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Andrew J. Loveridge

Andrew J. Loveridge

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
9514
World Ranking
3849
National Ranking
425

Overview

Andrew J. Loveridge is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Ecology, encompassing subfields such as Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Genetics. Loveridge's work also touches on topics related to Small Animals and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The principal topics covered in their research include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology

Loveridge has a significant publication record in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Biological Conservation
  • African Journal of Ecology
  • Conservation Science and Practice
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Conservation Biology

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Loveridge are:

  • Evaluating the spatial intensity and demographic impacts of wire-snare bush-meat poaching on large carnivores, 2020, Biological Conservation
  • Assessing the performance of index calibration survey methods to monitor populations of wide-ranging low-density carnivores, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Effect of ecological factors on fine-scale patterns of social structure in African lions, 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Vocal discrimination of African lions and its potential for collar-free tracking, 2020, Bioacoustics
  • Commercially-driven lion part removal: What is the evidence from mortality records?, 2020, Global Ecology and Conservation

The scientist collaborates closely with a number of frequent co-authors, including:

  • David W. Macdonald
  • Amy Dickman
  • Lara L. Sousa
  • Marion Valeix
  • Matthew Wijers

Best Publications

  • Biology and conservation of wild felids

    David W. Macdonald;Andrew J. Loveridge

  • Behavioral adjustments of African herbivores to predation risk by lions: Spatiotemporal variations influence habitat use

    Marion Valeix;A.J. Loveridge;Simon Chamaillé-Jammes;Z. Davidson

  • The impact of sport-hunting on the population dynamics of an African lion population in a protected area

    A.J. Loveridge;A.W. Searle;F. Murindagomo;D.W. Macdonald

  • Conserving large carnivores: dollars and fence

    C. Packer;A. Loveridge;S. Canney;Timothy Caro

  • An interdisciplinary review of current and future approaches to improving human-predator relations

    S. Pooley;M. Barua;W. Beinart;A. Dickman

  • The devil is in the dispersers: predictions of landscape connectivity change with demography

    Nicholas B. Elliot;Samuel A. Cushman;David W. Macdonald;Andrew J. Loveridge

  • Behavioural adjustments of a large carnivore to access secondary prey in a human-dominated landscape

    Marion Valeix;Graham Hemson;Andrew J. Loveridge;Gus Mills

  • How key habitat features influence large terrestrial carnivore movements: waterholes and African lions in a semi-arid savanna of north-western Zimbabwe

    Marion Valeix;Marion Valeix;Andrew J. Loveridge;Zeke Davidson;Hillary Madzikanda

  • Does the risk of encountering lions influence African herbivore behaviour at waterholes

    Marion Valeix;Marion Valeix;Hervé Fritz;Andrew J. Loveridge;Zeke Davidson

  • Changes in home range size of African lions in relation to pride size and prey biomass in a semi-arid savanna

    Andrew J. Loveridge;Marion Valeix;Zeke Davidson;Felix Murindagomo

  • Influence of drought on predation of elephant (Loxodonta africana) calves by lions (Panthera leo) in an African wooded savannah

    A. J. Loveridge;J. E. Hunt;F. Murindagomo;D. W. Macdonald

  • To bait or not to bait: A comparison of camera-trapping methods for estimating leopard Panthera pardus density

    Byron D. du Preez;Andrew J. Loveridge;David W. Macdonald

  • The performance of African protected areas for lions and their prey

    P.A. Lindsey;P.A. Lindsey;L.S. Petracca;L.S. Petracca;P.J. Funston;H. Bauer

  • Cecil: A Moment or a Movement? Analysis of Media Coverage of the Death of a Lion, Panthera leo

    David W. Macdonald;Kim S. Jacobsen;Dawn Burnham;Paul J. Johnson

  • Seasonal diet and prey preference of the African lion in a waterhole-driven semi-arid savanna.

    Zeke Davidson;Marion Valeix;Marion Valeix;Freya Van Kesteren;Andrew J. Loveridge

  • More than $1 billion needed annually to secure Africa’s protected areas with lions

    Peter Andrew Lindsey;Peter Andrew Lindsey;Peter Andrew Lindsey;Jennifer R.B. Miller;Jennifer R.B. Miller;Lisanne S. Petracca;Lisanne S. Petracca;Lauren Coad

  • Individual vigilance of African herbivores while drinking: the role of immediate predation risk and context

    Stéphanie Périquet;Stéphanie Périquet;Marion Valeix;Marion Valeix;Andrew J. Loveridge;Hillary Madzikanda

  • Substrate and species constraints on the use of track incidences to estimate African large carnivore abundance

    P. J. Funston;L. Frank;T. Stephens;Z. Davidson

  • Environmental determinants of habitat and kill site selection in a large carnivore: scale matters

    Zeke Davidson;Marion Valeix;Marion Valeix;Andrew J. Loveridge;Jane E. Hunt

  • Conservation of large predator populations: Demographic and spatial responses of African lions to the intensity of trophy hunting

    A.J. Loveridge;M. Valeix;M. Valeix;G. Chapron;Z. Davidson

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Macdonald
David W. Macdonald University of Oxford
Marion Valeix
Marion Valeix Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Hervé Fritz
Hervé Fritz Nelson Mandela University
Simon Chamaillé-Jammes
Simon Chamaillé-Jammes Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Amy Dickman
Amy Dickman University of Oxford
Paul J. Johnson
Paul J. Johnson University of Oxford
Peter A. Lindsey
Peter A. Lindsey Griffith University
Craig Packer
Craig Packer University of Minnesota
Luke T. B. Hunter
Luke T. B. Hunter Wildlife Conservation Society
Paul J. Funston
Paul J. Funston Panthera Corporation

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