PLAYER 1: SAM WILLIAMS, PHD

FIELD NOTES · CARNIVORES IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

FIELD EXPEDITION:
COEXISTENCE QUEST

Research on carnivore ecology, human–wildlife coexistence, and conservation impact across Southern Africa — with field evidence translated into practical conservation outcomes.

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FOCUS Human–wildlife coexistence
BIOME Shared landscapes
SPECIAL MOVE Conservation translation
MODE Field science → practical action

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2025

Global Roadkill Data: a dataset on terrestrial vertebrate mortality caused by collision with vehicles

C Grilo, T Neves, J Bates, A Le Roux, P Medrano-Vizcaíno, M Quaranta, ... · Scientific Data 12 (1), 505 · Google Scholar / ResearchGate

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2021

Low-intensity environmental education can enhance perceptions of culturally taboo wildlife

ST Williams, KS Williams, N Constant, L Swanepoel, PJ Taylor, ... · Ecosphere 12 (7), e03482

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2021

Viral Prevalence in Wild Serval Population is Driven by Season and Sex

DJE Loock, E Rendon-Franco, ST Williams, J van Niekerk, LH Swanepoel · EcoHealth 18 (1), 113-122

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2021

Assumptions about fence permeability influence density estimates for brown hyaenas across South Africa

KS Williams, ST Williams, RJ Welch, CJ Marneweck, GKH Mann, ... · Scientific Reports 11 (1), 620, 2021

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2021

Utilizing bycatch camera-trap data for broad-scale occupancy and conservation: a case study of the brown hyaena Parahyaena brunnea

KS Williams, RT Pitman, GKH Mann, G Whittington-Jones, J Comley, ... · Oryx 55 (2), 216-226, 2021

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2020

Comparative assessment on rodent impacts and cultural perceptions of ecologically based rodent management in 3 Afro‐Malagasy farming regions

NL Constant, LH Swanepoel, ST Williams, V Soarimalala, SM Goodman, ... · Integrative Zoology 15 (6), 578-594, 2020

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2020

Illuminating movement? Nocturnal activity patterns in chacma baboons

AM Ayers, ATL Allan, C Howlett, ASW Tordiffe, KS Williams, ST Williams, ... · Journal of Zoology 310 (4), 287-297, 2020

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2019

Using road patrol data to identify factors associated with carnivore roadkill counts

ST Williams, W Collinson, C Patterson-Abrolat, DG Marneweck, ... · PeerJ 7 (e6650), 2019

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2019

First records of Hyalomma rufipes and Ixodes neitzi (Acari - Ixodidae) found on large carnivores in South Africa

Anna H. Baauw, Heloise Heyne, Kathryn S. Williams, Russell A. Hill, Ignas M.A. Heitkönig, Sam Williams · Ticks and Tick-bourne diseases · 2019

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2018

Brown hyaena and leopard diets on private land in the Soutpansberg Mountains, South Africa

Kathryn S. Williams, Sam Williams, Leanne E. Fitzgerald, Eleanor C. Sheppard, Russell A. Hill · African Journal of Ecology · 2018

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2018

High carnivore population density highlights the conservation value of industrialised sites

Daan J.E. Loock, Sam Williams, Kevin E. Emslie, Wayne S. Mathews, Lourens H. Swanepoel · Scientific Reports · 2018

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2018

Roads threaten Asiatic cheetahs in Iran

Jamshid Parchizadeh, Fraser Shilling, Maria Gatta, Roberta Bencini, Ali Turk Qashqaei, Mohammad Ali Adibi, Sam Williams · Current Biology · 2018

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2018

Camera trap and questionnaire dataset on ecosystem services provided by small carnivores in agro-ecosystems in South Africa

Sam Williams, Naudene Maree, Peter Taylor, Steven R.Belmain, Mark Keith, Lourens H.Swanepoel · Data in Brief · 2018

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2018

Predation by small mammalian carnivores in rural agro-ecosystems - An undervalued ecosystem service?

Sam Williams, Naudene Maree, Peter Taylor, Steven R. Belmain, Mark Keith, Lourens H. Swanepoel · Ecosystem Services · 2018

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2018

Urgent action required to conserve the Critically Endangered Asiatic cheetah Acinonyx jubatus venaticus

Jamshid Parchizadeh, Maria Gatta, Roberta Bencini, Mohammad Ali Adibi, Sam Williams · Oryx · 2018

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2018

Waterbirds targeted in Iran's wetlands

Jamshid Parchizadeh, Sam Williams · Science · 2018

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2017

Save Iran’s cheetah from extinction

Jamshid Parchizadeh, Sam Williams · Nature · 2017

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2017

The conservation costs of game ranching

Ross T. Pitman, Julien Fattebert, Sam Williams, Kathryn S. Williams, Russell A. Hill, Luke T. B. Hunter, Rob Slotow, Guy A. Balme · Conservation Letters · 2017

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2017

Population dynamics and threats to an apex predator outside protected areas - implications for carnivore management

Sam Williams, Kathryn S. Williams, Bradley P. Lewis, Russell A. Hill · Royal Society Open Science · 2017

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2016

Cats, connectivity and conservation - incorporating data sets and integrating scales for wildlife management

Ross T. Pitman, Julien Fattebert, Sam Williams, Kathryn S. Williams, Russell A. Hill, Luke T. B. Hunter, Hugh Robinson, John Power, Lourens H. Swanepoel, Rob Slotow, Guy A. Balme · Journal of Applied Ecology · 2016

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2016

The impact of land reform on the status of large carnivores in Zimbabwe

Sam Williams, Kathryn S. Williams, Christoffel J. Joubert, Russell A. Hill · PeerJ · 2016

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2016

A conservation assessment of Panthera pardus

Swanepoel, L.H., Balme, G., Sam Williams, Power, R.J., Snyman, A., Gaigher, I., Senekal, C., Martins, Q., Child, M. · The Red List of Mammals of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho · 2016

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2016

A conservation assessment of Cephalophus natalensis

Ehlers-Smith, Y, Sam Williams, Relton, C, Child, M · The Red List of Mammals of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho · 2016

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2011

The impact of land reform in Zimbabwe on the conservation of cheetahs and other large carnivores

Sam Williams · PhD thesis, Durham University · 2011

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2007

Status of the Cheetah in Zimbabwe

Sam Williams · Cat News · 2007

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2007

Regional assessment of the status, distribution and conservation needs of cheetahs in southern Africa

Gianetta Purchase, Laurie Marker, Kelly Marnewick, Rebecca Klein, Sam Williams · Cat News · 2007

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