Jackal research in South Africa

Analysis of diet and dental microwear

Historical dietary ecology of black-backed jackals (Lupulella mesomelas) based on dental microwear texture analysis

How water access affects carnivores

Response of a carnivore community to water management in a semi-arid savanna

The effects of predator control on Black-Footed cats

Assessing the Effect of Predator Control on Black-Footed Cat Survival in Central South Africa

Jackal as a predator of the Helmeted Guinefowl

Grouping Behaviour and Anti-Predator Responses in the Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris

Importance of local knowledge in scientific research

‘Farming with a jackal’: Power relations in Black-backed jackal (Canidae: Lupulella mesomelas)management around the Square Kilometre Array core site in South Africa

Jackals do play a role in seed dispersal

The black-backed jackal as a seed disperser

Shepherding and predator losses

Shepherding is not a shot in the dark: evidence of low predation losses from the Northern Cape province of South Africa

Continued monitoring of mesocarnivores using camera traps

Assessing local patterns in carnivore occupancy and richness by camera trapping: a monitoring of diversity at Verloren Vallei NatureReserve, Dullstroom, Mpumalanga 2022

Trapping black-backed jackals

Trapping Success of Black-backed Jackals (Canis mesomelas) in South Africa Relative to Land Use Type

Black-backed jackal ecological research

The spatial ecology of black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) in a protected mountainous grassland area

Territorial male black-backed jackal on small stock farm

Ranging behaviour of a territorial male Black-Backed Jackal in a small stock farming area in the Southern Free State

Black backed jackal diet through scat analysis

Black-backed jackal diet in the Maria Moroka Nature Reserve,Free State Province: Implications for managing depredationon small stock farms

Camera trap technology in black backed jackal research

Trialling a simple camera-trap based method to estimateBlack-backed jackal population density

Investigation coexistence between livestock grazing and carnivores in rangelands

Pathways towards coexistence with large carnivores in production systems

Black backed jackals and their pathogens in a semi arid area

Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) from semi-arid rangelands in South Africa harbour Hepatozoon canis and a Theileria species but apparently not Babesia rossi

Farmers views on the appreciation of black backed jackal and caracal

Beauty or beast? Farmers’ dualistic views and the influence of aesthetic appreciation on tolerance towards black-backed jackal and caracal.

Biology and ecology of the black backed jackal and caracal

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Seed dispersal potential of jackals and foxes in semi-arid habitats of South Africa.

Seed dispersal potential of jackals and foxes in semi-arid habitats of South Africa.

Effects of humans and large carnivores on the survival of blackbacked jackals

Effects of humans and large carnivores on the survival of blackbacked jackals

Black backed jackal research around the SKA

Ongediertes: A critical qualitative study of farmer–black-backed jackal conflict and its management around the Square Kilometre Array core site in the Northern Cape, South Africa

Carnivore camera trapping to estimate species richness and density Dullstroom

Assessing local patterns in carnivore occupancy and richness by camera trapping: a monitoring of diversity at Verloren Vallei Nature Reserve, Dullstroom, Mpumalanga 2019.

Black backed jackals - learning from science and history

Learning from science and history about black‐backed jackals Canis mesomelas and their conflict with sheep farmers in South Africa.Nattrass, N., Drouilly, M., & O'riain, M. J. Mammal Review. (2020) Vol 50 (1), 101-111The black‐backed jackal...

Do swing gates help controling black backed jackals?

Cunningham, P.L.Environment and Wildlife Consulting Namibia AbstractBlack-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) are responsible for much loss of small livestock throughout Namibia, but especially so in the predominantly sheep farming regions of southern...

Effects of culling mesopredators on livestock loses

Culling recolonizing mesopredators increases livestock losses:Evidence from the South African KarooNattrass, N., Conradie, B., Stephens, J, Drouilly, M.

Survey of farmers regarding predation on livestock farms

A survey of farmers’ experience using guard animals to control the impact of predators on farm livestock

Study of wildlife on extensive small livestock farms in the Karoo

Wildlife winners and losers of extensive small-livestock farming: a case study in the South African KarooDrouilly, M. O’Riain, J.

Biology and ecology of the black backed jackal and caracal

BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF THE BLACK-BACKED JACKAL AND THE CARACAL

Biology, ecology and interaction of other predators with livestock

BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND INTERACTION OF OTHER PREDATORS WITH LIVESTOCK

Studying the conflict between predators and small livestock farmers in the Central Karoo

Spatial, temporal and attitudinal dimensions of conflict between predators and small-livestock farmers in the Central Karoo

In book: Livestock Predation and its Management in South Africa

The socio-economic impacts of livestock predation and its prevention in South Africa.

In book: Livestock predation and its management in South Africa: a scientific assessment

The role of mesopredators in ecosystems: Potential effects of managing their populations on ecosystem processes and biodiversity

Responses of black-backed jackal to reduction efforts

Compensatory life-history responses of black-backed jackals undermine population reduction efforts.

Spatial variation in anthropogenic mortality induces a source–sink system in a hunted mesopredator

Assessing lethal mesopredator control methods on jackal populations

Dietary niche relationships among predators on farmland and a protected area

Research of the diets of caracal, jackal and leopard on a protected area and on farmlands in the western karoo

Land use effects on gut microbiota of Black backed jackal

Effect of host traits and land-use changes on the gut microbiota of the Namibian black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas)

We investigated the ecology of cape foxes (Vulpes chama) and bat-eared foxes (Otocyon megalotis) in the absence of black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas)

Lethal and sublethal effects of black-backed jackals on cape foxes and bat-eared foxes

Understanding the black-backed jackal

Nattrass, N., Conradie, B., Drouilly, M., O'Riain, M.J.

Livestock predation in South Africa: The need for and value of a scientific assessment

Livestock predation in South Africa: The need for and value of a scientific assessment

Effects of lethal management on black-backed jackal population structure and source-sink dynamics

Research of jackal population dynamics and their response to lethal management.

Habitat use and home range of black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) on farmlands in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Humphries, B.D., Rames, T., Hill, T.R., Downs, C.T.

Landowners’ perspectives of black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) on farmlands in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Humphries, B.D., Hill, T.R., Downs, C.T.

Short-term foraging responses of a generalist predator to management-driven resource pulses.

Fourie, R.M., Tambling, C.J., Gaylard, A., Kerley, G.I.H.

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

Du Plessis J.J., Avenant N.L., De Waal H.O.

Dead or alive? Comparing costs and benefits of lethal and non-lethal human-wildlife conflict mitigation on livestock farms

McManus J.S., Dickman A.J., Gaynor D. , Smuts B.H., Macdonald D.W.

Do black-backed jackals affect numbers of smaller carnivores and prey?

Bagniewska J.M., Kamler J.F.,

Jackal Narratives and Predator Control in the Karoo, South Africa.

Nattrass N., Conradie B.

The Effect of Predator Culling on Livestock Losses: Ceres, South Africa, 1979 – 1987

Conradie B., Piesse J.

Resource partitioning among cape foxes, bat-eared foxes, and black-backed jackals in South Africa

Kamler, J.F., Stenkewitz U., Klare U., Jacobsen N.F., Macdonald D.W. (2012)

Seasonal diet and prey selection of black-backed jackals on a small-livestock farm in South Africa

Kamler J. F., Klare U., Macdonald D. W. 

The diet and ecological role of black-backed jackals, Canis mesomelas, in two conservation areas in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Brassine, M.C.

Diet, Prey Selection, and Predation Impact of Black-Backed Jackals in South Africa

Klare U., Kamler J. F., Stenkewitz U., Macdonald, D. W.