Trends and biases in African large carnivore population assessments: identifying priorities and opportunities from a systematic review of two decades of research

P Strampelli, LAD Campbell, P Henschel… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
African large carnivores have undergone significant range and population declines over
recent decades. Although conservation planning and the management of threatened …

Using camera traps to study hyenas: challenges, opportunities, and outlook

A Dheer, D Samarasinghe, SM Dloniak… - Mammalian …, 2022 - Springer
The use of remote camera traps has accelerated rapidly in the field of large carnivore
science since the 1990s. Members of the Hyaenidae are important components of functional …

From threatened to threatening: Impacts of a reintroduced predator on reintroduced prey

B Stepkovitch, G Neave, MA Jensen, K Tuft… - Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the recent global increase in projects utilizing conservation fencing, reintroductions
of predators to fenced conservation reserves are rare. Reintroducing threatened predators …

Diurnal pastoralism does not reduce juvenile recruitment nor elevate allostatic load in spotted hyenas

A Dheer, E Davidian, A Courtiol… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic activity can have substantial effects on wildlife. These effects may vary
according to the characteristics of the activity and the species involved. Although effects on …

Leopard and spotted hyena densities in the Lake Mburo National Park, southwestern Uganda

A Braczkowski, R Schenk, D Samarasinghe, D Biggs… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Robust measures of animal densities are necessary for effective wildlife management.
Leopards (Panthera pardus) and spotted hyenas (Crocuta Crocuta) are higher order …

Predicting the fine‐scale factors that correlate with multiple carnivore depredation of livestock in their enclosures

SNM Chaka, BM Kissui, S Gray… - African Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We used multiple methods to examine livestock depredation by African lions (Panthera leo),
spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta), leopards (Panthera pardus) and black‐backed jackals …

Using by‐catch camera trapping data for estimating the population size of spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta).

A Tarugara, BW Clegg - African Journal of Ecology, 2022 - search.ebscohost.com
The spotted hyaena (I Crocuta crocuta i) is an important carnivore species whose dual role
of scavenger and predator is vital to trophic energy flows of systems in which they are found …

Food resource competition between African wild dogs and larger carnivores in an ecosystem with artificial water provision

E Sandoval‐Serés, M Mbizah, S Phiri… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Predators of similar size often compete over prey. In semi‐arid ecosystems where water is a
limiting resource, prey availability can be affected by water distribution, which further …

Habitat degradation, vegetation damage, and wildlife‐livestock interactions in Amboseli ecosystem wildlife sanctuaries, Kenya

S Mwasi, A Dheer - African Journal of Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
It is important to assess whether anthropogenic activity affects wildlife distribution and
resource use to appraise the efficacy of multi‐use protected areas. Habitat degradation and …

Teeth, tusks, and spikes: repeated den sharing between predator and prey in an African Savannah

M Dupuis‐Désormeaux, A Dheer… - African Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We have been monitoring spotted hyaena dens with camera traps at our site since 2016. We
describe a novel phenomenon: concurrent subterranean den sharing between spotted …