Browsing Research Articles (Mammal Research Institute) by UP Author "Davies-Mostert, Harriet T."

Browsing Research Articles (Mammal Research Institute) by UP Author "Davies-Mostert, Harriet T."

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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 ...
  • Attitudes and tolerance of private landowners shape the African wild dog conservation landscape in the greater Kruger National Park 
    Parker, Daniel M.; Watermeyer, Jessica P.; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Beverley, Grant; Marnewick, Kelly (Inter Research, 2018-07-10)
    The survival of wildlife ultimately relies on its acceptability to humans. The African wild dog Lycaon pictus is an endangered species that often comes into conflict with humans. Currently, the only viable population in ...
  • Deconstructing compassionate conservation 
    Hayward, Matt W.; Callen, Alex; Allen, Benjamin L.; Ballard, Guy; Broekhuis, Femke; Bugir, Cassandra K.; Clarke, Rohan H.; Clulow, John; Clulow, Simon; Daltry, Jennifer C.; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Fleming, Peter J.S.; Griffin, Andrea S.; Howell, Lachlan G.; Kerley, Graham I.H.; Klop-Toker, Kaya L.; Legge, Sarah; Major, Tom; Meyer, Ninon; Montgomery, Robert A.; Moseby, Katherine; Parker, Daniel M.; Periquet, Stephanie; Read, John; Scanlon, Robert J.; Seeto, Rebecca G.Y.; Shuttleworth, Craig M.; Somers, Michael J.; Tamessar, Cottrell T.; Tuft, Katherine; Upton, Rose M.O.; Valenzuela-Molina, Marcia; Wayne, Adrian; Witt, Ryan R.; Wuster, Wolfgang (Wiley, 2019-08)
    Compassionate conservation focuses on 4 tenets: first, do no harm; individuals matter; inclusivity of individual animals; and peaceful coexistence between humans and animals. Recently, compassionate conservation has been ...
  • Do black‐backed jackals exhibit spatial partitioning with African wild dogs and lions? 
    Kamler, Jan F.; Nicholson, Samantha; Stenkewitz, Ute; Gharajehdaghipour, Tazarve; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T. (Wiley, 2020-09)
    This study determined if spatial partitioning occurred at different scales between jackals and both lions and African wild dogs. Research was carried out on De Beers Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve (VLNR), where jackals ...
  • Factors affecting the success of artificial pack formation in an endangered, social carnivore : the African wild dog 
    Marneweck, Courtney; Becker, P.A.; Beverley, G.; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Du Plessis, C.; Forssman, K.R. (Katherine); Graf, J.; Gusset, M.; Hofmeyr, M.; Kelly, C.; Kilian, P.J.; Marchal, A.F.J.; Marneweck, David G.; Marnewick, K.; Owen, C.; Postiglione, G.; Slotow, R.; Somers, Michael J.; Szykman, G.M.; Van Dyk, G.; Whittington-Jones, B.; Parker, Daniel M. (Wiley, 2019-10)
    Social integration is an important factor when reintroducing group‐living species, but examples of the formation of social groups before reintroduction are largely lacking. African wild dogs Lycaon pictus are endangered, ...
  • Factors influencing the spatial patterns of vertebrate roadkill in South Africa : the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area as a case study 
    Collinson, Wendy J.; Parker, Daniel M.; Bernard, Ric T.F.; Reilly, Brian K.; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T. (Wiley, 2019-12)
    Few studies have investigated the factors that influence roadkill occurrence in developing countries. In 2013, we monitored a 100‐km section of the road (comprising the R572 and R521 regional highways and the D2662) that ...
  • A framework to measure the wildness of managed large vertebrate populations 
    Child, Matthew F.; Selier, S.A. Jeanetta; Radloff, Frans G.T.; Taylor, William Andrew; Hoffmann, Michael; Nel, Lizanne; Power, R. John; Birss, Coral; Okes, Nicola C.; Peel, Michael J.; Mallon, David; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T. (Wiley, 2019-10)
    As landscapes continue to fall under human influence through habitat loss and fragmentation, fencing is increasingly being used to mitigate anthropogenic threats and enhance the commercial value of wildlife. Subsequent ...
  • The impacts of a global pandemic on the efficacy and stability of contemporary wildlife conservation : South Africa as a case study 
    Ehlers Smith, David A.; Ehlers Smith, Yvette C.; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Thompson, Lindy J.; Parker, Daniel M.; De Villiers, Deon; Ricketts, Dean; Coverdale, Brent; Robertson, Peter J.; Kelly, Christopher; Macfadyen, Duncan N.; Manqele, Nomthandazo S.; Power, R. John; Downs, Colleen T. (Springer, 2023-03)
    Conservationists speculated on potential benefits to wildlife of lockdown restrictions because of the COVID-19 pandemic but voiced concern that restrictions impeded nature conservation. We assessed the effects of lockdown ...
  • 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 ...
  • A novel technique for artificial pack formation in African wild dogs using odour familiarity 
    Marneweck, Courtney J.; Marchal, Antoine F.J.; Marneweck, David G.; Beverley, Grant; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Parker, Dan M. (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2019)
    Reintroductions are recognized tools for species recovery. However, operations are costly, difficult to implement, and failures are common and not always understood. Their success for group-living species depends on ...
  • Optimising the cost of roadkill surveys based on an analysis of carcass persistence 
    Henry, Dominic A.W.; Collinson-Jonker, Wendy J.; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Nicholson, Samantha K.; Roxburgh, Lizanne; Parker, Daniel M. (Elsevier, 2021-08)
    Reliable estimates of wildlife mortality due to wildlife-vehicle collisions are key to understanding its impact on wildlife populations and developing strategies to prevent or reduce collisions. Standardised approaches for ...
  • Protecting the protected : reducing wildlife roadkill in protected areas 
    Collinson, Wendy J.; Marneweck, Courtney; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T. (Wiley, 2019-08)
    Social media discussions highlight public concern for wildlife‐vehicle collisions (WVCs) inside protected areas. Using a quasi‐experimental field trial, we investigated factors affecting the likelihood of WVCs within ...
  • Reproductive state influences the degree of risk tolerance for a seasonally breeding mesopredator 
    Marneweck, Courtney J.; Van Schalkwyk, Ockert Louis; Marneweck, David G.; Beverley, Grant; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Parker, Daniel M. (Oxford University Press, 2021-07)
    The risk of predation can alter the way animals perceive costs and benefits in their environment, on which foraging decisions are made. To maximize fitness, animals with offspring show the most pronounced alteration in ...
  • Spatial partitioning by a subordinate carnivore is mediated by conspecific overlap 
    Marneweck, C.; Marneweck, David G.; Van Schalkwyk, Ockert Louis; Beverley, G.; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Parker, D.M. (Springer, 2019-11)
    There are several hypotheses that could explain territory size in mammals, including the resource dispersion hypothesis (RDH), the intruder pressure hypothesis (IPH), and the intraguild predation hypothesis (IGPH). In this ...
  • Status of road ecology research in Africa : do we understand the impacts of roads, and how to successfully mitigate them? 
    Collinson, Wendy J.; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Roxburgh, Lizanne; Van der Ree, Rodney (Frontiers Media, 2019-12-13)
    Across Africa, transport infrastructure, including roads, is being built in over 30 planned development corridors that are likely to have major impacts on remaining natural habitats and associated biodiversity. Linked ...
  • 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 ...