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List of works by Norman Owen-Smith

A Mathematical Model of Black Rhino Translocation Strategy

A metaphysiological modelling approach to stability in herbivore–vegetation systems

article

Abundance and guild structure of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) in communally grazed and protected savanna

journal article; published in African Zoology in 1996

Accommodating environmental variation in population models: metaphysiological biomass loss accounting

scientific article

Age estimation of the White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)

article by A. K. K. Hillman-Smith et al published 20 August 2009 in Journal of Zoology: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Age, size, dominance and reproduction among male kudus: mating enhancement by attrition of rivals

scientific article published in 1993

Allocation of food gains to storage versus growth in a variable environment

article

Alternating sexual segregation during the mating season by male African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

scientific article published in 2005

Animal Ethics and Ecotourism

Applying mixture models to derive activity states of large herbivores from movement rates obtained using GPS telemetry

scholarly article

Are relatively rare antelope narrowly selective feeders? A sable antelope and zebra comparison

article published in 2013

Assessing the constraints for optimal diet models

Assessment of wildlife populations trends in three protected areas in Tanzania from 1991 to 2012

scholarly article by Devolent Mtui et al published 17 November 2016 in African Journal of Ecology

Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) natural diets: comparing iron levels across seasons and geographical locations

scientific article published in September 2012

Browse and browsers: Interactions between woody plants and mammalian herbivores ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 1993

Carcass size shapes the structure and functioning of an African scavenging assemblage

scientific article published in 2015

Changes of population trends and mortality patterns in response to the reintroduction of large predators: the case study of African ungulates

article

Changing vulnerability to predation related to season and sex in an African ungulate assemblage

article

Circularity in linear programming models of optimal diet

scientific article published in October 1996

Climatic Influences: Temperate-Tropical Contrasts

article

Comparative Mortality Rates of Male and Female Kudus: The Costs of Sexual Size Dimorphism

scientific article published in 1993

Comparative changes in adult vs. juvenile survival affecting population trends of African ungulates

article

Comparative diet and habitat selection of puku and lech we in northern Botswana

scholarly article by Ryan O'Shaughnessy et al published 31 October 2014 in Journal of Mammalogy

Comparative resprouting response of Savanna woody plant species following harvesting: the value of persistence

article

Comparative use of grass regrowth following burns by four ungulate species in the Nylsvley Nature Reserve, South Africa

article

Comparison of Kernel Density and Local Convex Hull Methods for Assessing Distribution Ranges of Large Mammalian Herbivores

Competition and coexistence among short-grass grazers in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa

article

Condensed tannins deter feeding by browsing ruminants in a South African savanna.

scientific article published in August 1985

Consumer-resource dynamics: quantity, quality, and allocation

scientific article

Continuing wildlife population declines and range contraction in the Mara region of Kenya during 1977-2009

scholarly article by J. O. Ogutu et al published 20 May 2011 in Journal of Zoology: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Contrasts in the large herbivore faunas of the southern continents in the late Pleistocene and the ecological implications for human origins

article published in 2013

Controls over reproductive phenology among ungulates: allometry and tropical-temperate contrasts

scientific article published in 2013

Coping with savanna seasonality: comparative daily activity patterns of African ungulates as revealed by GPS telemetry

article by N. Owen-Smith & V. Goodall published 19 March 2014 in Journal of Zoology: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Coping with spatial heterogeneity and temporal variability in resources and risks: adaptive movement behaviour by a large grazing herbivore

scientific article

Correlates of survival rates for 10 African ungulate populations: density, rainfall and predation

article

DEMOGRAPHIC DETERMINATION OF THE SHAPE OF DENSITY DEPENDENCE FOR THREE AFRICAN UNGULATE POPULATIONS

article published in 2006

Daily movement responses by African savanna ungulates as an indicator of seasonal and annual food stress

article

Definitive Case Studies

Diet composition and habitat selection of eland in semi-arid shrubland

article

Distributional niche of relatively rare sable antelope in a South African savanna: habitat versus biotic relationships

scholarly article by George J. Chirima et al published 18 July 2012 in Ecography

Dry season browsing by sable antelope in northern Botswana

scholarly article by Michael C. Hensman et al published 21 July 2012 in African Journal of Ecology

Dynamic spatial partitioning and coexistence among tall grass grazers in an African savanna

scientific article published in 2012

Dynamics of ungulates in relation to climatic and land use changes in an insularized African savanna ecosystem

article

ENSO, rainfall and temperature influences on extreme population declines among African savanna ungulates

scientific article published in 2003

Ecological and evolutionary legacy of megafauna extinctions.

scientific article

Ecology of grazing lawns in Africa.

scientific article

Effects of Severe Defoliation on the Long-Term Resistance to Insect Attack and on Leaf Chemistry in Six Woody Species of the Southern African Savanna

article

Effects of plant spinescence on large mammalian herbivores

scientific article

Episodic severe damage to canopy trees by elephants: interactions with fire, frost and rain

article published in 2009

Establishing the causes of the roan antelope decline in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

article

Evaluating optimal diet models for an African browsing ruminant, the kudu: How constraining are the assumed constraints?

article published in 1993

Evidence of reduced individual heterogeneity in adult survival of long-lived species

scientific article

Facilitation versus competition in grazing herbivore assemblages

article

Facultative predation and scavenging by mammalian carnivores: seasonal, regional and intra-guild comparisons

Faecal nutritional indicators in relation to the comparative population performance of sable antelope and other grazers

scholarly article by Valerio Macandza et al published October 2013 in African Journal of Ecology

Foliage acceptability to browsing ruminants in relation to seasonal changes in the leaf chemistry of woody plants in a South African savanna

scientific article published on April 1988

Forage selection of sable antelope in Pilanesberg Game Reserve, South Africa

article

Foraging ecology of roan antelope: key resources during critical periods

scientific article published in 2006

Foraging theory upscaled: the behavioural ecology of herbivore movement

scientific article (publication date: 27 July 2010)

Functional heterogeneity in resources within landscapes and herbivore population dynamics

article

Habitat and resource partitioning between abundant and relatively rare grazing ungulates

Habitat differences do not explain population declines of sable antelope in an African savanna

Habitat selectivity influences the reactive responses of African ungulates to encounters with lions

article

Home range occupation and habitat use of sable antelope in the Okavango Delta region of northern Botswana

scholarly article by Michael C. Hensman et al published 30 August 2013 in African Journal of Ecology

How Rainfall Variation Influences Reproductive Patterns of African Savanna Ungulates in an Equatorial Region Where Photoperiod Variation Is Absent

scientific article (publication date: 2015)

How free-ranging ungulates with differing water dependencies cope with seasonal variation in temperature and aridity

scientific article published on 07 November 2019

How high ambient temperature affects the daily activity and foraging time of a subtropical ungulate, the greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)

How successful was Edwards' linear programming model for marmots?

scientific article published on 01 October 1997

Humans and Scavengers: The Evolution of Interactions and Ecosystem Services

scholarly article by Marcos Moleón et al published 22 March 2014 in BioScience

Identifying Space Use at Foraging Arena Scale within the Home Ranges of Large Herbivores

scientific article published on 11 June 2015

Impact of elephants (Loxodonta africana) on woody plants in Malolotja Nature Reserve, Swaziland

article

Incorporating fundamental laws of biology and physics into population ecology: the metaphysiological approach

article published in 2005

Inter-specific interactions linking predation and scavenging in terrestrial vertebrate assemblages.

scientific article

Irruptive Dynamics and Vegetation Interactions

article

Lion proximity, not moon phase, affects the nocturnal movement behaviour of zebra and wildebeest

MANIFOLD INTERACTIVE INFLUENCES ON THE POPULATION DYNAMICS OF A MULTISPECIES UNGULATE ASSEMBLAGE

article

Management of large mammals in African conservation areas: Proceedings of a symposium held in Pretoria, South Africa, 29-30 April 1982

Mechanisms of coexistence in diverse herbivore-carnivore assemblages: demographic, temporal and spatial heterogeneities affecting prey vulnerability

article published in 2015

Megafaunal extinctions: the conservation message from 11,000 years B.p.

scientific article

Mortality and utilisation of Sclerocarya birrea subsp. Caffra between 2001 and 2008 in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

article

Movement patterns of sable antelope in the Kruger National Park from GPS/GSM collars: a preliminary assessment

New insights into the physiology of natural foraging

scientific article

Nutritional ecology of a browsing ruminant, the kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), through the seasonal cycle

article by Norman Owen-Smith & Susan M. Cooper published September 1989 in Journal of Zoology

On Territoriality in Ungulates and an Evolutionary Model

article

Oscillations in large mammal populations: are they related to predation or rainfall?

scientific article published in 2005

Phenological influences on the utilization of woody plants by eland in semi-arid shrubland

article

Pleistocene extinctions: the pivotal role of megaherbivores

scientific article published in 1987

Predator-prey size relationships in an African large-mammal food web.

scientific article

Resource partitioning by grass height among grazing ungulates does not follow body size relation

article by Randal Arsenault & Norman Owen-Smith published 28 October 2008 in Oikos

Resource use and the nutritional status of sable antelope in the Okavango Delta region of northern Botswana

scholarly article by Michael C. Hensman et al published August 2013 in African Journal of Ecology

Restricted habitat use by an African savanna herbivore through the seasonal cycle: key resources concept expanded

scientific article published in 2014

Rethinking megafauna

scientific article published on 04 March 2020

Seasonal selection of soil types and grass swards by roan antelope in a South African savanna

scholarly article by IGNAS HEITKÖNIG & NORMAN OWEN-SMITH published March 1998 in African Journal of Ecology

Selective feeding by a megaherbivore, the African elephant (Loxodonta africana)

scientific article published in 2012

Shifting patch dynamics of floodplain woodlands in an arid savanna region: effects of soil form, flooding and large herbivores

scientific article published in December 2022

Shifting prey selection generates contrasting herbivore dynamics within a large-mammal predator-prey web.

scientific article

Shrinking sable antelope numbers in Kruger National Park: what is suppressing population recovery?

article

Space use patterns of a large mammalian herbivore distinguished by activity state: fear versus food?

article by N. Owen-Smith & L. W. Traill published 31 July 2017 in Journal of Zoology: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Spatial and temporal components of the mating systems of kudu bulls and red deer stags

article by Norman Owen-Smith published May 1984 in Animal Behaviour

Spatial ecology of large herbivore populations

scientific article published in 2014

Spatially nested niche partitioning between syntopic grazers at foraging arena scale within overlapping home ranges

scientific article published in 2015

Stable carbon isotope analysis of eland (Taurotragus oryx) diet in the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve

article

Ten lessons for the conservation of African savannah ecosystems

article

Territorialit: The Example of the White Rhinoceros

article by Norman Owen-Smith published January 1972 in Zoologica Africana

Territoriality in the white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) Burchell.

scientific article published in June 1971

The Suite of Population Models

The costs of drinking: comparative water dependency of sable antelope and zebra

The effect of prolonged heavy grazing pressure on the regrowth of two perennial grass species in a semi-arid communal rangeland

article

The importance of post-fire regrowth for sable antelope in a Southern African savanna

scientific article published in 2009

The refuge concept extends to plants as well: storage, buffers and regrowth in variable environments

article

The role of El Niño-Southern Oscillation in the dynamics of a savanna large herbivore population

scientific article published in 2011

The role of companionship in the dispersal of white rhinoceroses ( Ceratotherium simum )

article by Adrian Shrader & Norman Owen-Smith published 1 August 2002 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Towards an Ecology of Population Dynamics

article

Viability of a diminishing roan antelope population: predation is the threat

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