Count me in: Leopard population density in an area of mixed land‐use, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Bouderka, Safia; Perry, Travis W; Parker, Daniel M; Beukes, Maya; Mgqatsa, Nokubonga

Title: Count me in: Leopard population density in an area of mixed land‐use, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Creator: Bouderka, Safia
Creator: Perry, Travis W
Creator: Parker, Daniel M
Creator: Beukes, Maya
Creator: Mgqatsa, Nokubonga
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2023
Date: 2023
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/462591
Identifier: vital:76317
Identifier: xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13078"
Description: Although the leopard (Panthera pardus) has the widest range of any felid in the world is designated as a vulnerable species, mainly because of human-induced conflict (Jacobson et al., 2016). Our study focuses on a population of leopards on privately owned, mixed-use farmland (Baviaanskloof Hartland–BH hereafter) which is adjacent to the Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve (BMR) in the Baviaanskloof UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Given the unique make-up of the region, with sometimes conflicting management objectives, the status of leopards in the broader Baviaanskloof is of particular interest to a range of stakeholders. However, despite the need for management decisions to be based on reliable and regular population monitoring efforts (Elliot et al., 2020), the last formal assessment of the leopard population in the Baviaanskloof was performed in 2011/2012 but published 9 years later (Devens et al., 2018). The only other assessment of the status of leopards in the region was an unpublished Master's project (McManus, 2009). Here, we use photographic captures of leopards and a Spatially Explicit Capture Recapture (SECR) analytical framework in the mixed-use BH region of the Baviaanskloof to generate an up-to-date leopard population density estimate that can inform conservation management of the species in this important World Heritage Site.
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Format: 1 online resource (5 pages)
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Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
Relation: African Journal of Ecology
Relation: Bouderka, S., Perry, T.W., Parker, D., Beukes, M. and Mgqatsa, N., 2023. Count me in: Leopard population density in an area of mixed land‐use, Eastern Cape, South Africa. African Journal of Ecology, 61(1), pp.228-232
Relation: African Journal of Ecology volume 61 number 1 p. 228 2023 1365-2028
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