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A conservation assessment of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Mkambati Nature Reserve in the Pondoland Centre of Endemism

A pan-African spatial assessment of human conflicts with lions and elephants

scientific article published in 2021

A priori valuation of land use for the conservation of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

article published in 2009

A systems analysis and conceptual system dynamics model of the livestock-derived food system in South Africa: A tool for policy guidance

scientific article published on 06 August 2020

Activity Budgets and Sexual Segregation in African Elephants (Loxodonta africana)

article published in 2008

Adaptive management in restoration initiatives: Lessons learned from some of South Africa's projects

scientific article published on 26 March 2021

African Elephants Loxodonta africana Amplify Browse Heterogeneity in African Savanna

African elephant home range and habitat selection in Pongola Game Reserve, South Africa

article

An Assessment of a Community-Based, Forest Restoration Programme in Durban (eThekwini), South Africa

An assessment of the use of volunteers for terrestrial invertebrate biodiversity surveys

Animal perception of seasonal thresholds: changes in elephant movement in relation to rainfall patterns

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Assessment of congruency across invertebrate taxa and taxonomic levels to identify potential surrogates

article published in 2007

Biocomplexity in large tree mortality: interactions between elephant, fire and landscape in an African savanna

scientific article published in 2012

Biologically relevant scales in large mammal management policies

article published in 2013

Cats, connectivity and conservation: incorporating data sets and integrating scales for wildlife management

scientific article published in 2017

Change in Mesoherbivore Browsing Is Mediated by Elephant and Hillslope Position

scientific article

Checklist of millipedes (Diplopoda), centipedes (Chilopoda) and scorpions (Arachnida : Scorpionida) from a savanna ecosystem, Limpopo Province, South Africa ⬇️

scientific article published in December 2004

Community disaster exposure and first onset of depression: A panel analysis of nationally representative South African data, 2008–2017

scientific article published in 2022

Competition and specialization in an African forest carnivore community

scientific article published on 27 August 2019

Conflicting human interests over the re-introduction of endangered wild dogs in South Africa

article

Conservation businesses and conservation planning in a biological diversity hotspot

scientific article

Conservation marketing and education for less charismatic biodiversity and conservation businesses for sustainable development

article

Conserving large carnivores: dollars and fence.

scientific article published on 5 March 2013

Context dependency of top-down, bottom-up and density-dependent influences on cheetah demography

scientific article published on 04 October 2019

Copulatory parameters and reproductive success of wild leopards in South Africa

scientific article published in 2010

Corridor use and streaking behavior by African elephants in relation to physiological state

Costs and benefits of the presence of leopards to the sport-hunting industry and local communities in Niassa National Reserve, Mozambique

scientific article

Could Culling of Elephants Be Considered Inhumane and Illegal in South African Law?

Creating larger and better connected protected areas enhances the persistence of big game species in the maputaland-pondoland-albany biodiversity hotspot

scientific article

DIVERSITY OF SPIDERS (ARANEAE) IN A SAVANNA RESERVE, NORTHERN PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA

article

Delayed physiological acclimatization by African elephants following reintroduction

Density-dependent natal dispersal patterns in a leopard population recovering from over-harvest

scientific article

Density-dependent regulation of the critically endangered black rhinoceros population in Ithala Game Reserve, South Africa

article

Diet selection and seasonal dietary switch of a large sexually dimorphic herbivore

article by Graeme Shannon et al published January 2013 in Acta Oecologica

Diet selection of African elephant over time shows changing optimization currency

article by Y. Pretorius et al published 24 April 2012 in Oikos

Divided we fail: the importance of social integration for the re-introduction of endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus)

scientific article published in 2006

Do fences create an edge-effect on the movement patterns of a highly mobile mega-herbivore?

Docytochrome c oxidase 1Gene Sequences Differentiate Species of Spirostreptid Millipedes (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Spirostreptidae)?

article

Dogs on the catwalk: Modelling re-introduction and translocation of endangered wild dogs in South Africa

article

Dry season mapping of savanna forage quality, using the hyperspectral Carnegie Airborne Observatory sensor

scientific article published in 2011

Dynamics of a small re-introduced population of wild dogs over 25 years: Allee effects and the implications of sociality for endangered species' recovery.

scientific article published on 9 September 2008

Ecological thresholds in the savanna landscape: developing a protocol for monitoring the change in composition and utilisation of large trees

scientific article (publication date: 2008)

Ecosystem Resilience of a South African Mesic Grassland with Change from Rotational to Continuous Grazing

scientific article published in 2023

Ecotourism marketing alternative to charismatic megafauna can also support biodiversity conservation

article by Anna Hausmann et al published 5 July 2016 in Animal Conservation

Edge effects and the impact of non-protected areas in carnivore conservation: leopards in the Phinda-Mkhuze Complex, South Africa

article

Effects of human land-use on Africa's only forest-dependent felid: The African golden cat Caracal aurata

article by Laila Bahaa-el-din et al published July 2016 in Biological Conservation

Effects of simulated browsing on growth and leaf chemical properties inColophospermum mopanesaplings

scientific article published in 2010

Effects of social disruption in elephants persist decades after culling

scientific article

Efforts going to the dogs? Evaluating attempts to re-introduce endangered wild dogs in South Africa

article

Electrifying the fence or living with consequences? Problem animal control threatens the long-term viability of a free-ranging lion population

Evaluating Methods for Counting Cryptic Carnivores

article published in 2009

Evaluating the outcomes and processes of a research-action partnership: The need for continuous reflective evaluation

scientific article published in 2016

Evaluation of projected soil organic carbon stocks under future climate and land cover changes in South Africa using a deep learning approach

scientific article published in 2023

Evolutionary ecology meets wildlife management: artificial group augmentation in the re-introduction of endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus)

article

Exposure to waste sites and their impact on health: a panel and geospatial analysis of nationally representative data from South Africa, 2008-2015

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Feeding behaviour of lions (Panthera leo) on a small reserve

Feeding habitat selection by hunting leopards Panthera pardus in a woodland savanna: prey catchability versus abundance

Fencing for Purpose: A Case Study of Elephants in South Africa

article

Forage patch use by grazing herbivores in a South African grazing ecosystem

scholarly article by Jan A. Venter et al published 22 April 2014 in Acta Theriologica

Foraging Strategy within African Elephant Family Units: Why Body Size Matters

article published in 2011

Genetic rescue of an isolated African lion population

scientific article

Global priorities for national carnivore conservation under land use change

scientific article (publication date: 2016)

Good virtual fences make good neighbors: opportunities for conservation

Green environment and incident depression in South Africa: a geospatial analysis and mental health implications in a resource-limited setting.

scientific article

Group dynamics of zebra and wildebeest in a woodland savanna: effects of predation risk and habitat density

scientific article

Habitat changes reduce the carrying capacity of Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park, South Africa, for Critically Endangered black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis

article

Habitat complexity and lifetime predation risk influence mesopredator survival in a multi-predator system

scientific article published on 20 October 2020

Heterogeneity in the density of spotted hyaenas in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa

article

Home Range Utilisation and Territorial Behavior of Lions (Panthera leo) on Karongwe Game Reserve, South Africa

article

Home range utilisation and territorial behaviour of lions (Panthera leo) on Karongwe Game Reserve, South Africa

scientific article

How assessment and reflection relate to more effective learning in adaptive management

article

How immunocontraception can contribute to elephant management in small, enclosed reserves: Munyawana population as a case study

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

How to build science-action partnerships for local land-use planning and management: lessons from Durban, South Africa

article

Identification of policies for a sustainable legal trade in rhinoceros horn based on population projection and socioeconomic models

scientific article published on 20 October 2014

Impact of conservation interventions on the dynamics and persistence of a persecuted leopard (Panthera pardus) population

article

Improving the management of threatened ecosystems in an urban biodiversity hotspot through the Durban Research Action Partnership

scientific article published in 2016

Inbreeding and density-dependent population growth in a small, isolated lion population

article published in 2010

Inbreeding depression increases susceptibility to bovine tuberculosis in lions: an experimental test using an inbred-outbred contrast through translocation

scientific article published in July 2011

Indigenous Knowledge about Consumption of Edible Insects in South Africa

scientific article published on 31 December 2020

Informing Equitable Water and Food Policies through Accurate Spatial Information on Irrigated Areas in Smallholder Farming Systems

Intraspecific Strategic Responses of African Elephants to Temporal Variation in Forage Quality

article

Intrinsic and extrinsic factors influencing large African herbivore movements

article

Is Millipede Taxonomy Based on Gonopod Morphology Too Inclusive? Observations on Genetic Variation and Cryptic Speciation inBicoxidens flavicollis(Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Spirostreptidae)

article

LACK OF TASK DIFFERENTIATION DURING PREY CAPTURE IN THE GROUP LIVING SPIDER STEGODYPHUS MIMOSARUM (ARANEAE, ERESIDAE)

scholarly article by Cheron Ainsworth et al published 2002 in Journal of Arachnology

Lack of spatial and behavioral responses to immunocontraception application in African elephants (Loxodonta africana).

scientific article

Landscape effects on wild boar home range size under contrasting harvest regimes in a human-dominated agro-ecosystem

article published in 2017

Large Mammal Distribution in a Transfrontier Landscape: Trade-offs Between Resource Availability and Human Disturbance

Large herbivores may alter vegetation structure of semi-arid savannas through soil nutrient mediation

scientific article (publication date: April 2011)

Leadership in elephants: the adaptive value of age

scientific article (publication date: 7 November 2011)

Lion population dynamics: do nomadic males matter?

article

Long-Distance Natal Dispersal in Leopard Reveals Potential for a Three-Country Metapopulation

scholarly article by Julien Fattebert et al published April 2013 in South African Journal of Wildlife Research

Mainstreaming Underutilized Indigenous and Traditional Crops into Food Systems: A South African Perspective

Management of African elephant populations in small fenced areas: Current practices, constraints and recommendations

scientific article published in 2018

Management of Free-Ranging Lions on an Enclosed Game Reserve

Management of Reintroduced Lions in Small, Fenced Reserves in South Africa: An Assessment and Guidelines

article

Managing a threatened savanna ecosystem (KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld) in an urban biodiversity hotspot: Durban, South Africa

article

Mapping evidence of food safety at transport stations in Africa: a scoping review protocol

scientific article published on 11 August 2020

Maximising camera trap data: Using attractants to improve detection of elusive species in multi-species surveys.

scientific article published on 29 May 2019

Minimizing predation risk in a landscape of multiple predators: effects on the spatial distribution of African ungulates

scientific article published in February 2011

Modeling elephant-mediated cascading effects of water point closure

scientific article

Modelling the effect of age-specific mortality on elephant Loxodonta africana populations: can natural mortality provide regulation?

Modelling the effectiveness of contraception for controlling introduced populations of elephant in South Africa

article

Movement Patterns of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Different Habitat Types

Moving to stay in place: behavioral mechanisms for coexistence of African large carnivores

scientific article published in November 2013

Nitrogen prediction in grasses: effect of bandwidth and plant material state on absorption feature selection

article

No evidence for an elephant-termite feedback loop in Sand Forest, South Africa

article

Nutritional Composition of Edible Insects Consumed in Africa: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 11 September 2020

Older bull elephants control young males.

scientific article

Operationalising the water-energy-food nexus through the theory of change

Optimization of net returns from wildlife consumptive and non-consumptive uses by game reserve management

Optimization of wildlife management in a large game reserve through waterpoints manipulation: a bio-economic analysis.

scientific article

Patterns of millipede (Diplopoda), centipede (Chilopoda) and scorpion (Scorpionida) diversity in savanna habitats within the Greater Makalali Conservancy, South Africa

article

Physiological stress and refuge behavior by African elephants

scientific article

Population and individual elephant response to a catastrophic fire in Pilanesberg National Park

scientific article (publication date: 17 September 2008)

Population recovery highlights spatial organization dynamics in adult leopards

article

Predicting Eucalyptus spp. stand volume in Zululand, South Africa: an analysis using a stochastic gradient boosting regression ensemble with multi-source data sets

scholarly article

Prey selection by a reintroduced lion population in the Greater Makalali Conservancy, South Africa

scientific article published in 2004

Proximity to healthcare clinic and depression risk in South Africa: geospatial evidence from a nationally representative longitudinal study

scientific article

Reconstructing grazer assemblages for protected area restoration

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Reintroduction Decisions Taken at the Incorrect Social Scale Devalue their Conservation Contribution: The African Lion in South Africa

article

Relative Impacts of Elephant and Fire on Large Trees in a Savanna Ecosystem

article

Remote sensing of forage nutrients: Combining ecological and spectral absorption feature data

article

Reproductive biology of a pride of lions on Karongwe Game Reserve, South Africa

article

Resource selection modeling reveals potential conflicts involving reintroduced lions in Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa

article published in 2015

Restoration planning for climate change mitigation and adaptation in the city of Durban, South Africa

scholarly article by Lutendo F. Mugwedi et al published January 2018 in International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management

Restoring lions Panthera leo to northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: short-term biological and technical success but equivocal long-term conservation

article

Risk and ethical concerns of hunting male elephant: behavioural and physiological assays of the remaining elephants

scientific article (publication date: 18 June 2008)

Sampling strategies for millipedes (Diplopoda), centipedes (Chilopoda) and scorpions (Scorpionida) in savanna habitats

scientific article published in 2004

Scale of nutrient patchiness mediates resource partitioning between trees and grasses in a semi-arid savanna

scientific article published in 2011

Scale-dependent bi-trophic interactions in a semi-arid savanna: how herbivores eliminate benefits of nutrient patchiness to plants

scientific article

Scale-dependent foraging costs: habitat use by rock hyraxes (Procavia capensis) determined using giving-up densities

scientific article published in 2006

Science for implementation: the roles, experiences, and perceptions of practitioners involved in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

scientific article published in 2022

Seasonal diet changes in elephant and impala in mopane woodland

article by Martine Kos et al published 17 September 2011 in European Journal of Wildlife Research

Short-Duration Daytime Movements of a Cow Herd of African Elephants

scientific article published in 2007

Short-term Effects of Single Species Browsing Release by Different-sized Herbivores on Sand Forest Vegetation Community, South Africa

article

Snapshot Safari: a large-scale collaborative to monitor Africa’s remarkable biodiversity

scientific article published on 29 January 2021

Social Disruption Impairs Predatory Threat Assessment in African Elephants

scientific article published on 18 February 2022

Social Media Data Can Be Used to Understand Tourists’ Preferences for Nature-Based Experiences in Protected Areas

scholarly article by Anna Hausmann et al published 22 February 2017 in Conservation Letters

Social media reveal that charismatic species are not the main attractor of ecotourists to sub-Saharan protected areas

scientific article

Soil nutrient status determines how elephant utilize trees and shape environments

scientific article

Space use of African wild dogs in relation to other large carnivores

scientific article

Spatial and temporal scaling in habitat utilization by klipspringers (Oreotragus oreotragus) determined using giving-up densities

scientific article published in 2009

Spatial autocorrelation and the scaling of species–environment relationships

scientific article (publication date: August 2010)

Spatial clustering of food insecurity and its association with depression: a geospatial analysis of nationally representative South African data, 2008-2015

scientific article published on 13 August 2020

Spatial distribution of lion kills determined by the water dependency of prey species

article

Spatial structure of depression in South Africa: A longitudinal panel survey of a nationally representative sample of households

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Spatial-temporal trends and risk factors for undernutrition and obesity among children (<5 years) in South Africa, 2008-2017: findings from a nationally representative longitudinal panel survey

scientific article published on 08 April 2020

Spiders as potential indicators of elephant-induced habitat changes in endemic sand forest, Maputaland, South Africa

article

Step process for selecting and testing surrogates and indicators of afrotemperate forest invertebrate diversity

scientific article

Stress Response of Working African Elephants to Transportation and Safari Adventures

article

Structural habitat predicts functional dispersal habitat of a large carnivore: how leopards change spots

scientific article published on October 2015

Sustainability of elephant hunting across international borders in southern Africa: A case study of the greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area

scientific article published in 2013

THE INFLUENCE OF GROUP SIZE ON DISPERSAL IN THE SOCIAL SPIDER STEGODYPHUS MIMOSARUM (ARANEAE, ERESIDAE)

scientific article published in 2001

THE INFLUENCE OF STARVATION ON DISPERSAL IN THE SOCIAL SPIDER, STEGODYPHUS MIMOSARUM (ARANEAE, ERESIDAE)

scholarly article by Marilyn Bodasing et al published August 2002 in Journal of Arachnology

Temporal Partitioning of Activity in Large African Carnivores: Tests of Multiple Hypotheses

article

The African golden catCaracal aurata: Africa's least-known felid

article by Laila Bahaa-el-din et al published 9 December 2014 in Mammal Review

The Conservation Costs of Game Ranching

The Legal Challenges of Transboundary Wildlife Management at the Population Level: The Case of a Trilateral Elephant Population in Southern Africa

article

The South African Keystone PollinatorMoegistorhynchus longirostris(Wiedemann, 1819) (Diptera: Nemestrinidae): Notes on Biology, Biogeography and Proboscis Length Variation

scholarly article by David A. Barraclough & Rob Slotow published December 2010 in African Invertebrates

The Water-Energy-Food Nexus as a Tool to Transform Rural Livelihoods and Well-Being in Southern Africa

scientific article published on 18 August 2019

The consequences of body size dimorphism: are African elephants sexually segregated at the habitat scale?

The ecosystem service of sense of place: benefits for human well-being and biodiversity conservation

scholarly article by Anna Hausmann et al published 16 September 2015 in Environmental Conservation

The effects of fences and lions on the ecology of African wild dogs reintroduced to Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa

article

The effects of herbivory by a mega- and mesoherbivore on tree recruitment in sand forest, South Africa

scientific article (publication date: 22 March 2011)

The effects of water availability on the life history of the desert snail,Trochoidea seetzeni : An experimental field manipulation

scientific article published on July 1992

The evolution of song structure in southern African birds: an assessment of the acoustic adaptation hypothesis

article by Julian Saunders & Rob Slotow published September 2004 in Ostrich

The importance of refugia, ecological traps and scale for large carnivore management

The influence of socioeconomic factors on the densities of high-value cross-border species, the African elephant

scientific article

The intermediate-term effects of PZP immunocontraception: behavioural monitoring of the treated elephant females and associated family groups

The ranging behaviour of a large sexually dimorphic herbivore in response to seasonal and annual environmental variation

article

The response of an elephant population to conservation area expansion: Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa

article

The role of foraging behaviour in the sexual segregation of the African elephant

scientific article

The spatial scaling of habitat selection by African elephants

scientific article

The utilization of large savanna trees by elephant in southern Kruger National Park

scientific article published in 2008

The value of elephants: A pluralist approach

The value of urban and peri-urban conservation efforts within a global biodiversity hotspot

scientific article published in 2016

Translocating lions into an inbred lion population in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa

article

Turnover in flightless invertebrate species composition over different spatial scales in Afrotemperate forest in the Drakensberg, South Africa

article

Understanding heterogeneous preference of tourists for big game species: implications for conservation and management

article

Ungulates rely less on visual cues, but more on adapting movement behaviour, when searching for forage

scientific article

Unravelling complex associations between physiological state and movement of African elephants

article

Use of black rhino range estimates for conservation decisions: a response to Linklater et al

article

Using Maximum Entropy modeling to predict the potential distributions of large trees for conservation planning

scientific article published in 2012

Using commonality analysis in multiple regressions: a tool to decompose regression effects in the face of multicollinearity

article

VIGILANCE IN BRONZE MANNIKIN GROUPS: THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PREDATION RISK AND INTRA-GROUP COMPETITION

article

Validation of Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolite Assays for South African Herbivores

scholarly article by Sathya K. Chinnadurai et al published August 2009 in Journal of Wildlife Management

Water and nutrients alter herbaceous competitive effects on tree seedlings in a semi-arid savanna

scientific article published in 2009

Why elephant have trunks and giraffe long tongues: how plants shape large herbivore mouth morphology

article

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