Publications

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

Becker, M.S., R. McRobb, F. Watson, E. Droge, B. Kanyembo, J. Murdoch and C. Kakumbi, 2013

Biological Conservation
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320712003722

Estimating Past and Future Male Loss in Three Zambian Lion Populations

Becker, M.S., F. Watson, E.Droge, K. Leigh, R.Carlson and A.A. Carlson. 2012.

Journal of Wildlife Management
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jwmg.446/abstract

The size of savannah Africa: a lion’s (Panthera leo) view

Riggio, J., A. Jacobson, L.Dollar, H. Bauer, M. Becker, A. Dickman, P. Funston, R. Groom, P. Henschel, H. de Iongh, L. Lichtenfeld, and S. Pimm. 2012

Biodiversity and Conservation
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/233814784_The_size_of_savannah_Africa_a_lions_ (Panthera_leo)_view/file/79e4150bd271848fd6.pdf

Rabies, canine distemper and canine parvovirus exposure in large carnivore communities from two Zambian ecosystems

Berentsen, A.R., M.R. Dunbar, M.S.Becker, J. M’soka, E. Droge, N. Sakuya, W. Matandiko, R. McRobb, and C.A. Hanlon.

In Press: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Using pedigree reconstruction to estimate population size: genotypes are more than individually unique marks

Creel, S. and E. Rosenblatt.

In Press. Ecology and Evolution

Loss of genetic diversity in an outbreeding species: small population effects in the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)

Leigh, K.A., K.R. Zenger, I. Tammen, and H.W. Raadsma. 2012

Conservation Genetics 13:767-777.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10592-012-0325-2?LI=true

Illegal hunting and the bush-meat trade in African savannas: drivers, impacts and possible solutions

Lindsey, P., Balme, G., Becker, M., Begg, C., Bento, C., Bocchino, C., Dickman, A., Diggle, R., Eves, H., Fearnhead, P., Henschel, P., Lewis, D., Marnewick, K., Mattheus, J., McNutt, J.W., McRobb, R., Midlane, N., Milanzi, J., Morley, R., Murphree, M., Nyoni, P., Opyene, V., Phadima, J., Purchase, N., Rentsch, D., Roche, C., Shaw, J., van der Westhuizen, H., Van Vliet, N., Zisadza, P. In Press.

Biological Conservation

Survey of gastrointestinal parasite infection in African lion (Panthera leo), African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) and spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia

Berentsen, A.R., M. S. Becker, H.Stockdale-Walden, W. Matandiko, R. McRobb, M.Dunbar. 2012.

African Zoology 47:363-368

Luangwa and Mid-Zambezi Valleys Ecosystem

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