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Overview

Robbie A. McDonald is a researcher affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of expertise lies in Environmental Science, with a strong focus on subfields such as Ecology, Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their work extensively covers topics including:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Robbie A. McDonald has contributed to recent scientific publications, addressing various aspects of ecology, animal behavior, and disease management. Notable papers include:

  • "Our Wild Companions: Domestic cats in the Anthropocene," 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Provision of High Meat Content Food and Object Play Reduce Predation of Wild Animals by Domestic Cats Felis catus," 2021, Current Biology
  • "Diverse perspectives of cat owners indicate barriers to and opportunities for managing cat predation of wildlife," 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • "Ecology of domestic dogs Canis familiaris as an emerging reservoir of Guinea worm Dracunculus medinensis infection," 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • "Humanity's Best Friend: A Dog-Centric Approach to Addressing Global Challenges," 2020, Animals

Frequent collaborators in Robbie's research include:

  • Sarah L. Crowley
  • Richard J. Delahay
  • Cecily Goodwin
  • Martina Cecchetti
  • George J. F. Swan

Their research is commonly published in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • People and Nature
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Preventive Veterinary Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Food for thought: supplementary feeding as a driver of ecological change in avian populations

    Gillian N Robb;Robbie A McDonald;Dan E Chamberlain;Stuart Bearhop;Stuart Bearhop

  • Predation of wildlife by domestic cats Felis catus in Great Britain

    Michael Woods;Robbie A. Mcdonald;Robbie A. Mcdonald;Stephen Harris

  • Ecosystem restoration with teeth: what role for predators?

    Euan G. Ritchie;Bodil Elmhagen;Alistair S. Glen;Mike Letnic

  • Applications of stable isotope techniques to the ecology of mammals

    Kerry Crawford;Robbie A. Mcdonald;Stuart Bearhop

  • Conflict in invasive species management

    Sarah L Crowley;Steve Hinchliffe;Robbie A McDonald

  • Winter feeding of birds increases productivity in the subsequent breeding season.

    Gillian N Robb;Robbie A McDonald;Dan E Chamberlain;S. James Reynolds

  • The status of tuberculosis in European wild mammals

    Christian Gortázar;Richard J. Delahay;Robbie A. Mcdonald;Mariana Boadella

  • Resource partitioning among British and Irish mustelids

    Robbie A. McDonald

  • A restatement of the natural science evidence base relevant to the control of bovine tuberculosis in Great Britain.

    H. Charles J. Godfray;Christl A. Donnelly;Rowland R. Kao;David W. Macdonald

  • Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination reduces the severity and progression of tuberculosis in badgers

    Mark A. Chambers;Fiona Rogers;Fiona Rogers;Richard J. Delahay;Sandrine Lesellier

  • Application of Nitrogen and Carbon Stable Isotopes (δ15N and δ13C) to Quantify Food Chain Length and Trophic Structure

    Matthew J. Perkins;Robbie A. McDonald;F. J. Frank van Veen;Simon D. Kelly

  • Using Social Network Measures in Wildlife Disease Ecology, Epidemiology, and Management

    Matthew J Silk;Darren P Croft;Richard J Delahay;David J Hodgson

  • Badger social networks correlate with tuberculosis infection

    Nicola Weber;Stephen P. Carter;Sasha R.X. Dall;Richard J. Delahay

  • Determinants of woody encroachment and cover in African savannas.

    Aisling P. Devine;Robbie A. McDonald;Tristan Quaife;Ilya M. D. Maclean

  • Influence of trophic position and foraging range on mercury levels within a seabird community

    O. R. J. Anderson;Richard A. Phillips;R.A. McDonald;Richard F. Shore

  • Invasive species management will benefit from social impact assessment

    Sarah L. Crowley;Steve Hinchliffe;Robbie A. McDonald

  • Ecology of Problem Individuals and the Efficacy of Selective Wildlife Management

    George J.F. Swan;Steve M. Redpath;Stuart Bearhop;Robbie A. McDonald

  • Anticoagulant rodenticides in stoats (Mustela erminea) and weasels (Mustela nivalis) in England

    R.A McDonald;S Harris;G Turnbull;P Brown

  • Point transect sampling along linear features.

    T. A. Marques;T. A. Marques;S. T. Buckland;D. L. Borchers;D. Tosh

  • Intragroup competition predicts individual foraging specialisation in a group-living mammal.

    Catherine E. Sheppard;Richard Inger;Robbie A. McDonald;Sam Barker

  • The importance of stakeholder engagement in invasive species management: a cross-jurisdictional perspective in Ireland.

    K. E. Stokes;K. P. O’neill;W. I. Montgomery;J. T. A. Dick

  • The diet of stoats (Mustela erminea) and weasels (Mustela nivalis) in Great Britain

    Robbie A. McDonald;Charlotte Webbon;Stephen Harris

  • Wild small mammals as sentinels for the environmental transmission of antimicrobial resistance.

    Lauren E. Furness;Amy Campbell;Lihong Zhang;William H. Gaze

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Delahay
Richard J. Delahay Animal and Plant Health Agency
Stuart Bearhop
Stuart Bearhop University of Exeter
Mike Boots
Mike Boots University of California, Berkeley
David J. Hodgson
David J. Hodgson University of Exeter
W. Ian Montgomery
W. Ian Montgomery Queen's University Belfast
Richard F. Shore
Richard F. Shore Lancaster University
Richard Inger
Richard Inger University of Exeter
Darren P. Croft
Darren P. Croft University of Exeter
Michael A. Cant
Michael A. Cant University of Exeter
Stephen Harris
Stephen Harris University of Bristol

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