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Overview

Guy A. Balme is affiliated with Panthera Corporation in the United States and primarily engages in research within the field of Environmental Science. Their work focuses heavily on Ecology, with additional contributions to Genetics, Small Animals, Social Psychology, and Ecological Modeling.

The main topics of their research encompass:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Balme's recent published papers include:

  • "Predation risk constrains herbivores' adaptive capacity to warming," 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape," 2024, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Unsustainable anthropogenic mortality disrupts natal dispersal and promotes inbreeding in leopards," 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • "Home range variation in leopards living across the human density gradient," 2021, Journal of Mammalogy
  • "Spatial patterns of large African cats: a large-scale study on density, home range size, and home range overlap of lions Panthera leo and leopards Panthera pardus," 2023, Mammal Review

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Balme include:

  • Gareth K.H. Mann
  • Luke Hunter (10 collaborations)
  • David W. Macdonald (6 collaborations)
  • Ross T. Pitman (6 collaborations)
  • M. Justin O'Riain (6 collaborations)

The scientist publishes regularly in several venues, with multiple articles appearing in:

  • Oryx
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Journal of Mammalogy
  • Conservation Science and Practice
  • Biological Conservation

Best Publications

  • Prey preferences of the leopard (Panthera pardus)

    M. W. Hayward;P. Henschel;J. O'Brien;M. Hofmeyr

  • The bushmeat trade in African savannas: impacts, drivers, and possible solutions

    Peter Andrew Lindsey;Peter Andrew Lindsey;Guy Balme;Guy Balme;Matthew Becker;Colleen Begg

  • Conserving large carnivores: dollars and fence

    C. Packer;A. Loveridge;S. Canney;Timothy Caro

  • Edge effects and the impact of non-protected areas in carnivore conservation: leopards in the Phinda–Mkhuze Complex, South Africa

    G. A. Balme;G. A. Balme;R. Slotow;L. T. B. Hunter

  • Feeding habitat selection by hunting leopards Panthera pardus in a woodland savanna: prey catchability versus abundance

    Guy Balme;Luke Hunter;Rob Slotow

  • Evaluating Methods for Counting Cryptic Carnivores

    Guy A. Balme;Luke T. B. Hunter;Rob Slotow

  • Sport hunting, predator control and conservation of large carnivores

    Craig Packer;Margaret Kosmala;Hilary S. Cooley;Henry Brink

  • Impact of conservation interventions on the dynamics and persistence of a persecuted leopard (Panthera pardus) population

    Guy A. Balme;Guy A. Balme;Rob Slotow;Luke T.B. Hunter

  • The significance of African lions for the financial viability of trophy hunting and the maintenance of wild land

    Peter Andrew Lindsey;Peter Andrew Lindsey;Guy Andrew Balme;Vernon Richard Booth;Neil Midlane;Neil Midlane

  • Reproductive success of female leopards Panthera pardus: the importance of top-down processes

    Guy A. Balme;Andrew Batchelor;Natasha de Woronin Britz;Greg Seymour

  • Applicability of age-based hunting regulations for African leopards.

    Guy Andrew Balme;Luke Hunter;Alex Richard Braczkowski

  • The trophy hunting of African lions: scale, current management practices and factors undermining sustainability.

    Peter Andrew Lindsey;Peter Andrew Lindsey;Guy Andrew Balme;Guy Andrew Balme;Paul J. Funston;Philipp Henschel

  • Life after Cecil: channelling global outrage into funding for conservation in Africa

    Peter Andrew Lindsey;Peter Andrew Lindsey;Guy A. Balme;Guy A. Balme;Paul J. Funston;Philipp H. Henschel

  • Structural habitat predicts functional dispersal habitat of a large carnivore: how leopards change spots.

    Julien Fattebert;Julien Fattebert;Hugh S. Robinson;Guy Balme;Guy Balme;Rob Slotow

  • Failure of Research to Address the Rangewide Conservation Needs of Large Carnivores: Leopards in South Africa as a Case Study

    Guy Andrew Balme;Guy Andrew Balme;Peter Andrew Lindsey;Peter Andrew Lindsey;Lourens Hendrik Swanepoel;Luke T.B. Hunter

  • Scent Lure Effect on Camera-Trap Based Leopard Density Estimates

    Alexander Richard Braczkowski;Guy Andrew Balme;Amy Dickman;Julien Fattebert;Julien Fattebert

  • Why leopards commit infanticide

    Guy A. Balme;Guy A. Balme;Luke T.B. Hunter;Luke T.B. Hunter

  • Caching reduces kleptoparasitism in a solitary, large felid

    Guy A. Balme;Guy A. Balme;Jennifer R. B. Miller;Jennifer R. B. Miller;Jennifer R. B. Miller;Ross T. Pitman;Luke T. B. Hunter;Luke T. B. Hunter

  • Creating Larger and Better Connected Protected Areas Enhances the Persistence of Big Game Species in the Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Biodiversity Hotspot

    Enrico Di Minin;Luke T. B. Hunter;Luke T. B. Hunter;Guy A. Balme;Guy A. Balme;Robert J. Smith

  • Density-Dependent Natal Dispersal Patterns in a Leopard Population Recovering from Over-Harvest

    Julien Fattebert;Guy Balme;Tristan Dickerson;Rob Slotow

  • Trophy hunting and lion conservation: a question of governance?

    Fred Nelson;Peter Lindsey;Guy Balme

Frequent Co-Authors

Luke T. B. Hunter
Luke T. B. Hunter Wildlife Conservation Society
Rob Slotow
Rob Slotow University of KwaZulu-Natal
Peter A. Lindsey
Peter A. Lindsey Griffith University
Hugh S. Robinson
Hugh S. Robinson University of Montana
Amy Dickman
Amy Dickman University of Oxford
David W. Macdonald
David W. Macdonald University of Oxford
Paul J. Funston
Paul J. Funston Panthera Corporation
Andrew J. Loveridge
Andrew J. Loveridge University of Oxford
M. Justin O'Riain
M. Justin O'Riain University of Cape Town
Andrew T. Knight
Andrew T. Knight Imperial College London

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