Browsing Research Articles (Zoology and Entomology) by UP Author "Lindsey, Peter Andrew"

Browsing Research Articles (Zoology and Entomology) by UP Author "Lindsey, Peter Andrew"

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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 ...
  • Aging traits and sustainable trophy hunting of African lions 
    Miller, Jennifer R.B.; Balme, Guy; Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Loveridge, Andrew J.; Becker, Matthew S.; Begg, Colleen; Brink, Henry; Dolrenry, Stephanie; Hunt, Jane E.; Jansson, Ingela; Macdonald, David W.; Mandisodza-Chikerema, Roseline L.; Cotterill, Alayne Oriol; Packer, Craig; Rosengren, Daniel; Trinkel, Martina; White, P.A.; Winterbach, Christiaan W.; Winterbach, Hanlie Evelyn Kathleen; Funston, Paul J. (Elsevier, 2016-09)
    Trophy hunting plays a significant role in wildlife conservation in some contexts in various parts of the world. Yet excessive hunting is contributing to species declines, especially for large carnivores. Simulation ...
  • Bushmeat hunting and consumption is a pervasive issue in African savannahs: insights from four protected areas in Malawi 
    Van Velden, Julia L.; Wilson, Kerrie; Lindsey, Peter Andrew; McCallum, Hamish; Moyo, Boyson H.Z.; Biggs, Duan (Springer, 2020-03)
    The hunting and consumption of wild meat (bushmeat) is recognized as a key threat to the world’s biodiversity and there are indications this threat may extend to much of the African continent. However, this problem is ...
  • Bushmeat hunting and extinction risk to the world’s mammals 
    Ripple, William J.; Abernethy, Katharine; Betts, Matthew G.; Chapron, Guillaume; Dirzo, Rodolfo; Galetti, Mauro; Levi, Taal; Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Macdonald, David W.; Machovina, Brian; Newsome, Thomas M.; Peres, Carlos A.; Wallach, Arian D.; Wolf, Christopher; Young, Hillary (Royal Society, 2016)
    Terrestrial mammals are experiencing a massive collapse in their population sizes and geographical ranges around the world, but many of the drivers, patterns and consequences of this decline remain poorly understood. ...
  • Determinants of persistence and tolerance of carnivores on Namibian ranches : implications for conservation on southern African private lands 
    Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Havemann, Carl Peter; Lines, Robin M.; Palazy, Lucille; Price, Aaron Ernest; Retief, Tarryn Anne; Rhebergen, Tiemen; Van der Waal, Cornelis (Public Library of Science, 2013-01-09)
    Changing land use patterns in southern Africa have potential to dramatically alter the prospects for carnivore conservation. Understanding these influences is essential for conservation planning. We interviewed 250 ranchers ...
  • Dynamics and underlying causes of illegal bushmeat trade in Zimbabwe 
    Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Romanach, S.S.; Matema, S.; Matema, C.; Mupamhadzi, I.; Muvengwi, J . (Cambridge University Press, 2011-01)
    The prevalence and impacts of the illegal trade in bushmeat are under appreciated in Southern Africa, despite indications that it constitutes a serious conservation threat in parts of the region. Bushmeat trade has ...
  • Ecological and financial impacts of illegal bushmeat trade in Zimbabwe 
    Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Romanach, S.S.; Tambling, Craig J.; Chartier, K.; Groom, R.J. (Rosemary) (Cambridge University Press, 2011-01)
    Under conditions of political instability and economic decline illegal bushmeat hunting has emerged as a serious conservation threat in Zimbabwe. Following settlement of game ranches by subsistence farming communities ...
  • Extent and fragmentation of suitable leopard habitat in South Africa 
    Swanepoel, Lourens Hendrik; Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Somers, Michael J.; Van Hoven, Wouter; Dalerum, Fredrik (Wiley, 2013-02)
    Large mammalian carnivores are threatened by anthropogenic environmental impacts, particularly through habitat loss which often cause population declines. Understanding the extent of suitable habitat is therefore of great ...
  • Fencing Africa's protected areas : costs, benefits, and management issues 
    Pekor, Adam; Miller, Jennifer R.B.; Flyman, Michael V.; Kasiki, Samuel; Kesch, M. Kristina; Miller, Susan M.; Uiseb, Kenneth; Van der Merve, Vincent; Lindsey, Peter Andrew (Elsevier, 2019-01)
    The fencing of protected areas (PAs) is highly controversial, and much remains unknown about the associated financial, ecological, and social impacts. We surveyed experts on 63 fenced and 121 unfenced PAs across 23 African ...
  • Guidelines for evaluating the conservation value of African lion (Panthera leo) translocations 
    Becker, Matthew S.; Almeida, Joao; Begg, Colleen; Bertola, Laura; Breitenmoser, Christine; Breitenmoser, Urs; Coals, Peter; Funston, Paul; Gaylard, Angela; Groom, Rosemary; Henschel, Philipp; Ikanda, Dennis; Jorge, Agostinho; Kruger, Johan; Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Maimbo, Howard; Mandisodza-Chikerema, Roseline; Maude, Glynn; Mbizah, Moreangels; Miller, Susan M.; Mudongo, Edwin; Mwape, Henry; Mweetwa, Thandiwe; Naude, Vincent; Nyirenda, Vincent R.; Parker, Andrew; Parker, Daniel; Reid, Craig; Robson, Ashley; Sayer, Ed; Selier, S.A. Jeanetta; Sichande, Mwamba; Simukonda, Chuma; Uiseb, Kenneth; Williams, Vivienne L.; Zimba, Dennis; Hunter, Luke (Frontiers Media, 2022-09-02)
    As the top predator in African ecosystems, lions have lost more than 90% of their historical range, and few countries possess strong evidence for stable populations. Translocations (broadly defined here as the capture ...
  • How “science” can facilitate the politicization of charismatic megafauna counts 
    Gopalaswamy, Arjun M.; Elliot, Nicholas B.; Ngene, Shadrack; Broekhuis, Femke; Braczkowski, Alexander; Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Packer, Craig; Stenseth, Nils Chr. (National Academy of Sciences, 2022-05)
    Ideally, the practice of science stays independent, informs policy in real time, and facilitates learning. However, when large uncertainties go unreported or are not effectively communicated, science can, inadvertently, ...
  • Illegal bushmeat hunters compete with predators and threaten wild herbivore populations in a global tourism hotspot 
    Rogan, M.S.; Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Tambling, C.J.; Golabek, K.A.; Chase, M.J.; Collins, Kai; McNutt, J.W. (Elsevier, 2017-06)
    Illegal bushmeat hunting is a global threat to wildlife, but its secretive and unregulated nature undermines efforts to mitigate its impacts on wildlife and wildlife-based industries. We investigated the scale of illegal ...
  • Jobs, game meat and profits : the benefits of wildlife ranching on marginal lands in South Africa 
    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 ...
  • Life after Cecil : channelling global outrage into funding for conservation in Africa 
    Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Balme, Guy A.; Funston, Paul J.; Henschel, Philipp H.; Hunter, Luke T.B. (Wiley, 2016-07)
    Trophy hunting is widely used in Africa to generate funding for wildlife areas. In 2015, a global media frenzy resulted from the illegal killing of a radiocollared lion, “Cecil,” by a trophy hunter in Zimbabwe. Trophy ...
  • More than $1 billion needed annually to secure Africa’s protected areas with lions 
    Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Miller, Jennifer R.B.; Petracca, Lisanne S.; Coad, Lauren; DIckman, Amy J.; Fitzgerald, Kathleen H.; Flyman, Michael V.; Funston, Paul J.; Henschel, Philipp; Kasiki, Samuel; Knights, Kathryn; Loveridge, Andrew J.; Macdonald, David W.; Mandisodza-Chikerema, Roseline L.; Nazerali, Sean; Plumptre, Andrew J.; Stevens, Riko; Van Zyl, Hugo W.; Hunter, Luke T.B. (National Academy of Sciences, 2018-11)
    Protected areas (PAs) play an important role in conserving biodiversity and providing ecosystem services, yet their effectiveness is undermined by funding shortfalls. Using lions (Panthera leo) as a proxy for PA health, ...
  • Nest sites selection by sympatric cavity-nesting birds in miombo woodlands 
    Nyirenda, Vincent R.; Chewe, Felistus C.; Chisha-Kasumu, Exildah; Lindsey, Peter Andrew (AOSIS Open Journals, 2016-07-26)
    Deforestation and habitat fragmentation have long been known as drivers of wildlife depletion but information on their specific impacts on cavity-nesting birds in the miombo woodlands has been lacking. A comparative study ...
  • Over 80% of Africa's savannah conservation land is failing or deteriorating according to lions as an indicator species 
    Robson, Ashley; Trimble, Morgan; Bauer, Dominik; Loveridge, Andrew; Thomson, Paul; Westerntbz, Guy; Lindsey, Peter Andrew (Wiley Open Access, 2022-01)
    Calls to increase the global area under protection for conservation assume existing conservation areas are effective but, without adequate investment, they may not be. We collected survey data from expert respondents on ...
  • Possible relationships between the South African captive-bred lion hunting industry and the hunting and conservation of lions elsewhere in Africa 
    Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Alexander, R.; Balme, Guy Andrew; Midlane, Neil; Craig, J. (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2012-04)
    The trophy hunting of lions is contentious due to increasing evidence of impacts on wild populations, and ethical concerns surrounding the hunting of captive-bred lions in South Africa. The captive-bred lion hunting ...
  • Relative efforts of countries to conserve world's megafauna 
    Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Chapron, Guillaume; Petracca, Lisanne S.; Burnham, Dawn; Hayward, Matt W.; Henschel, Philipp; Hinks, Amy E.; Garnett, Stephen T.; Macdonald, David W.; Macdonald, Ewan A.; Ripple, William J.; Zander, Kerstin; Dickman, Amy (Elsevier, 2017-04)
    Surprisingly little attention has been paid to variation among countries in contributions to conservation. As a first step, we developed a Megafauna Conservation Index (MCI) that assesses the spatial, ecological and ...
  • The relative importance of trophy harvest and retaliatory killing of large carnivores : South African leopards as a case study 
    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. ...