| 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 | 152 | 2013 |
| 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 | 129 | 2016 |
| 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 | 106 | 2014 |
| 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 | 97 | 2015 |
| 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 | 90 | 2018 |
| Right on track? Performance of satellite telemetry in terrestrial wildlife research MPG Hofman, MW Hayward, M Heim, P Marchand, CM Rolandsen, ... PLoS One 14 (5), e0216223, 2019 | 89 | 2019 |
| 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), e0174554, 2017 | 86 | 2017 |
| A review of conservation agriculture research in South Africa CM Swanepoel, LH Swanepoel, HJ Smith South African Journal of Plant and Soil 35 (4), 297-306, 2018 | 68 | 2018 |
| The benefits of conservation agriculture on soil organic carbon and yield in southern Africa are site-specific CM Swanepoel, RP Rötter, M Van der Laan, JG Annandale, DJ Beukes, ... Soil and Tillage Research 183, 72-82, 2018 | 65 | 2018 |
| 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 | 58 | 2015 |
| 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 | 56 | 2017 |
| The relative importance of trophy harvest and retaliatory killing of large carnivores: South African leopards as a case study LH Swanepoel, MJ Somers, W Van Hoven, F Dalerum, P Lindsey South African Journal of Wildlife Research-24-month delayed open access 44 …, 2014 | 50 | 2014 |
| 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, 1975-1987, 2015 | 49 | 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 | 46 | 2012 |
| Ecology and conservation of leopards, Panthera pardus, on selected game ranches in the Waterberg region, Limpopo, South Africa LH Swanepoel PQDT-Global, 2008 | 42 | 2008 |
| 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 | 34 | 2010 |
| Snapshot Safari: A large-scale collaborative to monitor Africa's remarkable biodiversity LE Pardo, S Bombaci, SE Huebner, MJ Somers, H Fritz, C Downs, ... South African Journal of Science 117 (1-2), 1-4, 2021 | 32 | 2021 |
| 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, 487-494, 2013 | 32 | 2013 |
| Foraging and habitat specialization by female leopards (Panthera pardus) in the Waterberg Mountains of South Africa RT Pitman, PM Ramsay, PJ Kilian, LH Swanepoel South African Journal of Wildlife Research-24-month delayed open access 43 …, 2013 | 31 | 2013 |
| Using road patrol data to identify factors associated with carnivore roadkill counts ST Williams, W Collinson, C Patterson-Abrolat, DG Marneweck, ... PeerJ 7, e6650, 2019 | 30 | 2019 |
Michael J. SomersMammal Research Institute, University of PretoriaVerified email at up.ac.za
