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Michael J Somers

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A lecturer in the Mammal Research Institute, and a core team member of the NRF-DST Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology, in the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the University of Pretoria. Research interests are broad but include reintroduction biology, carnivore ecology and invasion ecology.

Biodiversity Conservation Biology Ecology

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University of Pretoria

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Professor

University of Pretoria

March 2006

Mammal Research Institute

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September 22, 2020

Species distribution modelling of Bryde’s whales, humpback whales, southern right whales, and sperm whales in the southern African region to inform their conservation in expanding economies

Jean Purdon, Fannie W. Shabangu, Dawit Yemane, Marc Pienaar, Michael J. Somers, Ken Findlay

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9997 PubMed 33024637

January 11, 2019

Grazing by large savanna herbivores indirectly alters ant diversity and promotes resource monopolisation

Jean Purdon, Catherine L. Parr, Michael J. Somers

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6226 PubMed 30648021

December 22, 2016

Simplified large African carnivore density estimators from track indices

Christiaan W. Winterbach, Sam M. Ferreira, Paul J. Funston, Michael J. Somers

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2662 PubMed 28028454

August 18, 2016

Diet of otters (Lutra lutra) in various habitat types in the Pannonian biogeographical region compared to other regions of Europe

József Lanszki, István Lehoczky, Antoinette Kotze, Michael J. Somers

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2266 PubMed 27602262

July 9, 2015

Relative availability of natural prey versus livestock predicts landscape suitability for cheetahs Acinonyx jubatus in Botswana

Hanlie E.K. Winterbach, Christiaan W. Winterbach, Lorraine K. Boast, Rebecca Klein, Michael J. Somers

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1033 PubMed 26213646

February 10, 2015 - Version: 1

Relative availability of natural prey versus livestock predicts landscape suitability for cheetahs Acinonyx jubatus in Botswana

Hanlie EK Winterbach, Christiaan W Winterbach, Lorraine Boast, Rebecca Klein, Michael MJ Somers

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.823v1

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June 20, 2017

Determinants of seasonal changes in availability of food patches for elephants (Loxodonta africana) in a semi-arid African savanna

Bruce W. Clegg, Timothy G. O’Connor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3453 PubMed 28649470

March 7, 2017

When moult overlaps migration: moult-related changes in plasma biochemistry of migrating common snipe

Patrycja Podlaszczuk, Radosław Włodarczyk, Tomasz Janiszewski, Krzysztof Kaczmarek, Piotr Minias

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3057 PubMed 28286713

February 22, 2017

Making inference from wildlife collision data: inferring predator absence from prey strikes

Peter Caley, Geoffrey R. Hosack, Simon C. Barry

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3014 PubMed 28243534

January 18, 2017

Jaguar interactions with pumas and prey at the northern edge of jaguars’ range

Carmina E. Gutiérrez-González, Carlos A. López-González

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2886 PubMed 28133569

August 24, 2016

Effects of yearling, juvenile and adult survival on reef manta ray (Manta alfredi) demography

Isabel M. Smallegange, Isabelle B.C. van der Ouderaa, Yara Tibiriçá

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2370 PubMed 27635337

August 23, 2016

Effects of cattle grazing on small mammal communities in the Hulunber meadow steppe

Chan Cao, Ling-Ying Shuai, Xiao-Ping Xin, Zhi-Tao Liu, Yan-Ling Song, Zhi-Gao Zeng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2349 PubMed 27635323

August 17, 2016

Selection of a marker gene to construct a reference library for wetland plants, and the application of metabarcoding to analyze the diet of wintering herbivorous waterbirds

Yuzhan Yang, Aibin Zhan, Lei Cao, Fanjuan Meng, Wenbin Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2345 PubMed 27602302

May 24, 2016

Ecological implications of metabolic compensation at low temperatures in salamanders

Alessandro Catenazzi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2072 PubMed 27257549

June 18, 2015

Leadership and management influences the outcome of wildlife reintroduction programs: findings from the Sea Eagle Recovery Project

Alexandra E. Sutton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1012 PubMed 26157602

April 15, 2014

Re-examining the relationship between invasive lionfish and native grouper in the Caribbean

Abel Valdivia, John F. Bruno, Courtney E. Cox, Serena Hackerott, Stephanie J. Green

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.348 PubMed 24765582

September 17, 2013

Behavioral niche partitioning in a sympatric tiger beetle assemblage and implications for the endangered Salt Creek tiger beetle

Tierney R. Brosius, Leon G. Higley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.169 PubMed 24109554