African Journal of Ecology

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Space use and movement patterns of elephants (Loxodonta africana) in an evergreen forest in central Mozambique	14
Breeding success related to clutch size in colonially nesting white stork (Ciconia ciconia) in the wetlands of Guerbes‐Sanhadja (NE Algeria)	13
Monitoring sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) populations using camera traps	13
Leaf sponge tool use by Buraiga chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii, in Kibale National Park, Uganda	12
Early insights into the movements of Malawi’s transboundary elephants	12
A review of the ecological knowledge on the species Batrachoides liberiensis in estuarine and lagoon environments of West Africa	12
Genetic diversity of rodent species sold in South African pet shops	12
Inter‐habitat community variation of butterflies in an Afrotropical region	11
Unravelling the dynamics: Large mammal occupancy modelling in a West African tropical forest	11
Physiological stress in eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) as influenced by their density, climatological variables and sexes	11
Population limitation of a non‐ruminant in a nutrient‐poor ecosystem—predation rather than food	10
Environmental Factors Influencing Anthrax Distribution in an East African Protected Area	10
Nesting habits of grey crowned craneBalearica regulorumin Lake Ol’ Bolossat basin, Kenya	10
An assessment of avian species sold in the South African pet trade	10
Native forest regeneration and eucalyptus plantations in the Malagasy Highland	10
Spatial Modelling of the Temporal Patterns and Intensity of Wire Snare Poaching and Predicting Land Cover Change Dynamics in a Semi‐Arid Protected Area	10
Wild Meat Value Chain Integration Systems: Opportunities for Value Chain Formalisation and Scaling in Africa	9
Effect of season, habitat type and anthropogenic pressure on the bird diversity in the vineyards agroecosystems in the region of Fes‐Meknes	9
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Rapid development of individual identification and presence systems for a critically endangered antelope, the Mountain bongo	9
Interannual Synchrony in the Post‐Breeding Migration Departure of Yellow‐Billed Kites (Milvus aegyptius) From a Roost Site in South Africa	9
Effects of environmental factors on the distribution of flagship species in Bomfobiri Wildlife Sanctuary, Kumawu, Ghana: Implications for conservation and ecotourism development	8
Long‐distance African wild dog dispersal within the Kavango‐Zambezi transfrontier conservation area	8
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A Suite of Pathogens Detected in Ticks Sampled From Wildlife Hosts in Central Kenya	8
Exploring spatio‐temporal trends and environmental drivers of wildfire occurrence and impacts in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa	8
Assessment of Sentinel‐2A images for estimating rosemary land cover through an object‐based image analysis approach	8
Habituation of large mammals to passing vehicles	8
Ecological risks and bio‐tolerance of Oreochromis niloticus to selected heavy metals in a tropical reservoir	8
Demography and reproductive seasonality of small terrestrial mammals in two forest ecosystems in Ghana	8
Epi‐parasitic mistletoes don't parasitise their host's host and this supports the immunity hypothesis for host choice	7
Scaling the Slopes: A Biodiversity Assessment of the Communities of Epigeous Insects Across Mont Nimba's Altitudinal Gradient in Western Côte d'Ivoire	7
Assessing the status of leopard in the Cape Fold Mountains using a Bayesian spatial capture–recapture model in Just Another Gibbs Sampler	7
Species richness and distribution of terrestrial ferns in tropical forest fragments in and around Kampala central, Uganda	7
Habitat selection by Grevy's zebra (Equus grevyi): Conservation implications	7
Anthropogenic linear features exhibit greater mammal activity relative to surrounding game trails in a woody savannah	7
Effects of lunar phase and temperature on bat activity and species richness at varying altitudes in the Kunene Region, Namibia	7
The Effects of Illegal Wildlife Activities on Biodiversity in Few Selected African Countries	7
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Seasonal variation in giraffe population density and abundance in the Tsavo landscape, Kenya	7
Dynamics of land use land cover change in an East African inland valley wetland	7
Diversity and spatio‐temporal distribution of the myriapodofauna in four habitat types along an urban‐rural gradient in Douala (Littoral, Cameroon)	7
Range extension of the agile mangabey (Cercocebus agilis) and of the mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) in eastern Gabon evidenced by camera traps	7
Natural forest regeneration over a fallow age chronosequence in central African moist forests	6
Dung Beetles, Shifting Landscapes and the Ecology of Excrement in Southern Africa's Savannahs	6
Modelling the Suitable Habitat of Gonimbrasia belina, a Communally Exploited Edible Insect, in Southern African Mopane (Colophospermum mopane) Savannah	6
Activity and nocturnal home range size of male common hippopotamus in Kruger National Park, South Africa	6
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Pregnancy complications in wild vervet monkeys in an urban mosaic landscape	6
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Fruiting phenology and diversity of native Ficus species in an urban‐forest mosaic landscape in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa	6
Continued availability and sale of pangolins in a major urban bushmeat market in Cameroon despite national bans and the COVID‐19 outbreak	6
Consumption of hyaena faeces and artificial mineral licks by leopard tortoises (Stigmochelys pardalis) in a low‐nutrient environment	6
Diversity, habitat and activity patterns of mesocarnivore assemblages in an Afrotropical protected forest savannah mosaic of Central Cameroon	6
Remote Sensing That Makes Sense in Ecological Research—From Pixels to Conservation	6
Forest activities drive diversity and structure in the tropical rainforest	6
Temporal variability in food choice and availability for the semi‐captive critically endangered mountain bongo in the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy	6
Impact of Individual Host Characteristics on Host Selection in Oxpeckers	6
Uncovering Cryptic Diversity: Camera Trap Insights Into the Effects of Seasonality and Anthropogenic Presence in a Mosaic Savannah Ecosystem	5
Reassessing fossorial herpetofaunal density in sand forest following declines of mesoherbivore populations	5
Population size and conservation status of large terrestrial mammals in a West African protected area	5
Fine‐scale variation in soil and topography influences herbaceous vegetation and the distribution of large mammalian herbivores	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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Corticolous lichen communities in Algerian climax forests	5
Coupling paraecology and hunter GPS self‐follows to quantify village bushmeat hunting dynamics across the landscape scale	5
Probabilistic assessment of the risk of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) species extinction	5
Dominance at the Dinner Table: Interspecific Competition Between Hyaenas and Jackals at Scavenging Sites	5
Promoting harmony between local people and wild animals around the Humbo Community Managed Forest area, southern Ethiopia	5
The behaviour and fate of translocated bull African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) into a novel environment	5
New observations of four waterbird species in Algerian Sahara	5
Viability analysis of Kordofan giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum) in a protected area in Cameroon	5
Little owls (Athene noctua) shift their diet towards nocturnal beetles in an arid North African area	5
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Standing fuel with back‐fires are effective in reducing fire hazardous in prescribed burning in the deciduous miombo woodland	5
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Searching priorities for a species at the brink of extinction: Threats analysis on the critically endangered Nubian Flapshell Turtle (Cyclanorbis elegans)	5
Giraffe productivity and calf survival in a savannah area outside an east African protected area: Implications for conservation	4
Occupancy and abundance of a West African mangabey species (Cercocebus atysAudebert, 1797) in forest patch habitat	4
On the Occurrence of Pelusios gabonensis in the Taï National Park (Côte d'Ivoire)	4
Identification, location and characterisation of spawning grounds and nurseries in the littoral zone of Lake Kivu (eastern DR Congo)	4
Seedling growth and spinescence of three Vachellia species' populations in valleys formed by tectonic uplift	4
Teeth, tusks, and spikes: Repeated den sharing between predator and prey in an African Savannah	4
Diet composition and diurnal activity pattern of defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa, Ruppell, 1835) in Maze National Park, Southern Ethiopia	4
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Passive acoustic monitoring reveals behavioural response of African forest elephants to gunfire events	4
Melanistic North African hedgehog Atelerix algirus (Lereboullet, 1842): First report case in Erinaceidae	4
Combining offtake and participatory data to assess the sustainability of a hunting system in northern Congo	4
Human‐wildlife conflicts in communities bordering a Savannah‐Fenced wildlife conservancy	4
Rocky outcrops form islands of high and unique tree biodiversity within an ocean of grass in Serengeti National Park	4
Local extirpation of woody species in Colophospermum mopane woodland under chronic utilisation by elephants	4
Stakeholder perceptions of human–predator conflict in the South African fly‐fishing industry	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
Horizontal differentiation in water chemistry, phytoplankton, zooplankton and macrozoobenthic communities in Lake Kwania	4
Environmental sustainability in Africa: Insight into paper consumption by an African university	4
Diversity, Composition and Distribution Patterns of Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in Sand Forest, South Africa	4
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Herbaceous vegetation changes along a bush encroachment intensity gradient in a montane area	4
Identifying the Substrate and Vegetation Characteristics Driving Population Densities in the Buckspoor Spider, Seothyra schreineri	4
The Influence of Habitat Heterogeneity and Rainfall on Small Mammal Diversity and Reproduction in an Ethiopian Landscape	4
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
Infanticide by male gelada leader and group counterstrategies	4
In praise of commensalism	4
Small‐ and medium‐sized mammals of the Kafa Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia	4
Lack of mitochondrial introgression and limited genetic connectivity among Manyara tilapia (Oreochromis amphimelas) populations in Tanzanian Saline Rift Valley Lakes	4
Corruption and poaching in Algeria	4
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
Faecal Analysis as an Indicator of the Dietary Quality Utilised by Free‐Roaming Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) in the Free State Province, South Africa	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
Seasonal Variation and Species Richness of Epigeic Spiders in Macadamia Orchards, South Africa	3
Ecological Restoration in Semi‐Arid Landscapes: Comparing Exclosures and Pasture for Vegetation, Soil Nutrients, and Carbon Stocks	3
Carbon of Chaillu forests based on a phytosociological analysis in Republic of Congo, more than meets the eye?	3
Age of Eucalyptus plantations differentially affects assemblages of surface‐active arthropods	3
Elephant Fences Result in Limited Impacts on Movement of Non‐Target Species	3
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Illegal wildlife trade in Algeria, insight via online selling platforms	3
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	3
Rewriting the Unassessed, Discredited and Long‐Forgotten History of the Pygmy Hippopotamus in Guinea‐Bissau	3
Camera traps reveal a large population of brown hyaena on a fenced reserve in southern Zimbabwe	3
Modelling the current and future distribution of Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb: Its implication for future conservation of the species in the Southern Benin	3
Gut Passage in Lemurs Enhances the Germination of Mistletoe Seeds Bakerella gonoclada, in a Madagascar Rainforest	3
An unusual ‘speckled’ puff adder Bitis arietans (Reptilia: Squamata) from central South Africa	3
Community Structure and Species Diversity of Birds in Heterogenous Habitats of an East African Growing Agricultural Corridor	3
Aggressive dominance of acacia floral resources by wild east African lowland honey bees	3
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Stacking and Burning Invasive Acacia saligna Trees in South African Fynbos: Can Native Plant Species Passively Recover?	3
Survey of non‐native small mammals traded in South Africa	3
Morph frequencies, sex ratios and infections in Danaus chrysippus populations in Rwanda	3
Population structure and conservation of Cola nitida and Garcinia kola in a West African rainforest area	3
Habitat degradation, vegetation damage, and wildlife‐livestock interactions in Amboseli ecosystem wildlife sanctuaries, Kenya	3
A Graphical Method for Analysing Species Assemblages Combining Habitat Preference and Abundance	3
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The effect of insects on elephant‐induced tree damage within a small, fenced reserve in South Africa	3
Biofluorescence and predator avoidance in the giraffe	3
The Effect of Tree Spacing and Land Use History on Managing Wattle Rust Disease of Acacia mearnsii in Northwestern Ethiopia	3
Persistence of wild felids after a protracted civil war in Quiçama National Park and Quiçama Game Reserve, Angola	3
The zebra as a grazer: Selectivity for grass consumption differs as grass availability varies	3
Long‐distance African lion dispersal between two protected areas	3
A lowland bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus eurycerus) recorded in Uganda	3
Mitochondrial Genetic Diversity and Demographic History of Critically Endangered Oreochromis karongae (Trewavas, 1941) Along Lake Nyasa, Tanzania	3
Danger From the Sky? The Three‐Dimensional Landscape of Risk of Habituated Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) From Aerial Predation	3
Resighting African wildcats (Felis lybica): Camera trap photographs in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda	3
Monitoring spatiotemporal dynamics of large herbivores across an African rangeland using hierarchical multi‐species distance sampling	3
Timing of migration dates and detection of first wintering sites for the Turtle Dove in Northwest Africa	3
Diurnal activity budgets for the giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa, in the Kalahari region of southern Africa	3
Mapping the Ecological Niche of a Key West African Species: Terminalia leiocarpa	3
Updated distribution of spotted hyaenas in Gabon reveals resident populations	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
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
A survey of the distribution of the water rail Rallus aquaticus in Algeria and its first recorded breeding in the Algerian Sahara	3
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Distribution and threats to coconut crabs on Unguja, Zanzibar	3

Kickboxing Kloof Frogs: Territoriality, Female Parental Care and Other Reproductive Behaviours of Natalobatrachus bonebergi	3
Epauletted fruit bats prefer native plants and contribute to seed dispersal in a South African agricultural landscape	3
Does variation in plant diversity and abundance influence browsing intensity in black rhinos?	3
Using piospheres to identify, assess and monitor gradients of elephant impact on thicket	3
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Like a bat out of hell: Bats roosting in pit‐latrine cesspits	3
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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
Effect of Aspect and Elevation on the Degree of Aggregation and the Functional Traits in Phlomis floccosa D. Don (Lamiacae) Populations	2
Index‐based large carnivore population density and abundance estimates for the Ruaha‐Rungwa conservation complex in Tanzania	2
Preliminary population estimate of Kordofan giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum) in two areas of the Benoué complex, Cameroon	2
Alpha and beta‐diversity and community structure of dung beetle assemblages in an East African protected savannah	2
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Linking physico‐chemical parameters and macroinvertebrates for water quality assessment of Kakamega and the East Usambara montane ecosystems in Kenya	2
Effects of vineyard management, herbaceous cover and vine plant characteristics on bird diversity in a North African agroecosystem	2
Distribution, habitat use and human disturbance of gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) in the Ebo forest, Littoral Region, Cameroon	2
Population density and distribution of common warthog (Phacochoerus africanusGmelin, 1788) in Dabena Valley Forest, Western Ethiopia	2
Future climate change projections in the agroecological, bioclimatic, biogeographical and altitudinal vegetation zones of Morocco	2
Zoogeographic regionalisation of terrestrial vertebrates of Mozambique	2
Distribution parameters of large mammals and conservation management in an Afrotropical forest landscape and biodiversity hotspot	2
Climate‐Smart Agriculture and Human–Elephant Conflict in Southern Kenya: Intercropping With Use of a Metal Strip Deterrent Fence	2
Continuous Monitoring of Vegetation and Soil Recovery After Eucalyptus grandis Removal in Dense Trees and Shrubs Areas	2
Seasonal movement behaviour of large male elephant in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe	2
Dynamics and determinants of human–hyaena conflicts in the surroundings of a protected area	2
Interviews in ecology and conservation biology: A hidden treasure for the African ecologist	2
Impact of end‐of‐century climate change on priority non‐timber forest product species across tropical Africa	2
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Preliminary Evidence of Great Apes' Occurrence in Peri‐Urban and Highly Degraded Forest Reserves in Cameroon	2
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Space use by African savannah elephants in an arid protected area dominated by a mosaic of different vegetation	2
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Diversity and distribution of Fruit‐feeding butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda	2
Note on the small mammals of small, isolated forest patches in the Eastern Cape, South Africa	2
Reproductive data for the Cape long‐tailed seps Tetradactylus tetradactylus (Sauria: Gerrhosauridae) in South Africa: Eggs, incubation and hatchlings	2
Habitat suitability and dispersal of invasive Striga species under climate change in Africa	2
Activity and predation of the threatened pancake tortoise, Malacochersus tornieri	2
Comparability of radar and optical methods in identifying surface water in a semi‐arid protected area	2
Monitoring human disturbance: Factors affecting escape behaviour of waterbirds in North African wetlands	2
Varied plant species' responses to climate and environmental change on Mount Kenya after 40 years	2
Influence of environmental factors on small mammal communities along an altitudinal gradient of Mount Rungwe in South Western Tanzania	2
Dietary Composition and Overlap Among Large Carnivores in Liwonde National Park, Malawi	2
Predictors of West African urban bird species richness and composition	2
Assessment of the Spatial Pattern of Small Termite Mounds and Trees in Altered Lands in Benin (West Africa)	2
Habitat Occupancy of Brown Hyaenas and Civets in a Multi‐Predator, Semi‐Arid Savanna Landscape	2
Nutrient Composition of Natural Diet Items and Faeces in Free‐Ranging Southern Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa): A Pilot Study	2
Seasonal Habitat Shifts and Wetland Dependence of Grey Crowned Crane in Urbanising Kenya	2
Anthropogenic risk increases night‐time activities and associations in African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the Ruaha‐Rungwa ecosystem, Tanzania	2
Threatening the endangered: Uncovering endangered elasmobranchs and factors perpetuating the Tanzanian shark‐fin trade	2
Predicting the Dry Season Habitat Occupancy of African Savannah Elephant Using Vegetation Indices and Modelling Landscape Variability in a Mesic Protected Area	2
Five small antelope species diets indicate different levels of anthrodependence in the Overberg Renosterveld, South Africa	2
Interspecific nest reuse between two species of waders in northern Sahara and an overview of records of mixed clutches in Algerian waterbirds	2
Utilisation of Anthropogenic Landscapes by Bird Communities in West African Drylands	2
Feathered Frontiers: How Land‐Use Changes Shape Diversity of Bird Communities in an East African Global Biodiversity Hotspot	2
Density of pied crows Corvus albus in two of South Africa’s protected areas	2
Pine plantations and native forest fragments adjacent to intact forests provide surrogate habitats for birds in an Afrotropical forest landscape	2
Community knowledge on factors behind extirpation of lion Panthera leo in Comoé National Park, Côte d'Ivoire (West Africa)	2
Species composition, abundance and habitat association of non‐volant small mammals in Gibe Sheleko National Park, southwestern Ethiopia	2
Sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) food sources and habitat use in Marsh–Savannah‐cultivation mosaics	2
Diversity patterns of ants and termites in forest‐savanna mosaic habitats in two protected areas of Cameroon	2
A range’s core should not only be important in research	2
Leopards living at the farmland‐protected area interface prefer wild prey but consume high biomass of livestock	1
An assessment of South African small mammal barcode sequence libraries: Implications for future carnivore diet analyses by DNA	1
Effects of microclimate on bolete species richness and biomass in a Northern Benin woodland	1
Integrating RADAR and optical imagery improve the modelling of carbon stocks in a mopane‐dominated African savannah dry forest	1
Environmental, structural, and taxonomic diversity factors drive aboveground carbon stocks in semi‐deciduous tropical rainforest strata in Cameroon	1
Relation between ground‐dwelling and arboreal ant diversity in three vegetation types in the humid forest zone of southern Cameroon	1
Behavioural Trade‐Offs in Impala: The Influence of Predators and Social Structure on Foraging and Vigilance	1
Seasonal Variations in Dung Beetle (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) Assemblage in Wildlife and Wildlife–Livestock Systems in North‐Eastern Namibia	1
Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of North African archipelago (Kerkennah)	1
Human impacts on mammal communities in Rio Campo Nature Reserve, Equatorial Guinea	1
Decline in whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii) density: Possible response to climate change in the Karoo, South Africa	1
Movement and space use in three sympatric lacertid lizards (Acanthodactylus): Inter‐ and intraspecific comparisons	1
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
Fence‐related mortalities of Temminck's pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) in South Africa quantified through a citizen science approach	1
Differential performance of selected Sudano‐Sahelian plant species for ecological restoration	1
Artificial water point use by large African mammals in a small enclosed savannah‐woodland reserve: Insights from an 8‐year study	1
Composition and structure of woody plant communities as a function of altitude and human degradation in Afromontane moist evergreen forests SW Ethiopia	1
Porpita porpita(Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) expands its range: First record in the southern Mediterranean coasts	1
Effects of prescribed burning on rodents in an East African woodland ecosystem	1
Direct comparative assessment of radial and transect surveys to document wild mammal activity across diverse habitat types	1
Floristic list of the family Poaceae and the description of the associated vegetation in Kiambu County, Kenya	1
Daily and seasonal activity patterns of the dorcas gazelle, scimitar‐horned oryx, north‐African ostrich and canids in an arid habitat	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
Bacterial Communities in the East African Coastal Waters of the Indian Ocean	1
Count me in: Leopard population density in an area of mixed land‐use, Eastern Cape, South Africa	1
Trends in elephant poaching in the Mid‐Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe: Lessons learnt and future outlook	1
Mapping the Paths of Giants: A GIS‐Based Habitat Connectivity Model for Forest Elephant Conservation in a West African Forest Block	1
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Bats in Kenyan pit latrines: Non‐invasive sampling by photography	1
Functional diversity of avian communities in response to habitat fragmentation in human‐dominated landscapes of Tanzania miombo woodlands	1
Wildlife corridor degradation and human‐wildlife conflict: A case study from Tanzania	1
Progress in the remote sensing of veld fire occurrence and detection: A review	1
Impact of land use patterns on bee communities in the north of Côte d'Ivoire (West Africa)	1
Empty laws and empty forests: Reconsidering rights and governance for sustainable wildlife management in the Republic of the Congo	1