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(Elsevier, 2006)A spoor count was done to determine whether caracal spoor densities in the vicinity of the border of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park differed from those in the interior of the Park. The objective was to compare caracal ...
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Efforts going to the dogs? Evaluating attempts to re-introduce endangered wild dogs in South Africa (Blackwell, 2008)We evaluated one of the most extensive efforts to date to re-introduce an endangered species: attempts to establish an actively managed meta-population of African wild dogs Lycaon pictus in South Africa. Using an ...
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(Blackwell, 2008)Invasions by alien plants into unspoiled ecosystems are a cause for concern because the pristine systems are important stores of biodiversity. Indeed, the introduction of non-indigenous species into protected areas is a ...
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(Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2008-04)Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) movements should be considered when developing management strategies for long-term survival and coexistence with humans. Although work has been done in Namibia, South Africa and Tanzania little ...
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Nile crocodile Crocodylus niloticus telemetry : observations on transmitter attachment and longevity (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2008-10)The aim of this study was to investigate transmitter attachment and longevity on Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) in the Flag Boshielo Dam, Mpumalanga, South Africa. From August 2002, 15 adult Nile crocodiles were ...
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(Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2008-10)Maputaland is a centre of plant endemism, within the Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany hotspot of biodiversity shared by Mozambique and South Africa. The Sand Forest vegetation is the most valuable vegetation type in this region ...
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(Africa Institute of South Africa, 2010-03)Cheetahs should be conserved as drivers of biodiversity conservation and as instruments of nature based tourism development. Only 7 500 cheetahs remain worldwide and their numbers continue to decrease. The species is ...
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(Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2010-04)Recent technological advances in Global Positioning system (GPS) technology have generated an increase in the use of GPS collars fitted to wild animals to track their movements. GPS units are advantageous compared to ...
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(Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2010-10)A study was undertaken between 1 January 2006 and 16 February 2007 to identify haemoparasites and gastrointestinal parasites infecting African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province, South Africa. Blood ...
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(Springer, 2011)Sand Forest in the Maputaland region of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa is deemed the most valuable, but also probably the most complex vegetation type of this part of the Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany hotspot of biodiversity. ...
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(Elsevier, 2011-03)Carnivore survey protocols that properly address spatial sampling and detectability issues are seldom feasible at a landscape-scale. This limits knowledge of large-scale patterns in distribution, abundance and their ...
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(Springer, 2011-04)It is crucial to understand the genetic health and implications of inbreeding in wildlife populations, especially of vulnerable species. Using extensive demographic and genetic data, we investigated the relationships ...
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(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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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-07)The brown hyaena (Hyaena brunnea) is the least known of the large predators of southern Africa. The current IUCN status of the brown hyaena is “Near Threatened”, and there are conservation concerns related to a general ...
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(Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre ASCR, 2012)Leopards do not preferentially favour baboons as prey, but they are considered the primary predators of baboons across Africa. Even in areas where baboons are abundant, their contribution to leopard diet seldom exceeds ...
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(Cambridge University Press, 2012)Although spiders are a diverse and ecologically important group of predators across the sub-Antarctic islands, relatively little is known about their biology. Here we provide data on the abundance, body size variation ...
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(University of New Mexico, 2012)Zambia is either customary land (94%) under some measure of control by chiefs and headmen, or state land (6%), comprising protected areas and land held under 99-year leasehold. Protected areas and their resources are ...
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(Taylor & Francis, 2012-01)In this note I want to point out a potentially concerning bias in evolutionary hypothesis testing. In evolutionary research, deductive hypothesis testing is the most common way of achieving information on causal relationships ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2012-03-01)To quantify the ecological effects of predator populations, it is important to evaluate how population-level specializations are dictated by intra- versus inter-individual dietary variation. Coastal habitats contain prey ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2012-05-16)The conservation of many fragmented and small populations of endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) relies on understanding the natural processes affecting genetic diversity, demographics, and future viability. We ...
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