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Possible optimal foraging for Brants’s whistling rats by caracals in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: H. I. A. S. Melville --- Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, South Africa J. du P. Bothma --- Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, South AfricaOptimal foraging in caracals has never been substantiated. However, several authors have found that these predators select foraging paths to minimize distances between areas of high prey availability. The foraging pattern used by a predator relative to a common prey... -
Spatial, temporal and attitudinal dimensions of conflict between predators and small-livestock farmers in the Central Karoo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Marine Drouilly --- Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Marion Tafani --- Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Nicoli Nattrass --- Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Justin O’Riain --- Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa, Department of Biological Sciences, South AfricaConflict between predators and small-livestock farmers is a global phenomenon adversely impacting the preservation of wildlife, the well-being of livestock and human livelihoods. Such conflict is pervasive in the Karoo region of South Africa but its contemporary history and various... -
First report of the thick-tailed bushbaby (Otolemur crassicaudatus) being preyed upon by an endemic carnivore (Caracal caracal) in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: FP Cuozzo --- , South Africa A Halajian --- , South Africa ML Sauther --- , United States KM Rampedi --- , Hungary JB Millette --- , United StatesTo date, there have been few published reports of Caracal spp. (or other non-domestic carnivores) preying upon nocturnal strepsirrhine primates anywhere in continental Africa. However, in South Africa, most studies of caracal diet have been conducted outside of the known... -
Shepherding is not a shot in the dark: evidence of low predation losses from the Northern Cape province of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: --- , South Africa --- University of Mpumalanga, South Africa --- University of the Free State, South Africa --- University of the Free State, South Africa --- Nelson Mandela University, South Africa --- Nelson Mandela University, South AfricaPredation threatens the viability of livestock farming, while lethal predator management can negatively influence wildlife ecology. There is renewed interest in non-lethal vs lethal methods of livestock protection, but a systematic comparison is lacking. Using multivariate models, we explored how...