined if spatial partitioning occurred at different scales between jackals and both lions and African wild dogs. Research was carried out on De Beers Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve (VLNR), where jackals ...
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Collinson, Wendy J.; Parker, Daniel M.; Bernard, Ric T.F.; Reilly, Brian K.; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T. (Wiley, 2019-12)Few studies have investigated the factors that influence roadkill occurrence in developing countries. In 2013, we monitored a 100‐km section of the road (comprising the R572 and R521 regional highways and the D2662) that ...
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Child, Matthew F.; Selier, S.A. Jeanetta; Radloff, Frans G.T.; Taylor, William Andrew; Hoffmann, Michael; Nel, Lizanne; Power, R. John; Birss, Coral; Okes, Nicola C.; Peel, Michael J.; Mallon, David; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T. (Wiley, 2019-10)As landscapes continue to fall under human influence through habitat loss and fragmentation, fencing is increasingly being used to mitigate anthropogenic threats and enhance the commercial value of wildlife. Subsequent ...
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Ehlers Smith, David A.; Ehlers Smith, Yvette C.; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Thompson, Lindy J.; Parker, Daniel M.; De Villiers, Deon; Ricketts, Dean; Coverdale, Brent; Robertson, Peter J.; Kelly, Christopher; Macfadyen, Duncan N.; Manqele, Nomthandazo S.; Power, R. John; Downs, Colleen T. (Springer, 2023-03)Conservationists speculated on potential benefits to wildlife of lockdown restrictions because of the COVID-19 pandemic but voiced concern that restrictions impeded nature conservation. We assessed the effects of lockdown ...
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Taylor, William Andrew; Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Nicholson, Samantha K.; Relton, Claire; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T. (Elsevier, 2020-05)The private wildlife sector in South Africa must demonstrate value in the face of political pressures for economic growth, job creation and food security. Through structured survey questionnaires of landowners and managers ...
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Marneweck, Courtney J.; Marchal, Antoine F.J.; Marneweck, David G.; Beverley, Grant; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Parker, Dan M. (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2019)Reintroductions are recognized tools for species recovery. However, operations are costly, difficult to implement, and failures are common and not always understood. Their success for group-living species depends on ...
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Marneweck, C.; Marneweck, David G.; Van Schalkwyk, Ockert Louis; Beverley, G.; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Parker, D.M. (Springer, 2019-11)There are several hypotheses that could explain territory size in mammals, including the resource dispersion hypothesis (RDH), the intruder pressure hypothesis (IPH), and the intraguild predation hypothesis (IGPH). In this ...
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Taylor, Andrew; Balfour, Dave; Brebner, Diane Kirsty; Coetzee, Rynette; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Shaw, Jo; 't Sas-Rolfes, Michael (Elsevier, 2017-12)African rhino populations are under severe threat from poachers, who kill rhinos to obtain horn for illegal trade. Over the 9-year period between 2008 and 2016, an estimated 7124 rhinos were poached in Africa, with the ...
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