Trophic downgrading of an adaptable carnivore in an urbanising landscape

GRM Leighton, W Froneman, LEK Serieys… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Urbanisation critically alters wildlife habitat and resource distribution, leading to shifts in
trophic dynamics. The loss of apex predators in human-transformed landscapes can result in …

The road less travelled: assessing variation in mammal detection probabilities with camera traps in a semi-arid biodiversity hotspot

GKH Mann, MJ O'Riain, DM Parker - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2015 - Springer
Camera traps are an increasingly popular tool for monitoring medium to large mammals, but
the influence of camera trap placement on the detection probabilities of different species has …

An integrated dietary assessment increases feeding event detection in an urban carnivore

GRM Leighton, JM Bishop, MJ O'Riain, J Broadfield… - Urban …, 2020 - Springer
Urbanisation radically changes habitats and alters available resources. Populations of large,
highly mobile species are often extirpated at the urban-wildland interface, while species like …

Space use in a South African agriculture landscape by the caracal (Caracal caracal)

T Ramesh, R Kalle, CT Downs - European Journal of Wildlife Research, 2017 - Springer
Agricultural expansion has replaced many natural habitats and the landscape structure with
potential benefits to certain wildlife species. Some of mesocarnivores widely use man-made …

Human, domestic animal, Caracal (Caracal caracal), and other wildlife species interactions in a Mediterranean forest landscape

Y Ünal, BK Pekin, İ Oğurlu, H Süel, A Koca - European journal of wildlife …, 2020 - Springer
Presence of humans and domestic animal species are a common threat to wildlife in
protected areas. Wildlife habitat has a particularly strong human presence in the …

[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 …

Quality and quantity of the scientific information available on black-backed jackals and caracals: contributing to human-predator conflict management?

JJ Du Plessis, NL Avenant… - African Journal of Wildlife …, 2015 - journals.co.za
Black-backed jackals, Canis mesomelas, and caracals, Caracal caracal, are meso-
carnivores impacting the livestock and game farming (wildlife ranching) industries in …

Determining the diet of an African mesocarnivore, the caracal: scat or GPS cluster analysis?

C Jansen, AJ Leslie, B Cristescu, KJ Teichman… - Wildlife …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The caracal Caracal caracal is the largest of Africa's small felids (< 20 kg). Across much of
Africa, particularly where larger predators have been extirpated, caracal are one of the main …

Predators, livestock losses and poison in the South African Karoo

N Nattrass, B Conradie - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
A panel study of 66 sheep farmers in the South African Karoo, in the years 2012, 2013 and
2014, revealed that farmers cull predators (black-backed jackals, caracals and baboons) in …

What are snow leopards really eating? Identifying bias in food‐habit studies

SR Weiskopf, SM Kachel… - Wildlife Society …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Declining prey populations are widely recognized as a primary threat to snow leopard
(Panthera uncia) populations throughout their range. Effective snow leopard conservation …