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Precipitation, vegetation productivity, and human impacts control home range size of elephants in dryland systems in northern Namibia by Benitez, Lorena, Kilian, J. Werner, Wittemyer, George, Hughey, Lacey F., Fleming, Chris H., Leimgruber, Peter, Preez, Pierre, Stabach, Jared A.

“…Climatic variability, resource availability, and anthropogenic impacts heavily influence an animal's home range. This makes home range size an effective metric…”
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Male African Elephant ( Loxodonta africana ) Behavioral Responses to Estrous Call Playbacks May Inform Conservation Management Tools by O'Connell-Rodwell, Caitlin E, Sandri, Monica N, Berezin, Jodie L, Munevar, Jaquelyn M, Kinzley, Colleen, Wood, Jason D, Wiśniewska, Maggie, Kilian, J Werner

“…Driven by reproductive motives, male African elephants ( in musth often expand their home ranges to locate estrous females. This extended range, coupled with…”
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Variation in herbivore space use: comparing two savanna ecosystems with different anthrax outbreak patterns in southern Africa by Huang, Yen-Hua, Owen-Smith, Norman, Henley, Michelle D, Kilian, J Werner, Kamath, Pauline L, Ochai, Sunday O, van Heerden, Henriette, Mfune, John K E, Getz, Wayne M, Turner, Wendy C

“…The distribution of resources can affect animal range sizes, which in turn may alter infectious disease dynamics in heterogenous environments. The risk of…”
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Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLIX. Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting white and black rhinoceroses in southern Africa by Squarre, David, Kilian, J. Werner, Hofmeyr, Markus, Boshoff, Christiaan R., Zimmermann, David, Harrison, Alan, Peinke, Dean, Nel, Pierre J., Horak, Ivan G., Hausler, Guy, Govender, Danny, Foggin, Christoper M., Cooper, David V., MacFadyen, Duncan N.

“…The objectives of the study were to determine the species composition of ticks infesting white and black rhinoceroses in southern Africa as well as the…”
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Mapping and assessing the impact of small-scale ephemeral water sources on wildlife in an African seasonal savannah by Naidoo, Robin, Brennan, Angela, Shapiro, Aurelie C., Beytell, Piet, Aschenborn, Ortwin, Du Preez, Pierre, Kilian, J. Werner, Stuart-Hill, Greg, Taylor, Russell D.

“…In many savannah regions of Africa, pronounced seasonal variability in rainfall results in wildlife being restricted to floodplains and other habitats adjacent…”
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Disease or drought: environmental fluctuations release zebra from a potential pathogen-triggered ecological trap by Huang, Yen-Hua, Joel, Hendrina, Küsters, Martina, Barandongo, Zoe R, Cloete, Claudine C, Hartmann, Axel, Kamath, Pauline L, Kilian, J Werner, Mfune, John K E, Shatumbu, Gabriel, Zidon, Royi, Getz, Wayne M, Turner, Wendy C

“…When a transmission hotspot for an environmentally persistent pathogen establishes in otherwise high-quality habitat, the disease may exert a strong impact on…”
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Landscape connectivity for African elephants in the world's largest transfrontier conservation area: A collaborative, multi‐scalar assessment by Naidoo, Robin, Beytell, Piet, Brennan, Angela, Carter, John, Carter, Kerryn D., Chamaillé‐Jammes, Simon, Chilambe, Brian, Hoare, Richard, Iiyambo, Novald, Jooste, Donovan, Karidozo, Malvern, Kilian, J. Werner, Madhlamoto, Daphine, Madiri, Tinaapi Hilary, McCulloch, Graham, Monks, Norman, Mudimba, Isaac, Ngwenya, Nobesuthu, Nyambe, Nyambe, Osborn, Loki, Pelham, Michael, Phologo, Letlhogonolo, Reid, Robert, Savituma, Miguel, Schutgens, Maurice, Simpamba, Twakundine, Slabbert, Stuart, Stronza, Amanda, Taylor, Russell, Tshipa, Arnold, Songhurst, Anna

“…Landscape connectivity operates at a variety of scales, depending on the geography of the area in question and the focal species or ecological process under…”
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Environmental drivers of biseasonal anthrax outbreak dynamics in two multihost savanna systems by Huang, Yen‐Hua, Kausrud, Kyrre, Hassim, Ayesha, Ochai, Sunday O., Schalkwyk, O. Louis, Dekker, Edgar H., Buyantuev, Alexander, Cloete, Claudine C., Kilian, J. Werner, Mfune, John K. E., Kamath, Pauline L., Heerden, Henriette, Turner, Wendy C.

“…Environmental factors are common forces driving infectious disease dynamics. We compared interannual and seasonal patterns of anthrax infections in two…”
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Fencing affects movement patterns of two large carnivores in Southern Africa by Naha, Dipanjan, Périquet, Stéphanie, Kilian, J. Werner, Kupferman, Caitlin A., Hoth-Hanssen, Tammy, Beasley, James C.

“…The erection of peripheral fences around protected areas has been shown to adversely affect the movement behavior, genetic connectivity and long-term viability…”
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Synergistic effects of seasonal rainfall, parasites and demography on fluctuations in springbok body condition by Turner, Wendy C., Versfeld, Wilferd D., Kilian, J. Werner, Getz, Wayne M.

“…1. Seasonality of rainfall can exert a strong influence on animal condition and on host-parasite interactions. The body condition of ruminants fluctuates…”
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Africa’s drylands in a changing world: Challenges for wildlife conservation under climate and land-use changes in the Greater Etosha Landscape by Turner, Wendy C., Périquet, Stéphanie, Goelst, Claire E., Vera, Kimberlie B., Cameron, Elissa Z., Alexander, Kathleen A., Belant, Jerrold L., Cloete, Claudine C., du Preez, Pierre, Getz, Wayne M., Hetem, Robyn S., Kamath, Pauline L., Kasaona, Marthin K., Mackenzie, Monique, Mendelsohn, John, Mfune, John K.E., Muntifering, Jeff R., Portas, Ruben, Scott, H. Ann, Strauss, W. Maartin, Versfeld, Wilferd, Wachter, Bettina, Wittemyer, George, Kilian, J. Werner

“…Proclaimed in 1907, Etosha National Park in northern Namibia is an iconic dryland system with a rich history of wildlife conservation and research. A recent…”
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Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) Populations in Northwestern Namibia Are Apparently Not Infected with Piroplasms by Penzhorn, Barend L, Oosthuizen, Marinda C, Bosman, Anna-Mari, Kilian, J. Werner, Horak, Ivan G

“…Babesiosis is a potentially fatal disease in black rhinoceroses. Blood specimens collected from black rhinoceroses from Etosha National Park (n=29) and…”
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Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLIX. Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting white and black rhinoceroses in southern Africa by Squarre, David, Kilian, J. Werner, Hofmeyr, Markus, Boshoff, Christiaan R., Zimmermann, David, Harrison, Alan, Peinke, Dean, Nel, Pierre J., Horak, Ivan G., Hausler, Guy, Govender, Danny, Foggin, Christoper M., Cooper, David V., MacFadyen, Duncan N.

“…The objectives of the study were to determine the species composition of ticks infesting white and black rhinoceroses in southern Africa as well as the…”
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