The vegetation of Malilangwe wildlife reserve, south-eastern Zimbabwe

BW Clegg, TG O'connor - African Journal of Range & Forage …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The vegetation of Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve in Zimbabwe (39 378 ha) was classified and
mapped in 2003 using an integrated approach of ground-based measurement and remote …

Persistence of the African baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in a system experiencing chronic utilization by elephants

J Foster, T O'Connor, V Visser… - … Science and Practice, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic utilization of woody vegetation by African savanna elephants may transform
woodland vegetation to open savanna and threaten the extirpation of targeted species. This …

Sanctioned quotas versus information provisioning for community wildlife conservation in Zimbabwe: A framed field experiment approach

H Ntuli, AS Crépin, C Schill… - … and Resource Economics, 2023 - Springer
We investigate the behavioural responses of natural common-pool resource users to three
policy interventions—sanctioned quotas, information provisioning, and a combination of …

Emergent trees in Colophospermum mopane woodland: influence of elephant density on persistence versus attrition

T O'Connor, A Ferguson, BW Clegg, N Pallett… - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Colophospermum mopane (mopane) forms mono-dominant woodlands covering extensive
areas of southern Africa. Mopane provides a staple foodstuff for elephants, who hedge …

Reproductive Characteristics of a Hippopotamus Population along the Runde River, Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe

R Peek, T O'Connor - African Journal of Wildlife Research, 2023 - BioOne
The hippopotamus population along the Runde River in Gonarezhou National Park,
Zimbabwe, attained a density in the late 1970s which threatened vegetation resources of …

Local extirpation of woody species in Colophospermum mopane woodland under chronic utilisation by elephants

TG O'Connor, NCM Pallett, BW Clegg… - African Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The hypothesis that certain woody species may be prone to local extirpation under chronic
elephant utilisation was examined for Colophospermum mopane open woodland, for an …

Persistent porcupines and omnipresent elephants: Fifty years of woodland change in Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe

TG O'Connor, J Shimbani - African Journal of Wildlife Research, 2024 - journals.co.za
Porcupines were recorded to ringbark Cordyla africana, and debark Trichilia emetica and
Spirostachys africana, in Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe, in 1972. Fifty years later …

Space use by African savannah elephants in an arid protected area dominated by a mosaic of different vegetation

NT Mukomberanwa, P Taru… - African Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The African savannah elephant (Loxodonta Africana) migrate in response to limiting
environmental factors in arid areas. Using global positioning systems (GPS) telemetry data …

[PDF][PDF] Bird species diversity across a gradient of land use in southern Gonarezhou National Park and adjacent areas, Zimbabwe.

CM Mzendah, C Mashapa, CHD Magadza… - JAPS: Journal of …, 2015 - academia.edu
Bird species composition and abundance across a land disturbance gradient in southern
Gonarezhou National Park and adjacent areas, Zimbabwe was assessed in April 2013 …

Environmental correlates of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) space-use in a savanna landscape

P Tagwireyi, T Wenga, H Ndaimani… - African Journal of …, 2020 - journals.co.za
Understanding the environmental drivers that influence the spatial distribution of wildlife is
paramount to the conservation of endangered carnivore species. However, presence data …