Wild Nature Institute

Recent papers from Wild Nature Institute

1. An Ecoregional Conservation Assessment for the Klamath-Siskiyou Ecoregion and Proposed Siskiyou Crest Climate Refuge, Southwest Oregon and Northern California, USADiversity · 2026
2. An accurate, efficient, and accessible AI-powered solution for wildlife re-identification in conservationScientific Reports · 2026
3. Comparative life-cycle analyses reveal interacting climatic and biotic drivers of population responses to climate changePNAS Nexus · 2025
4. Demographic drivers of population dynamics reveal subpopulation‐specific conservation needs for giraffes in the Serengeti EcosystemJournal of Wildlife Management · 2025
5. The contribution of community-based conservation models to conserving large herbivore populationsScientific Reports · 2024
6. Sexual dimorphisms in body proportions of Masai giraffes and the evolution of the giraffe’s neckMammalian Biology · 2024
7. Anthropogenic and climatic drivers of population densities in an African savanna ungulate communityPopulation Ecology · 2024
8. Extinction risks and mitigation for a megaherbivore, the giraffe, in a human‐influenced landscape under climate changeGlobal Change Biology · 2023
9. Effect of local climate anomalies on giraffe survivalBiodiversity and Conservation · 2023
10. Genetic evidence of population subdivision among Masai giraffes separated by the Gregory Rift Valley in TanzaniaEcology and Evolution · 2023
11. Biofluorescence and predator avoidance in the giraffeAfrican Journal of Ecology · 2023
12. Masai giraffe population change over 40 years in Arusha National ParkAfrican Journal of Ecology · 2023
13. Forest Management, Barred Owls, and Wildfire in Northern Spotted Owl TerritoriesForests · 2022
14. Phenotypic matching by spot pattern potentially mediates female giraffe social associationsJournal of Zoology · 2022
15. Trophic processes constrain seasonal ungulate distributions at two scales in an East African savannaJournal of Mammalogy · 2022
16. Leaving by staying: Social dispersal in giraffesJournal of Animal Ecology · 2021
17. Disentangling Post-Fire Logging and High-Severity Fire Effects for Spotted OwlsBirds · 2021
18. Socially Defined Subpopulations Reveal Demographic Variation in a Giraffe MetapopulationJournal of Wildlife Management · 2021
19. Sociability increases survival of adult female giraffesProceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2021
20. Proximity to humans affects local social structure in a giraffe metapopulationJournal of Animal Ecology · 2020