education and training
- Dipl. rer. nat., Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Germany
- Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Leimgruber, Peter
Center Head, Conservation and Ecology Center
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
Research And Grants
investigator on
- Adaptive Management of Human-Elephant-Conflict in Asia awarded by AZA Conservation Grants Fund
- Combating the Elephant Poaching Crisis in Myanmar awarded by Barrett Foundation
- Diverse Forest Landscapes and Sociopolitical Drivers of Deforestation in Myanmar - The Interplay of Land-use Policies, Armed Conflict, and Human awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - Shared Services Center
- Diverse Forest Landscapes and Sociopolitical Drivers of Deforestation in Myanmar - The Interplay of Land-use Policies, Armed Conflict, and Human awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - Shared Services Center
- Diverse Forest Landscapes and Sociopolitical Drivers of Deforestation in Myanmar - The Interplay of Land-use Policies, Armed Conflict, and Human awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - Shared Services Center
- Managing Human-Elephant Conflict in Burma (Myanmar) awarded by AZA Conservation Grants Fund
- Managing Human-Elephant Conflict in Burma (Myanmar) awarded by AZA Conservation Grants Fund
- Managing human-elephant conflict in Burma (Myanmar) Year 2 awarded by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
- Saving Conflict Elephants in Myanmar-Using Temporary Electric Fences to Reduce Human-Elephant Conflict awarded by AZA Conservation Grants Fund
Publications
selected publications
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article
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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." , http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6384/111/tab-e-letters. 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
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chapter
- Fernando, Prithiviraj and Leimgruber, Peter. 2011. "Asian Elephants and Seasonally Dry Forests." in The Ecology and Conservation of Seasonally Dry Forests in Asia, edited by McShea, William J., Davies, Stuart James, and Bhumpakphan, Naris., 151-164. 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, edited by McShea, William J., Davies, Stuart James, and Bhumpakphan, Naris., 305-320. 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, edited by McShea, William J., Davies, Stuart James, and Bhumpakphan, Naris., 59-74. 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, edited by Tilson, Ronald Lewis and Nyhus, Philip J., Second ed. 493-506. 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, edited by Tilson, Ronald Lewis and Nyhus, Philip J., Second ed. 143-161. 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., edited by Strand, H., Höft, R., Strittholt, J., Miles, L., Horning, N., and Fosnight, E., 135-137. 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., edited by Strand, H., Höft, R., Strittholt, J., Miles, L., Horning, N., and Fosnight, E., 63-82. 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., edited by Strand, H., Höft, R., Strittholt, J., Miles, L., Horning, N., and Fosnight, E., 119-128. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. 2007
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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
- 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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International Audience Summary of Expertise
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Peter Leimgruber is a landscape ecologist and conservation biologist studying biodiversity conservation of extinction-prone species including Asian elephant, Mongolian gazelle, Przewalski's horse, tiger, and giant panda.
He heads the Conservation Ecology Center (CEC) at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia. CEC scientists conduct basic and applied research to save species. Peter also directs the CEC's Conservation GIS Lab. A major focus of his work is conserving mobile and migratory species that spend most of their lifecycles outside protected areas.
Peter and his team use Geographic Information Systems (GIS), satellite mapping, satellite tracking, and remote sensing to track the movements of highly mobile species. They use these technologies to assess habitat needs, determine how human and climate-induced changes affect the species' habitat, and develop appropriate conservation strategies.
In the last 15 years, Peter and his lab have provided academic and practice-oriented training to conservation professionals and students, including six postdoctoral students, seven graduate students, 104 interns, and more than 700 short-term trainees. Peter leads SCBI's training and capacity-building efforts in conservation GIS. Peter received his PhD from the University of Oklahoma. Read More
Location
- National Zoological Park Academic Department
Smithsonian Conservation Commons Biography
- Peter Leimgruber directs SCBI's Conservation Ecology Center which saves species and ecosystem through basic and applied research and the development of new and advanced analytical tools and models. Peter'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. Peter 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."
