List of works by Bettina Wachter

African and Asian leopards are highly differentiated at the genomic level

Age-specific gastrointestinal parasite shedding in free-ranging cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) on Namibian farmland

scientific article published on 31 January 2019

An advanced method to assess the diet of free-ranging large carnivores based on scats

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns

scientific article published on 9 June 2023

Benign Pigmented Dermal Basal Cell Tumor in a Namibian Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus).

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Characterization of Streptococcus equi subsp. ruminatorum isolated from spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) and plains zebras (Equus burchelli), and identification of a M-like protein (SrM) encoding gene

scientific article published on 2 October 2007

Cheetah marking sites are also used by other species for communication: evidence from photographic data in a comparative setup

scientific article published in 2022

Cheetah paradigm revisited: MHC diversity in the world's largest free-ranging population

scientific article

Cheetahs have a stronger constitutive innate immunity than leopards

scientific article published on 23 March 2017

Citizen science and wildlife biology: Synergies and challenges

scientific article published on 19 April 2018

Communication hubs of an asocial cat are the source of a human-carnivore conflict and key to its solution

scientific article published on 07 December 2020

Comparative Serum Fatty Acid Profiles of Captive and Free-Ranging Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in Namibia.

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Coping with intrasexual behavioral differences: Capture-recapture abundance estimation of male cheetah

scientific article published on 30 July 2018

Coronavirus infection of spotted hyenas in the Serengeti ecosystem

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Diversity and evolutionary patterns of immune genes in free-ranging Namibian leopards (Panthera pardus pardus).

scientific article published on 13 September 2011

Effects of host traits and land-use changes on the gut microbiota of the Namibian black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas).

scientific article published on 25 September 2017

Feliform carnivores have a distinguished constitutive innate immune response

scientific article (publication date: 15 May 2016)

First Steps towards the Development of Epigenetic Biomarkers in Female Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)

scientific article published in 2022

First evidence of hemoplasma infection in free-ranging Namibian cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus).

scientific article published on 16 October 2012

Gammaretrovirus-specific antibodies in free-ranging and captive Namibian cheetahs

scientific article published on 25 March 2015

Gut microbiomes of free-ranging and captive Namibian cheetahs: Diversity, putative functions and occurrence of potential pathogens.

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Höner et al. reply

scientific article published in Nature

Immunogenetic variation and differential pathogen exposure in free-ranging cheetahs across Namibian farmlands

scientific article

Leopard Panthera pardus camera trap surveys in the arid environments of northern Namibia

scientific article published in 2022

Low aggression levels and unbiased sex ratios in a prey-rich environment: no evidence of siblicide in Ngorongoro spotted hyenas ( Crocuta crocuta )

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Maternal effects on offspring social status in spotted hyenas

scientific article published in 2009

Modeling the viability of the free-ranging cheetah population in Namibia: an object-oriented Bayesian network approach

scientific article published in 2013

Oligotyping reveals differences between gut microbiomes of free-ranging sympatric Namibian carnivores (Acinonyx jubatus, Canis mesomelas) on a bacterial species-like level

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Queuing, takeovers, and becoming a fat cat: Long-term data reveal two distinct male spatial tactics at different life-history stages in Namibian cheetahs

scientific article published in 2018

Reproductive history and absence of predators are important determinants of reproductive fitness: the cheetah controversy revisited

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Seroprevalences to viral pathogens in free-ranging and captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) on Namibian Farmland

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Severe Streptococcus infection in spotted hyenas in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

scientific article published on 7 February 2006

Sex and species differences of stress markers in sympatric cheetahs and leopards in Namibia

scientific article published on 08 September 2018

Social status does not predict corticosteroid levels in postdispersal male spotted hyenas

scientific article published on 01 April 2003

Social support drives female dominance in the spotted hyaena

scientific article published on 19 November 2018

Species-specific differences in Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum and Besnoitia besnoiti seroprevalence in Namibian wildlife

scientific article published on 08 January 2020

The conflict between cheetahs and humans on Namibian farmland elucidated by stable isotope diet analysis

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The distribution and numbers of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in southern Africa

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

The effect of prey abundance and foraging tactics on the population dynamics of a social, territorial carnivore, the spotted hyena

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The fitness of dispersing spotted hyaena sons is influenced by maternal social status.

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The impact of a pathogenic bacterium on a social carnivore population

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The response of spotted hyaenas to long-term changes in prey populations: functional response and interspecific kleptoparasitism

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Validation of an enzyme-immunoassay for the non-invasive monitoring of faecal testosterone metabolites in male cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus).

scientific article published on 29 January 2016

Why do some males choose to breed at home when most other males disperse?

scientific article published on 18 March 2016