Leimgruber, Peter

Center Head, Conservation Biologist

Application of satellite remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems to the conservation of species, communities and ecosystems; special focus on landscape ecology of large endangered mammalian species.

Background And Education

Education And Training

Dipl. rer. nat., Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Germany
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

Public Biography

Peter Leimgruber directs the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's (SCBI) Conservation Ecology Center which saves species and ecosystem through basic and applied research and the development of new and advanced analytical tools and models. Leimgruber's research focuses on advancing conservation applications of geospatial analysis technology to save threatened species and their habitats. He is particularly interested in the movement and migration ecology of charismatic megavertebrates and how these movements can be integrated into landscape-level conservation planning. Leimgruber is using satellite-tracking alongside remote sensing and GIS to track movements of highly mobile species, assess their habitat needs, determine how human and climate-induced changes affect these species' habitats, and develop appropriate conservation strategies.

Most of Leimgruber's research focuses overseas and he has more than 25 years of experience in international conservation with field projects in Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, China, Thailand, Malaysia, and Brazil. Because of his experience in elephant conservation, Leimgruber serves as an advisor to a number of conservation organizations, including the Scientific Advisory Board for Save the Elephants, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Asian Elephant Specialist Group.

Leimgruber believes that training the next generation of conservation professionals is the most effective way to advance global biodiversity conservation. He and his team have spearheaded the SCBI's internationally renowned training program in conservation GIS, including graduate and undergraduate courses, workshops, and internship programs. In the last 20 years, this program has included 15 post-doctoral students, 10 graduate students, and >100 interns.

Research And Grants

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Publications

Selected Publications

Article
- Biswas, Sumalika, Huang, Qiongyu, Swe, Khine Khine, Arnold, Franz-Eugen, Mon, Myat Su, Connette, Katherine J. LaJeunesse, Connette, Grant, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2022. "Conservation Status of Forest Types Vary Greatly in Myanmar - the Most Forested Country in the Indo-burma Biodiversity Hotspot." Preprint, https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1171476/v1. 2022
- Majaliwa, M. M., Hughey, L. F., Stabach, J. A., Songer, M., Whyle, K., Alhashmi, A. E. A., Al Remeithi, M., Pusey, R., Chaibo, H. A., Walsoumon, A. Ngari, Hatcha, M. Hassan, Wacher, T., Ngaba, C., Newby, J., Leimgruber, P., and Mertes, K. 2022. "Experience and social factors influence movement and habitat selection in scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah) reintroduced into Chad." Movement Ecology, 10, (1) 47–47. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-022-00348-z. 2022
- Stabach, Jared A., Hughey, Lacey F., Crego, Ramiro D., Fleming, Christen H., Hopcraft, J. Grant C., Leimgruber, Peter, Morrison, Thomas A., Ogutu, Joseph O., Reid, Robin S., Worden, Jeffrey S., and Boone, Randall B. 2022. "Increasing Anthropogenic Disturbance Restricts Wildebeest Movement Across East African Grazing Systems." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.846171. 2022
- Chan, Aung Nyein, Wittemyer, George, McEvoy, John, Williams, Amirtharaj Christy, Cox, Nick, Soe, Paing, Grindley, Mark, Shwe, Nay Myo, Chit, Aung Myo, Oo, Zaw Min, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2022. "Landscape characteristics influence ranging behavior of Asian elephants at the human-wildlands interface in Myanmar." Movement Ecology, 10, (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-022-00304-x. 2022
- Benitez, Lorena, Kilian, J. Werner, Wittemyer, George, Hughey, Lacey F., Fleming, Chris H., Leimgruber, Peter, du Preez, Pierre, and Stabach, Jared A. 2022. "Precipitation, vegetation productivity, and human impacts control home range size of elephants in dryland systems in northern Namibia." Ecology and Evolution, 12, (9). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9288. 2022
- Sampson, Christie, Rodriguez, S. L., Leimgruber, Peter, Huang, Qiongyu, and Tonkyn, David. 2021. "A quantitative assessment of the indirect impacts of human-elephant conflict." Plos One, 16, (7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253784. 2021
- Leimgruber, Peter and Songer, Melissa A. 2021. "Conservation: Where can elephants roam in the Anthropocene?" Current Biology, 31, (11) R714–R716. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.037. 2021
- Lopes, Beatriz, McEvoy, John F., Morato, Ronaldo Gonçalves, Luz, Hermes R., Costa, Francisco B., Benatti, Hector Ribeiro, Dias, Thiago da Costa, Rocha, Vlamir José, Ramos, Vanessa do Nascimento, Piovezan, Ubiratan, Monticelli, Patricia Ferreira, Nievas, Ana Maria, Pacheco, Richard Campos, Moro, Maria Estela Gaglianone, Brasil, Jardel, Leimgruber, Peter, Labruna, Marcelo B., and Ferraz,Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros. 2021. "Corrigendum to: Human-modified landscapes alter home range and movement patterns of capybaras." Journal of mammalogy, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab161. 2021
- Read, Daniel J., Habib, Bilal, Stabach, Jared, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2021. "Human movement influenced by perceived risk of wildlife encounters at fine scales: Evidence from central India." Biological Conservation, 254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108945. 2021
- Lopes, Beatriz, McEvoy, John F., Morato, Ronaldo Goncalves, Luz, Hermes R., Costa, Francisco B., Benatti, Hector Ribeiro, Dias, Thiago da Costa, Rocha, Vlamir Jose, do Nascimento, Vanessa Ramos, Piovezan, Ubiratan, Monticelli, Patricia Ferreira, Nievas, Ana Maria, Pacheco, Richard Campos, Gaglianone Moro, Maria Estela, Brasil, Jardel, Leimgruber, Peter, Labruna, Marcelo B., and Micchi de Barros Ferraz,Katia Maria Paschoaletto. 2021. "Human-modified landscapes alter home range and movement patterns of capybaras." Journal of mammalogy, 102, (1) 319–332. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa144. 2021
- Moraes, Rosana N., Laske, Timothy G., Leimgruber, Peter, Stabach, Jared A., Marinari, Paul E., Horning, Megan M., Laske, Noelle R., Rodriguez, Juan V., Eye, Ginger N., Kordell, Jessica E., Gonzalez, Marissa, Eyring, Tom, Lemons, Christopher, Helmick, Kelly E., Delaski, Kristina M., Ware, Lisa H., Jones, Julia C., and Songsasen, Nucharin. 2021. "Inside out: heart rate monitoring to advance the welfare and conservation of maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus)." Conservation Physiology, 9, (1). https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coab044. 2021
- Woods, Kevin M., Wang, Panshi, Sexton, Joseph O., Leimgruber, Peter, Wong, Jesse, and Huang, Qiongyu. 2021. "Integrating Pixels, People, and Political Economy to Understand the Role of Armed Conflict and Geopolitics in Driving Deforestation: The Case of Myanmar." Remote Sensing, 13, (22). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13224589. 2021
- Crego, Ramiro D., Wells, Harry B. M., Ndung'u, Kimani S., Evans, Lauren, Njeri Nduguta, Redempta, Chege, Muthiuru A., Brown, Michael B., Ogutu, Joseph O., Ojwang, Gordon O., Fennessy, Julian, O'Connor, David, Stacy-Dawes, Jenna, Rubenstein, Daniel I., Martins, Dino J., Leimgruber, Peter, and Stabach, Jared A. 2021. "Moving through the mosaic: identifying critical linkage zones for large herbivores across a multiple-use African landscape." Landscape Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01232-8. 2021
- Budd, Kris, Sampson, Christie, Leimgruber, Peter, Tonkyn, David, Storey, Kathryn, Garrett, Molly, and Eggert, Lori S. 2021. "Population structure and demography of Myanmar's conflict elephants." Global Ecology and Conservation, 31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01828. 2021
- Sampson, Christie, Glikman, Jenny Anne, Rodriguez, S. L., Tonkyn, David, Soe, Paing, O'Connor, David, Chit, Aung Myo, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2021. "Rural and urban views on elephants, conservation and poaching." Oryx, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605321000156. 2021
- Noonan, Michael J., Fleming, Christen H., Tucker, Marlee A., Kays, Roland, Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Crofoot, Margaret C., Abrahms, Briana, Alberts, Susan C., Ali, Abdullahi H., Altmann, Jeanne, Antunes, Pamela Castro, Attias, Nina, Belant, Jerrold L., Beyer, Dean E., Jr., Bidner, Laura R., Blaum, Niels, Boone, Randall B., Caillaud, Damien, de Paula, Rogerio Cunha, De la Torre, J. Antonio, Dekker, Jasja, DePerno, Christopher S., Farhadinia, Mohammad, Fennessy, Julian, Fichtel, Claudia et al. 2020. "Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirements." Conservation Biology, 34, (4) 1017–1028. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13495. 2020
- Dias, Thiago C., Stabach, Jared A., Huang, Qiongyu, Labruna, Marcelo B., Leimgruber, Peter, Ferraz, Katia M. P. M. B., Lopes, Beatriz, Luz, Hermes R., Costa, Francisco B., Benatti, Hector R., Correa, Lucas R., Nievas, Ana M., Monticelli, Patrícia F., Piovezan, Ubiratan, Szabó, Matias P. J., Aguiar, Daniel M., Brites-Neto, Jos, Port-Carvalho, Marcio, and Rocha, Vlamir J. 2020. "Habitat selection in natural and human-modified landscapes by capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), an important host for Amblyomma sculptum ticks." PLOS ONE, 15, (8) Articlee 0229277. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229277. 2020
- Stabach, Jared A., Cunningham, Stephanie A., Connette, Grant, Mota, Joel L., Reed, Dolores, Byron, Michael, Songer, Melissa, Wacher, Tim, Mertes, Katherine, Brown, Janine L., Comizzoli, Pierre, Newby, John, Monfort, Steven L., and Leimgruber, Peter. 2020. "Short-term effects of GPS collars on the activity, behavior, and adrenal response of scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah)." PloS One, 15, (2) Article e0221843. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221843. 2020
- Crego, Ramiro D., Ogutu, Joseph O., Wells, Harry B. M., Ojwang, Gordon O., Martins, Dino J., Leimgruber, Peter, and Stabach, Jared A. 2020. "Spatiotemporal dynamics of wild herbivore species richness and occupancy across a savannah rangeland: Implications for conservation." Biological Conservation, 242 Article 108436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108436. 2020
- de Silva, Shermin and Leimgruber, Peter. 2019. "Demographic Tipping Points as Early Indicators of Vulnerability for Slow-Breeding Megafaunal Populations." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7 171–171. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00171. 2019
- Robb, Benjamin, Huang, Qiongyu, Sexton, Joseph O., Stoner, David, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2019. "Environmental Differences between Migratory and Resident Ungulates-Predicting Movement Strategies in Rocky Mountain Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) with Remotely Sensed Plant Phenology, Snow, and Land Cover." Remote Sensing, 11, (17). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11171980. 2019
- Goldenberg, Shifra Z., Owen, Megan A., Brown, Janine L., Wittemyer, George, Oo, Zaw Min, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2019. "Increasing conservation translocation success by building social functionality in released populations." Global Ecology and Conservation, 18 e00604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00604. 2019
- Mertes, Katherine, Stabach, Jared A., Songer, Melissa, Wacher, Tim, Newby, John, Chuven, Justin, Al Dhaheri, Shaikha, Leimgruber, Peter, and Monfort, Steven. 2019. "Management Background and Release Conditions Structure Post-release Movements in Reintroduced Ungulates." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7 470. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00470. 2019
- Sampson, Christie, Leimgruber, Peter, Rodriguez, Shari, McEvoy, John, Sotherden, Elaine, and Tonkyn, David. 2019. "Perception of Human–Elephant Conflict and Conservation Attitudes of Affected Communities in Myanmar." Tropical Conservation Science, 12 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940082919831242. 2019
- Xu, Wenjing, Huang, Qiongyu, Stabach, Jared, Buho, Hoshino, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2019. "Railway underpass location affects migration distance in Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii)." Plos One, 14, (2) 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211798. 2019
- Tomas, Walfrido M., de Oliveira Roque, Fabio, Morato, Ronaldo G., Medici, Patricia Emilia, Chiaravalloti, Rafael M., Tortato, Fernando R., Penha, Jerry M. F., Izzo, Thiago J., Garcia, Leticia C., Lourival, Reinaldo F. F., Girard, Pierre, Albuquerque, Nelson R., Almeida-Gomes, Mauricio, Andrade, Maria H. da Silva, Araujo, Flávia A. S., Araujo, Andréa C., Arruda, Erica C. de, Assunção, Vivian A., Battirola, Leandro D., Benites, Maristela, Bolzan, Fabio P., Boock, Julia C., Bortolotto, Ieda M., Brasil, Marivaine da Silva, Camilo, Andre R. et al. 2019. "Sustainability Agenda for the Pantanal Wetland: Perspectives on a Collaborative Interface for Science, Policy, and Decision-Making." Tropical Conservation Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940082919872634. 2019
- McEvoy, John F., Connette, Grant M., Huang, Qiongyu, Soe, Paing, Pyone, Khin Htet Htet, Valitutto, Marc T., Htun, Yan Lin, Lin, Aung Naing, Thant, Aung Lwin, Htun, Wai Yan, Paing, Kaung Htet, Swe, Khine Khine, Aung, Myint, Min, Sapai, Songer, Melissa, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2019. "Two sides of the same coin – Wildmeat consumption and illegal wildlife trade at the crossroads of Asia." Biological Conservation, 238 Article 108197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108197. 2019
- O'Connor, David, Stacy‐Dawes, Jenna, Muneza, Arthur, Fennessy, Julian, Gobush, Kathleen, Chase, Michael J., Brown, Michael B., Bracis, Chloe, Elkan, Paul, Zaberirou, Abdoul Razazk Moussa, Rabeil, Thomas, Rubenstein, Dan, Becker, Matthew S., Phillips, Samantha, Stabach, Jared A., Leimgruber, Peter, Glikman, Jenny A., Ruppert, Kirstie, Masiaine, Symon, and Mueller, Thomas. 2019. "Updated geographic range maps for giraffe, Giraffa spp., throughout sub‐Saharan Africa, and implications of changing distributions for conservation." Mammal Review, 49, (4) 285–299. https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12165. 2019
- Nandintsetseg, Dejid, Bracis, Chloe, Leimgruber, Peter, Kaczensky, Petra, Buuveibaatar, Bayarbaatar, Lkhagvasuren, Badamjav, Chimeddorj, Buyanaa, Enkhtuvshin, Shiilegdamba, Horning, Ned, Ito, Takehiko Y., Olson, Kirk, Payne, John, Walzer, Chris, Shinoda, Masato, Stabach, Jared, Songer, Melissa, and Mueller, Thomas. 2019. "Variability in nomadism: environmental gradients modulate the movement behaviors of dryland ungulates." Ecosphere, 10, (11) Article e02924. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2924. 2019
- Leimgruber, Peter, Campana, Michael G., Maldonado, Jesús E., Harris, Tara R., Dejid, Nandintsetseg, Cao, Qing, and Songer, Melissa A. 2018. "As wild as they come: Study confirms that Przewalski's horses are the best of the rest." 2018
- Fleming, C. H., Sheldon, D., Fagan, W. F., Leimgruber, P., Mueller, T., Nandintsetseg, D., Noonan, M. J., Olson, K. A., Setyawan, E., Sianipar, A., and Calabrese, J. M. 2018. "Correcting for missing and irregular data in home-range estimation." Ecological Applications, 28, (4) 1003–1010. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1704. 2018
- Calabrese, Justin M., Fleming, Christen H., Fagan, William F., Rimmler, Martin, Kaczensky, Petra, Bewick, Sharon, Leimgruber, Peter, and Mueller, Thomas. 2018. "Disentangling social interactions and environmental drivers in multi-individual wildlife tracking data." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 373, (1746). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0007. 2018
- Sampson, Christie, Leimgruber, Peter, Tonkyn, David, Pastorini, Jennifer, Janaka, H. K., Sotherden, Elaine, and Fernando, Prithiviraj. 2018. "Effects of illegal grazing and invasive Lantana camara on Asian elephant habitat use." Biological Conservation, 220 50–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.01.021. 2018
- Tucker, Marlee A., Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Fagan, William F., Fryxell, John M., Van Moorter, Bram, Alberts, Susan C., Ali, Abdullahi H., Allen, Andrew M., Attias, Nina, Avgar, Tal, Bartlam-Brooks, Hattie, Bayarbaatar, Buuveibaatar, Belant, Jerrold L., Bertassoni, Alessandra, Beyer, Dean, Bidner, Laura, van Beest, Floris M., Blake, Stephen, Blaum, Niels, Bracis, Chloe, Brown, Danielle, de Bruyn, P. J. Nico, Cagnacci, Francesca, Calabrese, Justin M., Camilo-Alves, Constan et al. 2018. "Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements." Science, 359, (6374) 466–469. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aam9712. 2018
- Sampson, Christie, McEvoy, John, Oo, Zaw Min, Chit, Aung Myo, Chan, Aung Nyein, Tonkyn, David, Soe, Paing, Songer, Melissa A., Williams, A. C., Reisinger, Klaus, Wittemyer, George, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2018. "New elephant crisis in Asia-Early warning signs from Myanmar." PloS One, 13, (3) 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194113. 2018
- Morato, Ronaldo G., Connette, Grant M., Stabach, Jared A., De Paula, R. C., Ferraz, K. M. P. M., Kantek, D. L. Z., Miyazaki, S. S., Pereira, T. D. C., Silva, L. C., Paviolo, A., De Angelo, C., Di Bitetti, M. S., Cruz, P., Lima, F., Cullen, L., Sana, D. A., Ramalho, E. E., Carvalho, M. M., da Silva, M. X., Moraes, M. D. F., Vogliotti, A., May, J. A., Haberfeld, M., Rampim, L., Sartorello, L. et al. 2018. "Resource selection in an apex predator and variation in response to local landscape characteristics." Biological Conservation, 228 233–240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.10.022. 2018
- Wadey, Jamie, Beyer, Hawthorne L., Saaban, Salman, Othman, Nasharuddin, Leimgruber, Peter, and Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa. 2018. "Why did the elephant cross the road? The complex response of wild elephants to a major road in Peninsular Malaysia." Biological Conservation, 218 91–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.11.036. 2018
- Calabrese, A., Calabrese, J. M., Songer, Melissa A., Wegmann, M., Hedges, S., Rose, R., and Leimgruber, Peter. 2017. "Conservation status of Asian elephants: the influence of habitat and governance." Biodiversity and Conservation, 26, (9) 2067–2081. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-017-1345-5. 2017
- Bhagwat, Tejas, Hess, Andrea, Horning, Ned, Khaing, Thiri, Thein, Zaw Min, Aung, Kyaw Moe, Aung, Kyaw Htet, Phyo, Paing, Tun, Ye Lin, Oo, Aung Htat, Neil, Anthony, Thu, Win Myo, Songer, Melissa A., LaJeunesse Connette, Katherine J., Bernd, Asja, Huang, Qiongyu, Connette, Grant, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2017. "Losing a jewel-Rapid declines in Myanmar's intact forests from 2002-2014." PloS One, 12, (5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176364. 2017
- Stabach, Jared A., Rabeil, Thomas, Turmine, Vincent, Wacher, Tim, Mueller, Thomas, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2017. "On the brink of extinction-Habitat selection of addax and dorcas gazelle across the Tin Toumma desert, Niger." Diversity and Distributions, 23, (6) 581–591. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12563. 2017
- Péron, Guillaume, Fleming, Christen H., de Paula, Rogerio C., Mitchell, Numi, Strohbach, Michael, Leimgruber, Peter, and Calabrese, Justin M. 2017. "Periodic continuous-time movement models uncover behavioral changes of wild canids along anthropization gradients." Ecological Monographs, 87, (3) 442–456. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1260. 2017
- McCarthy, Thomas, Masson, Philippe, Thieme, Alison, Leimgruber, Peter, and Gratwicke, Brian. 2017. "The relationship between climate and adult body size in redback salamanders (Plethodon cinereus)." Geo: Geography and Environment, 4, (1). https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.31. 2017
- LaJeunesse Connette, Katherine J., Connette, Grant, Bernd, Asja, Phyo, Paing, Aung, Kyaw Htet, Tun, Ye Lin, Thein, Zaw Min, Horning, Ned, Leimgruber, Peter, and Songer, Melissa A. 2016. "Assessment of Mining Extent and Expansion in Myanmar Based on Freely-Available Satellite Imagery." Remote Sensing, 8, (11) 912. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8110912. 2016
- Songer, Melissa A., Aung, Myint, Allendorf, Teri D., Calabrese, Justin M., and Leimgruber, Peter. 2016. "Drivers of Change in Myanmar’s Wild Elephant Distribution." Tropical Conservation Science, 9, (4). https://doi.org/10.1177/1940082916673749. 2016
- Fleming, Chris H., Fagan, William F., Mueller, Thomas, Olson, Kirk A., Leimgruber, Peter, and Calabrese, Justin M. 2016. "Estimating where and how animals travel: An optimal framework for path reconstruction from autocorrelated tracking data." Ecology, 97, (3) 576–582. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-1607.1. 2016
- Buuveibaatar, Bayarbaatar, Mueller, Thomas, Strindberg, Samantha, Leimgruber, Peter, Kaczensky, Petra, and Fuller, Todd K. 2016. "Human activities negatively impact distribution of ungulates in the Mongolian Gobi." Biological Conservation, 203 168–175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.09.013. 2016
- Connette, Grant, Oswald, Patrick, Songer, Melissa A., and Leimgruber, Peter. 2016. "Mapping Distinct Forest Types Improves Overall Forest Identification Based on Multi-Spectral Landsat Imagery for Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region." Remote Sensing, 8, (11) 882. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8110882. 2016
- Morato, Ronaldo G., Stabach, Jared A., Fleming, Chris H., Calabrese, Justin M., De Paula, Rogério C., Ferraz, Ká, Kantek, Daniel L. Z., Miyazaki, Selma S., Pereira, Thadeu D. C., Araujo, Gediendson R., Paviolo, Agustin, De Angelo, Carlos, Di Bitetti, Mario S., Cruz, Paula, Lima, Fernando, Cullen, Laury, Sana, Denis A., Ramalho, Emiliano E., Carvalho, Marina M., Soares, Fá, Zimbres, Barbara, Silva, Marina X., Moraes, Marcela D. F., Vogliotti, Alexandre, May, Joares A. et al. 2016. "Space Use and Movement of a Neotropical Top Predator: The Endangered Jaguar." PloS One, 11, (12) 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168176. 2016
- Nandintsetseg, Dejid, Kaczensky, Petra, Ganbaatar, Oyunsaikhan, Leimgruber, Peter, and Mueller, Thomas. 2016. "Spatiotemporal habitat dynamics of ungulates in unpredictable environments: The khulan (Equus hemionus) in the Mongolian Gobi desert as a case study." Biological Conservation, 204, (B) 313–321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.10.021. 2016
- Reynolds, Jason, Wesson, Kathryn, Desbiez, Arnaud, Ochoa-Quintero, Jose, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2016. "Using Remote Sensing and Random Forest to Assess the Conservation Status of Critical Cerrado Habitats in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil." Land, 5, (2) 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/land5020012. 2016
- Jenks, Kate E., Aikens, Ellen O., Songsasen, Nucharin, Calabrese, Justin, Fleming, Chris, Bhumpakphan, Naris, Wanghongsa, Sawai, Kanchanasaka, Budsabong, Songer, Melissa A., and Leimgruber, Peter. 2015. "Comparative movement analysis for a sympatric dhole and golden jackal in a human-dominated landscape." Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 63 546–554. 2015
- Turner, W., Rondinini, C., Pettorelli, N., Mora, B., Leidner, A. K., Szantoi, Z., Buchanan, G., Dech, S., Dwyer, J., Herold, M., Koh, L. P., Leimgruber, Peter, Taubenboeck, H., Wegmann, M., Wikelski, M., and Woodcock, C. 2015. "Free and open-access satellite data are key to biodiversity conservation." Biological Conservation, 182 173–176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.11.048. 2015
- Teitelbaum, Claire S., Fagan, William F., Fleming, Chris H., Dressler, Gunnar, Calabrese, Justin M., Leimgruber, Peter, and Mueller, Thomas. 2015. "How far to go? Determinants of migration distance in land mammals." Ecology Letters, 18, (6) 545–552. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12435. 2015
- Fleming, Chris H., Fagan, W. F., Mueller, Thomas, Olson, Kirk A., Leimgruber, Peter, and Calabrese, Justin M. 2015. "Rigorous home range estimation with movement data: a new autocorrelated kernel density estimator." Ecology, 96, (5) 1182–1188. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-2010.1. 2015
- Rose, Robert A., Byler, Dirck, Eastman, J. R., Fleishman, Erica, Geller, Gary, Goetz, Scott, Guild, Liane, Hamilton, Healy, Hansen, Matt, Headley, Rachel, Hewson, Jennifer, Horning, Ned, Kaplin, Beth A., Laporte, Nadine, Leidner, Allison, Leimgruber, Peter, Morisette, Jeffrey, Musinsky, John, Pintea, Lilian, Prados, Ana, Radeloff, Volker C., Rowen, Mary, Saatchi, Sassan, Schill, Steve, Tabor, Karyn et al. 2015. "Ten Ways Remote Sensing Can Contribute to Conservation." Conservation Biology, 29, (2) 350–359. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12397. 2015
- Zhang, Yongjun, Cao, Qing S., Rubenstein, Daniel I., Zang, Sen, Songer, Melissa A., Leimgruber, Peter, Chu, Hongjun, Cao, Jie, Li, Kai, and Hu, Defu. 2015. "Water Use Patterns of Sympatric Przewalski's Horse and Khulan: Interspecific Comparison Reveals Niche Differences." PloS One, 10, (7) 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132094. 2015
- Batsaikhan, Nyamsuren, Buuveibaatar, Bayarbaatar, Chimed, Bazaar, Enkhtuya, Oidov, Galbrakh, Davaa, Ganbaatar, Oyunsaikhan, Lkhagvasuren, Badamjav, Nandintsetseg, Dejid, Berger, Joel, Calabrese, Justin M., Edwards, Ann E., Fagan, William F., Fuller, Todd K., Heiner, Michael, Ito, Takehiko Y., Kaczensky, Petra, Leimgruber, Peter, Lushchekina, Anna, Milner-Gulland, E., Mueller, Thomas, Murray, Martyn G., Olson, Kirk A., Reading, Richard, Schaller, George B., Stubbe, Annagret et al. 2014. "Conserving the World's Finest Grassland Amidst Ambitious National Development." Conservation Biology, 28, (6) 1736–1739. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12297. 2014
- Fleming, Chris H., Calabrese, Justin M., Mueller, Thomas, Olson, Kirk A., Leimgruber, Peter, and Fagan, William F. 2014. "From Fine-Scale Foraging to Home Ranges: A Semivariance Approach to Identifying Movement Modes across Spatiotemporal Scales." American Naturalist, 183, (5) E154–E167. https://doi.org/10.1086/675504. 2014
- Mueller, Thomas, Dressler, Gunnar, Tucker, Compton, Pinzon, Jorge, Leimgruber, Peter, Dubayah, Ralph, Hurtt, George, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, and Fagan, William F. 2014. "Human Land-Use Practices Lead to Global Long-Term Increases in Photosynthetic Capacity." Remote Sensing, 6, (6) 5717–5731. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs6065717. 2014
- Jenks, Kate E., Songsasen, Nucharin, Kanchanasaka, Budsabong, Leimgruber, Peter, and Fuller, Todd K. 2014. "Local people's attitudes and perceptions of dholes (Cuon alpinus) around protected areas in southeastern Thailand." Tropical conservation science, 7, (4) 765–780. https://doi.org/10.1177/194008291400700413. 2014
- Wohlfart, Christian, Wegmann, Martin, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2014. "Mapping Threatened Dry Deciduous Dipterocarp Forest in South-East Asia for Conservation Management." Tropical Conservation Science, 7, (4) 597–613. https://doi.org/10.1177/194008291400700402. 2014
- Fleming, Christen H., Calabrese, Justin M., Mueller, Thomas, Olson, Kirk A., Leimgruber, Peter, and Fagan, William F. 2014. "Non-Markovian maximum likelihood estimation of autocorrelated movement processes." Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5, (5) 462–472. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12176. 2014
- Olson, Kirk A., Larsen, Elise A., Mueller, Thomas, Leimgruber, Peter, Fuller, Todd K., Schaller, George B., and Fagan, William F. 2014. "Survival probabilities of adult Mongolian gazelles." Journal of Wildlife Management, 78, (1) 35–41. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.640. 2014
- Pastorini, Jennifer, Janaka, H. K., Nishantha, H. G., Leimgruber, Peter, Fernando, Prithiviraj, and Prasad, Tharaka. 2013. "A preliminary study on the impact of changing shifting cultivation practices on dry season forage for Asian elephants in Sri Lanka." Tropical Conservation Science, 6, (6) 770–780. 2013
- Jenks, Kate E., Songsasen, Nucharin, Kanchanasaka, Budsabong, Bhumpakphan, Naris, Wanghongsa, Sawai, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2013. "Community attitudes toward protected areas in Thailand." Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society, 59, (2) 65–76. 2013
- Lynam, Antony J., Jenks, Kate E., Tantipisanuh, Naruemon, Chutipong, Wanlop, Ngoprasert, Dusit, Gale, George A., Steinmetz, Robert, Sukmasuang, Ronglarp, Bhumpakphan, Naris, Grassman, Lon I., Jr., Cutter, Passanan, Kitamura, Shumpei, Reed, David H., Baker, Megan C., McShea, William J., Songsasen, Nucharin, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2013. "Terrestrial Activity Patterns of Wild Cats from Camera-Trapping." Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 61, (1) 407–415. 2013
- Suarez-Rubio, Marcela, Wilson, Scott, Leimgruber, Peter, and Lookingbill, Todd. 2013. "Threshold Responses of Forest Birds to Landscape Changes around Exurban Development." PLoS ONE, 8, (6) e67593. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067593. 2013
- Jenks, Kate E., Songsasen, Nucharin, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2012. "Camera trap records of dholes in Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand." Canid News, 15, (4) 1–5. 2012
- Jenks, Kate E., Howard, JoGayle, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2012. "Do Ranger Stations Deter Poaching Activity in National Parks in Thailand?" Biotropica, 44, (6) 826–833. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00869.x. 2012
- Jenks, Kate E., Kitamura, Shumpei, Lynam, Antony J., Ngoprasert, Dusit, Chutipong, Wanlop, Steinmetz, Robert, Sukmasuang, Ronglarp, Grassman, Lon I., Jr., Cutter, Passanan, Tantipisanuh, Naruemon, Bhumpakphan, Naris, Gale, George A., Reed, David H., Leimgruber, Peter, and Songsasen, Nucharin. 2012. "Mapping the distribution of dholes, Cuon alpinus (Canidae, Carnivora), in Thailand." Mammalia, 76, (2) 175–184. https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2011-0063. 2012
- Ngoprasert, Dusit, Lynam, Antony J., Sukmasuang, Ronglarp, Tantipisanuh, Naruemon, Chutipong, Wanlop, Steinmetz, Robert, Jenks, Kate E., Gale, George A., Grassman, Lon I., Kitamura, Shumpei, Howard, JoGayle, Cutter, Passanan, Cutter, Peter, Leimgruber, Peter, Songsasen, Nucharin, and Reed, David H. 2012. "Occurrence of Three Felids across a Network of Protected Areas in Thailand: Prey, Intraguild, and Habitat Associations." Biotropica, 44, (6) 810–817. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00878.x. 2012
- Fernando, Prithiviraj, Leimgruber, Peter, Prasad, Tharaka, and Pastorini, Jennifer. 2012. "Problem-Elephant Translocation: Translocating the Problem and the Elephant?" PLoS ONE, 7, (12) e50917. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050917. 2012
- Olson, Kirk A., Mueller, Thomas, Kerby, Jeff T., Bolortsetseg, Sanjaa, Leimgruber, Peter, Nicolson, Craig R., and Fuller, Todd K. 2011. "Death by a thousand huts? Effects of household presence on density and distribution of Mongolian gazelles." Conservation Letters, 4, (4) 304–312. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00180.x. 2011
- Mueller, Thomas, Olson, Kirk A., Dressler, Gunnar, Leimgruber, Peter, Fuller, Todd K., Nicolson, Craig, Novaro, Andres J., Bolgeri, Maria J., Wattles, David, DeStefano, Stephen, Calabrese, Justin M., and Fagan, William F. 2011. "How landscape dynamics link individual-to population-level movement patterns: a multispecies comparison of ungulate relocation data." Global Ecology and Biogeography, 20, (5) 683–694. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00638.x. 2011
- Suarez-Rubio, Marcela, Leimgruber, Peter, and Renner, Swen C. 2011. "Influence of exurban development on bird species richness and diversity." Journal of Ornithology, 152, (2) 461–471. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-010-0605-x. 2011
- Jenks, K. E., Chanteap, P., Damrongchainarong, K., Cutter, P., Redford, T., Lynam, A. J., Howard, JoGayle, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2011. "Using relative abundance indices from camera-trapping to test wildlife conservation hypotheses–an example from Khao Yai National Park, Thailand." Tropical Conservation Science, 4, (2) 113–131. 2011
- Jenks, K. E., Wanghongsa, S., Songsasen, Nucharin, Leimgruber, Peter, and Howard, JoGayle. 2010. "Camera-trap evidence of large-spotted civet Viverra megaspila in Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary and Khao Yai National Park, Thailand." Small Carnivore Conservation, 42 19–21. 2010
- Doyle, S., Groo, M., Sampson, C., Songer, Melissa A., Jones, M., and Leimgruber, Peter. 2010. "Human-Elephant Conflict - What Can We Learn from the News?" Gajah, 32 22–25. 2010
- Raboy, Becky, Neves, Leonardo G., Zeigler, Sara, Saraiva, Nicholas A., Cardoso, Nayara, dos Santos, Gabriel Rodrigues, Ballou, Jonathan D., and Leimgruber, Peter. 2010. "Strength of Habitat and Landscape Metrics in Predicting Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin Presence or Absence in Forest Patches in Southern Bahia, Brazil." Biotropica, 42, (3) 388–397. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00595.x. 2010
- Olson, Kirk A., Mueller, Thomas, Bolortsetseg, S., Leimgruber, Peter, Fagan, W. F., and Fuller, T. K. 2009. "A Megaherd of More Than 200,000 Mongolian Gazelles (Procapra gutturosa): A consequence of habitat quality." Oryx, 43 149–153. 2009
- Olson, Kirk A., Mueller, Thomas, Leimgruber, Peter, Nicolson, Craig, Fuller, Todd K., Bolortsetseg, S., Fine, Amanda E., Lhagvasuren, B., and Fagan, William F. 2009. "Fences Impede Long-distance Mongolian Gazelle (Procapra gutturosa) Movements in Drought-stricken Landscapes." Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences, 7, (1-2) 45–50. 2009
- Perotto-Baldivieso, Humberto L., Melendez-Ackerman, Elvia, Garcia, Miguel A., Leimgruber, Peter, Cooper, Susan M., Martinez, Alma, Calle, Paulina, Gonzales, Olga M. Ramos, Quinones, Maya, Christen, Catherine A., and Pons, Gaspar. 2009. "Habitat availability for the endangered Mona Island rock iguana in the Mona Island Reserve, Puerto Rico: Spatial distribution , connectivity, and the influence of scale." Biodiversity and Conservation, 18 905–917. 2009
- Songer, Melissa A., Aung, Myint, Senior, Briony, DeFries, Ruth, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2009. "Spatial and temporal deforestation dynamics in protected and unprotected dry forests: a case study from Myanmar (Burma)." Biodiversity and Conservation, 18 1001–1018. 2009
- Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa, Larrinaga, Asier R., Weerasinghe, Udayani R., Takatsuki, Seiki, Pastorini, Jennifer, Leimgruber, Peter, Fernando, Prithiviraj, and Santamaria, Luis. 2008. "Behavior rather than diet mediates seasonal differences in seed dispersal by Asian elephants." Ecology, 89, (10) 2684–2691. https://doi.org/10.1890/07-1573.1. 2008
- Mueller, Thomas, Olson, Kirk A., Fuller, Todd K., Schaller, George B., Murray, Martyn G., and Leimgruber, Peter. 2008. "In search of forage: predicting dynamic habitats of Mongolian gazelles using satellite-based estimates of vegetation productivity." Journal of Applied Ecology, 45 649–658. 2008
- Leimgruber, Peter, Senior, Briony, Uga, Aung, M., Songer, Melissa A., Mueller, Thomas, Wemmer, Christen M., and Ballou, Jonathan D. 2008. "Modeling Population Viability of Captive Elephants in Myanmar (Burma): Implications for Wild Populations." Animal Conservation, 11, (3) 198–205. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00172.x. 2008
- Campos-Arceiz, A., Lin, T. Z., Htun, W., Takatsuki, S., and Leimgruber, Peter. 2008. "Working with mahouts to explore the diet of work elephants in Myanmar (Burma)." Ecological Research, 23, (6) 1057–1064. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-008-0466-4. 2008
- Renner, Swen C., Rappole, John H., Leimgruber, Peter, Kelly, Daniel S., Shwe, Nay Myo, Aung, Thein, and Aung, Myint. 2007. "Land cover in the Northern Forest Complex of Myanmar: new insights for conservation." Oryx, 41, (1) 27–37. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605307001603. 2007
- Dinerstein, Eric, Loucks, Colby, Wikramanayake, Eric, Ginsberg, Joshua, Sanderson, Eric, Seidensticker, John, Forrest, Jessica, Bryja, Gosia, Heydlauff, Andrea, Klenzendorf, Sybille, Leimgruber, Peter, Mills, Judy, O'Brien, Timothy G., Shrestha, Mahendra, Simons, Ross, and Songer, Melissa A. 2007. "The Fate of Wild Tigers." Bioscience, 57, (6) 508–514. https://doi.org/10.1641/B570608. 2007
Chapter
- Fernando, Prithiviraj and Leimgruber, Peter. 2011. "Asian Elephants and Seasonally Dry Forests." In The Ecology and Conservation of Seasonally Dry Forests in Asia. McShea, William J., Davies, Stuart James, and Bhumpakphan, Naris, editors. 151–164. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 2011
- Songer, Melissa A., Aung, Myint, Swe, Khaing Khaing, Oo, Thida, Wemmer, Christen M., DeFries, Ruth, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2011. "The Impact of Local Communities on a Dry Tropical Forest Sanctuary: A Case Study from Upper Myanmar (Burma)." In The Ecology and Conservation of Seasonally Dry Forests in Asia. McShea, William J., Davies, Stuart James, and Bhumpakphan, Naris, editors. 305–320. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 2011
- Leimgruber, Peter, Delion, Melanie, and Songer, Melissa A. 2011. "The Uncertainty in Mapping Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests in Asia." In The Ecology and Conservation of Seasonally Dry Forests in Asia. McShea, William J., Davies, Stuart James, and Bhumpakphan, Naris, editors. 59–74. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 2011
- Wikramanayake, E., Dinerstein, Eric, Forrest, J., Loucks, C., Seidensticker, John, Klenzendorf, S., Sanderson, E., Simons, R., Heydlauff, A., Ginsberg, J., O'Brien, T., Leimgruber, Peter, Songer, Melissa A., and Bryja, G. 2010. "Roads to recovery or catastrophic loss: How will the next decade end for wild tigers?" In Tigers of the world: the science, politics, and conservation of Panthera tigris. Second ed. Tilson, Ronald Lewis and Nyhus, Philip J., editors. 493–506. New York: Elsevier/Academic Press. 2010
- Sanderson, E., Forrest, J., Loucks, C., Ginsberg, J., Dinerstein, Eric, Seidensticker, John, Leimgruber, Peter, Songer, Melissa A., Heydlauff, A., O'Brien, T., Bryja, G., Klenzendorf, S., and Wikramanayake, E. 2010. "Setting priorities for conservation and recovery of wild tigers: 2005-2015. The technical assessment." In Tigers of the world: the science, politics, and conservation of Panthera tigris. Second ed. Tilson, Ronald Lewis and Nyhus, Philip J., editors. 143–161. New York: Elsevier/Academic Press. 2010
- Leimgruber, Peter. 2007. "Case Study 9.1: Monitoring land cover change in Myanmar's protected areas." In Sourcebook on Remote Sensing and Biodiversity Indicators.. Strand, H., Höft, R., Strittholt, J., Miles, L., Horning, N., and Fosnight, E., editors. 135–137. Montreal: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. 2007
- Strand, H., Leimgruber, Peter, and Mueller, Thomas. 2007. "Chapter 5. Trends in Selected Biomes, Habitats, and Ecosystems: Dry and Sub-humid Lands." In Sourcebook on Remote Sensing and Biodiversity Indicators.. Strand, H., Höft, R., Strittholt, J., Miles, L., Horning, N., and Fosnight, E., editors. 63–82. Montreal: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. 2007
- Loucks, C. and Leimgruber, Peter. 2007. "Chapter 8. Trends in Species Populations." In Sourcebook on Remote Sensing and Biodiversity Indicators.. Strand, H., Höft, R., Strittholt, J., Miles, L., Horning, N., and Fosnight, E., editors. 119–128. Montreal: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. 2007
Dataset
- Feng, Ming, Sexton, Joseph O., Wang, Panshi, Huang, Qiongyu, Biswas, Sumalika, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2021. [Dataset] Myanmar Forest Change Product 1979-2019. Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.13562531.V1. 2021
- Biswas, Sumalika, Huang, Qiongyu, Aung, Myint, Arnold, Franz, Mon, Myat Su, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2021. [Dataset] Myanmar Forest Type Map 2020. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.16613818.V1. 2021
- Wang, Panshi, Sexton, Joseph O., Huang, Qiongyu, Biswas, Sumalika, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2020. [Dataset] Myanmar percent tree cover map of the year 2018. Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.12772490.V2. 2020
- Biswas, Sumalika, Huang, Qiongyu, and Leimgruber, Peter. 2020. [Dataset] Orthomosaic of drone image in 12 locations in Myanmar. Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.12780041.V4. 2020

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