• Humans as predators : an overview of predation strategies of hunters with contrasting motivational drivers 

  Dalerum, Fredrik; Swanepoel, Lourens H. (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 2017)

  Predator-prey theory suggests that generalist predators are linked to demographic stability of prey whereas specialists are destabilizing. We overview the demographic consequences of different predation strategies and ...
• The bats of the Congo and of Rwanda and Burundi revisited (Mammalia : Chiroptera) 

  Van Cakenberghe, Victor; Gembu Tungaluna, Guy-Crispin; Musaba Akawa, Prescott; Seamark, Ernest; Verheyen, Erik (Consortium of European Natural History Museums, 2017)

  In 1966, Robert William Hayman, Xavier Misonne and Walter Verheyen published their listing of the Congolese, Rwandan and Burundian bat specimens in the collections in the museums of Tervuren, Brussels, Geneva, London ...
• Socio-economic factors influencing attitudes of landowners towards free-roaming cheetahs 

  Page-Nicholson, Samantha K.; Marnewick, Kelly A.; Beverley, Grant; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Watermeyer, Jessica P.; Parker, Dan M. (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2017-10)

  The largest area of the South African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) distribution occurs outside formally protected areas, making cheetahs vulnerable to conflict-related killings. This conflict is assumed to be related to ...
• A review of community-based natural resource management 

  Milupi, I.D. (Inonge); Somers, Michael J.; Ferguson, W. (Levente Hufnagel (ALOKI Kft.), 2017)

  Please read abstract in article.
• Sustainable rhino horn production at the pointy end of the rhino horn trade debate 

  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 ...
• Dancing to the message : African clawless otter scent marking behaviour 

  Jordaan, Rowan Keith; Somers, Michael J.; McIntyre, Trevor (Associazione Teriologica Italiana, 2017-09-04)

  Latrine use and behaviour at latrines have been studied in numerous otter species, but not African clawless otters, Aonyx capensis. We set up trail cameras at two latrines near Dullstroom, South Africa. On several ...
• The impact of age-class and social context on fecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels in free-ranging male giraffes 

  Wolf, T.E. (Tanja); Bennett, Nigel C., 1961-; Burroughs, R.E.J. (Richard); Ganswindt, Andre (Elsevier, 2018-01)

  One of the primary sources of perceived stress is the social environment of an animal and the interactions with conspecifics. An essential component of the response to a stressor is the activation of the hypothalamic–pit ...
• Effects of culverts and roadside fencing on the rate of roadkill of small terrestrial vertebrates in northern Limpopo, South Africa 

  Collinson, Wendy J.; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Davies-Mostert, Warwick (University of Cambridge, 2017)

  We tested the effectiveness of low-level roadside fencing to direct wildlife towards existing culverts beneath the road (underpasses) in order to reduce road deaths of small terrestrial vertebrates. While our results showed ...
• A review of camera trapping for conservation behaviour research 

  Caravaggi, Anthony; Banks, Peter B.; Burton, A. Cole; Finlay, Caroline M.V.; Hayward, Matt W.; Rowcliffe, Marcus J.; Wood, Mike D. (Wiley Open Access, 2017)

  An understanding of animal behaviour is important if conservation initiatives are to be effective. However, quantifying the behaviour of wild animals presents significant challenges. Remote-sensing camera traps are ...
• Veldtipes, verspreiding van die groter soogdiere, en enkele aspekte van die ekologie van Kaokoland 

  Viljoen, Philippus Jacobus (University of Pretoria, 1980)

  Initiated in 1975, the purpose of this study was to obtain basic ecological information needed for the conservation, management and utilization of the fauna and flora of Kaokoland, S.W.A. Accordingly the vegetation of ...
• Tracking data from nine free-roaming Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) collared in the Thabazimbi area, Limpopo Province, South Africa 

  Marnewick, Kelly; Page-Nicholson, Samantha; Roxburgh, Lizanne; Somers, Michael J. (Pensoft Publishers, 2017-02-23)

  BACKGROUND : In partnership with the University of Pretoria, the Endangered Wildlife Trust's Carnivore Conservation Programme collared six male and three female free-roaming Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in the Thabazimbi ...
• Factors affecting the prey preferences of jackals (Canidae) 

  Hayward, Matt W.; Porter, Laura; Lanszki, Jozsef; Kamler, Jan F.; Beck, Jacalyn M.; Kerley, Graham I.H.; Macdonald, David W.; Montgomery, Robert A.; Parker, Dan M.; Scott, Dawn M.; O'Brien, John; Yarnell, Richard W. (Elsevier, 2017-07)

  Prey selection by carnivores can be affected by top-down and bottom-up factors. For example, large carnivores may facilitate food resources for mesocarnivores by providing carcasses to scavenge, however mesocarnivores may ...
• Conservation implications of brown hyaena (Parahyaena brunnea) population densities and distribution across landscapes in Botswana 

  Winterbach, Christiaan W.; Maude, Glyn; Neo-Mahupeleng, Gosiame; Klein, Rebecca; Boast, Lorraine; Rich, Lindsey N.; Somers, Michael J. (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-05-23)

  The brown hyaena (Parahyaena brunnea) is endemic to southern Africa. The largest population of this near-threatened species occurs in Botswana, but limited data were available to assess distribution and density. Our ...
• Aspects of the syntaxonomy and synecology of the grasslands of southern KwaZulu-Natal 

  Perkins, Luke (University of Pretoria, 1997)

  The Grassland biome of South Africa is ofmajor importance to this country's agriculture, mining and conservation practices. The extent of urbanisation and economic activity within this biome has led to the destruction ...
• The many faces of fear : a synthesis of the methodological variation in characterizing predation risk 

  Moll, Remington J.; Redilla, Kyle M.; Mudumba, Tutilo; Muneza, Arthur B.; Gray, Steven M.; Abade, Leandro; Hayward, Matt W.; Millspaugh, Joshua J.; Montgomery, Robert A. (Wiley, 2017-07)

  Predators affect prey by killing them directly (lethal effects) and by inducing costly antipredator behaviours in living prey (risk effects). Risk effects can strongly influence prey populations and cascade through trophic ...
• Kalanchoe winteri Gideon F.Sm., N.R.Crouch & Mich.Walters (Crassulaceae), a new species from the Wolkberg Centre of Endemism, South Africa 

  Crouch, Neil R.; Smith, Gideon F.; Walters, Michele; Figueiredo, Estrela (British Cactus and Succulent Society, 2016)

  A new Kalanchoe species, K. winteri Gideon F.Sm., N.R.Crouch & Mich.Walters, is described from rocky grasslands of the Wolkberg region of Limpopo province, South Africa. The species is closely allied to both K. ...
• Livestock predation in South Africa : the need for and value of a scientific assessment 

  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 ...
• Analyse floristique et phytogéographique de la végétation du littoral et sublittoral dans le Kouilou (République du Congo) 

  Miabangana, Edmond Sylvestre; Nsongola, Gilbert; Orban, Ben; Van Rooyen, Margaretha; Van Rooyen, Noel; Gaugris, Jerome Yves (Innovative Space of Scientific Research Journals, 2017-01)

  The zone of study is located north of Pointe noire town, in the Department of Kouilou, in Republic of Congo. In order to better understand the floristic richness and chorology of the study site of interest, an analysis ...
• Simplified large African carnivore density estimators from track indices 

  Winterbach, Christiaan W.; Ferreira, Sam M.; Funston, Paul J.; Somers, Michael J. (PeerJ, 2016-12-22)

  BACKGROUND: The range, population size and trend of large carnivores are important parameters to assess their status globally and to plan conservation strategies. One can use linear models to assess population size and ...
• New records of bat species using Gatkop Cave in the maternal season 

  Kearney, Teresa C.; Keith, Mark; Seamark, Ernest (De Gruyter, 2016-02)

  Eight bat species were recorded at Gatkop Cave, in the northern part of South Africa in December 2011 (Cloeotis percivali, Hipposideros caffer, Myotis tricolor, Miniopterus natalensis, Nycteris thebaica, Rhinolophus blasii, ...

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