African Journal of Ecology

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Early insights into the movements of Malawi’s transboundary elephants	18
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Genetic diversity of rodent species sold in South African pet shops	13
An assessment of avian species sold in the South African pet trade	13
Native forest regeneration and eucalyptus plantations in the Malagasy Highland	12
Inter‐habitat community variation of butterflies in an Afrotropical region	11
Breeding success related to clutch size in colonially nesting white stork (Ciconia ciconia) in the wetlands of Guerbes‐Sanhadja (NE Algeria)	11
Physiological stress in eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) as influenced by their density, climatological variables and sexes	10
A confirmed sighting of brown hyaena, Parahyaena brunnea (Thunburg, 1820) in an extirpated area of the Western Cape, South Africa	10
Monitoring sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) populations using camera traps	9
Leaf sponge tool use by Buraiga chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii, in Kibale National Park, Uganda	9
Nesting habits of grey crowned craneBalearica regulorumin Lake Ol’ Bolossat basin, Kenya	9
Unravelling the dynamics: Large mammal occupancy modelling in a West African tropical forest	9
Space use and movement patterns of elephants (Loxodonta africana) in an evergreen forest in central Mozambique	9
A review of the ecological knowledge on the species Batrachoides liberiensis in estuarine and lagoon environments of West Africa	9
Effect of season, habitat type and anthropogenic pressure on the bird diversity in the vineyards agroecosystems in the region of Fes‐Meknes	8
Rapid development of individual identification and presence systems for a critically endangered antelope, the Mountain bongo	8
Environmental Factors Influencing Anthrax Distribution in an East African Protected Area	8
Demography and reproductive seasonality of small terrestrial mammals in two forest ecosystems in Ghana	8
Long‐distance African wild dog dispersal within the Kavango‐Zambezi transfrontier conservation area	8
Effects of environmental factors on the distribution of flagship species in Bomfobiri Wildlife Sanctuary, Kumawu, Ghana: Implications for conservation and ecotourism development	8
Ecological risks and bio‐tolerance of Oreochromis niloticus to selected heavy metals in a tropical reservoir	8
Spatial Modelling of the Temporal Patterns and Intensity of Wire Snare Poaching and Predicting Land Cover Change Dynamics in a Semi‐Arid Protected Area	8
Wild Meat Value Chain Integration Systems: Opportunities for Value Chain Formalisation and Scaling in Africa	7
Population limitation of a non‐ruminant in a nutrient‐poor ecosystem—predation rather than food	7

Epi‐parasitic mistletoes don't parasitise their host's host and this supports the immunity hypothesis for host choice	7
Space use and social interactions of Central African slender‐snouted crocodiles Mecistops leptorhynchus (Bennett, 1835) in Loango National Park, Gabon	7
A Suite of Pathogens Detected in Ticks Sampled From Wildlife Hosts in Central Kenya	7
Exploring spatio‐temporal trends and environmental drivers of wildfire occurrence and impacts in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa	7
Effects of lunar phase and temperature on bat activity and species richness at varying altitudes in the Kunene Region, Namibia	7
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Habituation of large mammals to passing vehicles	7
Assessment of Sentinel‐2A images for estimating rosemary land cover through an object‐based image analysis approach	7
Habitat selection by Grevy's zebra (Equus grevyi): Conservation implications	7
Home range, landscape use and a migration event by a non‐breeding yellow‐billed kite Milvus migrans parasitus	6
Assessing the status of leopard in the Cape Fold Mountains using a Bayesian spatial capture–recapture model in Just Another Gibbs Sampler	6
Pregnancy complications in wild vervet monkeys in an urban mosaic landscape	6
Pedoderm chemistry in sodic patches on savannah hillslopes in the southern Kruger National Park, South Africa	6
The Effects of Illegal Wildlife Activities on Biodiversity in Few Selected African Countries	6
Remote Sensing That Makes Sense in Ecological Research—From Pixels to Conservation	6
Natural forest regeneration over a fallow age chronosequence in central African moist forests	6
Seasonal variation in giraffe population density and abundance in the Tsavo landscape, Kenya	6
Diversity and spatio‐temporal distribution of the myriapodofauna in four habitat types along an urban‐rural gradient in Douala (Littoral, Cameroon)	6
Range extension of the agile mangabey (Cercocebus agilis) and of the mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) in eastern Gabon evidenced by camera traps	6
Scaling the Slopes: A Biodiversity Assessment of the Communities of Epigeous Insects Across Mont Nimba's Altitudinal Gradient in Western Côte d'Ivoire	6
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Dynamics of land use land cover change in an East African inland valley wetland	6
Species richness and distribution of terrestrial ferns in tropical forest fragments in and around Kampala central, Uganda	6
Anthropogenic linear features exhibit greater mammal activity relative to surrounding game trails in a woody savannah	6
Diversity, habitat and activity patterns of mesocarnivore assemblages in an Afrotropical protected forest savannah mosaic of Central Cameroon	6
Activity and nocturnal home range size of male common hippopotamus in Kruger National Park, South Africa	5
Effect of high population density of eastern black rhinoceros, a mega‐browser, on the quality of its diet	5
Photographic evidence of predation on Cape dune mole‐rat (Bathyergus suillus) and rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) by African wildcat (Felis lybica cafra)	5
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Promoting harmony between local people and wild animals around the Humbo Community Managed Forest area, southern Ethiopia	5
Temporal variability in food choice and availability for the semi‐captive critically endangered mountain bongo in the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy	5
Impact of Individual Host Characteristics on Host Selection in Oxpeckers	5
Modelling the Suitable Habitat of Gonimbrasia belina, a Communally Exploited Edible Insect, in Southern African Mopane (Colophospermum mopane) Savannah	5
Consumption of hyaena faeces and artificial mineral licks by leopard tortoises (Stigmochelys pardalis) in a low‐nutrient environment	5
Probabilistic assessment of the risk of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) species extinction	5
Forest activities drive diversity and structure in the tropical rainforest	5
Fruiting phenology and diversity of native Ficus species in an urban‐forest mosaic landscape in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa	5
Continued availability and sale of pangolins in a major urban bushmeat market in Cameroon despite national bans and the COVID‐19 outbreak	5
Fine‐scale variation in soil and topography influences herbaceous vegetation and the distribution of large mammalian herbivores	5
Reassessing fossorial herpetofaunal density in sand forest following declines of mesoherbivore populations	5
Standing fuel with back‐fires are effective in reducing fire hazardous in prescribed burning in the deciduous miombo woodland	5
An Integrative Approach of Taxonomic, Morphometric and Ecological Research to Solve the Status of Cryptic Chelonian Taxa—A Case Study With Pelomedusa kobe in Rwanda	4
Giraffe productivity and calf survival in a savannah area outside an east African protected area: Implications for conservation	4
The African weaver ant has no negative impact on spiders in mango orchards of Senegal	4
New observations of four waterbird species in Algerian Sahara	4
Small‐ and medium‐sized mammals of the Kafa Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia	4
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The Devils in the Details—but So Are the Angels: Linear Density Estimates of Harpagophytum zeyheri (Devil's Claw) From the Zambezi Region, Namibia	4
Viability analysis of Kordofan giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum) in a protected area in Cameroon	4

Horizontal differentiation in water chemistry, phytoplankton, zooplankton and macrozoobenthic communities in Lake Kwania	4
Corruption and poaching in Algeria	4
Environmental sustainability in Africa: Insight into paper consumption by an African university	4
On the Occurrence of Pelusios gabonensis in the Taï National Park (Côte d'Ivoire)	4
Land use induced land cover changes and future scenarios in extent of Miombo woodland and Dambo ecosystems in the Copperbelt province of Zambia	4
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Infanticide by male gelada leader and group counterstrategies	4
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Coupling paraecology and hunter GPS self‐follows to quantify village bushmeat hunting dynamics across the landscape scale	4
Identification, location and characterisation of spawning grounds and nurseries in the littoral zone of Lake Kivu (eastern DR Congo)	4
Population size and conservation status of large terrestrial mammals in a West African protected area	4
Passive acoustic monitoring reveals behavioural response of African forest elephants to gunfire events	4
Diversity of flower‐visiting hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) on ground cover vegetation from the market‐gardening area of Meskine (Far‐North Region, Cameroon)	4
Human‐wildlife conflicts in communities bordering a Savannah‐Fenced wildlife conservancy	4
Seedling growth and spinescence of three Vachellia species' populations in valleys formed by tectonic uplift	4
Three decades of land use and land cover changes in an East African lake and their implications for the conservation of bird communities	4
Corticolous lichen communities in Algerian climax forests	4
Little owls (Athene noctua) shift their diet towards nocturnal beetles in an arid North African area	4
Searching priorities for a species at the brink of extinction: Threats analysis on the critically endangered Nubian Flapshell Turtle (Cyclanorbis elegans)	4
Diet composition and diurnal activity pattern of defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa, Ruppell, 1835) in Maze National Park, Southern Ethiopia	4
Diversity, Composition and Distribution Patterns of Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in Sand Forest, South Africa	4
Stakeholder perceptions of human–predator conflict in the South African fly‐fishing industry	4
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The behaviour and fate of translocated bull African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) into a novel environment	4
Carcass Density, Size and Visibility Do Not Significantly Differ Between Areas With and Without Spotted‐Hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta), With Implications for Threatened Vultures	4
Local extirpation of woody species in Colophospermum mopane woodland under chronic utilisation by elephants	4
Mitochondrial Genetic Diversity and Demographic History of Critically Endangered Oreochromis karongae (Trewavas, 1941) Along Lake Nyasa, Tanzania	3
DIY your captures when everything else fails: Description of an artisanal dart launcher with an assessment of the medium‐term response in a primate	3
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Stacking and Burning Invasive Acacia saligna Trees in South African Fynbos: Can Native Plant Species Passively Recover?	3
Carbon of Chaillu forests based on a phytosociological analysis in Republic of Congo, more than meets the eye?	3
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In praise of commensalism	3
Melanistic North African hedgehog Atelerix algirus (Lereboullet, 1842): First report case in Erinaceidae	3
Teeth, tusks, and spikes: Repeated den sharing between predator and prey in an African Savannah	3
Biofluorescence and predator avoidance in the giraffe	3
Camera traps reveal a large population of brown hyaena on a fenced reserve in southern Zimbabwe	3
Illegal wildlife trade in Algeria, insight via online selling platforms	3
Gut Passage in Lemurs Enhances the Germination of Mistletoe Seeds Bakerella gonoclada, in a Madagascar Rainforest	3
Like a bat out of hell: Bats roosting in pit‐latrine cesspits	3
Lack of mitochondrial introgression and limited genetic connectivity among Manyara tilapia (Oreochromis amphimelas) populations in Tanzanian Saline Rift Valley Lakes	3
Long‐distance African lion dispersal between two protected areas	3
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Habitat degradation, vegetation damage, and wildlife‐livestock interactions in Amboseli ecosystem wildlife sanctuaries, Kenya	3
Combining offtake and participatory data to assess the sustainability of a hunting system in northern Congo	3
Rocky outcrops form islands of high and unique tree biodiversity within an ocean of grass in Serengeti National Park	3
Faecal Analysis as an Indicator of the Dietary Quality Utilised by Free‐Roaming Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) in the Free State Province, South Africa	3
A Graphical Method for Analysing Species Assemblages Combining Habitat Preference and Abundance	3
Using piospheres to identify, assess and monitor gradients of elephant impact on thicket	3
Community Structure and Species Diversity of Birds in Heterogenous Habitats of an East African Growing Agricultural Corridor	3
Persistence of wild felids after a protracted civil war in Quiçama National Park and Quiçama Game Reserve, Angola	3
Epauletted fruit bats prefer native plants and contribute to seed dispersal in a South African agricultural landscape	3
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Resighting African wildcats (Felis lybica): Camera trap photographs in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda	3
Occupancy and abundance of a West African mangabey species (Cercocebus atysAudebert, 1797) in forest patch habitat	3
Herbaceous vegetation changes along a bush encroachment intensity gradient in a montane area	3
Timing of migration dates and detection of first wintering sites for the Turtle Dove in Northwest Africa	3
Results of a small terrestrial mammal survey in the remote Boé region of Guinea‐Bissau, with discovery of two new shrew records for the country	3
Morph frequencies, sex ratios and infections in Danaus chrysippus populations in Rwanda	3
A survey of the distribution of the water rail Rallus aquaticus in Algeria and its first recorded breeding in the Algerian Sahara	2
Short recce transects or camera trap surveys—Short recce surveys highlighted as a useful supplement for rapid biodiversity assessments in the Republic of the Congo	2
Kickboxing Kloof Frogs: Territoriality, Female Parental Care and Other Reproductive Behaviours of Natalobatrachus bonebergi	2
Survey of non‐native small mammals traded in South Africa	2
Species composition, abundance and habitat association of non‐volant small mammals in Gibe Sheleko National Park, southwestern Ethiopia	2
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Longitudinal vegetation turnover in an eastern Rift Valley riparian corridor	2
Density of pied crows Corvus albus in two of South Africa’s protected areas	2
Assessment of the Spatial Pattern of Small Termite Mounds and Trees in Altered Lands in Benin (West Africa)	2
Continuous Monitoring of Vegetation and Soil Recovery After Eucalyptus grandis Removal in Dense Trees and Shrubs Areas	2
Effect of Aspect and Elevation on the Degree of Aggregation and the Functional Traits in Phlomis floccosa D. Don (Lamiacae) Populations	2
Activity and predation of the threatened pancake tortoise, Malacochersus tornieri	2
Pine plantations and native forest fragments adjacent to intact forests provide surrogate habitats for birds in an Afrotropical forest landscape	2
Reproductive data for the Cape long‐tailed seps Tetradactylus tetradactylus (Sauria: Gerrhosauridae) in South Africa: Eggs, incubation and hatchlings	2
Innovative Geographic Information Science (GIS) and Remote Sensing Tools for Modelling the Ranging Behaviour and Habitat Dynamics of the African Savannah Elephant (Loxodonta africana	2
Nest provisioning and diet of nestling yellow‐rumped tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus	2
Diurnal activity budgets for the giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa, in the Kalahari region of southern Africa	2
Habitat suitability and dispersal of invasive Striga species under climate change in Africa	2
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Dynamics and determinants of human–hyaena conflicts in the surroundings of a protected area	2

Aggressive dominance of acacia floral resources by wild east African lowland honey bees	2
The zebra as a grazer: Selectivity for grass consumption differs as grass availability varies	2
Habitat Occupancy of Brown Hyaenas and Civets in a Multi‐Predator, Semi‐Arid Savanna Landscape	2
Age of Eucalyptus plantations differentially affects assemblages of surface‐active arthropods	2
Monitoring spatiotemporal dynamics of large herbivores across an African rangeland using hierarchical multi‐species distance sampling	2
Impact of end‐of‐century climate change on priority non‐timber forest product species across tropical Africa	2
Modelling the current and future distribution of Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb: Its implication for future conservation of the species in the Southern Benin	2
A camera trap appraisal of species richness and community composition of medium and large mammals in a Miombo woodland reserve	2
Comparing law enforcement monitoring data and research data suggests an underestimation of bushmeat poaching through snaring in a Kenyan World Heritage Site	2
Seed bank diversity and soil physico‐chemical properties of sites associated with the invasive Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray in Nigeria	2
A range’s core should not only be important in research	2
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Zoogeographic regionalisation of terrestrial vertebrates of Mozambique	2
An unusual ‘speckled’ puff adder Bitis arietans (Reptilia: Squamata) from central South Africa	2
Community knowledge on factors behind extirpation of lion Panthera leo in Comoé National Park, Côte d'Ivoire (West Africa)	2
Seasonal movement behaviour of large male elephant in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe	2
Monitoring human disturbance: Factors affecting escape behaviour of waterbirds in North African wetlands	2
Predictors of West African urban bird species richness and composition	2
Five small antelope species diets indicate different levels of anthrodependence in the Overberg Renosterveld, South Africa	2
Sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) food sources and habitat use in Marsh–Savannah‐cultivation mosaics	2
Varied plant species' responses to climate and environmental change on Mount Kenya after 40 years	2
The effect of insects on elephant‐induced tree damage within a small, fenced reserve in South Africa	2
Does variation in plant diversity and abundance influence browsing intensity in black rhinos?	2
Interviews in ecology and conservation biology: A hidden treasure for the African ecologist	2
A lowland bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus eurycerus) recorded in Uganda	2
Population structure and conservation of Cola nitida and Garcinia kola in a West African rainforest area	2
Diversity and distribution of Fruit‐feeding butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda	2
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Distribution and threats to coconut crabs on Unguja, Zanzibar	2
Distribution parameters of large mammals and conservation management in an Afrotropical forest landscape and biodiversity hotspot	2
Influence of environmental factors on small mammal communities along an altitudinal gradient of Mount Rungwe in South Western Tanzania	2
Comparability of radar and optical methods in identifying surface water in a semi‐arid protected area	2
Safe handling and release of an entrapped Risso’s dolphin (Grampusgriseus) in the Ogooué Delta Aquatic Reserve, Gabon	2
Diversity patterns of ants and termites in forest‐savanna mosaic habitats in two protected areas of Cameroon	2
Linking physico‐chemical parameters and macroinvertebrates for water quality assessment of Kakamega and the East Usambara montane ecosystems in Kenya	2
Index‐based large carnivore population density and abundance estimates for the Ruaha‐Rungwa conservation complex in Tanzania	2
Updated distribution of spotted hyaenas in Gabon reveals resident populations	2
Population density and distribution of common warthog (Phacochoerus africanusGmelin, 1788) in Dabena Valley Forest, Western Ethiopia	2
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Interspecific nest reuse between two species of waders in northern Sahara and an overview of records of mixed clutches in Algerian waterbirds	2
Anthropogenic risk increases night‐time activities and associations in African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the Ruaha‐Rungwa ecosystem, Tanzania	1
Functional diversity of avian communities in response to habitat fragmentation in human‐dominated landscapes of Tanzania miombo woodlands	1
Freshwater Turtles in an Arid Land: Population Ecology, Habitat and Ecological Niche Modelling of Pelomedusa subrufa olivacea in the Sahel	1
Allo‐ and autocoprophagy events in wild western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)	1
Enhancing invasive alien plant eradication outcomes: Lessons learned from South Africa	1
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Empty laws and empty forests: Reconsidering rights and governance for sustainable wildlife management in the Republic of the Congo	1
Response of southern African ungulate species to supplementary feeding during drought: Species‐specific differences in relative use, food choice and intraspecific behavioural interactions	1
Daily and seasonal activity patterns of the dorcas gazelle, scimitar‐horned oryx, north‐African ostrich and canids in an arid habitat	1
Mix and match: New records of interspecific amplexus among South African frogs, with a review of sub‐Saharan Africa	1
Chewing stems of Asparagus buchananii (Asparagaceae) and Aloe sp. (Aloaceae) and spitting them out after extracting fluids may be an evidence of self‐medication in common duikers (Syl	1
Leopard (Panthera pardus) Density and the Impact of Spotted Hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) Occurrence on Leopard Presence in the Maasai Mara Ecosystem, Kenya	1
Effects of microclimate on bolete species richness and biomass in a Northern Benin woodland	1
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The spatio‐temporal influences of habitat heterogeneity on the community structure of avian feeding guilds in human‐dominated landscapes of the East African miombo woodlands	1
Long‐Term Impacts of Selective Logging in a Tropical Rainforest in the East Region of Cameroon	1
Mapping the Paths of Giants: A GIS‐Based Habitat Connectivity Model for Forest Elephant Conservation in a West African Forest Block	1
Diversity, distribution and regional conservation status of the Egyptian tree flora	1
Floristic list of the family Poaceae and the description of the associated vegetation in Kiambu County, Kenya	1
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Rediscovery of the endangered giant pangolin (Smutsia gigantea) in Senegal after 24 years	1
Effects of prescribed burning on rodents in an East African woodland ecosystem	1
Midden contents as indicators of possible predator–prey relations from a sink hole on Unguja, Zanzibar, Tanzania	1
Progress in the remote sensing of veld fire occurrence and detection: A review	1
Monitoring herbaceous vegetation in Sahel rangelands over the dry season at Hombori, Mali: A digital photograph approach	1
Differential performance of selected Sudano‐Sahelian plant species for ecological restoration	1
Pattern of seedling emergence and early growth in Avicennia germinans and Rhizophora racemosa along an experimental salinity gradient	1
An assessment of South African small mammal barcode sequence libraries: Implications for future carnivore diet analyses by DNA	1
Range Extension and Behavioural Observations of the Flat‐Headed Cusimanse (Crossarchus platycephalus) in Gabon	1
Direct comparative assessment of radial and transect surveys to document wild mammal activity across diverse habitat types	1
Using by‐catch camera trapping data for estimating the population size of spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta)	1
Human impacts on mammal communities in Rio Campo Nature Reserve, Equatorial Guinea	1
Habitat use by impala (Aepyceros melampus) breeding herds in an elephant‐impacted woodland along the Chobe Riverfront, Botswana	1
Bacterial Communities in the East African Coastal Waters of the Indian Ocean	1
Local people’s knowledge of topi (Damaliscus lunatus) and their illegal hunting for bushmeat consumption in the Serengeti Ecosystem	1
Impact of land use patterns on bee communities in the north of Côte d'Ivoire (West Africa)	1
Abundance and effects of climate change on geographical distribution of Mondia whitei (Hook.f.) Skeels (Apocynaceae) in the Dahomey Gap (West Africa)	1
Future climate change projections in the agroecological, bioclimatic, biogeographical and altitudinal vegetation zones of Morocco	1
Non‐fatal removal of ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii Smuts, 1832) tracking devices by predators	1
Finders' eaters: Increasing bush encroachment may shift carcass detection from diurnal avian to nocturnal mammalian scavengers	1
Do you see what I see? Variation in detection, identification and enumeration of mammals during transect surveys	1
Bark spider Caerostris sp. resting on nest of Holub's golden weaver Ploceus xanthops	1
Effects of land‐use changes on the conservation of re‐introduced toads, Nectophrynoides asperginis	1
African houbara (Chlamydotis undulata undulata) confirmed in Sidi Toui National Park, Tunisia	1
Count me in: Leopard population density in an area of mixed land‐use, Eastern Cape, South Africa	1
Leopard dispersal across a fragmented landscape in the Western Cape, South Africa	1
Leopards living at the farmland‐protected area interface prefer wild prey but consume high biomass of livestock	1
Spatial Ecology and Home Range Drivers of the Weyns's Duiker (Cephalophus weynsi) in Rainforest Habitat	1
Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of North African archipelago (Kerkennah)	1
Changes in floristic composition, diversity and anthropogenic perturbations in an east African tropical forest	1
Movement and space use in three sympatric lacertid lizards (Acanthodactylus): Inter‐ and intraspecific comparisons	1
First breeding data of the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) in the northern Algerian Sahara (Biskra region)	1
Assessment of land use and land cover changes in Kenya’s Mt. Elgon forest ecosystem	1
Relation between ground‐dwelling and arboreal ant diversity in three vegetation types in the humid forest zone of southern Cameroon	1
Wildlife corridor degradation and human‐wildlife conflict: A case study from Tanzania	1