Undermining game fences: who is digging holes in Kalahari sands?

摘要: The effectiveness of game fencing as a tool to promote coexistence between humans and wildlife is highly dependent on the maintenance fences. It vital identify animal species, which dig holes under fences, their digging behaviour maintain fences appropriately. We provide data some southern Africa's major hole-digging species for simple albeit effective method enabling stakeholders categorize that are underneath in deep sand habitats by species-specific knowledge sizes shapes holes. Using Botswana's Khutse Game Reserve/Central Kalahari Reserve fence an example, we highlight temporal aspect process hole enlargement. present determine pressure experiences number species. Furthermore, time frame necessary actions, required prevent large predators from transgressing this specific line. were especially interested excluding African lions human-dominated areas. proved be very difficult extremely opportunistic. They mostly utilized initially excavated other, even small species. Resume L'efficacite de la pose clotures pour favoriser entre hommes et faune sauvage depend beaucoup l'entretien des clotures. Il est essentiel d'identifier les especes animales qui creusent trous sous facon dont elles entretenir correctement. Nous fournissons donnees sur certaines principales proposer une methode mais efficace permettra aux parties prenantes classer destinees sauvage, dans sableux profonds, grâce connaissances specifiques taille forme trous. Prenant comme exemple cloture separe, au Botswana, Central Kalahari, nous soulignons l'aspect temporel du creusement leur elargissement. presentons determiner pression que subit part d'un certain nombre d'especes fouisseuses. De plus, apportons le calendrier mesures d'entretien necessaires empecher grands predateurs franchir cette ligne demarcation specifique. etions particulierement interesses par l'efficacite doivent exclure zones forte presence humaine. Ces se sont averes tres difficiles repousser extremement opportunistes. Ils utilisent principalement ont ete creuses d'autres especes, meme petites.