Research output per year
Research output per year
I am studying free-roaming cheetah movement ecology, distribution, and genetic connectivity within South Africa, to help identify corridors within an agriculturally transformed landscape. I shall achieve this through the use of telemetry-based collar movement data from ongoing free-roaming cheetah to locate sentinel points and determine ranging patterns; complement camera trapping analyses with systematic track-and-sign surveys; collect carnivore scat collection for dietary analyses; and use tissue samples/blood collected from ongoing free-roaming cheetah to determine effective genetic connectivity. The findings of this PhD dissertation aims will provide relative and useful information to landowners via a communication network to help de-escalate human-wildlife conflict, as well as identify areas of both movement and genetic connectivity. My research forms part of the Free Roamer Cheetah Project, a collaboration between Cheetah Outreach, Ashia Cheetah Conservation, Stellenbosch University and Groningen University, which aims to be the first multi-disciplinary, wide-range study on cheetah which will have direct contribution not only to land users but will also assist with the compilation of a management plan for such a vulnerable species.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Academic
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Academic
Wemer, N. (Speaker), Muller, A. (Contributor), Naude, V. (Contributor), Leslie, A. (Contributor), Komdeur, J. (Contributor) & Smit, M. (Contributor)
Activity: Talk and presentation › Academic presentation › Academic
07/05/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
Komdeur, J. (Recipient) & Muller, A. (Recipient), 30-Jun-2015
Prize › Academic