Resources
Scientific Articles & Book Chapters
Scientific articles & book chapters
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• McManus, J., Smits, A.J., Faraut, L., Couldridge, V., van Deventer, J., Samuels, I., Devens, C., and Smuts, B. (2024). The Recolonization of the Piketberg leopard population: A model for human-wildlife coexistence in a changing landscape. Conservation, 4: 257-287. Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
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• McManus, J., & Faraut, L., Couldrige, V., van Devender, J., Samuels, I., Cilliers, D., Voster, P. and Smuts, B. (2022). Assessment of leopard translocations in South Africa. Frontiers in Conservation Science section Animal Conservation: 63. Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
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• McManus, J., Schurch, M., Goets, S., Faraut, L., Couldrige, V., and Smuts, B. (2022). Delineating functional corridors linking leopard habitat in the Eastern and Western Cape, South Africa. Conservation, 2: 99-122 Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
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• McManus, J., Marshal, J.P., Keith, M., Tshabalala, T., Smuts, B., and Treves, A., (2021). Factors predicting habitat use by leopards in human-altered landscapes. Journal of Mammalogy, 102(6): 1473-1483.List Item 4
Published in the Journal of Mammalogy, this study investigates the habitat use of leopards within human-altered landscapes in South Africa. The research highlights how leopards adapt to changes in their environment, with a focus on how human activity affects their habitat selection. It emphasizes the importance of understanding spatial and social factors in conservation efforts.
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• Boronyak, L., Jacobs, B., Wallach, A., McManus, J., Stone, S., Stevenson, S., Smuts, B. and Zaranek, H., (2022). Pathways towards coexistence with large carnivores in production systems. Agriculture and Human Values, 39(1): 47-64.List Item 1
What are the Leopard PopulaƟon
Dynamics in various research sites in
Western, Eastern and Northern Capes?
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• Tshabalala, T., & McManus, J., Treves, A., Masocha, V., Faulconbridge, S., Schurch, M., Goets, S. & Smuts, B. (2021). Leopards and mesopredators as indicators of mammalian species richness across diverse landscapes of South Africa. Ecological Indicators, 121: 107201 Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
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• Hasselerharm, C.D., Yanco, E., McManus, J.S., Smuts, B.H. & Ramp, D. (2021). Wildlife-friendly farming recouples grazing regimes to stimulate recovery in semi-arid rangelands. Science of The Total Environment, 788: 147602. Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
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• Schurch, M.P., McManus, J., Goets, S., Pardo, L.E., Gaynor, D., Samuels, I., Cupido, C., Couldridge, V. & Smuts, B. (2021). Wildlife-friendly livestock management promotes mammalian biodiversity recovery on a semi-arid Karoo farm in South Africa. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2: 6 Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
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• Devens, C.H., Hayward, M.W., Tshabalala, T., Dickman, A., McManus, J.S., Smuts, B. & Somers, M.J., (2019). Estimating Leopard density across the highly modified human-dominated landscape of the Western Cape, South Africa. Oryx, 55(1): 1-12. Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
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• van Eeden, L., Eklund, A., Miller, J., López-Bao, J., Chapron, G., Cejtin, M., Crowther, M., Dickman, C., Frank, J., Krofel, M., Macdonald, D., McManus, J., Meyer, T., Middleton, D., Newsome, T., Ripple, W., Ritchie, E., Schmitz, O., Stoner, K., Tourani, M & Treves, A. (2018). Carnivore conservation needs evidence-based livestock protection. PLoS Biology, 16(9): 2005577. Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
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• McManus, J., Goets, S, Milton, S, Bond, W., Henschel, J and Smuts, B. (2018). Trampling recovery of plants on temporary Karoo kraal sites. African Journal of Range and Forage Science, 35(3-4): 311-318 Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
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• Devens, C., Tshabalala, T., McManus, J. & Smuts, B. (2018). Counting the spots: The use of a spatially explicit capture–recapture technique and GPS data to estimate Leopard (Panthera pardus) density in the Eastern and Western Cape, South Africa. African Journal of Ecology, 56(4): 850-859. Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
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• Dickman, A., Potgieter, G., Horgan, J., Stoner, K., Klein, R., McManus., J.S. & Marker, L. (2018). Use of Livestock Guarding Dogs to reduce human-cheetah conflict. In: Cheetahs: Biology and Conservation (Eds Marker, L, Boast, L and Schmidt-Kuntzel, A). AP, Namibia. Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
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• Treves, A., Krofel, M. & McManus, J. (2016). Predator control should not be a shot in the dark. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 14: 380-388 Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
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• McManus, J.S., Dalton, D., Kotze, A., Smuts, B., Marshal, J. & Keith, M. (2015). Genetic structure of a solitary carnivore in a human dominated landscape. Ecology and Evolution, 5(2): 335–344. Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
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• McManus, J.S., Dickman, A., Gaynor, D., Smuts, B. & Macdonald. D.W. (2014). Dead or alive? Comparing costs and benefits of lethal and non-lethal human-wildlife conflict mitigation on livestock farms. Oryx, 49(4): 687-695. Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
Manuals
Scientific articles & book chapters
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• Predators on Livestock Farms: A Practical Farmers Manual Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
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• Shepherding on Commercial Farms in South Africa Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
Dissertations
Scientific articles & book chapters
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• Yanco, E., (2021). Shifts in human well-being and attitudes towards nature following livestock herder training and implementation. MSc Dissertation Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
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• Jooste, E., (2020). The spatial and dietary requirements of caracal (Caracal caracal) in lethal and non-lethal predator control landscapes. MSc Dissertation Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
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• Jandova, K., (2019). Does Resource Dispersion Drive Leopard Habitat Selection? MSc Dissertation Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
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• McManus, J.S. (2018). The Conservation of Leopards in the Eastern and Western Cape, South Africa. PhD Dissertation Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
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• McManus, J.S. (2009). The spatial ecology and activity patterns of leopard (Panthera pardus) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. MSc Dissertation Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.