Living in a landscape of fear: the impact of predation, resource availability and habitat structure on primate range use

BT Coleman, RA Hill - Animal Behaviour, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•The landscape of fear for eagles is the key driver of samango monkey space
use.•Resource availability and intergroup competition had no direct impact on ranging …

Survival rates and causes of mortality of leopards Panthera pardus in southern Africa

LH Swanepoel, MJ Somers, W Van Hoven… - Oryx, 2015 - cambridge.org
Estimation of survival rates is important for developing and evaluating conservation options
for large carnivores. However, telemetry studies for large carnivores are often characterized …

Human observers impact habituated samango monkeys' perceived landscape of fear

K Nowak, A le Roux, SA Richards… - Behavioral …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Humans and human infrastructure are known to alter the relationship between predators
and prey, typically by directly or indirectly shielding one of the species from the other. In …

The impacts, characterisation and management of human–leopard conflict in a multi-use land system in South Africa

NL Constant, S Bell, RA Hill - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2015 - Springer
Human–carnivore conflict represents a global problem, negatively impacting carnivore
populations and local livelihoods worldwide. Game farming in South Africa has increased …

Low leopard populations in protected areas of Maputaland: a consequence of poaching, habitat condition, abundance of prey, and a top predator

T Ramesh, R Kalle, H Rosenlund… - Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying the primary causes affecting population densities and distribution of flagship
species are necessary in developing sustainable management strategies for large carnivore …

Evidence of a high density population of harvested leopards in a montane environment

JN Chase Grey, VT Kent, RA Hill - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Populations of large carnivores can persist in mountainous environments following
extensive land use change and the conversion of suitable habitat for agriculture and human …

Estimates of carnivore densities in a human-dominated agricultural matrix in South Africa

JPB Faure, LH Swanepoel, D Cilliers, JA Venter… - Oryx, 2022 - cambridge.org
Populations of carnivore species outside protected areas may be of considerable
importance for conservation, as many protected areas do not provide sufficient space for …

The relative importance of trophy harvest and retaliatory killing of large carnivores: South African leopards as a case study

LH Swanepoel, MJ Somers, W Van Hoven… - South African Journal …, 2014 - journals.co.za
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 …

[PDF][PDF] Livestock predation and its management in South Africa: A scientific assessment

GIH Kerley, SL Wilson… - Port Elizabeth: Centre …, 2018 - anchorenvironmental.co.za
AGRICULTURE and biodiversity are both key elements of the South African economy. The
management and use of livestock in support of society has been a feature of the peoples of …

Leopard diets and landowner perceptions of human wildlife conflict in the Soutpansberg Mountains, South Africa

JNC Grey, S Bell, RA Hill - Journal for Nature Conservation, 2017 - Elsevier
Human-wildlife conflict between carnivores and livestock and game owners is an issue of
high conservation concern and has led to the global decline of many large carnivore …