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List of works by Matthew F. Child

A framework to measure the wildness of managed large vertebrate populations

scientific article published on 06 May 2019

Assessing the broad-scale impact of agriculturally transformed and protected area landscapes on avian taxonomic and functional richness

Contrasting spatial patterns of taxonomic and functional richness offer insights into potential loss of ecosystem services

scientific article

Horizon scanning for South African biodiversity: A need for social engagement as well as science

scientific article published on 28 September 2019

How many bird and mammal extinctions has recent conservation action prevented?

scientific article published on 10 September 2020

Interspecific audience effects on the alarm-calling behaviour of a kleptoparasitic bird.

scientific article

Investigating a link between bill morphology, foraging ecology and kleptoparasitic behaviour in the fork-tailed drongo

Quantifying the effects of diverse private protected area management systems on ecosystem properties in a savannah biome, South Africa

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The Thoreau ideal as a unifying thread in the conservation movement.

scientific article

The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses

scientific article published on 12 February 2024

The ecological economics of kleptoparasitism: pay-offs from self-foraging versus kleptoparasitism.

scientific article published on 3 September 2012

Wildness, infinity and freedom

scientific article published in 2021