By Dr Neil Jordan

Book Chapters

Jordan NR; Golabek KA; Marneweck CJ; Marneweck DG; Mbizah MM; Ngatia D; Rabaiotti D; Tshimologo B; Watermeyer J, 2023, 'Hunting Behavior and Social Ecology of African Wild Dogs', in Social Strategies of Carnivorous Mammalian Predators, Springer International Publishing, pp. 177 - 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29803-5_6

Buesching CD; Jordan NR, 2022, 'The Function of Carnivore Latrines', in , Wiley, pp. 131 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118943274.ch7

Rafiq K; Pitcher BJ; Cornelsen K; Whitney Hansen K; King AJ; Appleby RG; Abrahms B; Jordan NR, 2021, 'Animal-borne technologies in wildlife research and conservation', in Conservation Technology, pp. 105 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198850243.003.0006

Buesching CD; Jordan N, 2019, 'The Social Function of Latrines: A Hypothesis-Driven Research Approach', in Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 14, Springer International Publishing, pp. 94 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17616-7_8

Journal articles

Walker BJJ; Letnic M; Bucknall MP; Watson L; Jordan NR, 2024, 'Male dingo urinary scents code for age class and wild dingoes respond to this information', Chemical Senses, 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjae004

Claase MJ; Cherry MI; Hofmann DD; Apps PJ; McNutt JW; Jordan NR, 2024, 'Patterns of scent marking by African wild dogs, Lycaon pictus, at shared marking sites', Animal Behaviour, 207, pp. 77 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.10.012

Rafiq K; Jordan NR; Golabek K; McNutt JW; Wilson A; Abrahms B, 2023, 'Increasing ambient temperatures trigger shifts in activity patterns and temporal partitioning in a large carnivore guild', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1938

Tucker MA; Schipper AM; Adams TSF; Attias N; Avgar T; Babic NL; Barker KJ; Bastille-Rousseau G; Behr DM; Belant JL; Beyer DE; Blaum N; Blount JD; Bockmühl D; Boulhosa RLP; Brown MB; Buuveibaatar B; Cagnacci F; Calabrese JM; Černe R; Chamaillé-Jammes S; Chan AN; Chase MJ; Chaval Y; Chenaux-Ibrahim Y; Cherry SG; Ćirović D; Çoban E; Cole EK; Conlee L; Courtemanch A; Cozzi G; Davidson SC; DeBloois D; Dejid N; DeNicola V; Desbiez ALJ; Douglas-Hamilton I; Drake D; Egan M; Eikelboom JAJ; Fagan WF; Farmer MJ; Fennessy J; Finnegan SP; Fleming CH; Fournier B; Fowler NL; Gantchoff MG; Garnier A; Gehr B; Geremia C; Goheen JR; Hauptfleisch ML; Hebblewhite M; Heim M; Hertel AG; Heurich M; Hewison AJM; Hodson J; Hoffman N; Hopcraft JGC; Huber D; Isaac EJ; Janik K; Ježek M; Johansson Ö; Jordan NR; Kaczensky P; Kamaru DN; Kauffman MJ; Kautz TM; Kays R; Kelly AP; Kindberg J; Krofel M; Kusak J; Lamb CT; LaSharr TN; Leimgruber P; Leitner H; Lierz M; Linnell JDC; Lkhagvaja P; Long RA; López-Bao JV; Loretto MC; Marchand P; Martin H; Martinez LA; McBride RT; McLaren AAD; Meisingset E; Melzheimer J; Merrill EH; Middleton AD; Monteith KL; Moore SA; Van Moorter B; Morellet N, 2023, 'Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns', Science, 380, pp. 1059 - 1064, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abo6499

Nakagawa S; Lagisz M; Francis R; Tam J; Li X; Elphinstone A; Jordan NR; O'Brien JK; Pitcher BJ; Van Sluys M; Sowmya A; Kingsford RT, 2023, 'Rapid literature mapping on the recent use of machine learning for wildlife imagery', Peer Community Journal, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.261

Jordan NR; Campbell-Ward M; Vandersteen J; Colman N; Alting B; Gamage D; Cairns KM; Bell M; Altuna J; Pitcher BJ, 2023, 'Inferring interspecific killing of Red Fox by Dingo from wounds and inter-canine distance measures – and a call for more data', Australian Zoologist, 43, pp. 276 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2023.030

Claase MJ; Cherry MI; Apps PJ; McNutt JW; Hansen KW; Jordan NR, 2022, 'Interpack communication in African wild dogs at long-term shared marking sites', Animal Behaviour, 192, pp. 27 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.07.006

Abrahms B; Rafiq K; Jordan NR; McNutt JW, 2022, 'Long-term, climate-driven phenological shift in a tropical large carnivore', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2121667119

Howell LG; Clulow J; Jordan NR; Beranek CT; Ryan SA; Roff A; Witt RR, 2022, 'Drone thermal imaging technology provides a cost-effective tool for landscape-scale monitoring of a cryptic forest-dwelling species across all population densities', Wildlife Research, 49, pp. 66 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR21034

Jordan NR; Golabek KA; Behr DM; Walker RH; Plimpton L; Lostrom S; Claase M; Van der Weyde LK; McNutt JW, 2022, 'Priority of access to food and its influence on social dynamics of an endangered carnivore', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-021-03115-z

Cornelsen KA; Arkinstall CM; van Weenen J; Ross AK; Lawes JC; Moseby KE; Elphinstone A; Jordan NR, 2022, 'Telemetry tails: a practical method for attaching animal-borne devices to small vertebrates in the field', Wildlife Research, 49, pp. 399 - 414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr21107

Adams TSF; Mwezi I; Jordan NR, 2021, 'Panic at the disco: Solar-powered strobe light barriers reduce field incursion by African elephants Loxodonta africana in Chobe District, Botswana', ORYX, 55, pp. 739 - 746, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0030605319001182

Rafiq K; Appleby RG; Edgar JP; Radford C; Smith BP; Jordan NR; Dexter CE; Jones DN; Blacker ARF; Cochrane M, 2021, 'WildWID: An open-source active RFID system for wildlife research', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12, pp. 1580 - 1587, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13651

Alting BF; Bennitt E; Golabek KA; Pitcher BJ; McNutt JW; Wilson AM; Bates H; Jordan NR, 2021, 'The characteristics and consequences of African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) den site selection', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-021-03047-8

Smith BP; Jaques NB; Appleby RG; Morris S; Jordan NR, 2021, 'Automated shepherds: Responses of captive dingoes to sound and an inflatable, moving effigy', Pacific Conservation Biology, 27, pp. 195 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PC20022

Smith BP; Appleby RG; Jordan NR, 2021, 'Co-existing with dingoes: Challenges and solutions to implementing non-lethal management', Australian Zoologist, 41, pp. 491 - 510, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2020.024

Downey H; Amano T; Cadotte M; Cook CN; Cooke SJ; Haddaway NR; Jones JPG; Littlewood N; Walsh JC; Abrahams MI; Adum G; Akasaka M; Alves JA; Antwis RE; Arellano EC; Axmacher J; Barclay H; Batty L; Benítez-López A; Bennett JR; Berg MJ; Bertolino S; Biggs D; Bolam FC; Bray T; Brook BW; Bull JW; Burivalova Z; Cabeza M; Chauvenet ALM; Christie AP; Cole L; Cotton AJ; Cotton S; Cousins SAO; Craven D; Cresswell W; Cusack JJ; Dalrymple SE; Davies ZG; Diaz A; Dodd JA; Felton A; Fleishman E; Gardner CJ; Garside R; Ghoddousi A; Gilroy JJ; Gill DA; Gill JA; Glew L; Grainger MJ; Grass AA; Greshon S; Gundry J; Hart T; Hopkins CR; Howe C; Johnson A; Jones KW; Jordan NR; Kadoya T; Kerhoas D; Koricheva J; Lee TM; Lengyel S; Livingstone SW; Lyons A; McCabe G; Millett J; Strevens CM; Moolna A; Mossman HL; Mukherjee N; Muñoz-Sáez A; Negrões N; Norfolk O; Osawa T; Papworth S; Park KJ; Pellet J; Phillott AD; Plotnik JM; Priatna D; Ramos AG; Randall N; Richards RM; Ritchie EG; Roberts DL; Rocha R; Rodríguez JP; Sanderson R; Sasaki T; Savilaakso S; Sayer C; Sekercioglu C; Senzaki M; Smith G; Smith RJ; Soga M, 2021, 'Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management', Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12032

Radford C; McNutt JW; Rogers T; Maslen B; Jordan N, 2020, 'Artificial eyespots on cattle reduce predation by large carnivores', Communications Biology, 3, pp. 430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01156-0

Witt RR; Beranek CT; Howell LG; Ryan SA; Clulow J; Jordan NR; Denholm B; Roff A, 2020, 'Real-time drone derived thermal imagery outperforms traditional survey methods for an arboreal forest mammal', PLoS ONE, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242204

Vitale JD; Jordan NR; Gilfillan GD; McNutt JW; Reader T, 2020, 'Spatial and seasonal patterns of communal latrine use by spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) reflect a seasonal resource defense strategy', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02895-0

Jordan NR; Smith BP; Appleby RG; van Eeden LM; Webster HS, 2020, 'Addressing inequality and intolerance in human–wildlife coexistence', Conservation Biology, 34, pp. 803 - 810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13471

Rafiq K; Hayward MW; Wilson AM; Meloro C; Jordan NR; Wich SA; McNutt JW; Golabek KA, 2020, 'Spatial and temporal overlaps between leopards (Panthera pardus) and their competitors in the African large predator guild', Journal of Zoology, 311, pp. 246 - 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12781

Rafiq K; Jordan NR; Meloro C; Wilson AM; Hayward MW; Wich SA; McNutt JW, 2020, 'Scent-marking strategies of a solitary carnivore: boundary and road scent marking in the leopard', Animal Behaviour, 161, pp. 115 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.12.016

Rafiq K; Jordan NR; Wilson AM; McNutt JW; Hayward MW; Meloro C; Wich SA; Golabek KA, 2020, 'Spatio-temporal factors impacting encounter occurrences between leopards and other large African predators', Journal of Zoology, 310, pp. 191 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12746

Jordan N, 2020, 'Box A3: Making Sense of Scents', , pp. 77 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118968543.oth3

Rafiq K; Appleby RG; Edgar JP; Jordan NR; Dexter CE; Jones DN; Blacker ARF; Cochrane M, 2019, 'OpenDropOff: An open-source, low-cost drop-off unit for animal-borne devices', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10, pp. 1517 - 1522, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13231

Brink H; Purcell B; Letnic M; Webster H; Appleby R; Jordan N, 2019, 'Pets and pests: a review of the contrasting economics and fortunes of dingoes and domestic dogs in Australia, and a proposed new funding scheme for non-lethal dingo management', Wildlife Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR19030

Chisholm S; Stein AB; Jordan NR; Hubel TM; Shawe-Taylor J; Fearn T; McNutt JW; Wilson AM; Hailes S, 2019, 'Parsimonious test of dynamic interaction', Ecology and Evolution, 9, pp. 1654 - 1664, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4805

Kusler A; Jordan NR; McNutt JW; Broekhuis F, 2019, 'Cheetah marking trees: Distribution, visitation and behaviour', African Journal of Ecology, 57, pp. 419 - 422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aje.12602

Bryant B; Pittard S; Jordan NR; McMahon CR, 2019, 'Chemical capture of wild swamp buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) in tropical northern Australia using thiafentanil, etorphine and azaperone combinations', Australian Veterinary Journal, 97, pp. 33 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avj.12782

Torrents-Ticó M; Rich L; Mcnutt JW; Nthomiwa M; Mothala M; Motsamai G; Jordan NR, 2017, 'On the Right Track? Comparing Concurrent Spoor and Camera-Trap Surveys in Botswana', African Journal of Wildlife Research, 47, pp. 128 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.3957/056.047.0128

Walker RH; King AJ; McNutt JW; Jordan NR, 2017, 'Sneeze to leave: African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) use variable quorum thresholds facilitated by sneezes in collective decisions', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0347

Jordan NR; Buse C; Wilson AM; Golabek KA; Apps PJ; Lowe JC; Van der Weyde LK; Weldon McNutt J, 2017, 'Dynamics of direct inter-pack encounters in endangered African wild dogs', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-017-2338-9

Jackson CR; Groom RJ; Jordan NR; McNutt JW, 2017, 'The effect of relatedness and pack size on territory overlap in African wild dogs', Movement Ecology, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-017-0099-8

Abrahms B; Sawyer SC; Jordan NR; McNutt JW; Wilson AM; Brashares JS, 2017, 'Does wildlife resource selection accurately inform corridor conservation?', Journal of Applied Ecology, 54, pp. 412 - 422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12714

Dewhirst OP; Roskilly K; Hubel TY; Jordan NR; Golabek KA; McNutt JW; Wilson AM, 2017, 'An exploratory clustering approach for extracting stride parameters from tracking collars on free-ranging wild animals', Journal of Experimental Biology, 220, pp. 341 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.146035

McNutt JW; Stein AB; McNutt LB; Jordan NR, 2017, 'Living on the edge: Characteristics of human-wildlife conflict in a traditional livestock community in Botswana', Wildlife Research, 44, pp. 546 - 557, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR16160

Abrahms B; Jordan NR; Golabek KA; McNutt JW; Wilson AM; Brashares JS, 2016, 'Lessons from integrating behaviour and resource selection: activity-specific responses of African wild dogs to roads', Animal Conservation, 19, pp. 247 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12235

Hubel TY; Myatt JP; Jordan NR; Dewhirst OP; McNutt JW; Wilson AM, 2016, 'Additive opportunistic capture explains group hunting benefits in African wild dogs', Nature Communications, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11033

Hubel TY; Myatt JP; Jordan NR; Dewhirst OP; McNutt JW; Wilson AM, 2016, 'Energy cost and return for hunting in African wild dogs and cheetahs', Nature Communications, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11034

Pomilia MA; Mcnutt JW; Jordan NR, 2015, 'Ecological predictors of African wild dog ranging patterns in Northern Botswana', Journal of Mammalogy, 96, pp. 1214 - 1223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv130

Jordan NR; Apps PJ; Golabek KA; McNutt JW, 2014, 'Top marks from top dogs: Tandem marking and pair bond advertisement in african wild dogs', Animal Behaviour, 88, pp. 211 - 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.12.001

Apps P; Mmualefe L; Jordan NR; Golabek KA; McNutt JW, 2014, 'The "tomcat compound" 3-mercapto-3-methylbutanol occurs in the urine of free-ranging leopards but not in African lions or cheetahs', Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 53, pp. 17 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2013.12.013

Jordan NR; Golabek KA; Apps PJ; Gilfillan GD; Mcnutt JW, 2013, 'Scent-mark identification and scent-marking behaviour in African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus)', Ethology, 119, pp. 644 - 652, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eth.12105

Nichols HJ; Jordan NR; Jamie GA; Cant MA; Hoffman JI, 2012, 'Fine-scale spatiotemporal patterns of genetic variation reflect budding dispersal coupled with strong natal philopatry in a cooperatively breeding mammal', Molecular Ecology, 21, pp. 5348 - 5362, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.12015

Jordan NR; Messenger J; Turner P; Croose E; Birks J; O'Reilly C, 2012, 'Molecular comparison of historical and contemporary pine marten (Martes martes) populations in the British Isles: Evidence of differing origins and fates, and implications for conservation management', Conservation Genetics, 13, pp. 1195 - 1212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-012-0365-7

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