Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus

MD Voysey, PJN de Bruyn, AB Davies - Biological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Megaherbivores perform vital ecosystem engineering roles, and have their last remaining
stronghold in Africa. Of Africa's remaining megaherbivores, the common hippopotamus …

Environmental drivers of biseasonal anthrax outbreak dynamics in two multihost savanna systems

YH Huang, K Kausrud, A Hassim… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental factors are common forces driving infectious disease dynamics. We
compared interannual and seasonal patterns of anthrax infections in two multihost systems …

Variation in herbivore space use: comparing two savanna ecosystems with different anthrax outbreak patterns in southern Africa

YH Huang, N Owen-Smith, MD Henley, JW Kilian… - Movement ecology, 2023 - Springer
Background The distribution of resources can affect animal range sizes, which in turn may
alter infectious disease dynamics in heterogenous environments. The risk of pathogen …

Population genomics of Bacillus anthracis from an anthrax hyperendemic area reveals transmission processes across spatial scales and unexpected within-host …

TL Forde, TPW Dennis, OR Aminu… - Microbial …, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
Genomic sequencing has revolutionized our understanding of bacterial disease
epidemiology, but remains underutilized for zoonotic pathogens in remote endemic settings …

Hippos alter their aggregations to mitigate density‐dependent drought effects

PJ Taillie, J Hartfelder, A Potash, D Pienaar… - Austral …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Megaherbivores play a critical role in the ecology of African savannas and grasslands. In
addition, these systems are forecast to experience more frequent and severe droughts as a …

Effect of human induced surface water scarcity on herbivore distribution during the dry season in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

C Schmied née Stommel, H Hofer, C Scherer… - Wildlife …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In Africa, burgeoning human populations promote agricultural expansion and the associated
demand for water. Water abstraction for agriculture from perennial rivers can be detrimental …

Temporal and spatial patterns of common hippopotamus populations in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

VL Inman, G Bino, RT Kingsford, MJ Chase… - Freshwater …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation requires reliable estimates of a species' population and their spatial
distribution. Knowledge of large‐scale habitat use and population trends in common …

A framework for integrating inferred movement behavior into disease risk models

ER Dougherty, DP Seidel, JK Blackburn, WC Turner… - Movement ecology, 2022 - Springer
Movement behavior is an important contributor to habitat selection and its incorporation in
disease risk models has been somewhat neglected. The habitat preferences of host …

[BOOK][B] Settler Ecologies: The Enduring Nature of Settler Colonialism in Kenya

C Enns, B Bersaglio - 2024 - books.google.com
Settler Ecologies tells the story of how settler colonialism becomes memorialized and lives
on through ecological relations. Drawing on eight years of research in Laikipia, Kenya …

[PDF][PDF] One Plan Approach to save species—a new integrative Regional Collection Plan for hippos, pigs, peccaries, and tapirs

M Zimmermann, K Leus, J Pluháček, J RodeMargono… - researchgate.net
Ecology and Conservation Page 1 Suiform Soundings 20(2) 9 Ecology and Conservation One
Plan Approach to save species — a new integrative Regional Collection Plan for hippos, pigs …