Boots on the ground: in defense of low-tech, inexpensive, and robust survey methods for Africa’s under-funded protected areas

Assessing the sustainability of African lion trophy hunting, with recommendations for policy

(2016) Scott Creel et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Ungulate distributions in a rangeland with competitors, predators and pastoralists

(2016) Paul Schuette et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Effects of a protection gradient on carnivore density and survival: an example with leopards in the Luangwa valley, Zambia

(2016) Elias Rosenblatt et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Spatial and temporal avoidance of risk within a large carnivore guild

(2016) Egil Dröge et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Implications of Harvest on the Boundaries of Protected Areas for Large Carnivore Viewing Opportunities

(2016) Bridget L. Borg et al.   PLoS One

Dawn of Drone Ecology: Low-Cost Autonomous Aerial Vehicles for Conservation

(2016) Lian Pin Koh et al.   Tropical Conservation Science

FORUM: Ecologists need robust survey designs, sampling and analytical methods

(2015) Matt W. Hayward et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

EDITOR'S CHOICE: Safeguarding Sumatran tigers: evaluating effectiveness of law enforcement patrols and local informant networks

(2015) Matthew Linkie et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Are unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) the future of wildlife monitoring? A review of accomplishments and challenges

(2015) Julie Linchant et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

Collapse of the world's largest herbivores

(2015) W. J. Ripple et al.   Science Advances

unmarked: AnRPackage for Fitting Hierarchical Models of Wildlife Occurrence and Abundance

(2015) Ian Fiske et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Large herbivore responses to surface water and land use in an East African savanna: implications for conservation and human-wildlife conflicts

(2014) Joseph O. Ogutu et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

On tracks: A spoor-based occupancy survey of lion Panthera leo distribution in Kafue National Park, Zambia

(2014) N. Midlane et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Detecting declines of apex carnivores and evaluating their causes: An example with Zambian lions

(2014) Elias Rosenblatt et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Comparative diet and habitat selection of puku and lech we in northern Botswana

(2014) Ryan O'Shaughnessy et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Underperformance of African Protected Area Networks and the Case for New Conservation Models: Insights from Zambia

(2014) Peter A. Lindsey et al.   PLoS One

Human encroachment into protected area networks in Zambia: implications for large carnivore conservation

(2014) Fred G. R. Watson et al.   Regional Environmental Change

Drones Flying High as New Tool for Field Biologists

(2014) R. Schiffman   SCIENCE

Status and Ecological Effects of the World's Largest Carnivores

(2014) W. J. Ripple et al.   SCIENCE

Spatial patterns of wire-snare poaching: Implications for community conservation in buffer zones around National Parks

(2013) Fred Watson et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Effectiveness of terrestrial protected areas in reducing habitat loss and population declines

(2013) Jonas Geldmann et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles will revolutionize spatial ecology

(2013) Karen Anderson et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

A hybrid double-observer sightability model for aerial surveys

(2013) Paul C. Griffin et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

A collaborative approach for estimating terrestrial wildlife abundance

(2012) Jason I. Ransom et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Evaluating wire-snare poaching trends and the impacts of by-catch on elephants and large carnivores

(2012) Matthew Becker et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Poaching Risks in Community-Based Natural Resource Management

(2012) JESSICA S. KAHLER et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Inference about density and temporary emigration in unmarked populations

(2011) Richard B. Chandler et al.   ECOLOGY

Economic and geographic drivers of wildlife consumption in rural Africa

(2011) J. S. Brashares et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

(2011) James A. Estes et al.   SCIENCE

Large mammal population declines in Africa’s protected areas

(2010) Ian D. Craigie et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Minimizing predation risk in a landscape of multiple predators: effects on the spatial distribution of African ungulates

(2010) Maria Thaker et al.   ECOLOGY

Local Participation in Natural Resource Monitoring: a Characterization of Approaches

(2008) FINN DANIELSEN et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY