Other Predator Research

Black-footed cat females rely on burrows

The underground cat: burrow use by female black-footed cats (Felis nigripes)

How water access affects carnivores

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

Jackal as a predator of the Helmeted Guinefowl

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

Update on the BFCWG for December 2023

Update from the field: Black-footed Cat Working Group, South Africa

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

The study of caracal ecology in Malawi

Habitat structure and the presence of large carnivores shapes the site use of an understudied small carnivore: caracal ecology in a miombo woodland.

Research into the mortality of black footed cats in South Africa

Causes of mortality in a population of black-footed cats in central South Africa

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

A global view on evidence‐based effectiveness of interventions used to protect livestock from wild cats

A global view on evidence‐based effectiveness of interventions used to protect livestock from wild cats.

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

Camouflage in predators

Pembury Smith, M.Q.R.,  Ruxton, G.D.

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.

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, 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

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

We investigated foraging decisions and perceived risk in the bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis)

Hunter or hunted? Perceptions of risk and reward in a small mesopredator

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

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.

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

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

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)

Black footed cat conservation and infectious diseases of sympatric carnivores

Conservation of black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) and prevalence of infectious diseases in sympatric carnivores in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa.