ORC Publications

Journal articles

2024 | drinking and bathing among raptors

Drinking and bathing behaviour of raptors in an arid, warm environment: Insights from a long-term camera trapping study in Namibia     

Adam, C.G.W.; Naholo, S.; Mendelsohn, J.M.; Stratford, K.

Namibian Journal of Environment

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2024 | effects of human presence on mammals at waterholes

Effects of human presence on African mammal waterhole attendance and temporal activity patterns

Patterson, J.R.; Ndlovu, N.; Beasley, J.C.; Périquet, S.

Journal of Zoology | In press

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2024 | MAPPING DRY FORESTs

A rangeland management-oriented approach to map dry savanna − Woodland mosaics

De Cauwer, V.; Colace, M.-P.; Mendelsohn, J.; Antonio, T; van der Waal, C.

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation | DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2024.104193 

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2024 | ​​​​What we don't know about Namibia's terrestrial fauna

Quantifying spatial ignorance in the effort to collect terrestrial fauna in Namibia, Africa

Lessa, T.; ... ; Mendelsohn, J.; ... ; Ladle, R.J.

Ecological Indicators | DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.111490

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2024 | pulse events predict wetland bird responses in a dryland wetland

Landscape-wide pulse events predict trait-based responses among wetland birds in perennial channels of a dryland wetland

Becker, F.K.; Boyes, R.S.; Wittmer, H.U.; Inman, V.; Marsland, S.

Ecological Applications | DOI: 10.1002/eap.2931

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2023 | ​​​​Can fences keep large carnivores in Etosha?

Fencing affects movement patterns of two large carnivores in Southern Africa

Naha, D.; Périquet, S.; Kilian, J.W.; Kupferman, C.A.; Hoth-Hanssen, T.; Beasley, J.C.

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1031321

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2023 | ​​zebras adjust their response to predators' hunting strategies

Large carnivore dangerousness affects the reactive spatial response of prey

Say-Sallaz, E.; ... ; Périquet, S.; ... ; Valeix, M.

Animal Behaviour | DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.05.014

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2023 | ​​​​​Counting giraffes: what is the best method?

Counting giraffes: A comparison of abundance estimators on the Ongava Game Reserve, Namibia

Bonenfant, C.; Stratford, K.; Périquet, S.

HISTRYX | DOI: 10.4404/hystrix-00524-2022

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2023 | ​​​​Reproduction of black rhinoceros in Namibia

Population parameters, performance and insights into factors influencing the reproduction of the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis in Namibia

Muntifering, J.R.; Guerier, A.; Beytel, P.; Stratford, K.J.

Oryx | DOI: 10.1017/S0030605322001065

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2023 | ​​​​Is wind affecting bat-eared fox foraging?

Blown away? Wind speed and foraging success in an acoustic predator

Renda, S.; Périquet, S.; le Roux, A.

Mammal Research | DOI: 10.1007/s13364-023-00673-7

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2022 | ​​​​Are all observers equal when it comes to annotating camera trap images?

Inter-observer variance and agreement of wildlife information extracted from camera trap images

Zett, T; Stratford, K.J.; Weise, F.J.

Biodiversity and Conservation | DOI: 10.1007/s10531-022-02472-z

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2022 | ​​​​​ONGava's leopard population and its movements

At home or passing through? Leopard population and spatial ecology on a private game reserve

Périquet, S.; Crawford, S.; Naholo, S.; Stratford ,S.; Stratford, K.

Namibian Journal of Environment

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2022 | ​​​​Africa’s drylands in a changing world

Africa’s drylands in a changing world: Challenges for wildlife conservation under climate and land-use changes in the Greater Etosha Landscape

Turner, W.C.; Périquet, S.; ... ; Mendelsohn, J.M.; ... ; Kilian, W.J.

Global Ecology and Conservation | DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02221

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2022 | ​​​​Vulture Safe Zones in Africa: Challenges and possibilities

Understanding continent-wide variation in vulture ranging behavior to assess feasibility of Vulture Safe Zones in Africa: Challenges and possibilities

Kane, A.; ... ; Mendelsohn, J.M.; ... ; Kendal, C.J.

Biological Conservation | DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109516

2022 | ​​​STEALING THE JOY AND BENEFITS OF NATURE FROM OUR CHILDREN

Intergenerational inequity: stealing the joy and benefits of nature from our children

Hayward, M.W.; ... ; Périquet, S.; ... ; Weise, F.; ... ; Lindsey, P.A.

Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution | DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.830830

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2021 | ​SCOPOLI’S SHEARWATER IN ANGOLA

Scopoli’s Shearwater Calonectris (diomedea) diomedea in Angola

Mendelsohn, J.M.; Mills, M.S.L.

African Bird Club Bulletin

2021 | ​​​​TAKING STOCK OF CARNIVORE RESEARCH IN ETOSHA

Of teeth and claws: Taking stock of carnivore research in the greater Etosha landscape

Weise, F.J.; Kilian, J.W.; Périquet, S.

Namibian Journal of Environment

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2021 | ​​​​​LEOPARD IN HUMAN LANDSCAPES

Home range variation in leopards living across the human density gradient

Snider, M.H.; ... ; Weise, F.J; ... ; Kays, R.

Journal of Mammalogy | DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyab068

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2021 | ​ASSESSING CARNIVORE OCCUPANCY FROM SPARSE DATA

Collaboration for conservation: Assessing countrywide carnivore occupancy dynamics from sparse data

Van der Weyde, L.K.; ... ; Weise, F.J.; … ; Flyman, M.V.

Diversity and Distributions | DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13386

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2021 | ​WHITE RHINOS AVOID BREEDING WITH THEIR FATHERS

Female southern white rhinoceros can select mates to avoid inbreeding

Stratford, K.J.; Guerier, A.S.; Crawford, S.J.; Stratford, S.M.C.; Schmidt-Küntzel, A.; Bishop, J.M.

Journal of Heredity | DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esab028

2021 | ​​DOUBLE-BROODING IN HORNBILLS

Double-brooding in Southern yellow-billed hornbills Tockus leucomelas

Stanback, M.; Millican, D.; Versfeld, W.; Nghikembua, M.; Marker, L.L.; Mendelsohn, J.M.

Ostrich | DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2021.1891479

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2021 | ​​​INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SPOTTED HYAENA AND LIONS

Dynamic interactions between apex predators reveal contrasting seasonal attraction patterns

Périquet, S.; Fritz, H.; Revilla, E.; Macdonald, D.W.; Loveridge, A.J.; Mtare, G.; Valeix, M.

Oecologia | DOI: 10.1007/s00442-020-04802-w

2020 | ​​​​COMMUNAL LAND TENURE SECURITY FOR WIDOWS IN NORTHERN NAMIBIA

Communal Land Tenure Security for Widows in the Eenhana Constituency of the Ohangwena Region, Namibia

Nakanyete N.F.; ... ; Mendelsohn J.M.; Shikale F.

Journal of International Women's Studies

2020 | ​​LIONS PREFER CERTAIN TYPES OF CATTLE

Lions Panthera leo prefer killing certain cattle Bos taurus types

Weise, F.J.; Tomeletso, M; Stein, A.B.; Somers, M.J.; Hayward, M.W.

Animals | DOI: 10.3390/ani10040692

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2020 | ​COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATION: RESPONSE TO COMMENTS

Response to comments on “Compassionate Conservation deserves a morally serious rather than dismissive response - reply to Callen et al., 2020”

Callen, A; ... ; Périquet, S.; ... ; Wüster, W.

Biological Conservation | DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108517

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2020 | ​​HOW IMPALA EAT AND AVOID BEING EATEN

Disentangling the roles of bottom-up and top-down drivers in the trade-off between food acquisition and safety in prey with multiple predators

Pays, O.; … ; Périquet, S.; Fritz, H.

Functional Ecology | DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13710

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2019 | ​​​​​​PHOTOGRAPHING AND MONITORING PANGOLINS

Pangolins in global camera trap data: Implications for ecological monitoring

Khwaja, H.; ... ; Weise, F.J.; ... ; Challender, D.W.S.

Global Ecology and Conservation | DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00769

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2019 | ​​​USING SATELLITES TO TRACK WILDLIFE

Right on track? Performance of satellite telemetry in terrestrial wildlife research

Hofman, M.P.G; ... ; Périquet, S.; ... Balkenhol, N.

PLoS ONE | DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216223

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2019 | ​​​​REWILDING

Reintroducing rewilding to restoration – Rejecting the search for novelty

Hayward, M.W.; ... ; Weise, F.J.

Biological Conservation | DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.03.011

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2019 | ​​​​​BEING COMPASSIONATE ABOUT CONSERVATION, OR NOT?

Envisioning the future with ‘compassionate conservation': An ominous projection for native wildlife and biodiversity

Callen, A; ... ; Périquet, S.; ... ; Wüster, W.

Biological Conservation | DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108365

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2019 | ​​​​​​​BOOK REVIEW: LARGE CARNIVORE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

Review of Large Carnivore Conservation and Management – Human Dimensions

Weise, F.J.

Oryx | DOI: 10.1017/S0030605319000486

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2019 | ​​​​​​​​EARLY WARNING SYSTEM TO IMPROVE THE COEXISTENCE OF PEOPLE AND LIONS

Lions at the gates: Trans-disciplinary design of an early warning system to improve human-lion coexistence.

Weise, F.J.; ... ; Stratford, K.J.; ... ; Stein, A.

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00242

2019 | ​USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES TO MANAGE LION POPULATIONS

The use of contraceptive techniques in managed wild African lion (Panthera leo) populations to mimic open system cub recruitment

McEvoy, O.K.; ... ; Stratford, K.J.; ... ; Parker, D.M.

Wildlife Research | DOI: 10.1071/WR18079

2019 | ​​​​​​​​CATTLE RESOURCE SELECTION INFLUENCES LION CONFLICT POTENTIAL

Seasonal selection of key resources by cattle in a mixed savannah-wetland ecosystem increases the potential for conflict with lions

Weise, F.J.;  ... ; Périquet, S.

Biological Conservation | DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.06.031

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2019 | ​​​​​​​​​DECONSTRUCTING COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATION

Deconstructing compassionate conservation

Hayward, M.W.; ... ; Périquet, S.; ... ; Wüster, W.

Conservation Biology | DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13366

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2019 | ​​​​​​​​​​DIETARY VARIATION IN BAT-EARED FOXES

Spatial and temporal variation in the use of supplementary food in an obligate termite specialist, the bat-eared fox

Jumban, K.R.; Périquet, S.; Dalerum, F.; le Roux, A.

African Zoology | DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2019.1596754

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2019 | ​SOCIAL NETWORKS OF SPOTTED HYAENA

Dyadic associations reveal clan size and social network structure in the fission-fusion society of spotted hyaenas

Stratford, K.J.; Stratford, S.M.C.; Périquet, S.

African Journal of Ecology | DOI: 10.1111/aje.12641

2018 | ​WHERE ARE NAMIBIA’S SERVAL CATS?

The spotted ghost: Density and distribution of serval Leptailurus serval in Namibia

Edwards, S.; Portas, R.; Hanssen, L.; Beytell, P.; Melzheimer, J.; Stratford, K.J.

African Journal of Ecology | DOI: 10.1111/aje.12540

2017 | ​COMMENT ON RUST ET AL.

Comment on Rust et al.: Human-carnivore conflict in Namibia is not simply about black and white.

Potgieter, G.; Weise, F.J.; Wachter, B.; Melzheimer, J.; Wiesel, I.; Stratford, K.J.

Society & Natural Resources | DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2017.1283077

2017 | ​​​​​​​​​​​CAN CAMERA TRAPS COUNT GAME?

Can camera traps count game?

Stratford, K.J.; Naholo, S.

Namibian Journal of Environment

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2016 | ​​​​​​​​​​​​TROPHY TRAITS AND SUSTAINABLE HUNTING OF AFRICAN LIONS

Aging traits and sustainable trophy hunting of African lions

Miller, J.R.B; ... ; Stratford, K.J.; ... ; Funston, P.J.

Biological Conservation | DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.07.003

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2015 | ​LESSONS LEARNT FROM TRANSLOCATING LEOPARDS

A home away from home: insights from successful leopard (Panthera pardus) translocations

Weise, F.J.; ... ; Stratford, K.J.; ... ; Crawford, S.J.; ... ; Stein, A.B.

Biological Conservation | DOI: DOI: 10.1007/s10531-015-0895-7

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2014 | ​THE COST OF MOVING CARNIVORES

Financial costs of large carnivore translocations – Accounting for conservation

Weise, F.J.; Stratford, K.J.; van Vuuren, R.J.

PLoS ONE | DOI: DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105042

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2013 | ​​THE COSTS OF CONSERVING LARGE CARNIVORES

Conserving large carnivores: dollars and fence

Packer, C.; ... ; Stratford, K.J.; ... ; Polasky, S.

Ecology Letters | DOI: 10.1111/ele.12091

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2012 | ​PARENTAGE ANALYSIS IN A FREE-RANGING WHITE RHINO POPULATION

Parentage analysis in a managed free ranging population of southern white rhinoceros: genetic diversity, pedigrees and management

Guerier, A.S.; Bishop, J.M.; Crawford, S.J.; Schmidt-Küntzel, A.; Stratford, K.J.

Conservation Genetics | DOI: 10.1007/s10592-012-0331-4

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2011 | ​THE USE OF SPACE BY SPOTTED HYAENA

Fine-scale movements and use of space by spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) on Ongava Game Reserve, Namibia

Stratford, K.J.; Stratford, S.M.C.

African Journal of Ecology | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2011.01270.x