| camera trap and questionnaire dataset on ecosystem services provided by small carnivores in agro-ecosystems in south africa. | this dataset includes data derived from camera trap surveys and questionnaire surveys relating to small carnivores in agro-ecosystems in the vhembe biosphere reserve, south africa. the data were collected as part of the study "predation by small mammalian carnivores in rural agro-ecosystems: an undervalued ecosystem service?" (williams et al., 2017a) [1]. camera trap locations were stratified by land use: settlement, crops, and grazing areas. the camera trap data provide an insight into the ecol ... | 2018 | 29900232 |
| leptospira interrogans at the human-wildlife interface in northern botswana: a newly identified public health threat. | leptospirosis is the most widespread zoonosis in the world. in northern botswana, humans live in close proximity to a diversity of wildlife and peridomestic rodents and may be exposed to a variety of zoonotic pathogens. little is known regarding the occurrence and epidemiology of l. interrogans in africa despite the recognized global importance of this zoonotic disease and the threat it poses to public health. in botswana, banded mongooses (mungos mungo) live in close proximity to humans across ... | 2014 | 23672285 |