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Overview

Matt W. Hayward is affiliated with the University of Newcastle Australia and is an active researcher primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Genetics.

The core focus of their research encompasses key topics in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies.

Among the recent papers associated with research in their collaboration network are:

  • What do you mean by "niche"? Modern ecological theories are not coherent on rhetoric about the niche concept (2021, Acta Oecologica)
  • Rethinking megafauna (2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • Only the largest terrestrial carnivores increase their dietary breadth with increasing prey richness (2020, Mammal Review)
  • The Relative Role of Knowledge and Empathy in Predicting Pro-Environmental Attitudes and Behavior (2022, Sustainability)
  • The inducible defences of large mammals to human lethality (2020, Functional Ecology)

Frequent coauthors in Matt W. Hayward's research include:

  • Kaya Klop-Toker
  • Andrea S. Griffin
  • Alex Callen
  • Robert A. Montgomery
  • Michael Mahony

They frequently publish in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Mammal Review, Animals, Biological Conservation, and Conservation Biology.

Best Publications

  • Collapse of the world's largest herbivores.

    William J Ripple;Thomas M Newsome;Thomas M Newsome;Christopher Wolf;Rodolfo Dirzo

  • Prey preferences of the leopard (Panthera pardus)

    M. W. Hayward;P. Henschel;J. O'Brien;M. Hofmeyr

  • Prey preferences of the lion (Panthera leo)

    Matt W. Hayward;Graham I. H. Kerley

  • Fencing for Conservation: restriction of evolutionary potential or a riposte to threatening processes?

    Matt W. Hayward;Matt W. Hayward;Graham I.H. Kerley

  • Carrying capacity of large African predators : Predictions and tests

    Matt W. Hayward;John O’Brien;Graham I.H. Kerley

  • Acting fast helps avoid extinction

    Tara G. Martin;Tara G. Martin;Simon Nally;Andrew A. Burbidge;Sophie Arnall

  • A review of camera trapping for conservation behaviour research

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

  • Temporal Partitioning of Activity in Large African Carnivores: Tests of Multiple Hypotheses

    Matt W. Hayward;Rob Slotow

  • Prey preferences of the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) and degree of dietary overlap with the lion (Panthera leo)

    M. W. Hayward

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • Prey preferences of the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) (Felidae: Carnivora): morphological limitations or the need to capture rapidly consumable prey before kleptoparasites arrive?

    M. W. Hayward;M. Hofmeyr;J. O'Brien;G. I. H. Kerley

  • Saving the World's Terrestrial Megafauna

    William J Ripple;Guillaume Chapron;José Vicente López-Bao;Sarah M. Durant

  • Prey preferences and dietary overlap amongst Africa's large predators

    Matt W. Hayward;Matt W. Hayward

  • The reintroduction of large carnivores to the Eastern Cape, South Africa: an assessment

    Matt W. Hayward;Graham I. H. Kerley;John Adendorff;Lucius C. Moolman

  • Are we eating the world's megafauna to extinction?

    William J. Ripple;Christopher Wolf;Thomas M. Newsome;Thomas M. Newsome;Matthew G. Betts

  • Prey preferences of the tiger Panthera tigris

    M. W. Hayward;M. W. Hayward;W. Jędrzejewski;B. Jêdrzejewska

  • Prey Preferences of the African Wild Dog Lycaon pictus (Canidae: Carnivora): Ecological Requirements for Conservation

    Matt W. Hayward;John O'Brien;Markus Hofmeyr;Graham I. H. Kerley

  • Prey preferences of the snow leopard (Panthera uncia): regional diet specificity holds global significance for conservation.

    Salvador Lyngdoh;Shivam Shrotriya;Surendra P. Goyal;Hayley Clements

  • Reintroduction of Top-Order Predators

    Matt W. Hayward;Michael J. Somers

  • Border Security Fencing and Wildlife: The End of the Transboundary Paradigm in Eurasia?

    John Durrus Linnell;Arie Trouwborst;Luigi Boitani;Petra Kaczensky

  • Temporal partitioning of activity in large African carnivores : tests of multiple hypotheses : research article

    Matt W. Hayward;Rob Slotow

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham I. H. Kerley
Graham I. H. Kerley Nelson Mandela University
Sarah Legge
Sarah Legge Australian National University
Peter J. S. Fleming
Peter J. S. Fleming University of Southern Queensland
Peter A. Lindsey
Peter A. Lindsey Griffith University
Marco Heurich
Marco Heurich University of Freiburg
Niko Balkenhol
Niko Balkenhol University of Göttingen
Benjamin L. Allen
Benjamin L. Allen University of Southern Queensland
David W. Macdonald
David W. Macdonald University of Oxford
John D. C. Linnell
John D. C. Linnell Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
William J. Ripple
William J. Ripple Oregon State University

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