Publications From Research Conducted On Our Private Wildlife Reserve

• Does dehorning lead to a change in inter-calf intervals in free-ranging white rhinoceros?
  Penny, S., White, R., MacTavish, D., MacTavish, L. M., Scott, D. & Pernetta, A., 8 Oct 2020, In: Pachyderm. 2020, 61, p. 191-193 3 p.

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• Negligible hormonal response following dehorning in free-ranging white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
  Penny, S., White, R., MacTavish, L. M., Scott, D. & Pernetta, A., 29 Dec 2020, In: Conservation Physiology. 8, 1, p. 1-12 12 p., coaa117.

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• Using drones and sirens to elicit avoidance behaviour in white rhinoceros as an anti-poaching tactic
  Penny, S., White, R., Scott, D., MacTavish, L. M. & Pernetta, A., 17 Jul 2019, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286, 1907, p. 1-9 20191135.

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• Burning savanna for avian species richness and functional diversity
  Teegan D. S. Docherty  Matthew G. Hethcoat  Lynne M. MacTavish  Dougal MacTavish  Stephen Dell  Philip A. Stephens  Stephen G. Willis

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• Phipps, L.W., Diekmann, M., MacTavish, L.M., Mendelsohn, J.M., Naidoo, V., Wolter, K., and Yarnell, R.W. (2017) Due South: A first assessment of the potential impacts of climate change on Cape vulture occurrence. Biological Conservation. 210:16-25.

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• Phipps, W.L., Willis, S.G., Wolter, K. & Naidoo, V. (2013) Foraging ranges of immature African white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and their use of protected areas in southern Africa. PLoS ONE 8, e52813.

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• Phipps, Wolter, Michael, MacTavish and Yarnell (2013) Do power lines and protected areas present a catch-22 situation for Cape vultures (Gyps coprotheres)? PLoS ONE 8(10): e76794

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• Yarnell, Phipps, Burgess, Ellis, Harrison, Dell, MacTavish,  MacTavish and Scott  (2013). The influence of large predators on the feeding ecology of two African mesocarnivores: the black-backed jackal and the brown hyaena. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 43(2):155-166

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• Yarnell and MacTavish (2013) A novel record of aardwolf Proteles cristata feeding behaviour. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.
  DOI:10.1080/0035919X.2012.757712

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• Scott, Rott, James, Thorn, Yarnell, Richmond-Coggan, MacTavish and Phipps (2011) Recycling services provided by South Africa’s scavengers. In   Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Services. C. Young Eds

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• Yarnell, Metcalfe, Dunstone, Burnside and Scott (2008). The effect of fire induced habitat modification on short-snouted sengi (Elephantulus brachyrhynchus) behaviour. African Zoology 43(1): 45-52 DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2008)43[45:TIOFOH]2.0.CO;2

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• Yarnell, Scott, Chimimba & Metcalfe (2007). Untangling the roles of fire, grazing and rainfall on small mammal communities in grassland ecosystems. Oecologia. 154: 387-402

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