Prof. DM Parker

Full Professor
Daniel.parker@ump.ac.za
013 002 0223
Mbombela, Building 6, B108

 

Expertise

• Mammalian ecology
• Carnivore biology
• Human-wildlife conflict
• Biodiversity conservation

Qualifications

BSc, BSc (Hons), MSc & PhD (Rhodes University)

Currently Teaching

• Ecology
• Cell Biology
• Ecophysiology
• Conservation Ecology

Research Focus Areas

• Mammalian ecology
• Carnivore biology
• Human-wildlife conflict
• Biodiversity conservation

Books and Book Chapters

• Collinson, W. Parker, D. Alexander, G. Davies-Mostert, H. Patterson-Abrolat, C. 2015. Chapter 54: Setjhaba sa, South Afrika: a South African perspective of an emerging transport infrastructure in Handbook of Road Ecology. van der Ree, R., Smith, D. J., and Grilo, C. (eds). John Wiley & Sons, Oxford. Pp. 439-447. ISBN: 978-118-56818-7
• Minnie, L. Avenant, N. Kamler, J. Butler, H. Parker, D. Drouilly, M. du Plessis, J. Do Linh San, E. 2016. A conservation assessment of Canis mesomelas. In: Child, M.F. Roxburgh, L. Do Linh San, E. Raimondo, D. Davies-Mostert, H.T. (editors), The Red List of Mammals of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho. South African National Biodiversity Institute and Endangered Wildlife Trust, South Africa.
• Davies-Mostert, H.T. Page-Nicholson, S.K. Marneweck, D.G. Marnewick, K.A. Cilliers, D. Whittington-Jones, B. Killian, H. Mills, M.G.L. Parker, D. Power, R.J. Rehse, T. Child, M.F. 2016. A conservation assessment of Lycaon pictus. In: Child, M.F. Roxburgh, L. Do Linh San, E. Raimondo, D. Davies-Mostert, H.T. (editors), The Red List of Mammals of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho. South African National Biodiversity Institute and Endangered Wildlife Trust, South Africa.
• Deacon, F. Parker, D. 2016. A conservation assessment of Giraffa camelopardalis. In: Child, M.F. Roxburgh, L. Do Linh San, E. Raimondo, D. Davies-Mostert, H.T. (editors), The Red List of Mammals of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho. South African National Biodiversity Institute and Endangered Wildlife Trust, South Africa.
• Du Plessis, J.J. Avenant, N.L. Botha, A. Mkhize, N.R. Müller, L. Mzileni, N. O’Riain, M.J. Parker, D.M. Potgieter, G. Richardson, P.R.K. Rode, S. Viljoen, N. Hawkins, H-J. Tafani, M. 2018. Past and current management of predation on livestock. In: Kerley, G.I.H. Wilson, S.L. & Balfour, D. (eds). Livestock predation and its management in South Africa: a scientific assessment. Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth. Pp-pp. 125-177. ISBN: 978-0-620-78763-5

Journal Articles

• Comley, J. Joubert, C.J. Mgqatsa, N. Parker, D.M. 2020. Lions do not change rivers: complex African savannas preclude top-down forcing by large predators. Journal for Nature Conservation 56: 125844 (Impact Factor: 2.289) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2020.125844
• Mann, G.K.H. O’Riain, M.J. Parker, D.M. 2020. A leopard’s favourite spots: habitat preference and population density of leopards in an arid biodiversity hotspot. Journal of Arid Environments 181: 104218 (Impact Factor: 1.825) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104218
• Taylor, P.J. Nelufule, M. Parker, D.M. Cory-Toussaint, D. Weier, S. 2020. The Limpopo River exerts a powerful but spatially limited effect on bat communities in a semi-arid region of South Africa. Acta Chiropterologica 22(1): 75-86 (Impact Factor: 1.600) https://doi.org/10.3161/15081109ACC2020.22.1.007
• Comley, J. Joubert, C.J. Mgqatsa, N. Parker, D.M. 2020. Battle of the carnivores: spatial partitioning in a small, enclosed reserve. African Journal of Wildlife Research 50: 176-189. (Impact Factor: 0.731) https://doi.org/10.3957/056.050.0176
• Williams, K.A. Williams, S.T. Welch, R.J. Marneweck, C. Mann, G.K.H. Pitman, R.T. Whittington-Jones, G. Balme, G.A. Hill, R.A. Parker, D.M. 2021. Assumptions about fence permeability influence brown hyaena density estimates across South Africa. Nature Scientific Reports 11: 620. (Impact Factor: 3.998) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77188-7

Professional Associations and Academic Accolades

• Southern African Wildlife Management Association
• Zoological Society of Southern Africa
• Member of the Royal Society of South Africa

Engagement Projects

• Editor-in-Chief: African Journal of Wildlife Research
• Section editor: African Zoology and Koedoe
• Scientific Advisory Board Member of the Cape Leopard Trust
• Trustee of the Lion Management Forum of South Africa
• Wildlife and Environment Society of Society – Lowveld Branch Committee