Scientific Publications

Publications by current and past team members (names in bold):

Published

• Broekhuis, F., Madsen, E. K., Keiwua, K. , Macdonald, D. W. (2019). Using GPS collars to investigate the frequency and behavioural outcomes of intraspecific interactions among carnivores: A case study of male cheetahs in the Maasai Mara, Kenya. PLOS ONE.
• Broekhuis, F., Madsen, E. K. & Klaassen, B. (2019). Predators and pastoralists: How anthropogenic pressures inside wildlife areas influence carnivore space use and movement behaviour. Animal Conservation.
• Broekhuis, F. (2018) Natural and anthropogenic drivers of cub recruitment in a large carnivore. Ecology and Evolution, 8, 6748.
• Broekhuis, F., Kaelo, M., Sakat, D.K. & Elliot, N. (2018) Human-wildlife coexistence: Attitudes and behavioural intentions towards predators in the Maasai Mara, Kenya. Oryx.
• Madsen, E.K. & Broekhuis, F. (2018) Determining multi-species site use outside the protected areas of the Maasai Mara, Kenya, using false positive site-occupancy modeling. Oryx.
• Broekhuis, F. (2018) Natural and anthropogenic drivers of cub recruitment in a large carnivore. Ecology and Evolution.
• Broekhuis, F., Thuo, D. & Hayward, M.W. (2018) Feeding ecology of cheetahs in the Maasai Mara, Kenya and the potential for intra- and interspecific competition. Journal of Zoology, 304, 65-72.
• Klaassen, B. & Broekhuis, F*. (2018) Living on the edge: multi-scale habitat selection by cheetahs in a human-wildlife landscape. Ecology and Evolution. *Joint first authorship
• Broekhuis, F., Cushman, S.A. & Elliot, N.B. (2017) Identification of human–carnivore conflict hotspots to prioritize mitigation efforts. Ecology and Evolution, 7, 10630-10639.
• Broekhuis, F. & Irungu, O. (2017) Role reversal: record of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) kleptoparasitizing a kill from a spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta). African Journal of Ecology, 55, 115-117.
• Durant, S.M. et al (incl. Broekhuis, F.) (2017) The global decline of cheetah and what it means for conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
• Elliot, N.B. & Gopalasamy, A.M. (2017) Toward accurate and precise estimates of lion density. Conservation Biology, 31, 934-943.
• Broekhuis, F. & Gopalaswamy, A.M. (2016) Counting cats: Spatially explicit population estimates of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) using unstructured sampling data. PLoS ONE, 11, e0153875.
• Broekhuis, F. (2015) Cat eats cat: leopard consumes adult cheetah, Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. CAT News, 65, 33-34.
• Durant, S.M. et al (incl. Broekhuis, F.) (2015) Developing fencing policies for dryland ecosystems. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52, 544-551.

Book chapters

• Broekhuis, F., Bissett, C. & Chelysheva, E. (2017) Field Methods for Visual and Remote Monitoring of Cheetah. Cheetahs: Biology and Conservation (eds L. Marker, K.L. Boast & A. Schmidt-Küntzel). Elsevier.
• Van der Meer, E., Broekhuis, F., Chelysheva, E.V., Wykstra, M. & Davies-Mostert, H.T. (2017) Citizen science in cheetah research. Cheetahs: Biology and Conservation (eds L. Marker, K.L. Boast & A. Schmidt-Küntzel). Elsevier.
• Wachter, B., Broekhuis, F., Melzheimer, J., Horgan, J., Chelysheva, E.V. & Caro, T. (2017) Cheetah Behavior. Cheetahs: Biology and Conservation (eds L. Marker, K.L. Boast & A. Schmidt-Küntzel). Elsevier.

Popular media

• Klaassen, B. , Broekhuis, F. (2019). Living on the edge: Habitat selection by cheetahs in the Maasai Mara. Swara 1, 37-39.
• Broekhuis, F. (2018). Why cheetahs in the Maasai Mara need better protection from tourists. The Conversation.
• Broekhuis, F. (2016). Cheetah: Is the fastest land mammal racing to extinction. Swara 4, 59-63.
• Broekhuis, F. (2015). Up close and personal is bad for cheetahs health. Swara 4, 22-24.