J. Weldon McNutt

Botswana Predator Conservation Trust — BW

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

41h-index5.0kcitations113works3.62yr avg
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Research Topics

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(91), Human-Animal Interaction Studies(41), Primate Behavior and Ecology(19), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies(17), Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies(12)

Publications112 total

3-Mercapto-3-methyl-1-butanol, a component of leopard urine, repels leopards and spotted hyaenas and protects livestock from leopard attacks; a series of case studies
2025Open Access
Intraguild competition mediates human avoidance in an endangered African large carnivore
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2025· 3 cited
Author response for "Intraguild competition mediates human avoidance in an endangered African large carnivore"
2025
To hunt or patrol? Social composition and location mediate scent marking decisions of a large carnivore
2024Open Access
Proactive cursorial and ambush predation risk avoidance in four African herbivore species
Ecology and Evolution·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Experimental modification of African wild dog movement and behavior using translocated conspecific scent
Biological Conservation·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Dispersal and connectivity in increasingly extreme climatic conditions
Global Change Biology·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Size matters: Natural experiments suggest the dear enemy effect is moderated by pack size in African wild dogs
Ecology and Evolution·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
How territoriality and sociality influence the habitat selection and movements of a large carnivore
Ecology and Evolution·2024· 14 citedOpen Access
Patterns of scent marking by African wild dogs, Lycaon pictus, at shared marking sites
Animal Behaviour·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Increasing ambient temperatures trigger shifts in activity patterns and temporal partitioning in a large carnivore guild
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2023· 21 citedOpen Access
An AI‐based platform to investigate African large carnivore dispersal and demography across broad landscapes: A case study and future directions using African wild dogs
African Journal of Ecology·2023· 6 cited
How territoriality and sociality influence the habitat selection and movement of a large carnivore
2023Open Access
African wild dogs are hot and hungry: Response to Creel et al. (2023)
Biological Conservation·2023
Higher Mortality Is Not a Universal Cost of Dispersal: A Case Study in African Wild Dogs
The American Naturalist·2023· 7 cited
Data from "Higher mortality is not a universal cost of dispersal: A case study in African wild dogs"
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2023Open Access
Data from "Higher mortality is not a universal cost of dispersal: A case study in African wild dogs"
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2023Open Access
A three-step approach for assessing landscape connectivity via simulated dispersal: African wild dog case study
Landscape Ecology·2023· 54 citedOpen Access
Reactions of Free-Ranging African Carnivores to Single Components of Carnivore Odours: Evidence that Mammalian Semiochemicals Are Not All Irreducibly Complex
2023
Interpack communication in African wild dogs at long-term shared marking sites
Animal Behaviour·2022· 15 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Neil R. Jordan(10), Gabriele Cozzi(8), Alan M. Wilson(7), Femke Broekhuis(6), Roșie Woodroffe(5), Peter A. Lindsey(4), Rosemary J. Groom(4), David W. Macdonald(4), Krystyna A. Golabek(4), Scott Creel(4), Peter Apps(4), Arpat Özgül(4), Dominik M. Behr(4), Colleen Begg(3), Bernhard Schmid(3), Tatjana Y. Hubel(3), Oliver P. Dewhirst(3), Lindsey N. Rich(3), David A. Miller(3), Hugh S. Robinson(3)