The global decline of cheetah Acinonyx jubatus and what it means for conservation SM Durant, N Mitchell, R Groom, N Pettorelli, A Ipavec, AP Jacobson, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (3), 528-533, 2017 | 205 | 2017 |
Citizen science and wildlife biology: Synergies and challenges D Frigerio, P Pipek, S Kimmig, S Winter, J Melzheimer, L Diblíková, ... Ethology 124 (6), 365-377, 2018 | 89 | 2018 |
Gut microbiomes of free‐ranging and captive Namibian cheetahs: Diversity, putative functions and occurrence of potential pathogens Wasimuddin, S Menke, J Melzheimer, S Thalwitzer, S Heinrich, B Wachter, ... Molecular ecology 26 (20), 5515-5527, 2017 | 89 | 2017 |
An advanced method to assess the diet of free-ranging large carnivores based on scats B Wachter, AS Blanc, J Melzheimer, OP Höner, M Jago, H Hofer PLoS One 7 (6), e38066, 2012 | 73 | 2012 |
Biological Earth observation with animal sensors W Jetz, G Tertitski, R Kays, U Mueller, M Wikelski, S Åkesson, Y Anisimov, ... Trends in ecology & evolution 37 (4), 293-298, 2022 | 70 | 2022 |
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 | 70 | 2019 |
Terrestrial mammal surveillance using hybridization capture of environmental DNA from African waterholes PA Seeber, GK McEwen, U Löber, DW Förster, ML East, J Melzheimer, ... Molecular ecology resources 19 (6), 1486-1496, 2019 | 54 | 2019 |
Oligotyping reveals differences between gut microbiomes of free-ranging sympatric Namibian carnivores (Acinonyx jubatus, Canis mesomelas) on a bacterial … S Menke, Wasimuddin, M Meier, J Melzheimer, JKE Mfune, S Heinrich, ... Frontiers in microbiology 5, 526, 2014 | 49 | 2014 |
Cheetahs have a stronger constitutive innate immunity than leopards SK Heinrich, H Hofer, A Courtiol, J Melzheimer, M Dehnhard, GÁ Czirják, ... Scientific reports 7 (1), 44837, 2017 | 44 | 2017 |
The distribution and numbers of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in southern Africa FJ Weise, V Vijay, AP Jacobson, RF Schoonover, RJ Groom, J Horgan, ... PeerJ 5, e4096, 2017 | 40 | 2017 |
Queuing, takeovers, and becoming a fat cat: Long‐term data reveal two distinct male spatial tactics at different life‐history stages in Namibian cheetahs J Melzheimer, S Streif, B Wasiolka, M Fischer, S Thalwitzer, SK Heinrich, ... Ecosphere 9 (6), e02308, 2018 | 38 | 2018 |
Communication hubs of an asocial cat are the source of a human–carnivore conflict and key to its solution J Melzheimer, SK Heinrich, B Wasiolka, R Mueller, S Thalwitzer, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (52), 33325-33333, 2020 | 35 | 2020 |
Effects of host traits and land-use changes on the gut microbiota of the Namibian black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) S Menke, M Meier, JKE Mfune, J Melzheimer, B Wachter, S Sommer FEMS Microbiology Ecology 93 (11), fix123, 2017 | 31 | 2017 |
The conflict between cheetahs and humans on Namibian farmland elucidated by stable isotope diet analysis CC Voigt, S Thalwitzer, J Melzheimer, AS Blanc, M Jago, B Wachter PLoS One 9 (8), e101917, 2014 | 30 | 2014 |
Modeling the viability of the free‐ranging cheetah population in Namibia: An object‐oriented Bayesian network approach S Johnson, L Marker, K Mengersen, CH Gordon, J Melzheimer, ... Ecosphere 4 (7), 1-19, 2013 | 29 | 2013 |
Body size and digestive system shape resource selection by ungulates: A cross‐taxa test of the forage maturation hypothesis S Esmaeili, BR Jesmer, SE Albeke, EO Aikens, KA Schoenecker, ... Ecology Letters 24 (10), 2178-2191, 2021 | 28 | 2021 |
Sex‐specific dietary specialization in a terrestrial apex predator, the leopard, revealed by stable isotope analysis CC Voigt, M Krofel, V Menges, B Wachter, J Melzheimer Journal of Zoology 306 (1), 1-7, 2018 | 27 | 2018 |
Feliform carnivores have a distinguished constitutive innate immune response SK Heinrich, B Wachter, OHK Aschenborn, S Thalwitzer, J Melzheimer, ... Biology open 5 (5), 550-555, 2016 | 26 | 2016 |
Making the most of by‐catch data: Assessing the feasibility of utilising non‐target camera trap data for occupancy modelling of a large felid S Edwards, S Cooper, K Uiseb, M Hayward, B Wachter, J Melzheimer African Journal of Ecology 56 (4), 885-894, 2018 | 25 | 2018 |
Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns MA Tucker, AM Schipper, TSF Adams, N Attias, T Avgar, NL Babic, ... Science 380 (6649), 1059-1064, 2023 | 22 | 2023 |