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Pietersen, D. 2010. Ground pangolins and electric fences. In: Ferguson, K. and Hanks, J (Eds). Fencing impacts:  A review of environmental, social and economic impacts of game and veterinary fencing in Africa with particular reference to the Great Limpopo and Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Areas. Pretoria, Mammal Research Institute, pp. 154-157.

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Pietersen, D.W. 2013. Behavioural ecology and conservation biology of ground pangolinsSmutsia temminckii in the Kalahari Desert. MSc Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. 

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Boakye, M.K., Pietersen, D.W., Kotze, A., Dalton, D.L. and Jansen, R. 2014. Ethnomedicinal use of African pangolins by traditional medical practitioners in Sierra Leone. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine10: 76. DOWNLOAD

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Du Toit, Z., Grobler, J.P., Kotze, A., Jansen, R., Brettschneider, H. and Dalton, D. 2014. The complete mitochondrial genome of Temminck's ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii; Smuts, 1832) and phylogenetic position of the Pholidota (Weber, 1904). Gene551: 49-54. DOWNLOAD

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Du Toit, Z. 2014. Population genetic structure of the ground pangolin based on mitochondrial genomes. MSc Thesis, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. DOWNLOAD

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Pietersen, D.W., McKechnie, A.E. and Jansen, R. 2014. Home range, habitat selection and activity patterns of an arid-zone population of Temminck’s ground pangolins,Smutsia temminckii. African Zoology 49(2): 265–276. DOWNLOAD

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Pietersen, D.W., McKechnie, A.E. and Jansen, R., 2014. A review of the anthropogenic threats faced by Temminck’s ground pangolin,Smutsia temminckii, in southern Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 44(2): 167–178. DOWNLOAD

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Boakye, M.K., Pietersen, D.W., Kotze, A., Dalton, D.L. and Jansen, R. 2015. Knowledge and uses of African pangolins as a source of traditional medicine in Ghana. PLoS ONE10(1): e0117199. DOWNLOAD

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Du Toit, Z, Grobler, JP, Kotze, A, Jansen, R & Dalton, DL (2016). Scale samples from Temminck’s ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii): a non-invasive source of DNA. Conservation Genetics Resources DOI 10.1007/s12686-016-0602-3

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Choo, S.W., et al.  (2016). Pangolin genomes and the evolution of mammalian scales and immunity. Genome Research, 26(10), pp.1312-1322.

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Mwale, M. et al. (2016). The forensic application of DNA barcoding for identification of illegally traded African pangolin scales. Genome, 10.1139/gen-2016-0144. DOWNLOAD

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Challender, D.W.S. et al 2016. On scaling up pangolin conservation. TRAFFIC Bulletin 28(1): 19-21.

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Boakye, M.K., Kotze, A., Dalton, D.L. and Jansen, R. 2016. Unravelling the pangolin bushmeat commodity chain and the extent of trade in Ghana. Human Ecology. DOI: 10.1007/s10745-016-9813-1. DOWNLOAD

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Pietersen, D.W., Symes, C.T., Woodborne, S., McKechnie, A.E. and Jansen, R., 2016. Diet and prey selectivity of the specialist myrmecophage,Temminck’s Ground Pangolin. Journal of Zoology 298: 198-208. DOWNLOAD

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