Browsing Research Articles (Mammal Research Institute) by UP Author "Lindsey, Peter Andrew"

Browsing Research Articles (Mammal Research Institute) 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 ...
  • Benefits of wildlife-based land uses on private lands in Namibia and limitations affecting their development 
    Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Havemann, Carl Peter; Lines, Robin M.; Price, A.E.; Retief, Tarryn Anne; Rhebergen, T.; Van der Waal, Cornelis; Romanach, S.S. (Cambridge University Press, 2013-01-08)
    Legislative changes during the 1960s–1970s granted user rights over wildlife to landowners in southern Africa, resulting in a shift from livestock farming to wildlifebased land uses. Few comprehensive assessments of ...
  • 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 ...
  • The bushmeat trade in African savannas : impacts, drivers, and possible solutions 
    Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Balme, Guy Andrew; Becker, Matthew S.; Begg, Colleen Margeret; Bento, Carlos M.; Bocchino, Clara; Dickman, A.; Diggle, Richard W.; Eves, Heather; Henschel, Philipp; Lewis, Dale; Marnewick, Kelly; Mattheus, Jaco; McNutt, J.Weldon; McRobb, Rachel; Midlane, Neil; Milanzi, James; Morley, R.C. (Robert Carl); Murphree, Michael; Opyene, Vincent; Phadima, Joe; Purchase, Gianetta K.; Rentsch, Dennis; Roche, Christopher; Shaw, Joanne; Van der Westhuizen, H.; Van Vliet, Nathalie; Zisadza-Gandiwa, Patience (Elsevier, 2013-04)
    The bushmeat trade,orthe illegal acquisition and exchange ofwild meat,has long been recognised asa severe problem in forest biomes,but receives little attention insavann as,perhaps due toamisconcepti on that bushmeat ...
  • Conservation implications of prey responses to wild dogs Lycaon pictus during the denning season on wildlife ranches 
    Romanach, S.S.; Lindsey, Peter Andrew (Blackwell, 2008)
    The spread of game ranching in southern Africa provides opportunities for the reestablishment of populations of endangered wild dogs extirpated by livestock ranchers. However, this potential has not been realized, partly ...
  • Conserving Africa’s wildlife and wildlands through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond 
    Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Allan, James; Brehony, Peadar; Dickman, Amy; Robson, Ashley; Begg, Colleen; Bhammar, Hasita; Blanken, Lisa; Breuer, Thomas; Fitzgerald, Kathleen; Flyman, Michael; Gandiwa, Patience; Giva, Nicia; Kaelo, Dickson; Nampindo, Simon; Nyambe, Nyambe; Steiner, Kurt; Parker, Andrew N.; Roe, Dilys; Thomson, Paul; Trimble, Morgan; Caron, Alexandre; Tyrrell, Peter (Nature Research, 2020-10)
    The SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 illness are driving a global crisis. Governments have responded by restricting human movement, which has reduced economic activity. These changes may benefit biodiversity conservation in ...
  • Conserving large carnivores : dollars and fence 
    Packer, C.; Loveridge, A.; Canney, S.; Caro, T.; Garnett, S.T.; Pfeifer, Marion; Zander, K.K.; Swanson, A.; MacNulty, D.; Balme, Guy Andrew; Bauer, H.; Begg, C.M.; Begg, K.S.; Bhalla, S.; Bissett, C.; Bodasing, T.; Brink, H.; Burger, A.; Burton, A.C.; Clegg, B.; Dell, S.; Delsink, Audrey K.; Dickerson, T.; Dloniak, S.M.; Druce, D.; Frank, L.; Funston, Paul J.; Gichohi, N.; Groom, R.J. (Rosemary); Hanekom, C.; Heath, B.; Hunter, Luke T.B.; De Iongh, Hans H.; Joubert, C.J.; Kasiki, S.M.; Kissui, B.; Knocker, W.; Leathem, B.; Lindsey, Peter Andrew; MacLennan, S.D.; McNutt, J.W.; Miller, Susan M.; Naylor, S.; Nel, P.; Ngweno, C.; Nicholls, K.; Ogutu, Joseph O.; Okot-Omoya, E.; Patterson, B.D.; Plumptre, A.; Salerno, J.; Skinner, K.; Slotow, Robert; Sogbohossou, E.A.; Stratford, K.J.; Winterbach, Christiaan W.; Winterbach, Hanlie Evelyn Kathleen; Polasky, S. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-05)
    Conservationists often advocate for landscape approaches to wildlife management while others argue for physical separation between protected species and human communities, but direct empirical comparisons of these alternatives ...
  • 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 ...
  • Failure of research to address the rangewide conservation needs of large carnivores : leopards in South Africa as a case study 
    Balme, Guy Andrew; Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Swanepoel, Lourens Hendrik; Hunter, Luke T.B. (Wiley, 2014-01)
    Science and conservation are often driven by different agendas, partly because many researchers are reluctant to tackle applied topics perceived to be less competitive for publishing or too impractical to study. Consequently, ...
  • 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 ...
  • Insights into the management of large carnivores for profitable wildlife-based land uses in African Savannas 
    Funston, Paul J.; Groom, R.J. (Rosemary); Lindsey, Peter Andrew (Public Library of Science, 2013-03-20)
    Large African predators, especially lions (Panthera leo) and leopards (Panthera pardus), are financially valuable for ecotourism and trophy hunting operations on land also utilized for the production of other wildlife ...
  • 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 ...
  • Minimum prey and area requirements of the vulnerable cheetah acinonyx jubatus : implications for reintroduction and management of the species in South Africa 
    Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Tambling, Craig J.; Brummer, Rox; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Hayward, Matt W.; Marnewick, Kelly; Parker, Daniel M. (Cambridge University Press, 2011-12)
    In South Africa there are efforts to manage reintroduced subpopulations of the vulnerable cheetah Acinonyx jubatus in small reserves (10–1,000 km2) as a managed metapopulation. We estimated areas required to support cheetahs ...
  • 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, ...
  • 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. ...
  • Rosettes, remingtons and reputation : establishing potential determinants of leopard (Panthera pardus) trophy prices across Africa 
    Braczkowski, Alexander R.; Balme, Guy A.; Dickman, Amy; Macdonald, David W.; Johnson, Paul J.; Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Hunter, Luke T.B. (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2015-09)
    In a number of African countries, the trophy hunting of large felids is an important revenue generator for landholders, governments and in some cases communities. The hunting of large felids is especially profitable but ...
  • A spatial approach to combatting wildlife crime 
    Faulkner, S.C.; Stevens, M.C.A.; Romanach, S.S.; Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Le Comber, S.C. (Wiley, 2018-06)
    Poaching can have devastating impacts on animal and plant numbers, and in many countries has reached crisis levels, with illegal hunters employing increasingly sophisticated techniques. We used data from an 8‐year study ...