| Extent and fragmentation of suitable leopard habitat in S outh A frica LH Swanepoel, P Lindsey, MJ Somers, W Van Hoven, F Dalerum Animal Conservation 16 (1), 41-50, 2013 | 72 | 2013 |
| Failure of research to address the rangewide conservation needs of large carnivores: leopards in South Africa as a case study GA Balme, PA Lindsey, LH Swanepoel, LTB Hunter Conservation Letters 7 (1), 3-11, 2014 | 47 | 2014 |
| Can respiratory physiology predict thermal niches? WCEP Verberk, F Bartolini, DJ Marshall, HO Pörtner, JS Terblanche, ... Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1365 (1), 73-88, 2016 | 41 | 2016 |
| Survival rates and causes of mortality of leopards Panthera pardus in southern Africa LH Swanepoel, MJ Somers, W Van Hoven, M Schiess-Meier, C Owen, ... Oryx 49 (4), 595-603, 2015 | 35 | 2015 |
| Predictive modelling of leopard predation using contextual G lobal P ositioning S ystem cluster analysis RT Pitman, LH Swanepoel, PM Ramsay Journal of Zoology 288 (3), 222-230, 2012 | 30 | 2012 |
| Are avian predators effective biological control agents for rodent pest management in agricultural systems? L Labuschagne, LH Swanepoel, PJ Taylor, SR Belmain, M Keith Biological Control 101, 94-102, 2016 | 27 | 2016 |
| Ecology and conservation of leopards, Panthera pardus, on selected game ranches in the Waterberg region, Limpopo, South Africa LH Swanepoel University of Pretoria, 2009 | 26 | 2009 |
| The importance of refugia, ecological traps and scale for large carnivore management RT Pitman, LH Swanepoel, L Hunter, R Slotow, GA Balme Biodiversity and conservation 24 (8), 1975-1987, 2015 | 25 | 2015 |
| A systematic review of rodent pest research in Afro-Malagasy small-holder farming systems: Are we asking the right questions? LH Swanepoel, CM Swanepoel, PR Brown, SJ Eiseb, SM Goodman, ... PLoS One 12 (3), 2017 | 20 | 2017 |
| The relative importance of trophy harvest and retaliatory killing of large carnivores: South African leopards as a case study LH Swanepoel, P Lindsey, MJ Somers, W Van Hoven, F Dalerum African Journal of Wildlife Research 44 (2), 115-134, 2011 | 20 | 2011 |
| Patterns of scat deposition by brown hyaenas Hyaena brunnea in a mountain savannah region of South Africa A Hulsman, F Dalerum, L Swanepoel, A Ganswindt, C Sutherland, ... Wildlife Biology 16 (4), 445-451, 2010 | 20 | 2010 |
| Effect of prey mass and selection on predator carrying capacity estimates E Jooste, MW Hayward, RT Pitman, LH Swanepoel European journal of wildlife research 59 (4), 487-494, 2013 | 19 | 2013 |
| Density of leopards Panthera pardus on protected and non-protected land in the Waterberg Biosphere, South Africa LH Swanepoel, MJ Somers, F Dalerum Wildlife Biology 21 (5), 263-268, 2015 | 17 | 2015 |
| Factors affecting location failure of GPS collars fitted to African leopards (Panthera pardus) LH Swanepoel, F Dalerum, W Van Hoven African Journal of Wildlife Research 40 (1), 10-15, 2010 | 17 | 2010 |
| Foraging and habitat specialization by female leopards (Panthera pardus) in the Waterberg Mountains of South Africa RT Pitman, PJ Kilian, PM Ramsay, LH Swanepoel African Journal of Wildlife Research 43 (2), 167-176, 2013 | 16 | 2013 |
| Predation by small mammalian carnivores in rural agro-ecosystems: An undervalued ecosystem service? ST Williams, N Maree, P Taylor, SR Belmain, M Keith, LH Swanepoel Ecosystem services 30, 362-371, 2018 | 15 | 2018 |
| Global Positioning System‐located kills and faecal samples: a comparison of leopard dietary estimates RT Pitman, J Mulvaney, PM Ramsay, E Jooste, LH Swanepoel Journal of Zoology 292 (1), 18-24, 2014 | 15 | 2014 |
| Unusually high predation on chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) by female leopards (Panthera pardus) in the Waterberg Mountains, South Africa E Jooste, RT Pitman, W Van Hoven, LH Swanepoel Folia primatologica 83 (3-6), 353-360, 2012 | 15 | 2012 |
| Cats, connectivity and conservation: incorporating data sets and integrating scales for wildlife management RT Pitman, J Fattebert, ST Williams, KS Williams, RA Hill, LTB Hunter, ... Journal of Applied Ecology 54 (6), 1687-1698, 2017 | 14 | 2017 |
| Functional responses of retaliatory killing versus recreational sport hunting of leopards in South Africa LH Swanepoel, MJ Somers, F Dalerum PLoS one 10 (4), 2015 | 11 | 2015 |
Michael J. SomersEugène Marais Chair of Wildlife Management, Centre for Invasion Biology, Mammal Research InstituteVerified email at up.ac.za
