Browsing Research Articles (Zoology and Entomology) by UP Author "Thorn, Michelle"

Browsing Research Articles (Zoology and Entomology) by UP Author "Thorn, Michelle"

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  • An assessment of diet overlap of two mesocarnivores in the North West Province, South Africa 
    Van der Merwe, Ingrid; Tambling, Craig J.; Thorn, Michelle; Scott, Dawn M.; Yarnell, Richard W.; Green, Matthew; Cameron, Elissa Z.; Bateman, Philip W. (Zoological Society of Southern Africa, 2009-10)
    We used scat analysis to study the diet of two sympatric medium-sized carnivores: brown hyaena and black-backed jackal, in the NorthWest Province of South Africa. Seven major dietary categories were identified from the ...
  • Comparative efficacy of sign surveys, spotlighting and audio playbacks in a landscape-scale carnivore survey 
    Thorn, Michelle; Green, Matthew; Bateman, Philip W.; Cameron, Elissa Z.; Yarnell, Richard W.; Scott, Dawn M. (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2010-04)
    Many carnivores are difficult and labour-intensive to detect, often leading to prohibitively high effort and cost in large-scale surveys.However,such studies provide information that is important for effective management ...
  • Estimating brown hyaena occupancy using baited camera traps 
    Thorn, Michelle; Scott, Dawn M.; Green, Matthew; Bateman, Philip W.; Cameron, Elissa Z. (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2008-04)
    Conservation and management of brown hyaenas (Hyaena brunnea) is hampered by a lack of information on abundance and distribution, which is difficult and labour-intensive to obtain. However, occupancy surveys offer a ...
  • Large-scale distribution patterns of carnivores in northern South Africa : implications for conservation and monitoring 
    Thorn, Michelle; Green, Matthew; Mark, Keith; Marnewick, Kelly; Bateman, Philip W.; Cameron, Elissa Z.; Scott, Dawn M. (Cambridge University Press, 2011)
    Accurate assessment of carnivore population status is frequently hindered by insufficient distribution data. For northern South Africa we address this deficit by mapping new records from landscape-scale sign ...
  • What drives human-carnivore conflict in the North West Province of South Africa? 
    Thorn, Michelle; Green, Matthew; Dalerum, Fredrik; Bateman, Philip W.; Scott, Dawn M. (Elsevier, 2012-06)
    Alleviating human–carnivore conflict is central to large carnivore conservation and is often of economic importance, where people co-exist with carnivores. However, effective conflict mitigation requires knowledge of ...