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Emslie, K.W.
Industrial landscapes promote small carnivore diversity and modulate the predation experienced by small mammals
2018 Full Book
In adverse ecological effects of landscape modification by humans are well known and continue to be studied. Habitat disturbances arising from such modifications result in various levels of biodiversity loss. Amonsts mammals, large carnivores are usually the first to disappear, leaving a gap in the tropiphic pyramid. However, ecologically adaptive small carnivores, free from the effects of intraguild predation can readily fill this gap (i.e. mesopredator release). In highly productive disturbed habitats, small mammals may thrive, reaching densities that can support an abundant and diverse suite of small carnivores. After frequent sightings of serval (_Leptailurus serval_) on the highl diturbed Sasol Synfuels Operations property, three camera trap surveys were conducted between 2014 and 2015 to study its ecology.
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