Browsing Research Articles (Centre for Wildlife Management) by Author "Jooste, Esmarie"

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Effect of prey mass and selection on predator carrying capacity estimates

Jooste, Esmarie; Hayward, Matt W.; Pitman, Ross T.; Swanepoel, Lourens Hendrik (Springer, 2013-08)

The ability to determine the prey-specific biomass intake of large predators is fundamental to their conservation. In the absence of actual prey data, researchers generally use a “unit mass” method (estimated as 3/4 ...
Unusually high predation on chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) by female leopards (Panthera pardus) in the Waterberg Mountains, South Africa

Jooste, Esmarie; Pitman, Ross T.; Van Hoven, Wouter; Swanepoel, Lourens Hendrik (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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