PUBLICATIONS

2022 Jordan, N.R.,  Abrahms, B., Rabaiotti, D. , Rafiq, K., Woodroffe, R. & McNutt, J.W.   Woodroffe  Climate change is causing endangered African wild dogs to give birth later – threatening the survival of the pack. The Conversation; November 7, 9.26am SAST  

2022  Claase, M.J., Cherry, M.I., Apps, P.J., McNutt, J.W., Hansen, K. W. & Jordan, N.R.  Inter-pack communication in African wild dogs at long-term shared marking sites. Anim.Behav. 192:27-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.07.006Get rights and content

2022   Abrahms, B., Rafiq, K., Jordan, N.R., & McNutt, J.W. Long-term, climate-driven phenological shift in a tropical large carnivore. PNAS 2022 Vol. 119 No. 27 e2121667119 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2121667119 

2022  Apps, P., Peter Apps; M. Claase; S. Lostrom; E. Van Mourik; B. Yexley; H. Webster; J. W. McNutt. (submitted). A description of a new discovery: African wild dog packs communicate with other packs by posting scent-mark messages at a shared marking site. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76:37 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03148-y 

2022 Durant, S. Marino, A., Linnell, J.D.C.,  Oriol-Cotterill, A., Dloniak, S., Dolrenry, S., Funston, P., Groom, R.J., Hanssen, L., Horgan, J., Ikanda, D., Ipavec, A., Kissui, D.M., Lichtenfeld, L., McNutt, J.W., Mitchell, N., Naro, E., Samna, A., & Yirga,G. Fostering coexistence between people and large carnivores in Africa: Using a Theory of Change to identify pathways to impact and their underlying assumptions. Front. Conserv. Sci. 2:698631. doi: 10.3389/fcosc.2021.698631. 

2021 Jordan, N.R., Golabek, K.A., Behr, D., Walker, R.H., Plimpton, L., Lostrom, S., Claase, M., van der Weyde, L.K., McNutt, J.W. Priority of access to food and its influence on social dynamics of an endangered Carnivore. Behav.Ecol.&Sociobiol.76(13) https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.xgxd2 54g7. 

2021  Heerman, B., van Rooyen, J., Fynn, R., Biggs, D., Lewis, M., McNutt ,J.W. Husbandry and Herding: A Community-Based Approach to Addressing Illegal Wildlife Trade in Northern Botswana. Front. Conserv. Sci. 2:675493 https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2021.675493 

2021  Alting, B.F.T., Golabek, K.A., Pitcher, B., McNutt, J.W., Wilson, A.M., Bates, H., & Jordan, N.R. The characteristics and consequences of African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) den site selection.

2021  Rabaiotti, D., Groom, R. McNutt, JW., Watermeyer, J., O’Neill, H.M.K., & Woodroffe, R. (in press) High temperatures and human pressures interact to influence mortality in an African carnivore. Ecology and Evolution

2021  Hofmann, D., Behr, D., McNutt, J.W., Ozgul, A. & Cozzi, G.  Bound within Boundaries: Do protected areas cover movement corridors of their most mobile protected species? Journal of Applied Ecology DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13868.

2020 Vitale, J. D., Jordan, N. R., Gilfillan, G. D., McNutt, J. W., & Reader, T. Spatial and seasonal patterns of communal latrine use by spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) reflect a seasonal resource defense strategy. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 74(10), Article 120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02895-0   

2020 Radford, C., McNutt, J.W., Rogers, T,  Maslen, B. & Jordan, N. Artificial eyespots on cattle reduce predation by large carnivores. Commun Biol 3, 430. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01156-0

2020  Jordan, Neil R., Bradley P. Smith ,Robert G. Appleby, Lily M. van Eeden , & Hugh S. Webster. Addressing inequality and intolerance in human–wildlife coexistence. Conservation Biology, Volume 00, No. 0, 1–8 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13471

2020   Behr, D. M., Cozzi, G.   McNutt, J.W., & Ozgul, A. (accepted). When to stay and when to leave? Proximate causes of dispersal in an endangered social carnivore. Journal of Animal Ecologyhttps://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13300

2020   Cozzi, G.  Behr, D. M., Webster, H. S., Claase, M, Bryce, C.M.,  Modise, B.,  McNutt, J.W.,  & Ozgul, A.  African Wild Dog Dispersal and Implications for Management. J. Wildl. Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21841

2020   Jordan, N.  Box A3:  Making sense of scents: Olfactory perception in animals. Zoo Anim. Learn. & Training, 77-79.

2020  Buesching, C.D. & Jordan, N.R. (In press) Small carnivore latrines in space and time (with special emphasis on badgers and mongooses). In: Small Carnivores in Space and Time. Ed. E Do Linh San. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK. Part II, Chapter11.

2020   Rafiq, K., Jordan, N.R., Meloro,C., Wilson, A., Hayward, M. & McNutt, J.W.  Scent marking strategies of a solitary carnivore: boundary and road scent marking in the leopard. Animal Behaviour 161:115-26.

2020   Rafiq, K, Hayward, M.W.,  Wilson, A.M. , Meloro, C.,  Jordan, N.R, Wich, S.A., McNutt, J.W. ,  Golabek, K.A. Spatial and temporal overlaps between leopards (Panthera pardus) and their competitors in the African large predator guild. J. Zoology  311: 246–259 doi:10.1111/jzo.12746

2019   Buesching, C. D., & Jordan, N. The social function of latrines: A hypothesis-driven research approach. In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 14 (pp. 94-103). Springer, Cham.

2019   Rafiq, K., Appleby, R.G., Edgar,J.P., Jordan, N.R., Blacker, A.R., Dexter, C.E., Jones, D.N.and Cochrane, M. OpenDropOff: an open-source, low-cost drop-off unit for animal borne devices. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 10, 1517-1522.

2019   Rafiq, K., Bryce C.M, , Rich, L.N. , Coco, C. Miller, D.A.W., Meloro, C.,  Wich, S.A., McNutt, J.W., Hayward, M.W.  Citizen-science on safari: tourist photographs as a scalable framework for large carnivore monitoring in protected areas.  Current Biology 29(14):R681 DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2019.05.056

 2019  McNutt, J.W.,  Woodroffe, R, &  Groom, R. High ambient temperatures provide an adaptive explanation for seasonal reproduction in a tropical mammal. J. Zoology: doi:10.1111/JZO.12712

2019 Kusler, A. , N.R. Jordan , J.W. McNutt , & F. Broekhuis. Cheetah marking trees: distribution, visitation, and behavior. Afr. J. Ecol.: 1–4.

2019  Rich, L., M Kelly, D Miller, D Munoz, H Robinson, J.W. McNutt. Sampling design and analytical advances allow for simultaneous density estimation of seven sympatric carnivore species from camera trap data. Biological Conservation: Volume 233:12-20

2019 Chisholm,S,  AB. Stein, NR. Jordan, TM. Hubel,  J.Shawe-Taylor , T. Fearn, JW. McNutt, A M. Wilson, S. Hailes.   Parsimonious Test of Dynamic Interaction.  Ecology and Evolution, 9: 1654-1664. doi:10.1002/ece3.4805

2018 Apps, P, & J. W. McNutt. How camera traps work and how to work them. African Journal of Ecology 56:702-709.

2018  Apps, P. , & J. W. McNutt. Are camera traps fit for purpose ? A rigorous, reproducible and realistic test of camera trap performance. African Journal of Ecology 56: 710-720.

2018 Hubel,T., Golabek, K., Rafiq, K. , McNutt, JW, & Wilson, A.M. Movement patterns and athletic performance of leopards in the Okavango Delta. Proceedings B. Roy. Soc. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.2622

2018  Rogan, M.S., Miller, J.R.B., Lindsey,P.A., & McNutt, JW. Socioeconomic drivers of illegal bush meat hunting in a Southern AfricanSavanna. BiologicalConservation 226: 24-31

2018 Wilson,AM, T. Hubel, S. Wilshin, J.C. Lowe, M. Lorenc,  O.P. Dewhirst, H.L.A Bartlam-Brooks, R. Diack, E. Bennitt, K.A. Golabek, R.Woledge, J.W. McNutt, N.A. Curtin, T.West. Biomechanics of predator–prey arms race in lion, zebra, cheetah and impala. Nature doi:10.1038/nature25479

2018  Apps, P., K. Rafiq, & J. Weldon McNutt. Camera trap records of groups of ten and eleven Honey Badgers Mellivora capensis in northern Botswana. SmallCarnivore Conservation 56: i-iii. 

2017 McNutt, JWA. B. Stein, L.P. Boggs-McNutt & N. R. Jordan. Living on the Edge: Characteristics of Human-Wildlife Conflict in a traditional livestock community in Botswana.Wildlife Research https://doi.org/10.1071/WR16160. 

2017 Walker, R.H. ,King,A.J, McNutt, JW,  & N. R. Jordan.  Sneeze to leave: African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) use variable quorum thresholds facilitated by sneezes in collective decisions. Proc.Roy.Soc.B284:20170347 

2017 Jordan NR, Buse C, Wilson AM, Apps PJ, Golabek KA, Lowe JC, Van der Weyde, LK,& McNutt JW. Dynamics of direct inter-pack encounters in endangered African wild dogs. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol.DOI: 10.1007/s00265-017-2338-9

2017 Abrahms, B., Seidel, D.P., Dougherty,E., Hazen, E.L., Bograd, S.J., Wilson, A.M., McNutt, J.W., Costa, D.P., Blake, S., Brashares, J.S. and Getz,W.M. Suite of simple metrics reveals common movement syndromes across vertebrate taxa. Movement Ecology, 5(12): 1-11. DOI: 10.1186/s40462-017-0104-2.

2017 Rich, L. N. Miller, D.A.W., Robinson, H.S. , McNutt, J. W., Kelly, M.J.Carnivore distributions in Botswana are shaped by resource availability and intraguild species .J. Zoologydoi:10.1111/jzo.12470

2017 Torrents Ticó, M., Rich, L., McNutt, J.W.,Nnthomiwa, M., Mothala, M., Motsamai,G. & Jordan, N.R. On the right track: comparing concurrent spoor and camera-traps surveys in Botswana.AfricanJournal of Wildlife Research 47(2): 00–00 (October )

2017 Woodroffe,R, Groom, R, & J.W. McNutt (in press). Hot dogs: high ambient temperatures impact reproductive success in a tropical carnivore. J. Animal Ecology;1–11.

2017 Rogan, M.S., Lindsey, P.A., Tambling, C. J., Golabek,K.A., Chase M.,& McNutt, JW. Illegal bushmeat hunters compete with predators, threatening herbivore populations in a global tourism hotspot. Biological Conservation 210: 233-242

2017 Jackson, C., R. Groom, N.R. Jordan & J.W. McNutt. The effect of relatedness and pack size on territory overlap in African wild dogs. Movement Ecol. 5:10

2017  Gilfillan G. D., McNutt, J. W., Vitale J. D.T., McComb, K. Spontaneous discrimination of urine odours in wild African lions (Pantheraleo). Anim.Behav.26: 17 -185.

2017 Apps, P.J, M. Claase, B.Yexley, & J.W. McNutt. Responses of wild African carnivores to the odour of 3-mercapto-3-methylbutanol, a component of wildcat and leopard urine. Journal of Ethology, 35(2), 153-159

2017  Dewhirst, OP, K Roskilly, T Hubel, R J. Harvey, Jordan, NR; GolabekKA, McNutt, JW. & A M. Wilson.   An exploratory clustering approach for extracting stride parameters from tracking collars on free ranging wild animals. Journal of Experimental Biology 0, 1-7 doi:10.1242/jeb.146035

2017 Chaber, A.Cozzi, G., Broekhuis, F., Hartley, R., & McNutt , J.W. .Serosurvey for selected viral pathogens among sympatric species of the African large predator guild in northern Botswana. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 53(1):170-75 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:90873f89-0f0e-42b5-9027-5b631bd74169

2016 Rich, L. N. Miller, D.A.W., Robinson,H.S. ,McNutt, J. W., Kelly, M.J. Extension of Cape fox distribution in Northern Botswana. Canid Biology & Conservation.19(5): 21-24. URL: http://www.canids.org/CBC/19/Cape_fox_in_botswana.pdf.

2016 Gilfillan,G. D., Vitale, J., McNutt, J.W., D.T., McComb, K. Cross-modal individual recognition in wild African lions (Panthera leo). Biology Letters 12:20160323. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0323

2016 Gilfillan G. D.,McNutt, J. W., Vitale J. D.T., de Iongh, H.H.&Golabek, K.A. Rare observation of the existence and masculine behaviour of maned lionesses in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. African Journal of Ecology doi: 10.1111/aje.12360.

2016 Abrahms, B, Sawyer, S., Jordan,N., McNutt,J.W., Wilson, A., & Brashares, J. Does wildlife resource selection accurately inform corridor conservation.Journal of Applied Ecology, 54(2): 412-422.doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12714.

2016 Abrahms, B. , N. R. Jordan, K. A. Golabek, J. W. McNutt, A. M.Wilson & J. S. Brashares. Lessons from integrating behaviour and resource selection: activity-specific responses of African wild dogs to roads. Animal Conservation19: 247–255.

2016 Rich, L. N. Miller, D.A.W., Robinson,H.S. , McNutt, J. W., Kelly, M.J. Evaluating the Spatial Ecology of Wildlife at Community, Group and Species-Specific Scales. Journal of Applied Ecology.doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12650.

2016 Hubel, T., Myatt, J., Jordan, N.J., Dewhirst, O.P., McNutt, J. W.&Alan M. Wilson. Additive opportunistic capture explains group hunting benefits in African wild dogs.Nature Communications 7:11033. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11033.

2016 Hubel, T., Myatt, J., Jordan, N.J.,Dewhirst, O.P., McNutt, J. W.&Alan M. Wilson. Energy cost and return for hunting in African wild dogs and cheetahsNature Communications7:11034 .DOI:10.1038/ncomms11034.

2016 Apps, P.J. Does Deconvolution Help to Disentangle the Complexities of Mammal Odors?Chap.28, pp. 415-433. In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 13Ed. BA Schulte, T Goodwin & M Ferkin. New York: D. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

2016 Jordan, N.R., Apps, P.J., Golabek, K.A. & McNutt, J.W.  Pair-specific scents in African wild dogs, Lycaon pictus, and an example of a potential method to identify signals within complex mixtures. Chap. 30, pp.461-476. In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 13Ed. BA Schulte, T Goodwin & M Ferkin. New York: D. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

2015 Rogan,M.S., Lindsey, P.A., McNutt, J.W. Illegal bushmeat hunting in the Okavango Delta, Botswana: drivers, impacts and potential solutions. FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Harare, Zimbabwe.68p. No.BC611

2015 Pomilia, M. A., J. W. McNutt, & N.R. Jordan. Ecological predictors of African wild dog ranging patterns in northern Botswana. Journal ofMammalogy, xx(x):1–10, 2015 DOI:10.1093/jmammal/gyv130

2015 Cozzi,G., Börger, L., Hutter,Abegg, D., Beran, C., McNutt, J.W, &Ozgul, A. Effect of trophy hunting leftovers on the ranging behaviour of large carnivores:  A case study on spotted hyenas. PLOSOne|DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0121471 March 20, 2015.

2015 Stein, A.B., Bourquin, S.L. & McNutt, J.W. Avoiding intraguild competition: Leopard feeding ecology and prey caching in Northern Botswana. African Journal of Wildlife Research 45(2):247–257

2014 McNutt, J W& J. Bradley. Report on Kwando (Botswana) Vulture poisoning investigation: 16 November 2013.Vulture News 66:35-41.

2014 Broekhuis, F., Grünewälder, S, McNutt, J.W., Macdonald,D.W. Optimal hunting conditions drive circa-lunar behaviour of a diurnal carnivore. Behavioural Ecology25 (5): 1268-1275doi:10.1093/beheco/aru122

2014 Jordan, N.R, Apps, P.J., Golabek, K.A.& McNutt, J.W. Top marks from top dogs: An evaluation of over marking and pair-bond advertisement in dominant pairs of African wild dogs.Animal Behaviour88: 211-217.

2014 Apps,.P.J.,  L. Mmualefe, N. R. Jordan, K.A. Golabek, J.W. McNutt.  The “tomcat compound”  3-mercapto-3-methylbutanol occurs in the urine of free-ranging leopards but not in African lions or cheetahs.  BiochemicalSystematics and Ecology 53: 17–19.

2013 McNutt, J. W. & R. Woodroffe.  African wild dog. In: Mammals of Africa, Volume 5. J. Kingdon, D. Happold, T. Butynski, M.Hoffman, H. Happold & J. Kalina (Eds.). Bloomsbury, London.

2013 Cozzi, G.,Broekhuis, F., McNutt, J.W. B. Schmid. Density and habitat use of lions and spotted hyenas in northern Botswana and the influence of survey and ecological   variables on call-in survey estimation. Biodiversity and Conservation.(DOI) 10.1007/s10531-013-0564-7.

2013 Jordan, N.R., Golabek, K.A., Apps, P.J., Gilfillan, G.D. & McNutt, J.W. Scent marking and over marking in free-ranging packs of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). Ethology119: 1– 9.

2013 Wilson, A., J C Lowe, K Roskilly, P E Hudson, K A. Golabek, & J. W.McNutt. Locomotion dynamics of hunting in wild cheetahs. Nature, 498(13 June):185-189. 

2013 Apps, P. Review: Are mammal olfactory signals hiding right under our noses? NaturwissenschaftenDOI 10.1007/s00114-013-1054-1

2013 Packer, C.  et al.& J.W.McNutt, et al. Conserving Large Carnivores:Dollars and FenceEcologyLetters.Volume 16Issue5pages635–641May2013

2013 Lindsey, P., et al, McNutt,  J.W., et al. Illegal hunting and the bush-meat trade in African savannas: drivers, impacts and possible solutions.Biol. Conserv.160 (2013) 80–96

2013 Cozzi, G.,Broekhuis, F.,  McNutt, J.W., Turnbull, L.A.,  Schmid, B. Comparison of the effects of artificial and natural barriers on large African carnivores: Implications for inter-specific relationships and connectivity. J. Anim. Ecology, doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12039

2013 Broekhuis,F., Cozzi, G.,Valeix, M., McNutt,J.W., Macdonald, D.W. Risk avoidance in sympatric large carnivores:reactive or predictive? J. Animal Ecology  May 20. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12077.

2012 Apps, P, Mmualefe, L. & McNutt, J.W.  Identification of volatiles from the secretions  and excretions of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). J. Chemical Ecol.38(11):1450-1461

2012 Cozzi, G. ,Broekhuis, F., McNutt, J.W., Turnbull, L.A., Macdonald, D.W., Schmid, B. Fear of the dark or dinner by moonlight? Reduced temporal partitioning among Africa’s large carnivores. Ecology 93,(12): 2590-2599

2012 Apps, P.& Mmualefe, L. .A versatile cryo-focussing flow switching gaschromatography inlet for trace analysis. Journal of Chromatography A, Vol.1257,(28) 2012, 171–188

2012 Apps, P. ,Mmualefe, L. & McNutt, J.W. A reverse engineering approach to identifying which compounds to bioassay for signaling activity in the scent marks of African wild dogs (Lycaonpictus). Proceedings of the Chemical Signals in Vertebrates XII Conference, Berlin. Aug 2011.

2012 Jackson, C., J.W. McNutt, & P.Apps. Managing the ranging behaviour of wild dogs using translocated scent marks.Wildlife Research39,31-34.

2012 Grünewälder, S., Broekhuis,F. , D. W. Macdonald, A.Wilson, J.W. McNutt,  J. Shawe-Taylor, S. Hailes.  Movement activity based classification ofanimal behaviour with an application to data from cheetah (Acinonyxjubatus). PLoS ONE.P 7(11): e49120 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049120

2012 Prager,KC, J. A.K. Mazet, L. Munson, S. Cleaveland, C. A. Donnelly, E. J. Dubovi, M.  Szykman Gunther, R. Lines, M. Mills, H. T.Davies-Mostert, J. W. McNutt, G.Rasmussen, K.Terio, R.Woodroffe. The effect of protected areas on pathogen exposure in endangered African wild dog (Lycaonpictus)populations.Biol. Conserv.:150:15-22.

2012 McNutt, J. W., & M.Gusset, Declining body size in an endangered large mammal. Biol. J. Linnean Soc.:105, 8–12

2012 Marsden,C., Woodroffe, R., Mills, M.,McNutt, J.Creel, S.Groom, R., Masenga, E.,Cleaveland,S.,Kat, P.,Rasmussen, G.,Ginsberg,J., Lines, R., André, J.,Begg, C., Wayne, R., & Mable, B. Spatial andtemporal patterns of neutral and adaptive genetic variation in the endangered African wild dog (Lycaonpictus). MolecularEcology:Volume 21Issue6pages1379–1393.

2011 McNutt, J.W., Mills, M.G.L., McCreery, K., Rasmussen, G., Robbins, R. & Woodroffe, R. Lycaon pictus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.Version 2011.2.<www.iucnredlist.org>. 24 November 2011.

2011 Webster, H., McNutt, J.W. & McComb, KAfrican wild dogs as a fugitive species: playback experiments investigate how wild dogs respond to their major competitors. Ethology117:1-10

2010 Alexander,K. A. & McNutt. J.W. Human behavior influences infectious disease emergence at the human–animal interface. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment e-View.doi: 10.1890/090057

2010 Webster, H., J. W. McNutt & K. McComb. Eavesdropping and Risk Assessment Between Lions, Spotted Hyenas and African Wild Dogs. Ethology 116 233–239

2009 Webster, H. Wild Dogs Vs Lions: The secret struggle for supremacy on Africa’s plains BBC Wildlife July 27 (7)

2009 Gusset, M., M.J. Swarner, L. Mponwane, K. Keletile and J.W. McNutt. Human–wildlife conflict in northern Botswana: livestock predation by Endangered African wild dog Lycaon pictus and other carnivores. Oryx43(1), 1–6.

2009 Marsden, C.D., B. K. Mable, R. Woodroffe, G.S.A. Rasmussen, S. Cleaveland, M. Emmanuel, R. Thomas, J.W.McNutt, L. J. Kennedy.Highly endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) lack variation at the major histocompatibility complex. J.Heredity 100: S54-S65.

2008 Alexander, K.A., McNutt, J.W., Briggs, M.B., Standers, P.E., Funston, P, Hemson, G., Keet, D., and van Vuuren, M. Multi-host pathogens and carnivore management in southern Africa.CompImmunol.MicrobiolInfectDis.698:1-17.

2008 McNutt, J.W., M. Parker, M. J. Swarner& M. Gusset. Adoption as a conservation tool for endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). South African Journal of Wildlife Research 38(2): 109–112.

2008 McNutt,J.W. & SILK, J.B.. Pup production, sex ratios, and survivorship in African wild dogs, (Lycaon pictus)Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 62: 1061–1067.

2004 McNutt, J. W., M. G. L. Mills, K. McCreery, G. S. A. Rasmussen, R. Robbins, & R. Woodroffe. 2004. Lycaon pictus. Pp. 1-9 in 2004 Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN ed.). IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

2004 Boggs, L. Community-based natural resource management in the Okavango Delta. In: Rights, Resources & Rural Development : Community-based natural resource management in Southern Africa. Fabricius, C. & Koch, E.(eds.). Earthscan , London. pp147-159.

2004 Creel, S., M.G.L. Mills, J.W.McNutt. Demography and Population Dynamics of African Wild Dogs in Three Critical Ecosystems. In: The Biology & Conservation of Wild Canids, D.W.Macdonald & C. Sillero-Zubiri, eds. Oxford University Press.

2002 McNutt, J.W. & L.P.Boggs. Another Family Dog: The social life of African wild dogs. Africa Geographic 10 (9) 38-49.

2001 McNutt, J.W. African wild dogs in northern Botswana. In: Report of Proceedings of the National Technical Predator Management and Conservation Workshop in Botswana. DWNP. October 9- 12. pp18-24.

2001 McNutt, J.W. Estimating wildlife populations: Sampling and extrapolation. In: Report of Proceedings of the National Technical Predator Management and Conservation Workshop in Botswana. DWNP. October 9-12. pp54-61.

2001 Girman, D., C. Vilà, E. Geffen, S. Creel, M. Mills, J.W.McNutt, J.R. Ginsberg, P. Kat, Mamiya & R. Wayne. Patterns of population subdivision, gene flow and genetic variability in the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus). Molecular Ecology 10 (7), 1703-1723.

2000 McNutt, J.W. Pack Power: African wild dog behaviour. BBC Wildlife 18 (2): 14 – 20.

2000 Boggs L.P. Community Power, Participation, Conflict and Development Choice: community wildlife conservation in the Okavango region of Northern Botswana. Evaluating Eden Series, Paper 17, International Institute for Environment and Development, London.

1997 Hamilton, Wm. J. III, McNutt, J.W. Determinants of conflict outcomes. Ch.6 In: Perspectives in Ethology. Vol. 12. Owings, D.H., Clark N., & Beecher, M. (eds.) Plenum Press, New York. Pp.179- 224.

1996 McNutt, J.W. Adoption in African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). J.Zool., Lond. 240:163-173.

1996 McNutt, J.W. Sex-biased dispersal in African wild dogs, (Lycaon pictus). Anim. Behav. 52:1067-1077.

1996 McNutt, J.W. & L. P. BoggsRunning Wild: Dispelling the Myths of the African Wild Dog. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, D.C. 149p.

1996 Osofsky, S. A., McNutt, J. W. & Hirsch, K.J. Immobilization of free-ranging African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) using a ketamine/xylazine/atropine combination. J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 27: 528-532.

1995 McNutt, J.W. Sociality and dispersal of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). Ph.D. Dissertation. University of California, Davis, CA

1995 Alexander, K.A., P.W. Kat, C. House, M. K. Laurenson, J.W. McNutt, S.J. O’Brien, & B.I. Osburn. African horse sickness and African carnivores. Veterinary Microbiology 47:133-140.

1995 Ginsberg, J.R., K.A. Alexander, S. Creel, P.W. Kat, J.W. McNutt, & M.G.L. Mills. Handling and survivorship in the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus): A survey of five ecosystems. Conserv. Biol. 9: 665-674.

1994 Alexander, K.A., N.J. MacLachlan, P.W. Kat, C. House, S.J. O’Brien, N.W. Lerche, M. Sawyer, L.G. Frank, K. Holecamp, L. Smale, J.W. McNutt, M.K. Laurenson, M.G.L. Mills, & B.I. Osburn. Evidence of natural bluetongue virus infection among African carnivores. Am J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 51: 568-576.

1993 Boggs, L.P. & J.W. McNutt. Running wild: A close look at Botswana’s painted wolves. Afr. Env. Wildl. 2: 28-36.

1992 Fuller, T. K., P.W. Kat, J.B. Bulger, A.H. Maddock, J.W. Ginsberg, R.Burrows, J.W.McNutt, & M.G.L. Mills. Population dynamics of African wild dogs. In: Wildlife 2001: Populations. D.R. McCullough & R.H. Barrett, (eds.). London. Elsevier Applied Science. Pp.1125-1138.

Project Dissertations

1994 Alexander, K . PhD Dissertation. University of California, Davis

1995 McNutt, J.W. Sociality and dispersal of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). PhD Dissertation. University of California, Davis, CA

1996 Boggs, L. Social factors that influence attitudes towards wildlife, its utilization, and community wildlife conservation in northern Botswana. MA Thesis, McGill University, Montreal

2007 Webster, H. Vocal communication and cognitive abilities in a “fugitive” species: the African wild dog. PhD Dissertation. University of Sussex, UK

2008. Swarner (Muir), M. Factors associated with wild predator conflict in rangelands with free-ranging livestock in western Botswana. PhD Dissertation. University of California, Davis

2009 Parker, M. N. Territoriality and scent marking behavior of African wild dogs in northern Botswana. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT.

2011 Pomilia, Matthew. Intraspecific variation in African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) ranging patterns in northern Botswana. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, MSc Dissertation.

2013 Cozzi, G. Patterns of Habitat Use and Segregation Among African Large Carnivores. PhD Dissertation. University of Zurich

2013 Broekhuis, F. Niche segregation by cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) as a mechanism for co-existence with lion (Panthera leo) and spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta). PhD Dissertation. Oxford University

2013 Stoner, K. Changes in Pastoralist Attitiudes Toward Carnivores in Botswana’s Okavango Delta. MSc. Yale University

2016 Rich, L. – PhD thesis; Monitoring and Conserving Carnivore Communities across Northern Botswana, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA

2016 Abrahms, B.L. PhD thesis: The Ecology and Conservation of Animal Movement in Changing Land- and Seascapes. UC Berkeley

2017 Vitale, J. PhD thesis: The olfactory behavior of spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) and sympatric mammals in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. University of Nottingham

2019 Rafiq, Kasim PhD. Thesis: Mechanisms facilitating coexistence between leopards (Panthera pardus) and their competitors in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.    School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

Recently Submitted Papers for Review or in Revision:

 

—–  Alting, B.F.T., Golabek, K.A., Pitcher, B., McNutt, J.W., Wilson, A.M., Bates, H., & Jordan, N.R. (in prep). The characteristics and consequences of African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) den site selection. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

—— Wilson, A.M. ,Golabek, K., Buse, C.,Lowe, J.C., Bennitt, E., Bartlam-Brooks,H.L.A., Amos, S., Jordan, N.R., McNutt, J.W., &Hubel,T. (accepted).Use of solar cells to enhance performance of wildlife collars on large African mammals. Methods in Ecology & Evolution

—— Rafiq, Kasim; Jordan, Neil; Wilson, Alan; McNutt, J.; Hayward, Matt; Meloro, Carlo; Wich, Serge; Golabek, Krystyna. Imperfect decision making and temporal overlap contribute to direct encounters between large African predators.  Journal of Animal Ecology

 

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