[HTML][HTML] Evidence based review: positive versus negative effects of livestock grazing on wildlife. What do we really know?

JM Schieltz, DI Rubenstein - Environmental Research Letters, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
More than a quarter of earth's land surface is used for grazing domestic livestock. Livestock
grazing is generally assumed to negatively affect wildlife, however, a number of studies …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating UAV technology in an ecological monitoring system for community wildlife management areas in Tanzania

LJ Mangewa, PA Ndakidemi, LK Munishi - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have recently emerged as a new remote sensing aerial
platform, and they are seemingly advancing real-time data generation. Nonetheless …

[HTML][HTML] Margay (Leopardus wiedii) in the southernmost Atlantic Forest: Density and activity patterns under different levels of anthropogenic disturbance

PE Horn, MJR Pereira, TC Trigo, E Eizirik, FP Tirelli - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The margay (Leopardus wiedii) is a small Neotropical arboreal wild cat. This species is
thought to be forest-dependent, although few studies so far have directly evaluated the …

Livestock grazing affects movements and activity pattern of Italian roe deer in Southern Italy

L Gaudiano, L Pucciarelli, E Mori - European Journal of Wildlife Research, 2021 - Springer
Reduction of floristic diversity may trigger local competition between native wildlife,
particularly ungulates, and livestock. In this study, we analysed spatial and temporal niche …

[HTML][HTML] Field margin vegetation in tropical African bean systems harbours diverse natural enemies for biological pest control in adjacent crops

PA Mkenda, PA Ndakidemi, PC Stevenson, SEJ Arnold… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Non-crop vegetation around farmland can be valuable habitats for enhancing ecosystem
services but little is known of the importance of field margins in supporting natural enemies …

Even generalist and resilient species are affected by anthropic disturbance: evidence from wild boar activity patterns in a Mediterranean landscape

LM Rosalino, D Teixeira, C Camarinha, G Pereira… - Mammal Research, 2022 - Springer
Humans have negatively impacted most ecosystems on Earth, altering how species use
habitats and resources available to them, but also their circadian rhythms. Among many …

Citizen scientists help unravel the nature of cattle impacts on native mammals and birds visiting fruiting trees in Brazil's southern Pantanal

DP Eaton, A Keuroghlian, AS Maria do Carmo… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
We used 2 years of camera-trap surveys conducted by citizen scientists to compare native
mammal and bird visits to dominant fruiting-tree species in low and high cattle-impact areas …

[HTML][HTML] Spatio-temporal patterns of increasing illegal livestock grazing over three decades at Moyowosi Kigosi Game Reserve, Tanzania

NV Musika, JV Wakibara, PA Ndakidemi, AC Treydte - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
The global increase of livestock has caused illegal intrusion of livestock into protected areas.
Until now, hotspot areas of illegal grazing have rarely been mapped, long-term monitoring …

Forage use in domestic cattle (Bos indicus), capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) and pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) in a seasonal Neotropical wetland

ALJ Desbiez, SA Santos, JM Alvarez, WM Tomas - Mammalian Biology, 2011 - Springer
The impact of livestock grazing on native wildlife remains a topic for considerable debate. In
the Brazilian Pantanal extensive cattle ranching has been practised since the mid-18th …

Home range and habitat selection of pampas deer

AR Vila, MS Beade, D Barrios Lamunière - Journal of Zoology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The southernmost subspecies of pampas deer Ozotocerus bezoarticus celer is an endemic
and endangered cervid of the Argentine Pampas. The aim of our study was to describe the …