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The establishment of predator-proof fences around protected areas has been a successful tool for reducing human-predator conflict. Furthermore, the re-introduction of large carnivores into small (< 1 000 km²), enclosed reserves has aided in the conservation of many species. Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) and lions (Panthera leo) have benefitted from such re-introductions. The re-introduction of cheetahs before lions into the Mountain Zebra National Park (MZNP) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa provided a unique opportunity to study the effects of lions on an already established cheetah population. Spatial data were downloaded remotely from GPS collared individuals (n=4) and cheetah kill data were collected using the GPS cluster method before (2012-2013) and after (2013-2014) the lion (n=3) re-introduction. The same methods were used for lion kill data collection once they had been re-introduced. In general, cheetah home range size did not change after the lion re-introduction. Cheetahs selected areas with a combination of open and closed vegetation covers, while lions selected either open or closed areas of vegetation covers. In addition, as vegetation cover became thicker, the presence of cheetahs decreased. The cheetahs preyed upon seven species before and 11 species after the lion re-introduction. Medium sized prey comprised the bulk of the cheetah diet with kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) and springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) being the preferred species both before and after the lion re-introduction. The lion diets consisted of medium to large sized prey, with the male lions selecting eland (Tragelaphus oryx) and buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and the lioness selecting red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus). The cheetahs had no significant dietary overlap with the lions and there was only one record of kleptoparasitism. The results of my study indicate that cheetahs are able to co-exist with lions when lions are at low densities in an enclosed reserve. The cheetahs did not experience landscape-level displacement because they made fine-scale adjustments to avoid lions within their environment. This adaptability may have important management implications for future re-introductions of cheetahs into enclosed game reserves.]]> Wed 12 May 2021 17:37:06 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:26639 Wed 12 May 2021 17:31:19 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:21331 Wed 12 May 2021 17:14:53 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27435 Wed 12 May 2021 16:40:58 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:26817 Wed 12 May 2021 16:36:36 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:20739 Wed 12 May 2021 16:21:32 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28715 Wed 12 May 2021 16:17:31 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28536 Wed 12 May 2021 15:52:54 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28711 Wed 12 May 2021 15:47:48 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:40976 Wed 12 May 2021 14:02:26 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:21330 Tue 15 Aug 2023 11:29:32 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27444 Tue 13 Jun 2023 11:29:15 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27455 Tue 13 Jun 2023 10:19:09 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28701 Tue 10 Jul 2018 16:05:19 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:20752 Thu 29 Jun 2023 12:25:09 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:26786 Thu 13 May 2021 07:10:41 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27441 Thu 13 May 2021 07:08:53 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:26992 Thu 13 May 2021 06:38:26 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:26072 Thu 13 May 2021 06:02:34 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:20726 Thu 13 May 2021 05:55:16 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:20803 Thu 13 May 2021 05:25:23 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28693 Thu 13 May 2021 05:17:29 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27541 Thu 13 May 2021 04:56:35 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27477 Thu 13 May 2021 02:25:16 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:20720 3100 m were recorded, their flight skills seemed inadequate. Future management considerations include the initiation of a pre-release exercise regime, the establishment of an acclimatization enclosure removed from the breeding site, and a varied or reduced post-release feeding schedule. Fledglings should be relocated and housed at the release enclosure until they are four years old.]]> Thu 13 May 2021 00:49:15 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27465 Thu 13 May 2021 00:47:31 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:21274 slopes> vertical surfaces> tide pools> crevices. The current study found that, while the pulmonate limpets, Siphonaria capensis and S. serrata, preferred rock pools, sloped, vertical and horizontal rock surfaces, the patellogastropod limpets, Cellana capensis and Scutellastra granularis, preferred rock pools and vertical rock surfaces. Furthermore, the pulmonate limpets were only common on horizontal rock surfaces where specific ameliorating conditions would have mitigated thermal stress there. In addition, C. capensis had similar thermal tolerance limits to the pulmonate limpets in air and the pulmonate limpets had similar and/or higher thermal tolerance limits compared to S. granularis in water. This indicates that the pulmonate limpets did not necessarily prefer warmer microhabitats than the patellogastropod limpets and that there were no differences in the collective upper thermal tolerance limits between the two limpet groups in either medium.Consequently, there was no indication from this study that an assumed superior capacity for oxygen supply translates into greater thermal tolerance and that the hypotheses based on the OCLTT were not supported. Although this was an indirect test of the OCLTT theory, I conclude that this study does not support the notion of its general applicability and that mechanisms other than those outlined by the OCLTT theory may help explain the patterns of thermal limitation observed in the current study.]]> Thu 13 May 2021 00:11:29 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:26314 Thu 13 May 2021 00:01:00 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27484 Thu 01 Feb 2024 09:44:29 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28702 Mon 29 Jan 2024 14:44:58 SAST ]]> https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27447 Fri 06 Aug 2021 10:31:06 SAST ]]>