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Winterbach, Hanlie Evelyn Kathleen; Winterbach, Christiaan W.; Somers, Michael J.; Russo, Danilo (Public Library of Science, 2014-06-20)Wide-ranging large carnivores often range beyond the boundaries of protected areas into human-dominated areas. Mapping out potentially suitable habitats on a country-wide scale and identifying areas with potentially high ...
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Strampelli, Paolo; Andresen, Leah; Everatt, K.T. (Kristoffer); Somers, Michael J.; Rowcliffe, J. Marcus (Cambridge University Press, 2020-05)Rigorous status estimates of populations of large carnivores are necessary to inform their management and help evaluate the effectiveness of conservation interventions. The African leopard Panthera pardus faces rising ...
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Conradie, Shannon Rose; Hall, Grant; Somers, Michael J.; McIntyre, Trevor (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2019)Animal-mediated nutrient transfer facilitates nutrient cycling in marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems via the deposition of aquatically-derived nutrients such as nitrogen (N) and carbon (C). This mode of nutrient ...
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Weise, Florian Johannes; Hauptmeier, Helmut; Stratford, Ken J.; Hayward, Matt W.; Aal, Konstantin; Heuer, Marcus; Tomeletso, Mathata; Wulf, Volker; Somers, Michael J.; Stein, Andrew B. (Frontiers Media, 2019-01-25)Across Africa, lions (Panthera leo) are heavily persecuted in anthropogenic landscapes. Trans-disciplinary research and virtual boundaries (geofences) programmed into GPS-tracking transmitters offer new opportunities to ...
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Weise, Florian Johannes; Tomeletso, Mathata; Stein, Andrew B.; Somers, Michael J.; Hayward, Matt W. (MDPI, 2020-04)Lion predation on cattle causes severe human–wildlife conflict that results in retaliatory persecution throughout the lion’s geographic range. Cattle closely resemble the body size, shape, and herding patterns of preferred ...
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Kerley, Graham I.H.; Behrens, Kevin G.; Carruthers, Jane; Diemont, Marius; Du Plessis, Jurie; Minnie, Liaan; Richardson, Philip R.K.; Somers, Michael J.; Tambling, Craig J.; Turpie, Jane; Van Niekerk, Hermias N.; Balfour, Dave (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2017-03)Predation of livestock in South Africa has been estimated to cost in excess of ZAR1 billion in losses per year1 and has complex social, economic and ecological drivers and consequences. In this context, livestock can be ...
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Milupi, I.D. (Inonge); Somers, Michael J.; Ferguson, Jan Willem Helenus (Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa, 2017-12)The aim of this study was to investigate the scope of local ecological knowledge (LEK) in the Lupande and Mumbwa Game Management Areas (GMAs) of Zambia and to assess the extent to which such knowledge has been used in ...
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Marneweck, Courtney J.; Allen, Benjamin L.; Butler, Andrew R.; Do Linh San, Emmanuel; Harris, Stephen N.; Jensen, Alex J.; Saldo, Elizabeth A.; Somers, Michael J.; Titus, Keifer; Muthersbaugh, Michael; Vanak, Abi; Jachowski, David S. (Wiley, 2022-10)Species that respond to ecosystem change in a timely, measurable, and interpretable way can be used as sentinels of global change. Contrary to a pervasive view, we suggest that, among Carnivora, small carnivores are more ...
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Jordaan, Rowan Keith; Somers, Michael J.; Hall, Grant; McIntyre, Trevor (Elsevier, 2019-09)Individual-level behavioural plasticity resulting from differences in environmental conditions is prevalent in many organisms and may result in phenomena such as dietary- or habitat specialisation. The isotopic niche of ...
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Houser, AnnMarie; Gusset, Markus; Bragg, Christy J.; Boast, Lorraine K.; Somers, Michael J. (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2011-04)The rehabilitation of orphaned animals is commonly practiced but rarely scientifically documented. The behavioural development before release (e.g. regarding hunting skills) is particularly important for ensuring animals ...
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Carlin, Elisabetta; Somers, Michael J.; Scheun, Juan; Campbell, R.; Ganswindt, Andre (Wiley Open Access, 2022-01)Despite the abundance of rock hyrax Procavia capensis within South Africa’s urban areas, there is not much information available about the effect of anthropogenic activities on rock hyrax wellbeing. To determine the potential ...
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Lemerle, Marie Anna; Wiesel, Ingrid; Somers, Michael J. (Routledge, 2024)This study examined the daily and monthly activity patterns of brown hyenas (Hyaena brunnea) and black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) at a Cape fur seal colony in southern Namibia, to provide recommendations for developing ...
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Hayward, Matt W.; Scanlon, Robert J.; Callen, Alexandra; Howell, Lachlan G.; Klop-Toker, Kaya L.; Di Blanco, Yamil Edgardo; Balkenhol, Niko; Bugir, Cassandra K.; Campbell, Lachlan; Caravaggi, Anthony; Chalmers, Anita C.; Clulow, John; Clulo, Simon; Cross, Paul A.; Gould, John A.; Griffin, Andrea S.; Heurich, Marco; Howe, Belinda K.; Jachowski, David S.; Jhala, Yadvendradev V.; Krishnamurthy, Ramesh; Kowalczyk, Rafal; Lenga, Dean J.; Linnell, John D.C.; Marnewick, Kelly A.; Moehrenschlager, Axel; Montgomery, Robert A.; Osipova, Liudmila; Peneaux, Chloe; Rodger, John C.; Sales, Lilian Patricia; Seeto, Rebecca G.Y.; Shuttleworth, Craig M.; Somers, Michael J.; Tamessar, Cottrell T.; Upton, Rose M.O.; Weise, Florian Johannes (Elsevier, 2019-05)Rewilding is emerging as a major issue in conservation. However, there are currently a dozen definitions of rewilding that include Pleistocene rewilding, island rewilding, trophic rewilding, functional rewilding and passive ...
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Oosthuysen, Morne; Strauss, W. Maartin; Somers, Michael J. (South African National Biodiversity Institute, 2023-07-17)BACKGROUND : Much of the Grassland Biome in South Africa is prone to shrub encroachment, leading to loss of ecosystem services, habitat heterogeneity and species diversity. Burrowing mammals are an important component of ...
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Winterbach, Hanlie Evelyn Kathleen; Winterbach, Christiaan W.; Boast, Lorraine K.; Klein, Rebecca; Somers, Michael J. (PeerJ, 2015-07-09)Prey availability and human-carnivore conflict are strong determinants that govern the spatial distribution and abundance of large carnivore species and determine the suitability of areas for their conservation. For ...
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Swanepoel, Lourens Hendrik; Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Somers, Michael J.; Van Hoven, Wouter; Dalerum, Fredrik (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2014-10)There are considerable challenges in the conservation of large carnivores, caused by large area requirements, low reproduction rates and low population densities coupled with their tendency to cause conflict with humans. ...
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Marneweck, David G.; Druce, Dave J.; Cromsigt, Joris P.G.M.; Le Roux, Elizabeth; Somers, Michael J. (Springer, 2022-08)Evaluating how intrinsic (intraspecific density), extrinsic (interspecific density and prey density) and anthropogenic (management intervention) factors affect African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) population performance is key ...
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Somers, Michael J.; McGaw, Lyndy Joy; Nel, Jan A.J.; Loutit, Rudi J.; Braby, Rod (Springer, 2013)We studied the relationship between resource— food patch—richness and dispersion on group and territory size of black-backed jackals Canis mesomelas in the Namib Desert. Along beaches where food patches are mostly ...
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Milupi, I.D. (Inonge); Somers, Michael J.; Ferguson, Jan Willem Helenus (Levente Hufnagel (ALOKI Kft.), 2017)Please read abstract in article.
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Hayward, Matt W.; Jachowski, David S.; Bugir, Cassandra K.; Clulow, John; Krishnamurthy, Ramesh; Griffin, Andrea S.; Chalmers, Anita C.; Linnell, John D.C.; Montgomery, Robert A.; Somers, Michael J.; Kowalczyk, Rafal; Heurich, Marco; Caravaggi, Anthony; Marnewick, Kelly A.; Di Blanco, Yamil Edgardo; Shuttleworth, Craig M.; Callen, Alex; Weise, Florian Johannes; Scanlon, Robert J.; Moehrenschlager, Axel; Howell, Lachlan G.; Upton, Rose M.O. (Elsevier, 2019-08)We agree wholeheartedly with Derham et al. that the term rewilding requires explicit explanation, and that the refinement of new terms is fundamental to scientific advancement – hence our determined, but ultimately ...
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