Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
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Robust ecological analysis of camera trap data labelled by a machine learning model
Whytock RC, Świeżewski J, Zwerts JA, Bara‐Słupski T, Koumba Pambo AF, Rogala M, Bahaa‐el‐din L, Boekee K, Brittain S, Cardoso AW, Henschel P, Lehmann D, Momboua B, Kiebou Opepa C, Orbell C, Pitman RT, Robinson HS & Abernethy KA (2021) Robust ecological analysis of camera trap data labelled by a machine learning model. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13576
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Long-term collapse in fruit availability threatens Central African forest megafauna
Bush ER, Whytock RC, Bahaa-el-din L, Bourgeois S, Bunnefeld N, Cardoso AW, Dikangadissi JT, Dimbonda P, Dimoto E, Edzang Ndong J, Jeffery KJ, Lehmann D, Makaga L, Momboua B, Momont LRW, Tutin CEG, White LJT, Whittaker A & Abernethy K (2020) Long-term collapse in fruit availability threatens Central African forest megafauna. Science, 370 (6521), pp. 1219-1222. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc7791
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Ecological time lags and the journey towards conservation success
Watts K, Whytock RC, Park KJ, Fuentes-Montemayor E, Macgregor NA, Duffield S & McGowan PJK (2020) Ecological time lags and the journey towards conservation success. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4, pp. 304-311. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-1087-8
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Pangolins and bats living together in underground burrows in Lopé National Park, Gabon
Lehmann D, Halbwax ML, Makaga L, Whytock R, Ndindiwe Malata L, Bombenda Mouele W, Momboua BR, Koumba Pambo AF & White LJT (2020) Pangolins and bats living together in underground burrows in Lopé National Park, Gabon. African Journal of Ecology, 58 (3), pp. 540-542. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12759
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Whytock RC, Fuentes-Montemayor E, Watts K, Macgregor NA, Call E, Mann JA & Park KJ (2020) Regional land-use and local management create scale-dependent 'landscapes of fear' for a common woodland bird. Landscape Ecology, 35 (3), p. 607–620. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00965-x
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Awa TI, Evaristus TA, Whytock R, Guilian T & Mallord J (2018) Habitat characteristics of wintering Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix in the Centre Region of Cameroon: conservation implications. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology, 89 (1), pp. 19-24. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2017.1368037
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Using fluid dynamic concepts to estimate species movement rates in terrestrial landscapes
Jones TJ, Watts K & Whytock RC (2018) Using fluid dynamic concepts to estimate species movement rates in terrestrial landscapes. Ecological Indicators, 93, pp. 344-350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.05.005
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Context-dependent colonization of terrestrial habitat 'islands' by a long-distance migrant bird
Whytock RC, Fuentes-Montemayor E, Watts K, Macgregor NA, Williams L & Park KJ (2018) Context-dependent colonization of terrestrial habitat 'islands' by a long-distance migrant bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285 (1885), p. 20181490. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1490
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Tritrophic phenological match-mismatch in space and time
Burgess M, Smith KW, Evans KL, Leech D, Pearce-Higgins JW, Branston CJ, Briggs K, Clark JR, du Feu CR, Lewthwaite K, Nager RG, Sheldon BC, Smith JA, Whytock R, Willis SG & Phillimore AB (2018) Tritrophic phenological match-mismatch in space and time. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2 (6), pp. 970-975. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0543-1
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Invasion legacy effects versus sediment deposition as drivers of riparian vegetation
Pattison Z, Whytock R & Willby N (2018) Invasion legacy effects versus sediment deposition as drivers of riparian vegetation. Biological Invasions, 20 (5), pp. 1189-1198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1619-6
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Bird-community responses to habitat creation in a long-term, large-scale natural experiment
Whytock R, Fuentes-Montemayor E, Watts K, De Andrade PB, Whytock R, French P, Macgregor N & Park K (2018) Bird-community responses to habitat creation in a long-term, large-scale natural experiment. Conservation Biology, 32 (2), pp. 345-354. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12983
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Whytock R, Morgan BJ, Awa TI, Bekokon Z, Abwe E, Buij R, Virani M, Vickery JA & Bunnefeld N (2018) Quantifying the scale and socioeconomic drivers of bird hunting in Central African forest communities. Biological Conservation, 218, pp. 18-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.11.034
Research Report
Jones I, Whytock R & Bunnefeld N (2017) Assessing Motivations for the Illegal Killing of Lesser White-fronted Geese at Key Sites in Kazakhstan (2017). UN-AEWA. AEWA Lesser White-fronted Goose International Working Group Report Series, 6. Bonn, Germany. https://www.unep-aewa.org/en/publication/assessing-motivations-illegal-killing-lesser-white-fronted-geese-key-sites-kazakhstan
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Solo: An open source, customizable and inexpensive audio recorder for bioacoustic research
Whytock R & Christie J (2017) Solo: An open source, customizable and inexpensive audio recorder for bioacoustic research. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 8 (3), pp. 308-312. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12678
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Trade of threatened vultures and other raptors for fetish and bushmeat in West and Central Africa
Buij R, Nikolaus G, Whytock R, Ingram DJ & Ogada D (2016) Trade of threatened vultures and other raptors for fetish and bushmeat in West and Central Africa. Oryx, 50 (4), pp. 606-616. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0030605315000514
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Whytock R, Buij R, Virani M & Morgan BJ (2016) Do large birds experience previously undetected levels of hunting pressure in the forests of Central and West Africa?. Oryx, 50 (1), p. 76–83. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605314000064