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Herbert H. T. Prins is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to numerous subfields including Ecology, Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their work addresses a variety of topics, especially focusing on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Notable recent papers include:

  • "The environmental impacts of palm oil in context" (2020, Nature Plants)
  • "Timely poacher detection and localization using sentinel animal movement" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • "Oxygen is a better predictor of macroinvertebrate richness than temperature-a systematic review" (2020, Environmental Research Letters)
  • "Will legal international rhino horn trade save wild rhino populations?" (2020, Global Ecology and Conservation)
  • "Conservation overstretch and long-term decline of wildlife and tourism in the Central African savannas" (2021, Conservation Biology)

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Frank van Langevelde
  • Joost F. de Jong
  • Henrik J. de Knegt
  • Jasper A.J. Eikelboom
  • Willem F. de Boer

Herbert H. T. Prins has contributed regularly to several publication venues, notably:

  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Diversity

In addition to journal articles, Prins has authored a book titled Ecology and Management of the African Buffalo, published by Cambridge University Press in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Determinants of woody cover in African savannas

    Mahesh Sankaran;Niall P. Hanan;Robert J. Scholes;Jayashree Ratnam

  • EFFECTS OF FIRE AND HERBIVORY ON THE STABILITY OF SAVANNA ECOSYSTEMS

    Frank van Langevelde;Claudius A.D.M. van de Vijver;Claudius A.D.M. van de Vijver;Lalit Kumar;Lalit Kumar;Johan van de Koppel

  • Self-organization of vegetation in arid ecosystems

    M Rietkerk;MC Boerlijst;F van Langevelde;R HilleRisLambers

  • VEGETATION PATTERN FORMATION IN SEMI-ARID GRAZING SYSTEMS

    Reinier HilleRisLambers;Max Rietkerk;Frank van den Bosch;Herbert H. T. Prins

  • Ecology and Behaviour of the African Buffalo: Social inequality and decision making

    Herbert Prins

  • BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

    Maria Dornelas;Laura H. Antão;Laura H. Antão;Faye Moyes;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates

  • The Role of Incentive Programs in Conserving the Snow Leopard

    Charudutt Mishra;Priscilla Allen;Tom McCARTHY;M. D. Madhusudan

  • Global environmental controls of diversity in large herbivores.

    Han Olff;Mark E. Ritchie;Herbert H.T. Prins

  • Predicting in situ pasture quality in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, using continuum-removed absorption features

    O. Mutanga;A.K. Skidmore;H.H.T. Prins

  • The influence of savanna trees on nutrient, water and light availability and the understorey vegetation

    F. Ludwig;J.C.J.M. de Kroon;F. Berendse;H.H.T. Prins

  • HERBIVORE POPULATION CRASHES AND WOODLAND STRUCTURE IN EAST-AFRICA

    H.H.T. Prins;H.P. van der Jeugd

  • Ecology and Behaviour of the African Buffalo

    H. H. T. Prins

  • Competition between domestic livestock and wild bharal Pseudois nayaur in the Indian Trans-Himalaya

    Charudutt Mishra;Charudutt Mishra;Sipke E. Van Wieren;Pieter Ketner;Ignas M. A. Heitkönig

  • The environmental impacts of palm oil in context

    Erik Meijaard;Erik Meijaard;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Kimberly M. Carlson;Eleanor M. Slade

  • The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing

    Iain J. Gordon;Herbert H. T. Prins

  • Hydraulic lift in Acacia tortilis trees on an East African savanna

    F. Ludwig;F. Ludwig;T.E. Dawson;J.C.J.M. de Kroon;F. Berendse

  • Wildlife conservation by sustainable use

    Herbert H. T. Prins;Jan Geu Grootenhuis;Thomas T. Dolan

  • Species-richness of African grazer assemblages: towards a functional explanation.

    H.H.T. Prins;H. Olff

  • The Pastoral Road to Extinction: Competition Between Wildlife and Traditional Pastoralism in East Africa

    Herbert H.T. Prins

  • Population trends of large non‐migratory wild herbivores and livestock in the Masai Mara ecosystem, Kenya, between 1977 and 1997

    W.K. Ottichilo;J. de Leeuw;A.K. Skidmore;H.H.T. Prins

  • Resource partitioning between sympatric wild and domestic herbivores in the Tarangire region of Tanzania

    Margje M. Voeten;Herbert H. T. Prins

  • The effect of personality on social foraging: shy barnacle geese scrounge more

    Ralf H. J. M. Kurvers;Herbert H. T. Prins;Sipke E. van Wieren;Kees van Oers

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew K. Skidmore
Andrew K. Skidmore University of Twente
Frank van Langevelde
Frank van Langevelde Wageningen University & Research
Ronald C. Ydenberg
Ronald C. Ydenberg Simon Fraser University
Willem F. de Boer
Willem F. de Boer Wageningen University & Research
Ignas M. A. Heitkönig
Ignas M. A. Heitkönig Wageningen University & Research
Rob Slotow
Rob Slotow University of KwaZulu-Natal
Patrick A. Jansen
Patrick A. Jansen Wageningen University & Research
Richard P. M. A. Crooijmans
Richard P. M. A. Crooijmans Wageningen University & Research
Hendrik-Jan Megens
Hendrik-Jan Megens Wageningen University & Research
Martien A. M. Groenen
Martien A. M. Groenen Wageningen University & Research

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