Isotopic assessment of marine food consumption by natural‐foraging chacma baboons on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa

MC Lewis, AG West, MJ O'Riain - American Journal of Physical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Stable isotope analysis has been used to investigate consumption of marine
resources in a variety of terrestrial mammals, including humans, but not yet in extant …

[HTML][HTML] Home range utilization by chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) troops on Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, South Africa

K Slater, A Barrett, LR Brown - Plos one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Rapid urbanization coupled with decreasing areas of natural habitat are causing baboon
populations to become scattered and isolated, often resulting in increased levels of human …

Wildlife tourism as crop protection? Double-goal provisioning and the transvaluation of the macaque in postwar Japan

J Knight - Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 - pure.qub.ac.uk
Human–wildlife interfaces are often sites of friction and conflict in the form of crop and
livestock depredations that can lead to negative local attitudes toward the animals …

In pursuit of a panacea: mitigating human-baboon conflict in the Cape Peninsula, South Africa

B Kaplan - 2013 - open.uct.ac.za
With its unparalleled growth and distribution, the human species is increasingly conflicting
with wildlife over crops, livestock and even human life as it infringes on natural habitat. In the …

Using behavioral studies to adapt management decisions and reduce negative interactions between humans and baboons in Cape Town, South Africa

G Fehlmann, MJ O'Riain, C Kerr‐Smith… - … Science and Practice, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the behavioral ecology of wildlife that experiences negative interactions with
humans and the outcome of any wildlife management intervention is essential. In the Cape …

Immigrant males' knowledge influences baboon troop movements to reduce home range overlap and mating competition

J Collet, N Pettorelli, A Baniel, AJ Carter… - Behavioral …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Mechanistic models suggest that individuals' memories could shape home range patterns
and dynamics, and how neighbors share space. In social species, such dynamics of home …

Postpartum cessation of urban space use by a female baboon living at the edge of the City of Cape Town

AM Bracken, C Christensen, MJ O'Riain… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Species with slow life history strategies that invest in few offspring with extended parental
care need to adapt their behavior to cope with anthropogenic changes that occur within their …

Effects of diversionary feeding on abundance of microbes involved in soil nitrogen cycling on a Mediterranean mountain

R Pascual-Rico, A Morugán-Coronado, L Pereg… - Pedobiologia, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil microorganisms maintain soil functions, playing a key role in nutrient cycling. However,
human activities may alter ecological processes through, for instance, wildlife management …

Habitat selection in a peri-urban area by a large mammal indicates a low potential for human–wildlife conflict

J Balland, CA Herbert, JA Welbergen… - Wildlife …, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
Abstract Context In Australia, various species of macropods (family Macropodidae) are
known to occur within peri-urban areas, where they can be a source of human–wildlife …

Behavioural and physiological responses of chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) to wildfire in the Cape Peninsula of South Africa

S Dubay - 2018 - open.uct.ac.za
In an ecological context,'flexibility'refers to an animal's ability to respond immediately to
environmental stimuli through physiological and behavioural adjustments. Specifically …