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70
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14523
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1386
National Ranking
180

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J. Marcus Rowcliffe is affiliated with the Zoological Society of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant number of publications in the field. The subfields of study include ecology, ecological modeling, nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The main topics covered in their work involve wildlife ecology and conservation, species distribution and climate change, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, primate behavior and ecology, conservation, biodiversity and resource management, wildlife-road interactions and conservation, and microplastics and plastic pollution.

Their frequent publication venues showcase a preference for journals related to ecology and conservation, international and interdisciplinary in scope. These venues include:

  • Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Conservation Science and Practice
  • Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Oryx

J. Marcus Rowcliffe has contributed to several recent papers, demonstrating active engagement in topics related to wildlife monitoring, conservation methods, and population estimation techniques. Recent publications include:

  • "Wild Meat Is Still on the Menu: Progress in Wild Meat Research, Policy, and Practice from 2002 to 2020," 2021, published in Annual Review of Environment and Resources
  • "Assessing the camera trap methodologies used to estimate density of unmarked populations," 2021, published in Journal of Applied Ecology
  • "Methods for wildlife monitoring in tropical forests: Comparing human observations, camera traps, and passive acoustic sensors," 2021, published in Conservation Science and Practice
  • "Strict protected areas are essential for the conservation of larger and threatened mammals in a priority region of the Brazilian Cerrado," 2020, published in Biological Conservation
  • "Estimating animal density for a community of species using information obtained only from camera-traps," 2022, published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with several coauthors appearing multiple times in their body of work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Oliver R. Wearn
  • Chris Carbone
  • Patrick A. Jansen
  • Robert M. Ewers
  • Jessica K. Haysom

Best Publications

  • Estimating animal density using camera traps without the need for individual recognition

    J. Marcus Rowcliffe;Juliet Field;Samuel T. Turvey;Chris Carbone

  • Quantifying levels of animal activity using camera trap data

    J. Marcus Rowcliffe;Roland Kays;Roland Kays;Bart Kranstauber;Bart Kranstauber;Chris Carbone

  • Scaling-up camera traps: monitoring the planet's biodiversity with networks of remote sensors

    Robin Steenweg;Mark Hebblewhite;Roland Kays;Jorge Ahumada

  • The costs of carnivory

    Chris Carbone;Amber Gf Teacher;J. Marcus Rowcliffe

  • Spontaneous emergence of leaders and followers in foraging pairs

    Sean A. Rands;Sean A. Rands;Guy Cowlishaw;Richard A. Pettifor;J. Marcus Rowcliffe

  • A review of camera trapping for conservation behaviour research

    Anthony Caravaggi;Peter B. Banks;A Cole Burton;Caroline M. V. Finlay

  • Quantifying the sensitivity of camera traps: an adapted distance sampling approach

    J. Marcus Rowcliffe;Chris Carbone;Patrick A. Jansen;Patrick A. Jansen;Roland Kays

  • Hunting for Consensus: Reconciling Bushmeat Harvest, Conservation, and Development Policy in West and Central Africa

    Elizabeth L. Bennett;Eric Blencowe;Katrina Brandon;David Brown

  • Life history tradeoffs influence mortality associated with the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

    Trenton W. J. Garner;Susan Walker;Jaime Bosch;Stacey Leech

  • How far do animals go? Determinants of day range in mammals.

    Chris Carbone;Guy Cowlishaw;Nick J. B. Isaac;J. Marcus Rowcliffe

  • Random versus Game Trail-Based Camera Trap Placement Strategy for Monitoring Terrestrial Mammal Communities

    Jeremy J. Cusack;Amy J. Dickman;J. Marcus Rowcliffe;Chris Carbone

  • Evidence for post-depletion sustainability in a mature bushmeat market

    Guy Cowlishaw;Samantha Mendelson;J. Marcus Rowcliffe

  • A model of human hunting impacts in multi-prey communities

    J. Marcus Rowcliffe;Guy Cowlishaw;Janice Long

  • Does the matrix matter? A forest primate in a complex agricultural landscape

    Julie Anderson;J. Marcus Rowcliffe;Guy Cowlishaw

  • Compromised Survivorship in Zoo Elephants

    Ros Clubb;Marcus Rowcliffe;Phyllis C Lee;Khyne U Mar;Khyne U Mar

  • Determinants of urban bushmeat consumption in Río Muni, Equatorial Guinea

    Tamsyn East;Noëlle F. Kümpel;Noëlle F. Kümpel;E.J. Milner-Gulland;J. Marcus Rowcliffe

  • Camera traps as sensor networks for monitoring animal communities

    Roland Kays;Bart Kranstauber;Patrick Jansen;Chris Carbone

  • Reframing the concept of alternative livelihoods

    J.H. Wright;N.A.O. Hill;D. Roe;J.M. Rowcliffe

  • Camera Traps as Sensor Networks for Monitoring Animal Communities

    R. Kays;S. Tilak;Bart Kranstauber;P. Jansen

  • The scale of illegal meat importation from Africa to Europe via Paris

    Anne-Lise Chaber;Anne-Lise Chaber;Sophie Allebone-Webb;Sophie Allebone-Webb;Yves Lignereux;Andrew A. Cunningham

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy Cowlishaw
Guy Cowlishaw Zoological Society of London
Chris Carbone
Chris Carbone Zoological Society of London
Patrick A. Jansen
Patrick A. Jansen Wageningen University & Research
E. J. Milner-Gulland
E. J. Milner-Gulland University of Oxford
Roland Kays
Roland Kays North Carolina State University
Andrew A. Cunningham
Andrew A. Cunningham Zoological Society of London
Robert M. Ewers
Robert M. Ewers Imperial College London
Henry Bernard
Henry Bernard Universiti of Malaysia Sabah
Andrew R. Watkinson
Andrew R. Watkinson University of East Anglia
Tim Coulson
Tim Coulson University of Oxford

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