Publications (2002-2012) (An * denotes a non peer reviewed publication or book)

2013

1.            Dalerum, F. 2013. Phylogenetic and functional diversity in large carnivore assemblages. Proceedings of the Royal Society - B. 280: 20130049-1

2.            Marneweck, D. G., Ganswindt, A., Rhodes, S., Bellem, A., Bryant, J., Wielebnowski, N., & Dalerum, F. 2012. Reproductive endocrinology of zoo-housed aardwolves. Acta Theriologica. 58(2): 223–232. doi:10.1007/s13364-012-0101-1

3.            Swanepoel, L.H., Lindsey, P. Somers, M.J., van Hoven, W. & Dalerum, F. 2013. Extent and fragmentation of suitable leopard habitat in South Africa. Animal Conservation. 16(1): 41–50.

4.            Isaacs, L., Somers, M.J. & Dalerum, F. 2013. Effects of prescribed burning and mechanical bush clearing on ungulate space use in an African savannah. Restoration Ecology. 21(2): 260–266.

5.            Winterbach, H., Winterbach, C.W., Somers, M.J. & Hayward, M.W. 2013. Key factors and related principles in the conservation of large African carnivores. Mammal Review. 43: 89–110.

6.            Nel, J., Loutit, R.J., Braby, R. & Somers, M.J. In Press. Resource dispersion, territory size and group size of black-backed jackals on a desert coast. Acta Theriologica

7.            Packer, C., Loveridge, a., Canney, S., Caro, T., Garnett, S. T., Pfeifer, M., Zander, K. K., et al. In press. Conserving large carnivores: dollars and fence. Ecology Letters. doi:10.1111/ele.12091

8.            Flacke, G., Becker, P., Cooper, D., Szykman Gunther, M., Robertson, I., Holyoake, C., Donaldson,R. & Warren, K. 2013. An Infectious Disease and Mortality Survey in a Population of Free-Ranging African Wild Dogs and Sympatric Domestic Dogs. International Journal of Biodiversity. 2013: 1-9. doi:10.1155/2013/497623

9.            Ramnanan, R., Swanepoel, L.H. & Somers, M.J. In press. The diet and presence of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) on private land in the Waterberg region, South Africa. South African Journal of wildlife Research.

10.          *Nel, J.A.J. & Somers, M.J. 2013. Aonyx Lesson. In: Kingdon, J.S. & Hoffmann, M. (Eds). The Mammals of Africa Vol 5. Carnivora, Pholidota, Perissodactyla. In: Kingdon, J., Butynski, T. and Happold, D. (Eds). The Mammals of Africa Vols 1-6. Academic Press, Amsterdam.

11.          *Somers, M.J. & Nel, J.A.J. 2013. Aonyx capensis Schinz . In: Kingdon, J.S. & Hoffmann, M. (Eds). The Mammals of Africa Vol 5. Carnivora, Pholidota, Perissodactyla. In: Kingdon, J., Butynski, T. & Happold, D. (Eds). The Mammals of Africa Vols 1-6. Academic Press, Amsterdam.

 2012

1.            Andresen, L., Everatt, K.T., Somers, M.J. & Purchase, G.K. In press. Evidence for a resident population of cheetah in the Parque Nacional do Limpopo, Mozambique. South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 42: 114-146.

2.            Becker, P.A., Miller, P.S., Szykman Gunther, M., Somers, M.J., Wildt, D.R. & Maldonado, J.E. 2012. Inbreeding Avoidance Influences the Viability of Reintroduced Populations of African Wild Dogs (Lycaon pictus). PLoS ONE 7(5): e37181. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037181

3.            Bothma, J. & Bothma, M. 2012 Leopard range size and conservation area size in the southern Kalahari. Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science 54.

4.            Dalerum, F. 2012. Descriptive versus explanatory hypotheses in evolutionary research; a potentially concerning bias exemplified by research into the evolution of social organisations among Carnivores. Ethology, Ecology & Evolution 24: 97-103.

5.            Dalerum, F., Cameron, E.Z., Kunkel, K. & Somers, M.J.  2012. Interactive effects of species richness and species traits on functional diversity and redundancy. Theoretical Ecology 5:129–139.

6.            Dalerum, F., Perbro, A., Magnusdottir, R., Hersteinsson, P. & Angerbjorn, A. 2012. The influence of coastal access on isotope variation in Icelandic arctic foxes. PLoS ONE 7: e32071

7.            Ganswindt, A., Muijlwijk, C., Engelkes, M., Muenscher, S., Bertschinger, H.,  Paris, M., Palme, R., Cameron, E.Z., Bennett, N.C. & Dalerum, F. 2012. Validation of non-invasive monitoring of adrenocortical endocrine activity in ground feeding aardwolves (Proteles cristata); exemplifying the influence of consumption of inorganic material for fecal steroid analysis. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 85: 194-199.

8.            Gaugris, J.Y., Vasicek, C.A. & van Rooyen, M.W. In press. Herbivore and human impacts on woody species dynamics in Maputaland, South Africa. Forestry. doi: 10.1093/forestry/cps046

9.            Gerhardus Petrus Nortje, G.P., van Hoven, W. & Laker, M.C. 2012. Factors Affecting the Impact of Off-Road Driving on Soils in an Area in the Kruger National Park, South Africa.  Environmental Management 50: 1164-1176. DOI 10.1007/s00267-012-9954-y

10.          Hayward, M.W. & Somers, M.J. 2012. An Introduction to Fencing for Conservation. In: Somers, M.J. & Hayward, M.W. Fencing for Conservation: restriction of evolutionary potential or a riposte to threatening processes? Springer, New York.

11.          *Hayward, M.W., Somers, M.J., Kerley, G.I.H., Perrin, M., Bester, M.N., Dalerum, F., Do Linh San, E., Hoffman, L.C., Marshal, J.P, Mills, G. Nel, J.A.J. & Owen-Smith, N. 2012. Animal ethics and ecotourism (Editorial). South African Journal of wildlife Research. 42: iii-v.

12.          Jooste, E., Pitman, R.T., Van Hoven, W. & Swanepoel, L.H. In press. Unusually high predation on Chacma baboons by female leopards in the Waterberg Mountains, South Africa. Folia Primatologica

13.          Lee, J.E., Somers, M.J. & Chown, S.L. 2012. Density, body size and sex ratio of an indigenous spider along an altitudinal gradient in the sub-Antarctic. Antarctic Science. 24(1): 15–22. doi:10.1017/S0954102011000629

14.          Pitman, R.T., Swanepoel, L.H. & Ramsay, P.M. 2012 Predictive modelling of leopard predation using contextual Global Positioning System cluster analysis. Journal of Zoology 288, 222-230.

15.          Somers, M.J. & Hayward, M.W. (Eds.) 2012. Fencing for Conservation: restriction of evolutionary potential or a riposte to threatening processes? Springer. ISBN 978-1-4614-0901-4

16.          Somers, M.J., Gusset, M. & Dalerum, F. 2012. Modelling the effect of fences on the viability of spatially structured populations of African wild dogs. In: Somers, M.J. & Hayward, M.W. Fencing for Conservation: restriction of evolutionary potential or a riposte to threatening processes? Springer, New York.

17.          Thorn, M., Green, M., Dalerum, F., Bateman, P.W. & Scott, D.M. In press. What drives human-carnivore conflict in the North West Province of South Africa? Biological Conservation 150: 23-32.

2011

1.            Abraham, S., Somers, M.J. & Chown, S.L. 2011. Seasonal, altitudinal and host plant-related variation in the abundance of aphids (Insecta, Hemiptera) on sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Polar Biology 34:513-520.

2.            Botha, H., van Hoven, W. & Guillette Jr, L.J. 2011. The decline of the Nile crocodile population in Loskop Dam, Olifants River, South Africa. Water SA 37: 103-108.

3.            De Vries, J.L., Pirk, C.W.W., Bateman, P.W., Cameron, E.Z. & Dalerum, F. 2011. Extension of the diet of an extreme diet specialist, the aardwolf Proteles cristata. African Zoology 16: 194-196.

4.            Gaugris, J.Y. & Van Rooyen, M.W. 2011. The effect of herbivores and humans on the Sand Forest species of Maputaland, northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Ecological Research. 26: 365-376.

5.            Hayward, M.W. 2011. Using the IUCN Red List to determine effective conservation strategies – Biodiversity & Conservation 20: 2563–2573.

6.            Hayward, M.W., et al 2011 Restoration and intensive management have no effect on evolutionary strategies – Endangered Species Research 15: 53–61.

7.            Houser, A-M., Gusset, M., Bragg, C.J., Boast, L.K. & Somers, M.J. 2011. Pre-release hunting training and post-release monitoring are key components in the rehabilitation of orphaned large felids. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 41(1): 11-20.

8.            Hulsman, A., Dalerum, F., Ganswindt, A., Muenscher, S., Bertchinger, H. & Paris, M. 2010. Non-invasive monitoring of glucocorticoid metabolites in brown hyaena faeces. Zoo Biology 30(4):451-8. doi: 10.1002/zoo.

9.            Spiering, P.A., Szykman Gunther, M., Somers, M.J., Wildt, D.E., Walters, M., Wilson, A.S. & Maldonado, J.E. 2011. Inbreeding, heterozygosity and fitness in a reintroduced population of endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) Conservation Genetics 12: 401–412. DOI 10.1007/s10592-010-0147-z

10.          Thorn, M., M. Green, Bateman, P.W., Waite, S. & Scott, D.M. 2011. Brown hyaenas on roads: Estimating carnivore occupancy and abundance using spatially auto-correlated sign survey replicates. Biological Conservation 144(6): 1799-1807.

11.          Walters, M., Figueiredo, E., Crouch, N.R., Winter, P.J.D., Smith, G.F., Zimmermann, H.G. & Mashope B.K. 2011. Naturalised and invasive succulents of southern Africa. Abc Taxa Vol 11: i-x, 360 pp. Click here to read

2010

1.            Flacke, G., Spiering, P.A., Cooper, D., Szykman Gunther, M., Robertson, I., Palmer, C. & Warren, K. 2010. A survey of internal parasites in free-ranging African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) from KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 40(2):176-180.

2.            Gaugris, J.Y. & Van Rooyen M.W. 2010: Woody vegetation structure in conserved versus communal land in a biodiversity hotspot: A case study in Maputaland, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 76(2):289-298

3.            Gaugris, J.Y. & Van Rooyen, M.W. 2010. Evaluating the adequacy of reserves in the Tembe-Tshanini Complex: a case study in Maputaland, South Africa. Oryx 44: 399-410.

4.            Hulsman, A., Dalerum, F., Swanepoel, L., Ganswindt, A., Sutherland, C. & Paris, M. 2010. Patterns of scat deposition by brown hyaenas (Hyaena brunnea) in a mountain savanna region of South Africa. Wildlife Biology 16: 445-451.

5.            Johnson, S., Mengersen, K., de Waal, A., Marnewick, K., Cilliers, D., Houser, A.M. & Boast, L: Modelling cheetah relocation success in southern Africa using an Iterative Bayesian Network Development Cycle. Ecological Modelling 2010, 221(4):641-651.

6.            Spiering, P.A., Somers, M.J., Maldonado, J.E., Wildt, D.E. & Szykman Gunther, M. 2010. Reproductive sharing and proximate factors mediating cooperative breeding in the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 64(4): 583–592.  DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0875-6

7.            Swanepoel, L., Dalerum, F., & van Hoven, W. 2010. Factors affecting location failures of GPS collars fitted to African leopards (Panthera pardus). South African Journal of Wildlife Research 40: 10-15.

2009

1.            Bar-David, S., Bar-David, I., Cross, P.C., Ryan, S.J., Knechtel, C.U. & Getz, W.M. 2009. Methods for assessing movement path recursion with application to African buffalo in South Africa. Ecology 90(9): 2467–2479.

2.    BOTHMA, J. DU P, SUICH, H & SPENCELEY, A. 2009. Extensive wildlife production on private land in South Africa. In: Suich, A. & Child, B. with Spenceley. A. (Eds) Evolution and innovation in wildlife conservation. Earthscan, Londen, 147 - 161.

3.            Dalerum, F., Cameron, E.Z., Kunkel, K.E. & Somers, M.J. 2009. Diversity and depletions in continental carnivore guilds: implications for prioritizing global carnivore conservation. Biology Letters. 5: 35-38. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0520.

4.            Dalerum, F., Kunkel, K., Angerbjörn, A. and Shults, B. 2009. Patterns of d ¹³C and d ¹⁵N in wolverine (Gulo gulo) tissues from the Brooks Range, Alaska. Current Zoology 55: 188-192.

5.            Do Linh San, E., Malongwe, N.B., Fike, B., Somers, M.J. & Walters, M. 2009. Autumn diet of black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) in the thicket biome of South Africa. Wildlife Biology in Practice. 5(2): 96-103.

6.            Gaugris, J.Y. & Van Rooyen, M.W. 2009. Effects of water dependence on the utilization pattern of woody vegetation by elephants in the Tembe Elephant Park, Maputaland, South Africa. African Journal of Ecology 48: 126-134.

7.            Gaugris, J.Y. & Van Rooyen, M.W. 2009. Evaluating patterns of wood use for building construction in Maputaland, South Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 39(1): 85-96.

8.            Graf, J., Somers, M.J., Szykman, M. & Slotow, R. 2009. Heterogeneity in the density and distribution of spotted hyaenas in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa. Acta Therioligica 54(4): 333-343. 

9.            Gusset, M., Jakoby, O., Müller, M.S., Somers, M.J., Slotow, R. & Grimm, V. 2009. Dogs on the catwalk: modelling re-introduction and translocation of endangered wild dogs in South Africa. Biological Conservation. 142: 2774–2781. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.07.007

10.          Hayward, M.W. & M. Somers, M.J. (Eds.) 2009. Reintroduction of Top-Order Predators, 1st edition. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4051-7680-4

11.          Hayward, M.W. & Somers, M.J. 2009. Reintroduction of Top-order Predators: Using Science to restore one of the drivers of biodiversity. In: Reintroduction of Top-Order Predators, 1st edition. Edited by M. Hayward and M. Somers. 2009. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4051-7680-4

12.          Houser, A-M., Somers, M.J. & Boast, L.K. 2009. Home range use of free ranging cheetah on farm and conservation land in Botswana. South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 39(1): 11-22.

13.          Houser, A-M., Somers, M.J., Boast, L.K., Klein, R.A. & Good, K.M. 2009. Spoor density as a measure of true density of a known population of free ranging wild cheetah in Botswana. Journal of Zoology, London. 278: 108–115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.2009.00554.x

14.          Marnewick, K., Hayward, M.W., Cilliers, D. & Somers, M.J. 2009. Survival of cheetahs relocated from ranchland to fenced protected areas in South Africa. In: Reintroduction of Top-Order Predators, 1st edition. Edited by M. Hayward and M. Somers. 2009. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4051-7680-4

15.          Somers, M.J. & Gusset, M. 2009. The role of social behaviour in carnivore reintroductions. In: Reintroduction of Top-Order Predators, 1st edition. Edited by M. Hayward and M. Somers. 2009 Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4051-7680-4.

16.          Spiering, P.A., Szykman Gunther, M., Wildt, D.E., Somers, M.J. & Maldonado, J.E.  2009. Sampling error in non-invasive genetic analyses of an endangered social carnivore. In press. Conservation Genetics DOI 10.1007/s10592-009-9880-6

2008

1.            *Honiball, E.J., van Essen, L.D. & du Toit, J.G. 2008. A review of malignant catarrhal fever in the Republic of South Africa. The advisory bureau for development (Pty) Ltd. Pretoria. (ISBN: 978-0-620-45373-8)

2.            Lagendijk, D.D.G. & Gusset, M. 2008. Human–Carnivore Coexistence on Communal Land Bordering the Greater Kruger Area, South Africa. Environmental Management. 42:971–976. DOI 10.1007/s00267-008-9204-5.

3.            Dalerum, F., Lange, H., Skarpe, C., Rooke, T., Inga, B. & Bateman, P.W. 2008. Foraging competition, vigilance and group size in two species of gregarious antelope. South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 38(2). 138-145.

4.            Dalerum, F., Somers, M.J., Kunkel, K.E. & Cameron, E.Z. 2008. The potential for large carnivores to act as biodiversity surrogates in southern Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation.  17: 2939–2949. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9406-4.

5.            Gaugris, J.Y. & van Rooyen. 2008. A spatial and temporal analysis of Sand Forest tree assemblages in Maputaland, South Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 38(2). 171-184.

6.            Gaugris, J.Y., van Rooyen, M.W. & Bothma, J.du.P. 2008. Growth rate of selected woody species in northern Maputaland, KwaZulu–Natal, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany. 74(1): 85-92.

7.            Gusset, M., Maddock, A.H., Szykman, M., Gunther, G.J., Walters, M., Slotow, R. & Somers, M.J. 2008. Conflicting human interests over the re-introduction of endangered wild dogs in South Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation. 17: 83-101.

8.            Gusset, M., Ryan, S.J., Hofmeyr, M., Van Dyk, G., Davies-Mostert, H.T., Graf, J.A., Owen, C., Szykman, M., Macdonald, D.W., Monfort, S.L., Wildt, D.E., Maddock, A.H., Mills, M.G.L., Slotow, R. & Somers, M.J. 2008. Efforts going to the dogs? Evaluating attempts to re-introduce endangered wild dogs in South Africa. Journal of Applied Ecology.  45: 100-108.

9.            Jumbam, K.R., Terblanche, J.S., Deere, J.A., Somers, M.J. & Chown, S.L. 2008. Critical thermal limits and their responses to acclimation in two sub-Antarctic spiders: Myro kerguelenensis and Prinerigone vagans. Polar Biology. 31: 215-220.

10.          Mgobozi, M., Somers, M.J. & Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. 2008. Spider responses to alien plant invasion: the effect of short- and long-term Chromolaena odorata invasion and management. Journal of Applied Ecology. 45: 1189– 1197. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01486.x

11.          Somers, M.J., Graf, J.A., Szykman, M., Slotow, R. & Gusset, M. 2008. Dynamics of a small re-introduced population of wild dogs over 25 years: Allee effects and the implications of sociality for endangered species’ recovery. Oecologia. 158: 239-247. DOI 10.1007/s00442-008-1134-7.

12.          Stapelberg, F.H., van Rooyen, M.W. & Bothma, J. du P. 2008. Seasonal nutrient fluctuation in selected plant species in the Kalahari. Afr. J. Range Forage Sci.

13.          Stapelberg, F.H., van, Rooyen, M.W. & Bothma, J du P. 2008. Spatial and temporal variation in nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in faeces from springbok in the Kalahari. South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 38(1): 82-87.

14.            Stapelberg, F. H., M. W. Van Rooyen, J. Du P. Bothma, M. Van der LINDE & H. Groeneveld. 2008. Springbok behaviour as affected by environmental conditions in the Kalahari. Koedoe 50: 145 - 153.

15.          Strauss, M., Botha, H. & van Hoven, W. 2008. Nile crocodile Crocodylus niloticus telemetry: observations on transmitter attachment and longevity. South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 38(2): 189-192.

16.          Trinkel, M., Ferguson, N., Reid, A., Reid, C., Somers, M.J., Turelli, L., Graf, J., Szykman, M., Cooper, D., Haverman, P., Kastberger, G., Packer, C. & Slotow, R. 2008. Translocating new lions into an inbred lion population in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa. Animal Conservation. 11(2): 138-143.

2007

1.            Gaugris, J.Y. & van Rooyen, M.W. 2007. The structure and harvesting potential of the sand forest in Tshanini Game Reserve, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany. 73(4): 611-622.

2.            Gaugris, J.Y., Vasicek, C.A. & van Rooyen, M.W.  2007. Selecting tree species for sustainable harvest and calculating their sustainable harvesting quota in Tshanini Conservation Area, Maputaland, South Africa. Ethnobotany Research and Applications  5: 373-389.

3.            Gaugris, J.Y., Van Rooyen, M.W. Bothma, J. du P. & & van der Linde,M.J. 2007. Hard wood utilisation in buildings of rural households of the Manqakulane community, Maputaland, South Africa. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 5: 97-114.

4.            Nakin, M.D.V. & Somers, M.J. 2007. Shell availability and use by the hermit crab Clibanarius virescens along the Eastern Cape coast, South Africa. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 53(2): 149-155.

5.            Nel, J.A.J. & Somers, M.J. 2007. Distribution and habitat choice of Cape clawless otters Aonyx capensis in South Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 37(1): 61-70.

6.            Roberts, P.D. Somers, M.J., White, R.M. & Nel, J.A.J. 2007. Diet of the South African large-spotted genet Genetta tigrina (Carnivora, Viverridae) in a coastal dune forest. Acta Theriologica 52(1): 45-53.

7.            Ryan, S.J., Knechtel, C.K. & Getz, W.M. 2007. Ecological cues, gestation length, and birth timing in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer). Behavioural Ecology 18: 635-644.

8.            Saleni, P., Gusset, M., Graf, J.A., Szykman, M., Walters, M. & Somers, M.J. 2007. Refuges in time: temporal avoidance of interference competition in endangered wild dogs. Canid News 10:2.

9.            Woodroffe, R., Davies-Mostert, H. Ginsberg, J., Graf, J. Leigh, K. McCreery, K. Mills, G, Pole, A., Rasmussen, G., Robbins, R., Somers, M. & Szykman, M. 2007. Rates and causes of mortality in endangered African wild dogs Lycaon pictus: lessons for management and monitoring. Oryx 41(2): 215-223.

2006

1.                       *Bothma, J.du.P: 2006. Combining livestock and wildlife in a single animal production unit. Afgriland. October.

2.                       Bothma, J.du.P & Bothma, M.D. 2006. Activity patterns of southern Kalahari leopards. African Zoology 41(1): 150-152.

3.                       Do Linh San, E. & Somers, M.J. 2006. Mongooses on the move: An apparent case of interspecific cooperative vigilance between carnivores. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 36(2): 201-203.

4.                       Gaugris, J.Y. & van Rooyen, M.W. 2006. Questionnaires do not work! A comparison of methods used to evaluate the structure of buildings and word used in rural households, South Africa. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 4: 119-131.

5.                       Graf, J.A., Gusset, M., Reid, C., Janse van Rensburg, S., Slotow, R. & Somers, M.J. 2006. Evolutionary ecology meets wildlife management: Artificial group augmentation in the re-introduction of endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). Animal Conservation 9 (4): 398-403.

6.                       Gusset, M., Slotow, R. & Somers, M.J. 2006. Divided we fail: The importance of social integration for the re-introduction of endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). Journal of Zoology 270: 502-511.

7.                       *Gusset M, Somers MJ: 2006. The re-introduction of endangered wild dogs into Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa: an update on the first 25 years. Re-introduction News, 25, IUCN/SSc Re-introduction Specialist Group (RSG), pp 31-33.

8.                       Ito, A., van Hoven, W., Miyazaki, Y. & Imai, S. 2006. New entodiniomorphid ciliates from the intestine of the wild African white rhinoceros belong to a new family, the Gilchristidae. European Journal of Protistology 42: 297-307.

9.                       Marnewick, K.A., Bothma, J.du.P. & Verdoorn, G.H. 2006. Using camera-trapping to investigate the use of a tree as a scent-marking post by cheetahs in the Thabazimbi district. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 36 (2): 139-145

10.                    Melville, H.I.A.S. & Bothma, J.du.P. 2006. Possible optimal foraging for Brants's whistling rats by caracals in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. African Zoology 41(1): 134-136.

11.                    Melville, H.I.A.S. & Bothma, J.du.P. 2006. Using spoor counts to analyse the effect of small stock farming in Namibia on caracal density in the neighbouring Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Journal of Arid Environments 64: 436-447.

12.                    Ryan, S.J., Knechtel C.U. & Getz, W.M. 2006. Range and habitat selection of African buffalo in South Africa. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(3): 764-776.

13.                    Tarr, J.A., Gaugris, J.Y., van Rooyen, M.W. & Bothma, J.du.P. 2006. The development of secondary industries through the sustainable utilisation of reeds and forest timber in the Tembe Elephant Park, Maputaland, South Africa. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 13: 435-443.

14.                    Van Eeden, D.G. & Bredenkamp, G.J. 2006. A floristic analysis of forest and thicket vegetation of the Marakele National Park. Koedoe 49(1): 15-32.

15.                    Van Eeden, D.G., van Rensburg, B.J., De Wijn, M. & Bothma, J.du.P. 2006. The value of community-based conservation in the heterogeneous landscape: An avian case study for sand forest in Maputaland, South Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 36(2): 153-157.

16.                    Van Staden, P.J., Bredenkamp, G.J. 2006. A floristic analysis of forest and thicket vegetation of the Marakele National Park. Koedoe 49(1): 15-31.

2005

1.                       Bothma J du P: 2005. Water-use by Southern Kalahari leopards. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 35(2): 131-137.

2.                       Bothma J du P: 2005. It is time to end the debate on introducing exotic wildlife. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 35: 97-102.

3.                       *Bothma J du P, van Rooyen N: 2005. Intensive wildlife production in southern Africa. Van Schaik Publishers, 338 pp.

4.                       Gusset, M. & Burgener, N. (2005). Estimating larger carnivore numbers from track counts and measurements. African Journal of Ecology 43: 320–324.

5.                       *Van Hoven W: 2005. Restoring Wildlife and Wilderness in Angola. In Proceedings of the Seventh World Wilderness Congress, Fulcrum Publishing, Golden Colorado, pp 63-72.

6.    Walker, C. & Bothma, J. DU P.. 2005. The Soul of the Waterberg. Waterberg Publishers and African Sky Publishing. Pretoria & Johannesburg.

2004

1.                       Bothma, J.du.P & Coertze, R.J. 2004. Motherhood increases hunting success in southern Kalahari leopards. Journal of Mammalogy 85(4): 756-760.

2.                       Bothma, J.du.P. & Coertze, R.J. 2004. Scent-marking frequency in southern Kalahari leopards. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 34 (2), pp 163-169.

3.                       Bothma, J.du. P., van Rooyen, N. & van Rooyen, M.W. 2004. Using diet and plant resources to set wildlife stocking densities in African savannas. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32(3): 840-851.

4.                       Gaugris JY, Matthews WS, van Rooyen MW, and Bothma J du P: 2004. The vegetation of Tshanini Game Reserve and a comparison with equivalent units in the Tembe Elephant Park in Maputaland, South Africa. Koedoe 47(1): 9-29.

5.                       Melville HIAS, Bothma J du P, Mills MGL: 2004. Prey selection by caracal in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 34(1): 67-75.

6.                       Tarr JA, van Rooyen MW, Bothma JduP: 2004. The response of Phragmites australis to harvesting pressure in the Muzi swamp of the Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa. Land Degradation & Development, 15, pp 487-497.

7.                       *Van Hoven, W & Nimir, M.B. 2004. Recovering from conflict: the case of Dinder and other national parks in Sudan. Parks 14(1): 26-36

2003

1.                       Burgener N. & Gusset M. 2003. The feeding habits of brown hyaenas (Hyaena brunnea) on a game ranch in Limpopo Province, South Africa. African Zoology, 38(1): 181-184.

2.                       Bothma, J Du P., Bungener, N. & Gusset, M. 2003. The feeding habits of brown hyaenas (Hyaena brunnea) on a game ranch in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Afr. Zool. 38(1):181 - 184.

3.                       Brits J, van Rooyen MW, van Rooyen N: 2003. Ecological impact of large herbivores on the woody vegetation at watering points on the Eastern Basaltic soils in the Kruger National Park. Proceedings of the VII International Rangeland Congress, pp 505-508.

4.                       Killian PJ, Bothma J du P: 2003. Notes on the social dynamics and behaviour of reintroduced lions in the Welgevonden Private Game Reserve. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 33(2): 119-124.

5.                       Power RJ: 2003. Evaluating how many lions a small reserve can sustain. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 33(1): 3-11.

2002

1.                       Brits J, van Rooyen MW, van Rooyen N: 2002. Ecological impact of large herbivores on the woody vegetation at selected watering points on the eastern basaltic soils in the Kruger National Park. African Journal of Ecology 40: 53-60.

2.                       Jacobs OS, Biggs R: 2002. The status and population structure of the marula in the Kruger National Park. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 32(1): pp 1-12.

3.                       Jacobs OS, Biggs R: 2002. The impact of the African elephant on marula trees in the Kruger National Park. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 32(1): 13-22.

4.                       Kruger M, Bothma J du P, Kruger JM: 2002. The effect of neighbouring klipspringer on the scent-marking behaviour of a group of klipspringer in the Kruger National Park. Koedoe, 45(1): 87-92.

5.                       Power RJ: 2002. Prey selection of lions Panthera leo in a small, enclosed reserve. Koedoe 45 (2): 67-75.

6.                       Van Essen, L.D., Bothma, J.du.P., van Rooyen, N. & Trollope, W.S.W: 2002. Assessment of the woody vegetation of Ol Choro Oiroua, Masai Mara, Kenya. African Journal of Ecology 40: 76-83.

7.                       Bothma, J. Du P. 2002. Semantics and selected principles of some wildlife production systems. Pp. 5-12. In: B.L. Penzhorn (Ed.). Game Ranch Planning and Management. Wildlife Group, S.A. Veterinary Association, Onderstepoort.

8.                       Bothma, J. Du P. 2002. Some economics of wildlife ranching. Pp. 23 -30. In: B.L. Penzhorn (Ed.). Game Ranch Planning and Management. Wildlife Group, S.A. Veterinary Association, Onderstepoort.