Our project is commited to communication within and across the borders of the scientific community. We therefore strive to make our research available to our colleagues and fellows as well as to the public. Therefore, we aim that most of our publications are open access. Please find a chronological list of our publications below and do not hesitate to contact us for any enquiries.

2024

• Stiegler J, Gallagher C, Hering R, Mueller T, Tucker M, Apollonio M, Arnold J, Barker N, Barthel L, Bassano B, van Beest F, Belant J, Berger A, Beyer Jr. D, Bidner L, Blake S, Börner K, Brivio F, Brogi R, Buuveibaatar B, Cagnacci F, Dekker J, Dentinger J, Duľa M, Duquette J, Eccard J, Evans M, Ferguson A, Fichtel C, Ford A, Fowler N, Gehr B, Getz W, Goheen J, Goossens B, Grignolio S, Haugaard L, Hauptfleisch M, Heim M, Heurich M, Hewison M, Isbell L, Janssen R, Jarnemo A, Miloš J, Kaczensky P, Kamiński T, Kappeler P, Kasper K, Kautz T, Kimmig S, Kjellander P, Kowalczyk R, Kramer-Schadt S, Kröschel M, Krop-Benesch A, Linderoth P, Lobas C, Lokeny P, Lührs M-L, Matsushima S, McDonough M, Melzheimer J, Morellet N, Ngatia D, Obermair L, Olson K, Patanant K, Payne J, Petroelje T, Pina M, Piqué J, Premier J, Pufelski J, Pyritz L, Ramanzin M, Roeleke M, Rolandsen C, Saïd S, Sandfort R, Schmidt K, Schmidt N, Scholz C, Schubert N, Selva N, Sergiel A, Serieys L, Silovský V, Slotow R, Sönnichsen L, Solberg E, Stelvig M, Street G, Sunde P, Svoboda N, Thaker M, Tomowski M, Ullmann W, Vanak A, Wachter B, Webb S, Wilmers C, Zieba F, Zwijacz-Kozica T, Jeltsch F, Blaum N (2024): Mammals show faster recovery from capture and tagging in human-disturbed landscapes NAT COMMUN 15:8079. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52381-8

2023

• Wachter B, Portas R, Melzheimer J (2023): The introduction of African cheetahs to India was planned without considering their spatial ecology. Conservation Science and Practice 2023;e12943. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12943

• 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.04.009

• Tucker MA, Schipper AM, Adams TSF, Attias N, Avgar T, Babic NL, Barker KJ, Bastille-Rousseau G, Behr DM, Belant JL, Beyer DE, Blaum N, Blount JD, Bockmühl D, Pires Boulhosa RL, Brown MB, Buuveibaatar B, Cagnacci F, Calabrese JM, Černe R, Chamaillé-Jammes S, Chan AN, Chase MJ, Chaval Y, Chenaux-Ibrahim Y, Cherry SG, Ćirović D, Çoban E, Cole EK, Conlee L, Courtemanch A, Cozzi G, Davidson SC, DeBloois D, Dejid N, DeNicola V, Desbiez ALJ, Douglas-Hamilton I, Drake D, Egan M, Eikelboom JAJ, Fagan WF, Farmer MJ, Fennessy J, Finnegan SP, Fleming CH, Fournier B, Fowler NL, Gantchoff MG, Garnier A, Gehr B, Geremia C, Goheen JR, Hauptfleisch ML, Hebblewhite M, Heim M, Hertel AG, Heurich M, Hewison AJM, Hodson J, Hoffman N, Hopcraft G, Huber D, Isaac EJ, Janik K, Ježek M, Johansson Ö, Jordan NR, Kaczensky P, Kamaru D, Kauffman MJ, Kautz TM, Kays R, Kelly AP, Kindberg J, Krofel M, Kusak J, Lamb CT, LaSharr TN, Leimgruber P, Leitner H, Lierz M, Linnell JDC, Lkhagvaja P, Long RA, López-Bao JV, Loretto MC, Marchand P, Martin H, Martinez LA, McBride RT, McLaren AAD, Meisingset E, Melzheimer J, Merrill EH, Middleton AD, Monteith KL, Moore SA, Van Moorter B, Morellet N, Morrison T, Müller R, Mysterud A, Noonan NJ, O'Connor D, Olson D, Olson KA, Ortega AC, Ossi F, Panzacchi M, Patchett R, Patterson BR, Cunha de Paula R, Payne J, Peters W, Petroelje TR, Pitcher BJ, Pokorny B, Poole K, Potočnik H, Poulin MP, Pringle RM, Prins HHT, Ranc N, Reljić S, Robb B, Röder R, Rolandsen CM, Rutz C, Salemgareyev AR, Samelius G, Sayine-Crawford H, Schooler S, Şekercioğlu CH, Selva N, Semenzato P, Sergiel A, Sharma K, Shawler AL, Signer J, Silovský V, Silva JP, Simon R, Smiley RA, Smith DW, Solberg EJ, Ellis-Soto D, Spiegel O, Stabach J, Stacy-Dawes J, Stahler DR, Stephenson J, Stewart C, Strand O, Sunde P, Svoboda NJ, Swart J, Thompson JJ, Toal KL, Uiseb K, VanAcker MC, Velilla M, Verzuh TL, Wachter B, Wagler BL, Whittington J, Wikelski M, Wilmers CC, Wittemyer G, Young JK, Zięba F, Zwijacz-Kozica T, Huijbregts MAJ, Mueller T (2023): Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns. Science 380: 1059-1064. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo6499

• Parker DM, Nams VO, Balme GA, Begg C, Begg K, Bidner L, Bockmuehl D, Cozzi G, du Preez B, Fattebert J, Golabek K, Grant T, Hayward MW, Houser A-M, Hunter LTB, Isbell LA, Jenny D, Loveridge AJ, Macdonald DW, Mann GKH, Maputla N, Marker L, Martins QE, Maruping-Mzileni N, Melzheimer J, Menges V, Nyoni P, O’Brien J, Owen C, Parker T, Pitman R, Power RJ, Slotow R, Stein A, Steyn V, Stratford K, Swanepoel LH, Vanak A, Van Vuuren R, Wachter B, Weise F, Wilmers CC (2023): The implications of large home range size in a solitary felid, the Leopard (Panthera pardus). Journal of Mammalogy XX, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyad074

2022

• Jetz W, Tertitski G, Kays R, Mueller U, Wikelski M and supporting authors Åkesson S, Anisimov Y, Antonov A, Arnold W, Bairlein F, Baltà O, Baum D, Beck M, Belonovich O, Belyaev M, Berger M, Berthold P, Bittner S, Blake S, Block B, Bloche D, Boehning-Gaese K, Bohrer G, Bojarinova J, Bommas G, Bourski O, Bragin A, Bragin A, Bristol R, Brlík V, Bulyuk V, Cagnacci F, Carlson B, Chapple T K, Chefira K F, Cheng Y, Chernetsov N, Cierlik G, Christiansen S S, Clarabuch O, Cochran W, Cornelius J M, Couzin I, Crofoot M C, Cruz S, Davydov A, Davidson S, Dech S, Dechmann D, Demidova E, Dettmann J, Dittmar S, Dorofeev D, Drenckhahn D, Dubyanskiy V, Egorov N, Ehnbom S, Ellis-Soto D, Ewald R, Feare C, Fefelov I, Fehérvári P, Fiedler W, Flack A, Froböse M, Fufachev I, Futoran P, Gabyshev V, Gagliardo A, Garthe S, Gashkov S, Gibson L, Goymann W, Gruppe G, Guglielmo C, Hartl P, Hedenström A, Hegemann A, Heine G, Hieber Ruiz M, Hofer H, Huber F, Iannarilli F, Illa M, Isaev A, Jakobsen B, Jenni L, Jenni-Eiermann S, Jesmer B, Jiguet F, Karimova T, Kasdin N J, Kazansky F, Kirillin R, Klinner T, Knopp A, Kölzsch A, Kondratyev A, Krondorf M, Ktitorov P, Kulikova O, Kumar R S, Künzer C, Larionov A, Larose C, Liechti F., Linek N, Lohr A, Lushchekina A, Mansfield K, Matantseva M, Markovets M, Marra P, Masello J F, Melzheimer J, Menz M H M, Menzie S, Meshcheryagina S, Miquelle D, Morozov V, Mukhin A, Müller I, Mueller T, Navedo J G, Nathan R, Nelson L, Németh Z, Newman S, Norris R, Okhlopkov I, Oleś W, Oliver R, O’Mara T, Palatitz P, Partecke J, Pavlick R, Pedenko A, Pham J, Piechowski D, Pierce A, Piersma T, Pitz W, Plettemeier D, Pokrovskaya I, Pokrovskaya L, Pokrovsky I, Pot M, Procházka P, Quillfeldt P, Rakhimberdiev E, Ramenofsky M, Ranipeta A, Rapczyński J, Remisiewicz M, Rozhnov V, Rienks F, Rozhnov V, Rutz C, Sakhvon V, Sapir N, Safi K, Schäuffelhut F, Schimel D, Schmidt A, Shamoun-Baranes J, Sharikov A, Shearer L, Shemyakin E, Sherub S, Shipley R, Sica Y, Smith T B, Simonov S, Snell K, Sokolov A, Sokolov V, Solomina O, Spina F, Spoelstra K, Storhas M, Sviridova T, Swenson Jr G, Taylor P, Thorup K, Tsvey A, Tucker M, Turner W, van der Jeugd  H, van Schalkwyk L, van Toor M, Viljoen P, Visser M E, Volkmer T, Volkov A,  Volkov S, Volkow O, von Rönn J A C, Vorneweg B, Wachter B, Waldenström J, Wegmann M, Wehr A, Weinzierl R, Weppler J, Wilcove D, Wild T, Williams H J, Wilshire J, Wingfield J, Wunder M, Yachmennikova A, Yanco S, Yohannes E, Zeller A, Ziegler C, Zięcik A, Zook C (2022): Biological earth observation with animal sensors. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 37(4): 293-298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.011

• Weyrich A, Guerrero-Altamirano T P, Yasar S, Czirják GÁ, Wachter B*, Fickel J* (2022): First steps towards the development of epigenetic biomarkers in female cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus). Life 12, 920. * Authors contributed equally to this work. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12060920

• 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, Kasaona MK, 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 dryland in a changing world: Challenges for wildlife conservation under climate and land-use changes in the Greater Etosha Landscape.. Global Ecology and Conservation 22, e02221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02221

• Portas R, Wachter B, Beytell P, Uiseb KH, Melzheimer J, Edwards J (2022): Leopard Panthera pardus camera trap surveys in the arid environments of northern Namibia. Mammalian Biology 102: 1185-1198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00237-3

• 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 102: 1345-1356. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00284-w

• Melzheimer J, Weise F, Schmidt-Kuentzel A, Marker L, Nghikembua M, Fleury G, Wachter B, Portas R (2022): A conservation assessment of Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus. In: NCE, LCMAN, MEFT (eds) 2022. Conservation Status and Red List of the Terrestrial Carnivores of Namibia. Pp 14-22. MEFT, LCMAN & NCE, Windhoek, Namibia. ISBN: 9789994501670.

2021

• Klein K, Jaeger S, Melzheimer J, Wachter B, Hofer H, Baltabayev A, Schreiber F (2021): Visual analytics for sensor movement data for cheetah behaviour analysis. Journal of Visualization. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12650-021-00742-6

• Paijmans JLA, Barlow A, Becker MS, Cahill JA, Fickel J, Foerster DWG, Gries K, Hartmann S, Havmøller RW, Henneberger K, Kern C, Kitchener AC, Lorenzen ED, Mayer F, O’Brien SJ, von Seth J, Sinding MHS, Spong G, Uphyrkina O, Wachter B, Westbury MV, Dalén L, Bhak J, Manica A, Hofreiter M (2021): African and Asian leopards are highly differentiated at the genomic level. Current Biology 31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.084

• Schares G, Joeres M, Rachel F, Tuschy M, Czirják GÁ, 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 14:201. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04697-3

• Krücken J, Czirják GÁ, Ramünke S, Serocki M, Heinrich SK, Melzheimer J, Costa MC, Hofer H, Aschenborn OHK, 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 and Vectors 14:328. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04835-x

• Giese L, Melzheimer J, Bockmühl D, Wasiolka B, Rast W, Berger A, Wachter B (2021): Using machine learning from remote behavior classification – verifying acceleration data to infer feeding events in free-ranging cheetahs. Sensors 21:5426. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21165426

• Portas R, Aschenborn OHK, Melzheimer J, Le Roux M, Uiseb KH, Czirják GÁ, Wachter B (2021): GPS telemetry reveals a zebra with anthrax as putative cause of death from three cheetahs in the Namib Desert. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 8:714758. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.714758

2020

• 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. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 

• Seltmann, A.,  Schares , G., Aschenborn, H.K.O., Heinrich, S.K., Thalwitzer, S., Wachter, B. and Czirják, G.A. 2020. Species‑specific differences in Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum and Besnoitia besnoiti seroprevalence in Namibian wildlife. Parasites and Vectors, 13:7

• Frey, R. Volodin, I.A., Volodina, E.V., Efremova, K.O., Menges, V., Portas, R., Melzheimer, J., Fritsch, G., Gerlach, C. and von Dornberg, K. 2020. Savannah roars: The vocal anatomy and the impressive rutting calls of male impala (Aepyceros melampus) – highlighting the acoustic correlates of a mobile larynx. Journal of Anatomy, 236, 298-424.

2019

• Klein, K., Jaeger, S., Melzheimer, J., Wachter, B., Hofer, H., Baltabayev, A. and Schreiber, V. 2019. Visual Analytics for Cheetah Behaviour Analysis. In: The 12th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI’2019), September 20–22, 2019, Shanghai, China. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 8 pages. 

• Seeber, P.A.,McEwen, G.K., Löber, U., Förster, D.W., East, M.L., Melzheimer, J. and Greenwood, A.D. 2019. Terrestrial mammal surveillance using hybridization capture of environmental DNA from African waterholes. Molecular Ecology resources, 19. 1486-1496.

• Hofman, M.P.G., Hayward, M.W., Heim, M., Marchand, P., Rolandsen, C.M., Mattisson, J., et al. 2019. Right on track? Performance of satellite telemetry in terrestrial wildlife research. PLoS ONE 14(5): e0216223. 

• Schwensow, N., Castro‑Prieto, A., Wachter, B. & Sommer, S. Immunological MHC supertypes and allelic expression: how low is the functional MHC diversity in free ranging Namibian cheetahs? Conservation Genetics (2019) 20: 65. 

• Seltmann, A., Webster, F., Martins Ferreira, S. C., Czirják, G. A. & Wachter, B. Age-specific gastrointestinal parasite shedding in free-ranging cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) on Namibian farmland. Parasitology Research (2019) 118: 851.

• Ludwig, C., Dehnhard, M., Pribbenow, S., Silinski-Mehr, S., Hofer, H. and Wachter, B. 2019. Asymmetric reproductive aging in cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) females in European zoos. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research 7(2)

2018

• Frigerio, D., Pipek, P., Kimmig, S., Winter, S., Melzheimer, J., Diblíková, L., Wachter, B., Richter, A. 2018. Citizen science and wildlife biology: Synergies and challenges. Ethology. 2018;124:365–377

• Melzheimer, J., Streif, S., Wasiolka, B., Fischer, M., Thalwitzer, S., Heinrich, S., 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 vol 9 (6). 

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

• Costantini, D., Czirják, G. A., Melzheimer, J., Menges, V. and Wachter, B. 2018. Sex and species differences of stress markers in sympatric cheetahs and leopards in Namibia. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 227 (2019) 8–13.

• Costantini, D., Seeber, P. A., Soilemetzidou, S. E, Azab, W., Bohner, J., Buuveibaatar, B., Cirják, G. A., East, M .L., Greunz, E. M., Kaczensky, P., Lamglait, B., Melzheimer, J., Uiseb, K., Ortega, A., Osterrieder, N., Sandgreen, D. M., Simon, M., Walzer, C., Greenwood, A. D. 2018. Physiological costs of infection: herpesvirus replication is linked to blood oxidative stress in equids. Scientific Reports (2018) 8:10347

• Edwards, S., Portas, R., Hanssen, L., Beytell, P., Melzheimer, J. and Stratford, K. 2018. The spotted ghost: Density and distribution of serval Leptailurus serval in Namibia. African Journal of Ecology. 2018;1–10.

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

• Edwards, S., Cooper, S., Uiseb, K., Hayward, M., Wachter, B. and 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. 2018;1–10.

• Marker, L., Schmidt-Küntzel, A. Portas, R. Dickman, A., Good, k., Hartman, A. Critescu, B. and Melzheimer, J. 2018. Capture, Care, Collaring and Collection of Biomedical Samples in free-ranging Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus). In: Cheetahs: Biology and Conservation, Eds: Marker, L., Boast, L.K. and Schmidt-Küntzel, A. San Diego, Elsevier. Pp.121-134.

• Wachter, B., Broekhuis, F., Melzheimer, J., Horgan, J., Chelysheva, E., Marker, L., Mills, G. and Caro, T. 2018. Behaviour and communication of free-ranging cheetahs. In: Cheetahs: Biology and Conservation, Eds: Marker, L., Boast, L.K. and Schmidt-Küntzel, A. San Diego, Elsevier. Pp.121-134.

• Marker, L., Critescu, B., Dickman, A., Nghikembua, M.T., Boast, L.K., Morrison, T., Melzheimer, J., Fabiano, E., Mills, G., Wachter, B. and Macdonald, D.W. 2018b. Ecology of Free Roaming Cheetahs. In: Cheetahs: Biology and Conservation, Eds: Marker, L., Boast, L.K., and Schmidt-Küntzel, A., San Diego, Elsevier. Pp 107-116.

• Portas, R., Edwards, S., Beytell, P., Wachter, B. and Melzheimer, J. (2018). Leopard survey in Khaudum National park and Kaokoland. Final report. Ministry of Environment and Tourism of the Republic of Namibia. Windhoek. 30 pp.

• Crosier AE, Wachter B, Schulman M, Lüders I, Koester DC, Wielebnowski N, Comizzoli P, Marker L 2018: Reproductive physiology of the cheetah and assisted reproductive techniques. In: Cheetahs: Biology and conservation. Marker L, Boast L, Schmidt-Küntzel A (eds), Academic Press, San Diego, USA. 385-402. Doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-804088-1.00027-7.

• Schmidt-Küntzel A, Wultsch C, Boast LK, Braun B, van der Weyde L, Wachter B, Brummer R, Walker EH, Forsythe K, Marker L 2018: Mining black gold – insights from cheetah scat using noninvasive techniques in the field and laboratory: scat-detection dogs, genetic assignment, diet and hormone analyses. In: Cheetahs: Biology and conservation. Marker L, Boast L, Schmidt-Küntzel A (eds), Academic Press, San Diego, USA. 437-446. Doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-804088-1.00031-9.

• Marker L, Cristescu B, Morrison T, Flyman MV, Horgan J, Sogbohossou EA, Bissett C, van der Merwe V, de Matos Machado IB, Fabiano E, van der Meer E, Aschenborn O, Melzheimer J, Young-Overton K, FarhadiniaMS, Wykstra M, Chege M, Samna A, Amir OG, Mohanun Ash, Paulos OD, Nhabanga AR, M’soka JLJ, Belbachir F, Ashenafi ZT, Nghikembua MT (2018): Cheetah rangewide status and distribution. In: Cheetahs: Biology and conservation. Marker L, Boast L, Schmidt-Küntzel A (eds), Academic Press, San Diego, USA. 33-54. Doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-804088-1.00004-6.

2017

• Weise, F. J., Vijay, V., Jacobson, A. P., Schoonover, R. F., Groom, R. J., Horgan, J., Keeping, D., Klein, R., Marnewick, M., Maude, G., Melzheimer, J., Mills, G., van der Merwe, V., van der Meer, E., van Vuuren, R.J., Wachter, B. and Pimm, S.L. (2017). The distribution and numbers of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in southern Africa. PeerJ 5:e4096; DOI 10.7717/peerj.4096

• Portas, R., Wachter, B. and Melzheimer, J. 2017. Namibian Cheetah Survey 2015-2017, Final report. Ministry of Environment and Tourism of the Republic of Namibia. Windhoek. 74 pp.

• Wasim, U., 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14278

• Heinrich, S. K, Hofer, H., Courtiol, A., Melzheimer, J., Dehnhard, M., Czirják, G. A. and Wachter, B. 2017. Cheetahs have a stronger constitutive innate immunity than leopards. Scientific reports 7, 44837. 

• Menke, S., Meier, M., Mfune, J. K. E., Melzheimer, J., Wachter, B. and 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, 2017, fix123

• Costantini, D., Wachter, B., Melzheimer, J. and Czirják, G. A. 2017. Socioecological and environmental predictors of physiological stress markers in a threatened feline species. Conservation Physiology, Vol. 5.

2016

• Stratford, K., Weise, F., Melzheimer, J. and de Woronin-britz, N. (2016). Observations of servals in the highlands of central Namibia. CATnews 64. 14-17.

• Heinrich, S. K., Wachter, B., Aschenborn, O. H. K., Thalwitzer, S., Melzheimer, J., Hofer, H., & Czirjak, G. A. (2016). Feliform carnivores have a distinguished constitutive innate immune response. Biology Open, 5(5), 550–555. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.014902

• Durant, S. M., Mitchell, N., Groom, R., Pettorelli, N., Ipavec, A., Jacobson, A.B., Woodroffe, R., Bohm, M., Hunter, L.T.B., Becker, M, S., Broekuis, F., Bashir, S., Andersen, L., Aschenborn, O., Beddiaf, M., Belbachir, F., Belbachir-Bazi, A., Berbash, A., de Matos Machado, I.B., Breitenmoser, C., Chege, M., Cilliers, D., Davies-Mostert, H., Dickman, A.J., Ezekiel, F., Farhadinia, M.S., Funston, P., Henschel, P., Horgan, J., de Longh, H.H., Jowkar, H., Klein, R., Lindsey, P.A., Marker, L., Marnewick, K., Melzheimer, J., Merkle, J., M’soka, J., Lindsey, P.A., O’Neill, H., Parker, M., Purchase, G., Sahailou, S., Saidu, Y., Samna, A., Schmidt-Kuntzel, A., Selebatso, E., Sogbohossou, E.A., Soultan, A., Stone, E., van der Meer, E., van Vuuren, R., Mykstra, M. & Young-Overton, K. (2016).  The global decline of cheetah Acinonyx jubatus and what it means for conservation.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1–6.

• Wachter, B and Melzheimer, J. (2016). A project of the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and wildlife research (IZW) example of a successful collaboration between farmers and researchers. Roan News. Special Edition 50th Aniversary Issue. 20-22.

2015

• Krengel, A., Cattori, V., Meli, M. L., Wachter, B., Böni, J., Bisset, L. R., … Lutz, H. (2015). Gammaretrovirus-specific antibodies in free-ranging and captive Namibian cheetahs. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 22(6), 611–617. https://doi.org/10.1128/CVI.00705-14

• Menges, V. and Melzheimer, J. (2015). Making an uneasy co-existence easier – leopards and farmers. Conservation and the Environment in Namibia. 2015. pp 22-25

2014

• Voigt, C. C., 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(8). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101917

• Menke, S., Wasimuddin, Meier, M., Melzheimer, J., Mfune, J. K. E., Heinrich, S., … Sommer, S. (2014). 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(OCT), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00526

• Menges, V. and Melzheimer, J. (2014). Stakeholder-driven research: Studying the ecology of leopards on farmland in Namibia. Roan News. 2014. pp. 22-25.

2013

• Voigt, C. C., Melzheimer, J., Thalwitzer, S., & Wachter, B. (2013). A breath test to assign carnivore diets to browsers or grazers. Wildlife Biology, 19(3), 311–316. https://doi.org/10.2981/13-012

• Johnson, S., L. Marker, K. Mengersen, C. H. Gordon, J. Melzheimer, A. Schmidt-Ku¨ ntzel, M. Nghikembua, E. Fabiano, J. Henghali, and B. Wachter. 2013. Modeling the viability of the free-ranging cheetah population in Namibia: an object-oriented Bayesian network approach. Ecosphere 4(7):90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES12-00357.1

• Krengel, A., Meli, M. L., Cattori, V., Wachter, B., Willi, B., Thalwitzer, S., … Hofmann-Lehmann, R. (2013). First evidence of hemoplasma infection in free-ranging Namibian cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus). Veterinary Microbiology, 162(2–4), 972–976. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.10.009

• Ludwig, C., Wachter, B., Silinski-Mehr, S., Ganswindt, A., Bertschinger, H., Hofer, H. and Dehnhard, M. (2013). Characterisation and validation of an enzyme-immunoassay for the non-invasive assessment of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus). General and Comparative Endocrinology 180 (2013) 15–23.

2012

• Wachter, B., Blanc, A. S., Melzheimer, J., Höner, O. P., Jago, M., & Hofer, H. (2012). An advanced method to assess the diet of free-ranging large carnivores based on scats. PLoS ONE, 7(6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038066

• 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). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049129

2011

• Wachter, B., Thalwitzer, S., Hofer, H., Lonzer, J., Hildebrandt, T. B., & Hermes, R. (2011). Reproductive history and absence of predators are important determinants of reproductive fitness: The cheetah controversy revisited. Conservation Letters, 4(1), 47–54. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00142.x

• 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. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msq330

• 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. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esr097

2010

• Thalwitzer, S., Wachter, B., Robert, N., Wibbelt, G., Müller, T., Lonzer, J., Meli, M., Bay, G., Hofer, H and 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. https://doi.org/10.1128/CVI.00345-09

2006

• Wachter, B., Jauernig, O., & Breitenmoser, U. (2006). Determination of Prey Hair in Faeces of Free-ranging Namibian Cheetahs with a Simple Method. Cat News, 44, 8–9.

• Wachter, B., Schulze, S., Lonzer, J., Berger, A., Melzheimer, J., East, M., Selbert, S. and Hofer, H. (2006). The Use of Data from VHF and GPS Radio-Collared Cheetahs to Decrease Conflicts between Cheetahs and Farmers in Namibia. Proceedings of the 26th European Telemetry Conference. 556-567.