Steyn, L.E., Williams, K.S., Mann, G.K.H., Wilkinson, A., & Distiller, G. (2025) Tails Through Time: Leopard population dynamics in the Little Karoo. Journal of Arid Environments early online. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105515
Scientific Publications
A key priority of the Cape Leopard Trust is to invest in and empower scientific research. The result is that the employees, students and associates of the CLT have authored and co-authored a number of peer-reviewed academic articles.
Such scientific papers are vital to consistently improve the strategic management of the ecosystems and landscapes in which we work. Contributions to scientific literature are a valuable tool to assist researchers globally by sharing knowledge.
Comley, J., van Tonder, J., Greyling, E., Wilkinson, A., Williams, K.S., Annecke, W.J. & Leslie, A.J. (2025) Unveiling threat patterns for leopards and mesopredators in agricultural landscapes of South Africa. People and Nature early online. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70127
Leighton, G. R., Brooke, A. R., Froneman, P. W., Serieys, L. E., & Bishop, J. M. (2025) The Cat's Whiskers: Stable Isotopes Reveal Individual Specialisation of Adaptable Caracals (Caracal caracal) Foraging in an Urbanising Landscape. Ecology and Evolution 15(3), e71154. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71154
Carle, J.L. (2024) Investigating leopard (Panthera pardus) movement corridors in the Western Cape, South Africa, and determining applied conservation strategies. MSc thesis. Stellenbosch University.
Steyn, L. (2024) Tails through time: Leopard population dynamics in the Little Karoo. MSc thesis. University of Cape Town.
Wilkinson, A., Fabricius, M., Brink, E., Garbett, R., Hahndiek, E., & Williams, K. S. (2024) Leopard dispersal across a fragmented landscape in the Western Cape, South Africa. African Journal of Ecology 62, e13284. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13284
Leighton, G.R.M. & Serieys, L.E.K. (2024) Wild Cats on the Internet: The Role of Social Media in Popularising Caracals in South Africa. Environmental Communication: 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2024.2402466
Serieys, L.E.K, Leighton, G.R.M., Merondun, J., & Bishop, J.M. (2024) Denning and maternal behaviour of caracals (Caracal caracal). Mammalian Biology 104, 615-621. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-024-00429-z
Leighton, G.R.M., Froneman, P.W., Serieys, L.E.K. & Bishop, J.M. (2024) Sustained use of marine subsidies promotes niche expansion in a wild felid. Science of The Total Environment 914: 169912. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.169912
Kyriazis, C.C., Serieys, L.E.K, Bishop, J.M, Drouilly, M., Viljoen, S., Wayne, R.K. & Lohmueller, K.E. (2024) The influence of gene flow on population viability in an isolated urban caracal population. Molecular Ecology 33, e17346. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17346
van Tonder, J. (2024) Investigating threats to leopards (Panthera pardus) and attitudes towards leopards across the Western Cape Province of South Africa. MSc thesis. Stellenbosch University.
Greyling, E. (2023) Conserving corridors: An integrated modelling approach to facilitate lepard (Panthera pardus) conservation in the Western Cape, South Africa. MSc thesis. Stellenbosch University.
Leighton, G.R.M., Froneman, W., Serieys, L.E.K. & Bishop, JM. (2023). Trophic downgrading of an adaptable carnivore in an urbanising landscape. Scientific Reports 13, 21582. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48868-x
de Villiers, M-S., Janecke, B.B., Müller, L., Amin, R., & Williams, K.S. (2023) Leopard density in a farming landscape of the Western Cape, South Africa. African Journal of Wildlife Research 53(1): 177-184. https://doi.org/10.3957/056.053.0177
Hinde, K., Wilkinson, A., Tokota, S., Amin, R., O’Riain, M.J. and Williams, K.S. (2023) Leopard density and the ecological and anthropogenic factors influencing density in a mixed-use landscape in the Western Cape, South Africa. PLOS ONE 18(10): e0293445. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293445
