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