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Claudio Sillero-Zubiri

Claudio Sillero-Zubiri

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
49
Citations
11642
World Ranking
3982
National Ranking
443

Overview

Claudio Sillero-Zubiri is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with significant contributions within the field of Ecology and related subfields such as Genetics, Social Psychology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's main topics of study encompass various aspects of wildlife and ecological research, including:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation

Several recent papers illustrate the scope and focus of their research. These include:

  • "Overcoming racism in the twin spheres of conservation science and practice," 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Himalayan wolf distribution and admixture based on multiple genetic markers," 2020, Journal of Biogeography
  • "Every case is different: Cautionary insights about generalisations in human-wildlife conflict from a range-wide study of people and jaguars," 2021, Biological Conservation
  • "Threat analysis for more effective lion conservation," 2020, Oryx
  • "Open-source, low-cost modular GPS collars for monitoring and tracking wildlife," 2020, Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, notably:

  • Hans Bauer
  • David W. Macdonald
  • Pablo G. Perovic
  • Fikirte Gebresenbet
  • Amy Dickman

Publication venues where they have frequently published include:

  • Oryx
  • Biological Conservation
  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Communications Earth & Environment

Best Publications

  • The status of the world's land and marine mammals: diversity, threat, and knowledge

    Jan Schipper;Jan Schipper;Janice S. Chanson;Janice S. Chanson;Federica Chiozza;Neil A. Cox;Neil A. Cox

  • The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates

    Michael Hoffmann;Craig Hilton-Taylor;Ariadne Angulo;Monika Böhm

  • Canids : foxes, wolves, jackals and dogs : status survey and conservation action plan

    Michael Hoffmann;David W. Macdonald;Claudio Sillero-Zubiri

  • Molecular genetics of the most endangered canid: the Ethiopian wolf Canis simensis

    D. Gottelli;C. Sillero-Zubiri;G. D. Applebaum;M. S. Roy

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

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

  • The biology and conservation of wild canids

    David W. Macdonald;Claudio Sillero-Zubiri

  • Low-coverage vaccination strategies for the conservation of endangered species

    D T Haydon;D A Randall;L Matthews;D L Knobel

  • RABIES AND MORTALITY IN ETHIOPIAN WOLVES (CANIS SIMENSIS)

    C. Sillero-Zubiri;A. A. King;D. W. Macdonald

  • Mitigating carnivore–livestock conflict in Europe: lessons from Slovakia

    Robin Rigg;Slavomír Finďo;Maria Wechselberger;Martyn L. Gorman

  • Male philopatry, extra-pack copulations and inbreeding avoidance in Ethiopian wolves ( Canis simensis )

    Claudio Sillero-Zubiri;Dada Gottelli;David W. Macdonald

  • Scent-marking and territorial behaviour of Ethiopian wolves Canis simensis

    Claudio Sillero-Zubiri;David W. Macdonald

  • Disease as a threat to endangered species: Ethiopian wolves, domestic dogs and canine pathogens

    Karen Laurenson;Karen Laurenson;Claudio Sillero-Zubiri;Hal Thompson;Fekadu Shiferaw

  • Forgotten Biodiversity in Desert Ecosystems

    S. M. Durant;S. M. Durant;N. Pettorelli;S. Bashir;R. Woodroffe

  • An integrated disease management strategy for the control of rabies in Ethiopian wolves

    D.A. Randall;J. Marino;D.T. Haydon;C. Sillero-Zubiri

  • Rabies in endangered Ethiopian wolves.

    Deborah A. Randall;Stuart D. Williams;Ivan V. Kuzmin;Charles E. Rupprecht

  • Integrating Epidemiology into Population Viability Analysis: Managing the Risk Posed by Rabies and Canine Distemper to the Ethiopian Wolf

    D. T. Haydon;M. K. Laurenson;C. Sillero-Zubiri

  • Impact of livestock and settlement on the large mammalian wildlife of Bale Mountains National Park, southern Ethiopia

    Philip A Stephens;Candy A d'Sa;Claudio Sillero-Zubiri;Nigel Leader-Williams

  • Fiddling in biodiversity hotspots while deserts burn? Collapse of the Sahara's megafauna

    S. M. Durant;S. M. Durant;T. Wacher;S. Bashir;R. Woodroffe

  • The cryptic African wolf: Canis aureus lupaster is not a golden jackal and is not endemic to Egypt.

    Eli Knispel Rueness;Maria Gulbrandsen Asmyhr;Claudio Sillero-Zubiri;David W. Macdonald

  • Living with wildlife: the roots of conflict and the solutions

    Claudio Sillero-Zubiri;Raman Sukumar;Adrian Treves

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Macdonald
David W. Macdonald University of Oxford
Hans Bauer
Hans Bauer University of Oxford
Sarah M. Durant
Sarah M. Durant Zoological Society of London
Anthony R. Fooks
Anthony R. Fooks St George's, University of London
Paul J. Johnson
Paul J. Johnson University of Oxford
Amy Dickman
Amy Dickman University of Oxford
Jonathan E. M. Baillie
Jonathan E. M. Baillie Zoological Society of London
Luigi Boitani
Luigi Boitani Sapienza University of Rome
Michael R. Hoffmann
Michael R. Hoffmann California Institute of Technology
Afework Bekele
Afework Bekele Addis Ababa University

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