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List of works by Robbie A. McDonald

A pond-side test for Guinea worm: Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for detection of Dracunculus medinensis

scientific article published on 02 August 2020

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

article

A review of spatial and temporal variation in grey and common seal diet in the United Kingdom and Ireland

article

Abundance of badgers (Meles meles) in England and Wales

scientific article

Age-related declines in immune response in a wild mammal are unrelated to immune cell telomere length

scientific article published in February 2016

Age-related variation in the trophic characteristics of a marsupial carnivore, the Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii

scientific article published on 07 July 2020

An invasive non-native mammal population conserves genetic diversity lost from its native range

scientific article published on 6 March 2015

Application of nitrogen and carbon stable isotopes (δ(15)N and δ(13)C) to quantify food chain length and trophic structure.

scientific article

Association of quantitative interferon-γ responses with the progression of naturally acquired Mycobacterium bovis infection in wild European badgers (Meles meles).

scientific article published in February 2015

BCG vaccination reduces risk of tuberculosis infection in vaccinated badgers and unvaccinated badger cubs

scientific article

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

scientific article

Badger social networks correlate with tuberculosis infection

scientific article published in October 2013

Badgers and bovine tuberculosis

scientific article published on 01 February 2014

Bait uptake by wild badgers and its implications for oral vaccination against tuberculosis

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Behaviour of European badgers and non-target species towards candidate baits for oral delivery of a tuberculosis vaccine

scientific article

Behavioural responses of invasive American minkNeovison visonto an eradication campaign, revealed by stable isotope analysis

article

Biology of mustelids: reviews and future directions

Blood thicker than water: kinship, disease prevalence and group size drive divergent patterns of infection risk in a social mammal.

scientific article published in July 2016

Captive husbandry of stoatsMustela erminea

scholarly article by Robbie A. McDonald published in January 2002

Changes in the prevalence of badger persecution in Northern Ireland

Characterization of potential superspreader farms for bovine tuberculosis: A review

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

Climate, landscape, habitat, and woodland management associations with hazel dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius population status

Comparing badger (Meles meles) management strategies for reducing tuberculosis incidence in cattle

scientific article

Conflict in invasive species management

article

Conservation implications of misidentification and killing of protected species

scientific article published in 2019

Contact chains of cattle farms in Great Britain

scientific article published on 27 February 2019

Contact networks structured by sex underpin sex-specific epidemiology of infection.

scientific article published on 20 December 2017

Covering over the cracks in conservation assessments at EU interfaces: A cross-jurisdictional ecoregion scale approach using the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra)

scientific article published in 2014

Decline of invasive alien mink (Mustela vison) is concurrent with recovery of native otters (Lutra lutra)

scientific article published in 2007

Decoupling of Genetic and Cultural Inheritance in a Wild Mammal

scientific article published on 24 May 2018

Demographic buffering and compensatory recruitment promotes the persistence of disease in a wildlife population

scientific article published on 11 February 2016

Denning behaviour of the European badger (Meles meles) correlates with bovine tuberculosis infection status

scientific article published on 18 December 2012

Density and abundance of badger social groups in England and Wales in 2011-2013.

scientific article published on 23 January 2014

Detecting detectability: identifying and correcting bias in binary wildlife surveys demonstrates their potential impact on conservation assessments

article

Determinants of woody encroachment and cover in African savannas

scientific article published on 23 January 2017

Disagreement About Invasive Species Does Not Equate to Denialism: A Response to Russell and Blackburn.

scientific article published on 24 February 2017

Diseases and pathogens ofMustelaspp, with special reference to the biological control of introduced stoatMustela ermineapopulations in New Zealand

article

Diverse perspectives of cat owners indicate barriers to and opportunities for managing cat predation of wildlife

scientific article published in 2020

Do non-native invasive fish support elevated lamprey populations?

article

Drivers and facilitators of hunting behaviour in domestic cats and options for management

scientific article published in 2020

Ecology of Problem Individuals and the Efficacy of Selective Wildlife Management

scientific article

Ecology of domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) as a host for Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis) infection in Ethiopia

scientific article published on 02 July 2020

Ecology of domestic dogs Canis familiaris as an emerging reservoir of Guinea worm Dracunculus medinensis infection

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

Ecosystem restoration with teeth: what role for predators?

scientific article

Effectiveness of biosecurity measures in preventing badger visits to farm buildings

scientific article

Effects of trading networks on the risk of bovine tuberculosis incidents on cattle farms in Great Britain

scientific article published on 22 April 2020

Element patterns in albatrosses and petrels: influence of trophic position, foraging range, and prey type.

scientific article published on 26 August 2009

Elevated aggression is associated with uncertainty in a network of dog dominance interactions

scientific article published on 03 July 2019

Estimating wildlife vaccination coverage using genetic methods

scientific article published on 18 July 2020

Evaluating seasonal bait delivery to badgers using rhodamine B

Evidence for managing cats, cat owners, and predation of wildlife

scientific article published in 2021

Experimental evidence of competitive release in sympatric carnivores

scientific article published on April 2008

Expert opinion-based relative landscape isolation maps for badgers across England and Wales

article

Exposure of nontarget wildlife to candidate TB vaccine baits deployed for European badgers

Farm-scale risk factors for bovine tuberculosis incidence in cattle herds during the Randomized Badger Culling Trial.

scientific article published on 25 March 2011

Field evaluation of candidate baits for oral delivery of BCG vaccine to European badgers, Meles meles

scientific article

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

article by Gillian N Robb et al published November 2008 in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

From Conflict to Bridges: Towards Constructive Use of Conflict Frames in the Control of Bovine Tuberculosis

scientific article published on 26 November 2019

From contradiction to contrast in a countryside conflict: Using Q Methodology to reveal a diplomatic space for doing TB differently

Genetic evidence further elucidates the history and extent of badger introductions from Great Britain into Ireland

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Habitat preferences of hazel dormice Muscardinus avellanarius and the effects of tree-felling on their movement

scientific article published in 2018

High-resolution contact networks of free-ranging domestic dogs Canis familiaris and implications for transmission of infection

scientific article published on 15 July 2019

Histological and serological evidence of disease among invasive, non-native stoats Mustela erminea

scientific article

Homogeneous habitat can meet the discrete and varied resource requirements of hares but may set an ecological trap

How to control bovine tuberculosis

scientific article published in Nature

How well do farmers know their badgers? Relating farmer knowledge to ecological survey data.

scientific article

Humanity’s Best Friend: A Dog-Centric Approach to Addressing Global Challenges

scientific article published on 17 March 2020

Impacts of removing badgers on localised counts of hedgehogs.

scientific article

Important impacts of tissue selection and lipid extraction on ecological parameters derived from stable isotope ratios

scientific article published in 2013

Inbreeding intensifies sex- and age-dependent disease in a wild mammal

scientific article published on 20 July 2018

Individual foraging specialisation in a social mammal: the European badger (Meles meles).

scientific article published on 19 July 2014

Individual variation and the source-sink group dynamics of extra-group paternity in a social mammal ⬇️

scientific article published on 14 January 2019

Integrating social behaviour, demography and disease dynamics in network models: applications to disease management in declining wildlife populations

scientific article published on 29 July 2019

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

scientific article published on 14 March 2018

Invasion by the amphipod Gammarus pulex alters community composition of native freshwater macroinvertebrates

article

Invasive species management will benefit from social impact assessment

article

Invasiveness of plants is predicted by size and fecundity in the native range ⬇️

scientific article published on 17 April 2015

Isotopic niche variation in Tasmanian devils Sarcophilus harrisii with progression of devil facial tumor disease

scientific article published in June 2021

Killing squirrels: Exploring motivations and practices of lethal wildlife management

Localised control of an introduced predator: creating problems for the future?

Long-term increase in secondary exposure to anticoagulant rodenticides in European polecats Mustela putorius in Great Britain

scientific article published on 10 February 2018

Looking up to the sky: using high resolution remote sensing to characterise hibernaculum locations of the Hazel Dormouse

scientific article published on 15 April 2022

Making red squirrels more visible: the use of baited visual counts to monitor populations

article published in 2011

Mesopredators constrain a top predator: competitive release of ravens after culling crows

scientific article published on July 2009

Model of Selective and Non-Selective Management of Badgers (Meles meles) to Control Bovine Tuberculosis in Badgers and Cattle

scientific article

Monitoring and population estimation of the European badgerMeles melesin Northern Ireland

Mortality trajectory analysis reveals the drivers of sex-specific epidemiology in natural wildlife-disease interactions

scientific article published in September 2014

Multi-state modelling reveals sex-dependent transmission, progression and severity of tuberculosis in wild badgers ⬇️

scientific article published on January 7, 2013

Nonhuman citizens on trial: The ecological politics of a beaver reintroduction

Otterly delicious: Spatiotemporal variation in the diet of a recovering population of Eurasian otters (<i>Lutra lutra</i>) revealed through<scp>DNA</scp>metabarcoding and morphological analysis of prey remains

scientific article published in 2023

Our Wild Companions: Domestic cats in the Anthropocene

scientific article published on 22 February 2020

Owner-ascribed personality profiles distinguish domestic cats that capture and bring home wild animal prey

scientific article published in 2022

Patterns and consequences of age-linked change in local relatedness in animal societies

scientific article published in 2022

Patterns of direct and indirect contact between cattle and badgers naturally infected with tuberculosis

scientific article published on 25 March 2013

Performance of proximity loggers in recording intra- and inter-species interactions: a laboratory and field-based validation study

scientific article

Perspectives of ammunition users on the use of lead ammunition and its potential impacts on wildlife and humans

scientific article published in 2019

Perturbing implications of wildlife ecology for disease control

scientific article published on 11 January 2008

Population biology of stoats Mustela erminea and weasels Mustela nivalis on game estates in Great Britain

article

Postrelease movement and habitat selection of translocated pine martens Martes martes

scientific article published on 14 May 2020

Predicting badger visits to farm yards and making predictions available to farmers.

scientific article

Provision of High Meat Content Food and Object Play Reduce Predation of Wild Animals by Domestic Cats Felis catus

scientific article published in 2021

Regime shift tipping point in hare population collapse associated with climatic and agricultural change during the very early 20th century

scientific article published on 16 May 2021

Resource availability affects individual niche variation and its consequences in group-living European badgers Meles meles

scientific article

Resource partitioning among British and Irish mustelids

scientific article published in 2002

Restricted gene flow in fragmented populations of a wind-pollinated tree

article

Rodenticide exposure in wood mouse and house mouse populations on farms and potential secondary risk to predators

scientific article published on 24 March 2012

Seasonal variation in daily patterns of social contacts in the European badger Meles meles

scientific article

Sex-related heterogeneity in the life-history correlates of Mycobacterium bovis infection in European badgers (Meles meles).

scientific article published on November 2013

Social structure contains epidemics and regulates individual roles in disease transmission in a group-living mammal

scientific article published on 11 November 2018

Spatial and temporal variation in proximity networks of commercial dairy cattle in Great Britain

scientific article published in September 2021

Spatial behavior of domestic cats and the effects of outdoor access restrictions and interventions to reduce predation of wildlife

scientific article published in 2021

Stable isotopes are quantitative indicators of trophic niche

scientific article published on 28 August 2019

Stoats (Mustela erminea) provide evidence of natural overland colonization of Ireland

scientific article (publication date: 7 June 2007)

The application of statistical network models in disease research

scientific article published in 2017

The diet of an invasive nonnative predator, the feral ferret Mustela furo, and implications for the conservation of ground-nesting birds

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

scientific article published in 2000

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

The parakeet protectors: Understanding opposition to introduced species management

scientific article published on 2 January 2018

The status of ship rats Rattus rattus on the Shiant Islands, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

article

The use of fumigants and anticoagulant rodenticides on game estates in Great Britain

article published in 2000

The use of trapping records to monitor populations of stoats Mustela erminea and weasels M. nivalis: the importance of trapping effort

scientific article published in 1999

Tracking badger visits to farmyards

scientific article published in May 2009

Understanding diverse approaches to predator management among gamekeepers in England

scientific article published in 2020

User behaviour, best practice and the risks of non-target exposure associated with anticoagulant rodenticide use.

scientific article published on 26 January 2011

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

scientific article published on February 2017

Using Stable-Isotope Analysis as a Technique for Determining Consumption of Supplementary Foods by Individual Birds

article

Using high-resolution LiDAR-derived canopy structure and topography to characterise hibernaculum locations of the hazel dormouse

scientific article published in 2023

Voluntary recording scheme reveals ongoing decline in the United Kingdom hazel dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius population

scholarly article by Cecily E. D. Goodwin published in June 2017

Welfare and‘Best Practice’ in Field Studies of Wildlife

article

Whisker growth in wild Eurasian badgers Meles meles: implications for stable isotope and bait marking studies

Widespread exposure to lead affects the body condition of free-living whooper swans Cygnus cygnus wintering in Britain.

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 22 December 2016

Winter feeding of birds increases productivity in the subsequent breeding season

scientific article published on April 2008

Woody cover in wet and dry African savannas after six decades of experimental fires

article by Aisling P. Devine et al published 9 January 2015 in Journal of Ecology

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