George Wittemyer

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The impact of ecological variability on the reproductive endocrinology of wild female African elephants
    George Wittemyer
    Save the Elephants, P O Box 54667, Nairobi, Kenya
    Horm Behav 51:346-54. 2007
  2. ncbi Accelerated human population growth at protected area edges
    George Wittemyer
    Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
    Science 321:123-6. 2008
  3. ncbi Comparative demography of an at-risk African elephant population
    George Wittemyer
    Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 8:e53726. 2013
  4. ncbi Inferring ecological and behavioral drivers of African elephant movement using a linear filtering approach
    Alistair N Boettiger
    Biophysics Graduate Program, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 3112, USA
    Ecology 92:1648-57. 2011
  5. ncbi Chemosignalling of musth by individual wild African elephants (Loxodonta africana): implications for conservation and management
    L E L Rasmussen
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, OGI School of Science and Engineering, Oregon Health and Science University, 20 000 N W Walker Road, Beaverton, OR 97006 8921, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 269:853-60. 2002
  6. ncbi Stable isotopes in elephant hair document migration patterns and diet changes
    Thure E Cerling
    Department of Geology and Geophysics, 135 South 1460 East, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:371-3. 2006
  7. ncbi Population genetic structure of savannah elephants in Kenya: conservation and management implications
    John B A Okello
    Molecular Biology Laboratory, Makerere University Institute of Environment and Natural Resources, PO Box 7298, Kampala, Uganda
    J Hered 99:443-52. 2008

Collaborators

  • Andre Ganswindt
  • Justin S Brashares
  • F Vollrath
  • Thure E Cerling
  • Alistair N Boettiger
  • Iain Douglas-Hamilton
  • John B A Okello
  • L E L Rasmussen
  • Richard Starfield
  • Wayne M Getz
  • Fritz Volrath
  • Vincent B Muwanika
  • Hans R Siegismund
  • Silvester Nyakaana
  • Henrik B Rasmussen
  • Peter Arctander
  • Onesmas Kahindi
  • Patrick Omondi
  • Charles Masembe

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi The impact of ecological variability on the reproductive endocrinology of wild female African elephants
    George Wittemyer
    Save the Elephants, P O Box 54667, Nairobi, Kenya
    Horm Behav 51:346-54. 2007
    ....
  2. ncbi Accelerated human population growth at protected area edges
    George Wittemyer
    Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
    Science 321:123-6. 2008
    ..These findings provide insight on the value of PAs for local people, but also highlight a looming threat to PA effectiveness and biodiversity conservation...
  3. ncbi Comparative demography of an at-risk African elephant population
    George Wittemyer
    Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 8:e53726. 2013
    ....
  4. ncbi Inferring ecological and behavioral drivers of African elephant movement using a linear filtering approach
    Alistair N Boettiger
    Biophysics Graduate Program, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 3112, USA
    Ecology 92:1648-57. 2011
    ..Signal processing provides a promising approach for elucidating environmental factors that drive animal movements over large time and spatial scales...
  5. ncbi Chemosignalling of musth by individual wild African elephants (Loxodonta africana): implications for conservation and management
    L E L Rasmussen
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, OGI School of Science and Engineering, Oregon Health and Science University, 20 000 N W Walker Road, Beaverton, OR 97006 8921, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 269:853-60. 2002
    ..Such sampling may allow the more accurate categorization of the social and reproductive status of individual male elephants...
  6. ncbi Stable isotopes in elephant hair document migration patterns and diet changes
    Thure E Cerling
    Department of Geology and Geophysics, 135 South 1460 East, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:371-3. 2006
    ..Variation in diet, quantified by using stable isotopes, can offer insight into diet-related wildlife behavior...
  7. ncbi Population genetic structure of savannah elephants in Kenya: conservation and management implications
    John B A Okello
    Molecular Biology Laboratory, Makerere University Institute of Environment and Natural Resources, PO Box 7298, Kampala, Uganda
    J Hered 99:443-52. 2008
    ..Our results depicting 3 broad regional mtDNA groups and the observed population genetic differentiation as well as connectivity patterns should be incorporated in the planning of future management activities such as translocations...