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Aschenborn O, Aschenborn J, Beytell P, Wachter B, Melzheimer J, Dumendiak S, Rüffler B, Mackenstedt U, Kern P, Romig T, Wassermann M 2023. High species diversity of Echinococcus spp. in wild mammals of Namibia. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 21 134-142

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Turner WC, Périquet S, Goelst CE, Vera KB, Cameron EZ, Alexander KA, Belant JL, Cloete CC, du Preez P, Getz WM, Hetem RS, Kamath PL, Mackenzie M, Mendelsohn J, Mfune JKE, Muntifering JR, Portas R, Scott HA, Strauss WM, Versfeld W, Wachter B, Wittemyer G, Kilian JW 2022. Africa's drylands in a changing world: Challenges for wildlife conservation under climate and land-use changes in the Greater Etosha Landscape. Global Ecology and Conservation 38 e02221

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Weyrich A, Guerrero-Altamirano TP, Yasar S, Czirjak GA, Wachter B, Fickel J 2022. First steps towards the development of epigenetic biomarkers in female cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus). Life 12

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Edwards S, Mueller R, Roeder R, Melzheimer J, Wachter B 2022. Cheetah marking sites are also used by other species for communication: evidence from photographic data in a comparative setup. Mammalian Biology

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Menke S, Wasimuddin, Meier M, Melzheimer J, Mfune JKE, Heinrich S, Thalwitzer S, Wachter B, Sommer S 2022. Oligotyping reveals differences between gut microbiomes of free-ranging sympatric Namibian carnivores (Acinonyx jubatus, Canis mesomelas) on a bacterial species-like level. Frontiers in Microbiology 5

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Oligotyping reveals differences between gut microbiomes of free_ranging sympatric Namibian carnivores.pdf	466.63 KB

Portas R, Wachter B, Beytell P, Uiseb KH, Melzheimer J, Edwards S 2022. Leopard Panthera pardus camera trap surveys in the arid environments of northern Namibia. Mammalian Biology

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Giese L, Melzheimer J, Bockmühl D, Wasiolka B, Rast W, Berger A, Wachter B 2021. Using machine learning for remote behaviour classification - verifying acceleration data to infer feeding events in free-ranging cheetahs. Sensors 21

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Portas R, Aschenborn OH-K, Melzheimer J, le Roux M, Uiseb KH, Czirjak GA, Wachter B 2021. GPS telemetry reveals a zebra with anthrax as putative cause of death for three cheetahs in the Namib Desert. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 8

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Klein K, Jaeger S, Melzheimer J, Wachter B, Hofer H, Baltabayev A, Schreiber F 2021. Visual analytics of sensor movement data for cheetah behaviour analysis. Journal of Visualization 24 807-825

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Schares G, Joeres M, Rachel F, Tuschy M, Czirjak GA, Maksimov P, Conraths FJ, Wachter B 2021. Molecular analysis suggests that Namibian cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) are definitive hosts of a so far undescribed Besnoitia species. Parasites and Vectors 14

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Molecular analysis suggests that Namibian cheetahs are definitive hosts of a so far undescribed Besnoitia species.pdf	212.05 KB

Krücken J, Czirjak GA, Ramünke S, Serocki M, Heinrich SK, Melzheimer J, Costa MC, Hofer H, Aschenborn OH-K, Barker NA, Capodanno S, Madeira de Carvalho L, von Samson‑Himmelstjerna G, East ML, Wachter B 2021. Genetic diversity of vector-borne pathogens in spotted and brown hyenas from Namibia and Tanzania relates to ecological conditions rather than host taxonomy. Parasites Vectors 14

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Thomson GC, Wachter B, Melzheimer J 2021. Teamwork and science enables coexistence between farmers and cheetahs. Conservation and the Environment in Namibia (2021) 70-75

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Seltmann A, Schares G, Aschenborn OH-K, Heinrich SK, Thalwitzer S, Wachter B, Czirjak GA 2020. Species-specific differences in Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum and Besnoitia besnoiti seroprevalence in Namibian wildlife. Parasites and Vectors 13 (7) 1-12

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Differences in Toxoplasma gondii_Neospora caninum and Besnoitia besnoiti seroprevalence in Namibian wildlife.pdf	1.59 MB

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Species_specific differences in Toxoplasma gondii_Neospora caninum and Besnoitia besnoiti seroprevalence in Namibian wildlife.pdf	416.2 KB

Melzheimer J, Heinrich SK, Wasiolka B, Mueller R, Thalwitzer S, Palmegiani I, Weigold A, Portas R, Roeder R, Krofel M, Hofer H, Wachter B 2020. Communication hubs of an asocial cat are the source of a human-carnivore conflict and key to its solution. PNAS 117 (52) 33325-33333

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Communication hubs of an asocial cat are the source of a human_carnivore conflict and key to its solution.pdf	460 KB

Costantini D, Czirjak G, Melzheimer J, Menges V, Wachter B 2019. Sex and species differences of stress markers in sympatric cheetahs and leopards in Namibia. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology (Part A) 8-13

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Sex and species differences of stress markers in sympatric cheetahs and leopards in Namibia.pdf	582.07 KB

Melzheimer J, Wachter B 2019. Want to do fieldwork in the 21st century? Pack your high-tech equipment to generate big data!. Conservation and the Environment in Namibia (2019)

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Want to do fieldwork in the 21st century_Pack your high_tech equipment to generate big data.pdf	2.92 MB

Edwards S, Fischer M, Wachter B, Melzheimer J 2018. Coping with intrasexual behavioral differences: Capture-recapture abundance estimation of male cheetah. Ecology and Evolution 8 9171-9180

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Edwards S, Cooper S, Uiseb K, Hayward M, Wachter B, Melzheimer J 2018. Making the most of by-catch data: Assessing the feasibility of utilising non-target camera trap data for occupancy modelling of a large felid. African Journal of Ecology

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Melzheimer J, Streif S, Wasiolka B, Fischer M, Thalwitzer S, Heinrich SK, Weigold A, Hofer H, Wachter B 2018. Queuing, takeovers, and becoming a fat cat: Long-term data reveal two distinct male spatial tactics at different life-history stages in Namibian cheetahs. Ecosphere 9 (6) e02308

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Long_term data reveal two distinct male spatial tactics at different life_history stages in Namibian cheetahs.pdf	529.53 KB

Voigt CC, Krofel M, Menges V, Wachter B, Melzheimer J 2018. Sex-specific dietary specialization in a terrestrial apex predator, the leopard, revealed by stable isotope analysis. Journal of Zoology 306 (1) 1-7

Website link:https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jzo.12566

Frigerio D, Pipek P, Kimmig S, Winter S, Melzheimer J, Diblíkova L, Wachter B, Richter A 2017. Citizen science and wildlife biology: Synergies and challenges. Ethology 124 365-377

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Costantini D, Wachter B, Melzheimer J, Czirjak GA 2017. Socioecological and environmental predictors of physiological stress markers in a threatened feline species. Conservation Physiology 5 (1)

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Socioecological and environmental predictors of physiological stress markers in a threatened feline species.pdf	305.77 KB

Menke S, Meier M, Mfune JKE, Melzheimer J, Wachter B, Sommer S 2017. Effects of host traits and land-use changes on the gut microbiota of the Namibian black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas). FEMS Microbiology Ecology 93 (11)

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Effects of host traits and land_use changes on the gut microbiota of the Namibian black_backed jackal.pdf	1.67 MB

Weise FJ, Vijay V, Jacobson AP, Schoonover RF, Groom RJ, Horgan J, Keeping D, Klein R, Marnewick K, Maude G, Melzheimer J, Mills G, van der Merwe V, van der Meer E, Van Vuuren RJ, Wachter B, Primm SL 2017. The distribution and numbers of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in southern Africa. PeerJ e4096

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Wasimuddin, Menke S, Melzheimer J, Thalwitzer S, Heinrich S, Wachter B, Sommer S 2017. Gut microbiomes of free-ranging and captive Namibian cheetahs: Diversity, putative functions and occurrence of potential pathogens. Molecular Ecology 26 (20) 5515-5527

Website link:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.14278

Heinrich SK, Hofer H, Courtiol A, Melzheimer J, Dehnhard M, Czirjak GA, Wachter B 2016. Cheetahs have a stronger constitutive innate immunity than leopards. Scientific Reports 7 44837

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Potgieter GC, Weise FJ, Wachter B, Melzheimer J, Wiesel I, Stratford K 2016. Comment on Rust et al.: Human-carnivore conflict in Namibia is not simply about black and white. Society and Natural Resources 30 (10) 1299-1303

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08941920.2017.1283077?journalCode=usnr20

Tordiffe ASW, Wachter B, Heinrich SK, Reyers F, Lodewyk JM 2016. Comparative serum fatty acid profiles of captive and free-ranging Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in Namibia. PLoS ONE 12

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Heinrich SK, Wachter B, Aschenborn OH-K, Thalwitzer S, Melzheimer J, Hofer H, Czirják GA 2016. Feliform carnivores have a distinguished constitutive innate immune response. Biology Open 5 (5) 550-555

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Heinrich SK, Wachter B, Wibbelt G 2016. Benign pigmented dermal basal cell tumor in a Namibian cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus). Hindawi Publishing Corporation Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine 2016

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Krengel A, Cattori V, Meli ML, Wachter B, Böni J, Bisset LR, Thalwitzer S, Melzheimer J, Jago M, Hofmann-Lehmann R, Hofer H, Lutz H 2015. Gammaretrovirus-specific antibodies in free-ranging and captive Namibian cheetahs. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 22 (6) 611-617

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Gammaretrovirus_Specific Antibodies in Free-Ranging and Captive Namibian Cheetahs.pdf	136.7 KB

Voigt CC, Thalwitzer S, Melzheimer J, Blanc A-S, Jago M, Wachter B 2014. The conflict between cheetahs and humans on Namibian farmland elucidated by stable isotope diet analysis. PLoS ONE (9)

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The conflict between cheetahs and humans on Namibian farmland elucidated by stable isotope diet analysis.PDF	617.64 KB

Krengel A, Meli ML, Cattori V, Wachter B, Thalwitzer S, Melzheimer J, Hofer H, Lutz H, Hofmann-Lehmann R 2013. First evidence of hemoplasma infection in free-ranging Namibian cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus). Veterinary Microbiology 162 (2-4) 972-976

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378113512005482

Johnson S, Marker L, Mengersen K, Gordon CH, Melzheimer J, Schmidt-Küntzel A, Nghikembua M, Fabiano E, Henghali J, Wachter B 2013. Modeling the viability of the free-ranging cheetah population in Namibia: an object-oriented Bayesian network approach. Ecosphere 4 (7) 1-19

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Modeling the viability of the free-ranging cheetah population in Namibia.pdf	440.15 KB

Voigt CC, Melzheimer J, Thalwitzer S, Wachter B 2013. A breath test to assign carnivore diets to browsers or grazers. Wildlife Biology 19 (3) 311-316

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A breath test to assign carnivore diets to browsers or grazers.pdf	135.87 KB

Wachter B, Blanc A-S, Melzheimer J, Höner OP, Jago M, Hofer H 2012. An advanced method to assess the diet of free-ranging large carnivores based on scats. PLoS ONE 7 (6)

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Castro-Prieto A, Wachter B, Melzheimer J, Thalwitzer S, Hofer H, Sommer S 2012. Immunogenetic variation and differential pathogen exposure in free-ranging cheetahs across Namibian farmlands. PLoS ONE 7 (11) 1-19

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Immunogenetic Variation and Differential Pathogen Exposure in Free_Ranging Cheetahs across Namibian Farmlands.pdf	139.45 KB

Castro-Prieto A, Wachter B, Melzheimer J, Thalwitzer S, Sommer S 2011. Diversity and evolutionary patterns of immune genes in free-ranging Namibian leopards (Panthera pardus pardus). Journal of Heredity 102 (6) 653-665

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Castro-Prieto A, Wachter B, Sommer S 2011. Cheetah paradigm revisited: MHC diversity in the world's largest free-ranging population. Molecular Biology and Evolution 28 (4) 1455-1468

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Thalwitzer S, Wachter B, Robert N, Wibbelt G, Müller T, Lonzer J, Meli ML, Bay G, Hofer H, Lutz H 2010. Seroprevalences to viral pathogens in free-ranging and captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) on Namibian farmland. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 17 (2) 232-238

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Seroprevalences to viral pathogens in free_ranging and captive cheetahs on Namibian Farmland.pdf	89.95 KB

Wachter B, Thalwitzer S, Hofer H, Lonzer J, Hildebrandt TB, Hermes R 2010. Reproductive history and absence of predators are important determinants of reproductive fitness: the cheetah controversy revisited. Conservation Letters 4 47-54

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Reproductive history and absence of predators are important determinants of reproductive fitness_the cheetah controversy revisited.pdf	152.33 KB

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