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Table of contents
Chapter !: General introduction
!.! The human/domestic animal/wildlife interface: places of interaction, places of emergence
!.!.! Current trends (Anthropocene / Global changes) and wildlife-livestock interface
!.!.1 Ecological drivers of ungulates Wildlife-Livestock interactions in Africa
!.!.2 Anthropogenic drivers of Wildlife-Livestock interactions
!.!.0 The risk of pathogen transmission favored by the increase in contact between different animal species
!. » Rural Zimbabwe, a land of contrasts and upheaval
!.1.! History of biodiversity conservation and the relationship with wildlife in Zimbabwe (Precolonial and colonial periods)
!.1.1 Complex interactions between different actors in contemporary Zimbabwe. Social, economic, and political contexts (post-colonial period)
!.1.2 A changing climate that upset an already fragilized balance at the W/L interface
!.# In a context of increased contact between wild and domestic animal species at interfaces: the choice of two focal species
!.2.! The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
!.2.!.! Intrinsic behaviors of one of the subspecies (Syncerus caffer caffer)
!.2.!.1 Direct links of the Syncerus caffer caffer with its immediate environment
!.2.1 Domesticated cattle (Bos taurus & Bos indicus)
!.2.1.! Intrinsic behaviors of the species and its relations with the surrounding environments
!.2.1.2 A domestic animal species dependent on herders’ decision rules
!.% Research questions & objectives of the thesis
!.0.! The origin of the thesis research’s questions
!.0.1 Three main research questions
!.0.2 The structure of the manuscript
Chapter « : Study sites and data used « .( Preamble
« .! Three study sites, three W/L interfaces
1.!.! The interface of Hwange/Dete
1.!.!.! Geographical, climatic, vegetation and hydrology characteristics
1.!.!.1 Current ecological context
1.!.1 The interface of Gonarezhou/Malipati and Kruger/Pesvi
1.!.1.! Geographical, climatic, vegetation and hydrology characteristics
1.!.1.1 Current ecological context « . » Data used in this thesis
1.1.! Telemetry data
1.1.!.! Capture of animals and installation of GPS collars
1.1.!.1 The utilization of pre-processed telemetry data
1.1.1 Remote sensing data
1.1.2 In-situ data and empirical knowledge « .# Chapter summary
Chapter #: Literature review of the environmental drivers influencing the buffalo and cattle movements in space and time
#.( Preamble
#.! The article
2.!.! Introduction
2.!.1 Review Article Methodology
2.!.2 Environmental Drivers Influencing the Movements of Buffalo and Cattle and the Satellite Remote Sensing Tools to Characterize them
2.!.0 Discussion
2.!.& Conclusions
#. » Chapter summary
Chapter %: Characterization of the study sites’ environmental variables via satellite remote sensing %.
%.! A three steps classification methodology
%. » Characterizing the surface water
0.1.! Methodological approach
0.1.1 Results and descriptions
%.# Discriminating the agricultural areas
0.2.! Methodological approach
0.2.1 Results and descriptions
%.% Producing the final landcover maps
0.0.! Methodological approach
0.0.1 Results and descriptions
%.’ Chapter summary
Chapter ‘: A spatialized mechanistic animal movement model based on collective movements of self-propelled individuals
‘.! Overview of the animal movement ecology
‘. » Mathematical models follow two paradigms
&.1.! Statistical models
&.1.1 Mechanistic models
‘.# The choice of a mechanistic model based on collective movements of self-propelled individuals
&.2.! The individual versus the collective
&.2.1 The synthesis of the two, when individuals influence the collective
‘.% Spatializing the model and combining it with SRS data
&.0.! The notion of space in animal movement modelling
&.0.1 The language “Ocelet”
Chapter ): Combined used of remote sensing and spatial modelling: When surface water impacts buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) in savanna environments
#.!.! Intoduction
#.!.1 Material & method
#.!.2 Results
#.!.0 Discussion
#.!.& Conclusion
#.1.! A movement model that also consider the landcover
#.1.1 Application in Gonarezhou/Malipati and Kruger/Pesvi ).# Chapter summary
Chapter +: Spatial modelling of contacts between wildlife and livestock in Southern Africa
+.! The article
3.!.! Introduction
3.!.1 Method
3.!.2 Results
3.!.0 Discussion
+. » Chapter summary
Chapter *: General Discussions & perspectives
*.! Summary of the objectives and findings
