Scientific papers

2012

Last update: 16 May 2019

  • van der Meer, E. Pays, O., Fritz, H. 2012. The effect of simulated African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) presence on anti-predator behaviour of kudu and impala. Ethology, 118(10): 1018-1027. Link to pdf (7656Kb)
  • Miguel, E., Grosbois, V., Berthouly-Salazar, C., Caron, A., Cappelle, J., Roger, F. A Meta-analysis of Observational Epidemiological Studies of Newcastle Disease in African Agro-Systems (1980-2009). Epidemiology and Infections, first view article 1-17.
  • Gomo, C., Musari, S., de Garine-Wiahtitsky, M., Caron, A., Pfukenyi, D. M., van Heerden, H. Detection of Brucella abortus in Chiredzi district in Zimbabwe. Onderstepoort Veterinary Journal, 79(1): 5.
  • Caron, A., de Garine-Wichatitsky, M., Ndlovu, M., Cumming, G. S. 2012. Linking avian communities and avian influenza ecology in southern Africa using epidemiological functional groups. Veterinary Research, 43: 73. Link to pdf (500kb).
  • Zengeya, F.M., Mutanga, O., Murwira, A. 2012. Linking remotely sensed forage quality estimates from WorldView-2 multispectral data with cattle distribution in a savanna landscape. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 21: 513-524. Link to pdf (2440kb).
  • Baudron, F., Andersson, J.A., Corbeels, M., Giller, K.E. 2012. Failing to Yield? Ploughs, conservation agriculture and the problem of agricultural intensification. An example from the Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe. Journal of Development Studies, 48(3): 393-412. Link to pdf (628kb).
  • Tambara, E., Murwira, A., Kativu, S. 2012. From natural woodlands to cultivated land: diversity of fruit feeding butterflies and beetles in the mid-Zambezi valley, northern Zimbabwe. Journal fo African Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/aje.12034. Link to pdf (198kb).
  • Pays, O., Blanchard, P., Valeix, M., Chamaille-Jammes, S., Duncan, P., Periquet, S., Lombard, M., Ncube, G., Tarakini, T., Makuwe, E., Fritz, H. 2012. Detecting predators and locating competitors while foraging: an experimental study of a medium-sized herbivore in an African savanna. Oecologia, 169(2): 419-430.
  • Gaidet, N., Ould El Mamy, A. B., Cappelle, J., Caron, A., Cumming, G.S., Grosbois, V., Gil, P., Hammoumi, S., Servan de Almeida, R., Fereidouni, S. R., Cattoli, G., Abolnik, C., Mundava, J., Fofana, B., Ndlovu, M., Hurtado, R. F., Newman, S. H., Dodman, T., Balança, G. 2012. Investigating Avian Influenza Infection Hotspots in Old-world Shorebirds. PLoS ONE, 7(9): e46049. Link to pdf (946kb).
  • Sibanda, M. & Murwira, A. Cotton fields drive elephant habitat fragmentation in the Mid Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 19: 286-297. Link to pdf (2875kb).
  • Guerbois, C., Chapanda, E., Fritz, H. Combining multi-scale socio-ecological approaches to understand the susceptibility of subsistence farmers to elephant crop raiding on the edge of a protected area. Journal of Applied Ecology 49(5): 1149-1158. Link to pdf (342kb).
  • Crosmary, W., Makumbe, P., Côté, S.D. and Fritz, H. Vulnerability to predation and constraint on resource limit the behavioural adjustments of ungulates in response to hunting risk. Animal Behaviour 83(6): 1367-1376. Link to pdf (523kb).
  • Périquet S., Todd-Jones L., Valeix M., Stapelkamp B., Elliot N., Wijers M., Pays O., Fortin D., Madzikanda H., Fritz H., Macdonald D. W., Loveridge AJ. 2012. Influence of immediate predation risk by lions on the vigilance of prey with different body-sizes. Behavioral Ecology 23(5): 970-976.
  • Ndaimani, H., Murwira, A., Kativu, S. Comparing terrain and vegetation-based visibility for explaining sable flight behaviour in a Southern African savanna. GeoCarto International, DOI:10.1080/10106049.2012.677481. Link to pdf (1042kb).
  • Caron, A., Cumming, G. S., Mundava, J., Chiweshe, N., Mundy, P., de Garine-Wichatitsky, M. 2012. Report on a five-year avian influenza survey in the Manyame catchment. Honeyguide, 58(2): 113-120.
  • Mundava, J., Caron, A., Gaidet, N., Couto, F., Couto, T., de Garine-Wichatitsky, M., Mundy, P. Factors influencing long-term and seasonal waterbird abundance and composition at two adjacent lakes in Zimbabwe. Ostrich 83(2): 69-77. Link to pdf (144kb).
  • Cumming, G. S., Cornelis, D. 2012.Quantitative comparison and selection of home range metrics for telemetry data. Diversity & Distributions, 18(11): 1057-1065.
  • Gomo, C., de Garine-Wichatitsky, M., Caron, A., Pfukenyi, D. 2012. A survey of brucellosis in cattle and wildlife at wildlife-livestock-human interface in Zimbabwe.Tropical Animal Health and Productions 44:77-85. Link to pdf (251Kb)
  • Tambara, E., Murwira, A., Kativu, S., Torquebiau, E.  2012. Farming does not necessarily conflict with tree biodiversity in the mid-Zambezi valley, Zimbabwe.Journal of Agroforestry Systems: 10.1007/s10457-011-9467-3. Link to pdf (420Kb)
  • Barnier, F.,Grange, S., Ganswindt, A., Ncube, H., Duncan, P. 2012. Inter-birth interval in zebras is longer following the birth of male foals than after female foals. Acta Oecologica , 42: 11-15. Link to pdf (188kb).
  • Baudron, F., Tittonell, P., Corbeels, M., Letourmy, P., Giller, K.E. 2012. Comparative performance of conservation agriculture and current smallholder farming in semi-arid Zimbabwe. Field Crop Research 132: 117-128. Link to pdf (558kb)
  • Crosmary, W.-G., Valeix, M., Fritz, H., Madzikanda, H and Côté, S.D. 2012. African ungulates and their drinking problems: hunting and predation risks constrain access to water. Animal Behaviour, 83(1): 145-153. Link to pdf (433kb).
  • Chiweshe N., Caron A. 2012. Monitoring birds through counting and ringing around the Manyame lakes, Zimbabwe. Honeyguide, 58(2): 138-159.
  • Sibanda, M. and Murwira, A. The use of multi-temporal MODIS images with ground data to distinguish cotton from maize and sorghum fields in smallholder agricultural landscapes of Southern Africa. Int. J. Remote Sensing 33(16):4841-4855. Link to pdf (906kb).
  • Gaidet, N., Caron, A. Cappelle, J., Balança, G., Mundava, J., Fofana, B., Hammoumi, S., Gil, P., Cattoli, G., Abolnik, C., Fereidouni, S.R., ould Elmamy, B., Hagemeijer, W., Mondain-Monval, J.Y., Tran, A., Grosbois, V., Cumming, G.S., Triplet, P., Newman, S.H., Dodman, T. Understanding the ecological drivers of avian influenza virus infection in wildfowl:a continental-scale study across Africa. Proc Roy Soc B 279(1371): 1131-1141. Link to pdf (2.4Mo)

Last update: 16 May 2019