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Peter Leimgruber is affiliated with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a substantial number of publications exploring various aspects of ecology and conservation.

Leimgruber's work spans several subfields including Ecology, Social Psychology, Global and Planetary Change, Small Animals, and Genetics. The main topics covered in their research reflect a focus on wildlife and conservation themes such as Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, and Human-Animal Interaction Studies.

The scientist has authored numerous papers in recognized academic journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirements," 2020, Conservation Biology
  • "Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns," 2023, Science
  • "Moving through the mosaic: identifying critical linkage zones for large herbivores across a multiple-use African landscape," 2021, Landscape Ecology
  • "A quantitative assessment of the indirect impacts of human-elephant conflict," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Land-use change is associated with multi-century loss of elephant ecosystems in Asia," 2023, Scientific Reports

Their research has been frequently published in the following venues:

  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biological Conservation
  • PLoS ONE
  • Landscape Ecology

Peter Leimgruber collaborates with a number of frequent co-authors, which demonstrates ongoing partnerships within the scientific community. Regular collaborators include Jared A. Stabach, Melissa Songer, Qiongyu Huang, Christen H. Fleming, and William F. Fagan.

Best Publications

  • Moving in the Anthropocene : global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements

    Marlee A. Tucker;Katrin Böhning-Gaese;William F. Fagan;John M. Fryxell

  • Rigorous home range estimation with movement data: a new autocorrelated kernel density estimator

    Chris H. Fleming;Chris H. Fleming;W. F. Fagan;Thomas Mueller;Kirk A. Olson

  • Free and open-access satellite data are key to biodiversity conservation

    Woody Turner;Carlo Rondinini;Nathalie Pettorelli;Brice Mora

  • The Fate of Wild Tigers

    Eric Dinerstein;Colby Loucks;Eric Wikramanayake;Joshua Ginsberg

  • From fine-scale foraging to home ranges: a semivariance approach to identifying movement modes across spatiotemporal scales.

    Chris H. Fleming;Justin M. Calabrese;Thomas Mueller;Kirk A. Olson

  • Integrating movement ecology with biodiversity research - exploring new avenues to address spatiotemporal biodiversity dynamics.

    Florian Jeltsch;Dries Bonte;Guy Pe’er;Björn Reineking

  • Fragmentation of Asia's remaining wildlands: implications for Asian elephant conservation

    Peter Leimgruber;J. B. Gagnon;Christen M. Wemmer;D. S. Kelly

  • Ten ways remote sensing can contribute to conservation

    Robert A. Rose;Dirck Byler;J. Ron Eastman;Erica Fleishman

  • In search of forage: predicting dynamic habitats of Mongolian gazelles using satellite-based estimates of vegetation productivity

    Thomas Mueller;Thomas Mueller;Kirk A. Olson;Kirk A. Olson;Todd K. Fuller;George B. Schaller

  • How landscape dynamics link individual- to population-level movement patterns: A multispecies comparison of ungulate relocation data

    Thomas Mueller;Thomas Mueller;Kirk A. Olson;Gunnar Dressler;Peter Leimgruber

  • Community attitudes toward three protected areas in Upper Myanmar (Burma)

    Teri Allendorf;Khaing Khaing Swe;Thida Oo;Y E Htut

  • Using Relative Abundance Indices from Camera-Trapping to Test Wildlife Conservation Hypotheses – An Example from Khao Yai National Park, Thailand:

    K. E. Jenks;K. E. Jenks;P. Chanteap;K. Damrongchainarong;P. Cutter

  • Forest cover change patterns in Myanmar (Burma) 1990-2000.

    Peter Leimgruber;Daniel S. Kelly;Marc K. Steininger;Jake Brunner

  • Sustainability Agenda for the Pantanal Wetland: Perspectives on a Collaborative Interface for Science, Policy, and Decision-Making:

    Walfrido M. Tomas;Fabio de Oliveira Roque;Ronaldo G. Morato;Patricia Emilia Medici

  • Predation on artificial nests in large forest blocks

    Peter Leimgruber;William J. McShea;John H. Rappole

  • Space Use and Movement of a Neotropical Top Predator: The Endangered Jaguar

    Ronaldo G Morato;Jared A Stabach;Chris H Fleming;Justin M Calabrese

  • BEHAVIOR RATHER THAN DIET MEDIATES SEASONAL DIFFERENCES IN SEED DISPERSAL BY ASIAN ELEPHANTS

    Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz;Asier R. Larrinaga;Udayani R. Weerasinghe;Seiki Takatsuki

  • How far to go? Determinants of migration distance in land mammals

    Claire S. Teitelbaum;Claire S. Teitelbaum;William F. Fagan;Chris H. Fleming;Gunnar Dressler

  • Losing a jewel-Rapid declines in Myanmar's intact forests from 2002-2014.

    Tejas Bhagwat;Andrea Hess;Ned Horning;Thiri Khaing

  • Problem-Elephant Translocation: Translocating the Problem and the Elephant?

    Prithiviraj Fernando;Peter Leimgruber;Tharaka Prasad;Jennifer Pastorini

  • Integrating movement ecology with biodiversity research

    Florian Jeltsch;Dries Bonte;Guy Pe'er;Björn Reineking

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Mueller
Thomas Mueller Goethe University Frankfurt
Melissa Songer
Melissa Songer Smithsonian Institution
Justin M. Calabrese
Justin M. Calabrese University of Maryland, College Park
William F. Fagan
William F. Fagan University of Maryland, College Park
Todd K. Fuller
Todd K. Fuller University of Massachusetts Amherst
Petra Kaczensky
Petra Kaczensky Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
William J. McShea
William J. McShea Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
George Wittemyer
George Wittemyer Colorado State University
Katrin Böhning-Gaese
Katrin Böhning-Gaese Goethe University Frankfurt
Martin Wegmann
Martin Wegmann University of Würzburg

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