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  1. Fencing solves human-wildlife conflict locally but shifts problems elsewhere: A case study using functional connectivity modelling of the African elephant

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, August 2018, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  2. A global database and “state of the field” review of research into ecosystem engineering by land animals

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, March 2018, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  3. Feeding ecology of cheetahs in the Maasai Mara, Kenya and the potential for intra- and interspecific competition

    Article • Journal of Zoology, September 2017, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  4. Tooth fracture within the African carnivore guild: the influence of intraguild competition and resource availability

    Article • Journal of Zoology, July 2017, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  5. Conservation: Don't bank African rhinos in Australia

    Article • Nature, June 2016, Nature

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  6. Large carnivore impacts are context-dependent

    Article • Food Webs, March 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  7. Questionable policy for large carnivore hunting

    Article • Science, December 2015, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  8. Local vs landscape drivers of primate occupancy in a Brazilian fragmented region

    Article • Mammal Research, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  9. The impact of large terrestrial carnivores on Pleistocene ecosystems

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Matt W Hayward, Dr Carlo Meloro

  10. High density, maternal condition, and stress are associated with male-biased sex allocation in a marsupial

    Article • Journal of Mammalogy, August 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  11. Risk perception by endangered European bison Bison bonasus is context (condition) dependent

    Article • Landscape Ecology, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  12. Time-lags in primate occupancy: a study case using dynamic models

    Article • Natureza & Conservação, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  13. Soil-foraging animals alter the composition and co-occurrence of microbial communities in a desert shrubland

    Article • The ISME Journal, May 2015, Nature

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  14. FORUM: Ecologists need robust survey designs, sampling and analytical methods

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, February 2015, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  15. Effects of reconstruction of a pre-European vertebrate assemblage on ground-dwelling arachnids in arid Australia

    Article • Oecologia, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  16. Numbat nirvana: conservation ecology of the endangered numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) (Marsupialia : Myrmecobiidae) reintroduced to Scotia and Yookamurra Sanctuaries, Australia

    Article • Australian Journal of Zoology, January 2015, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  17. Diet and prey preferences of dholes (Cuon alpinus): dietary competition within Asia's apex predator guild

    Article • Journal of Zoology, September 2014, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  18. Economic Analysis of Electric Fencing for Mitigating Human-wildlife Conflict in Nepal

    Article • Journal of Resources and Ecology, September 2014, Institute of Geographic Science and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  19. An Objective Approach to Determining the Weight Ranges of Prey Preferred by and Accessible to the Five Large African Carnivores

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2014, PLOS

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  20. Correction: Prey Preferences of the Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia): Regional Diet Specificity Holds Global Significance for Conservation

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2014, PLOS

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  21. Will dingoes really conserve wildlife and can our methods tell?

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, April 2014, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  22. Prey Preferences of the Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia): Regional Diet Specificity Holds Global Significance for Conservation

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2014, PLOS

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  23. Whose backyard? Some precautions in choosing recipient sites for assisted colonisation of Australian plants and animals

    Article • Ecological Management & Restoration, May 2013, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  24. Effect of prey mass and selection on predator carrying capacity estimates

    Article • European Journal of Wildlife Research, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  25. Spatial behaviour of yellow-footed rock-wallabies, Petrogale xanthopus, changes in response to active conservation management

    Article • Australian Journal of Zoology, January 2013, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  26. Using assisted colonisation to conserve biodiversity and restore ecosystem function under climate change

    Article • Biological Conservation, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  27. Prey choice and diet of wolves related to ungulate communities and wolf subpopulations in Poland

    Article • Journal of Mammalogy, December 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  28. Waterhole use by African Fauna

    Article • South African Journal of Wildlife Research, October 2012, Southern African Wildlife Management Association

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  29. Animal Ethics and Ecotourism

    Article • South African Journal of Wildlife Research, October 2012, Southern African Wildlife Management Association

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  30. Spatial and temporal changes in group dynamics and range use enable anti‐predator responses in African buffalo

    Article • Ecology, June 2012, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  31. Acting fast helps avoid extinction

    Article • Conservation Letters, May 2012, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  32. Prey preferences of the tiger Panthera tigris

    Article • Journal of Zoology, February 2012, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  33. Key factors and related principles in the conservation of large African carnivores

    Article • Mammal Review, February 2012, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  34. Time to agree on a conservation benchmark for Australia.

    Article • Pacific Conservation Biology, January 2012, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  35. Fencing for Conservation

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  36. An Introduction to Fencing for Conservation

    Article • October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  37. Perspectives on Fencing for Conservation Based on Four Case Studies: Marsupial Conservation in Australian Forests; Bushmeat Hunting in South Africa; Large Predator Reintroduction in South Africa; and Large Mammal Conservation in Poland

    Article • October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  38. Do Lions Panthera leo Actively Select Prey or Do Prey Preferences Simply Reflect Chance Responses via Evolutionary Adaptations to Optimal Foraging?

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2011, PLOS

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  39. Minimum prey and area requirements of the Vulnerable cheetah Acinonyx jubatus: implications for reintroduction and management of the species in South Africa

    Article • Oryx, August 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  40. Scarcity in the prey community yields anti-predator benefits

    Article • Acta Oecologica, July 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  41. Using the IUCN Red List to determine effective conservation strategies

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  42. The Natural History of Sydney

    Article • Pacific Conservation Biology, January 2011, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  43. Increasing elephantLoxodonta africana density is a more important driver of change in vegetation condition than rainfall

    Article • ACTA THERIOLOGICA, December 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  44. Assessing re-introductions of the African Wild dog (Lycaon pictus) in the Limpopo Valley Conservancy, South Africa, using the stochastic simulation program VORTEX

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, December 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward, Professor cino pertoldi

  45. Increasing elephantLoxodonta africanadensity is a more important driver of change in vegetation condition than rainfall

    Article • ACTA THERIOLOGICA, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  46. The Impact of Upgrading Roads on the Conservation of the Threatened Flightless Dung Beetle, Circellum bacchus (F.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

    Article • The Coleopterists Bulletin, March 2010, Coleopterists Society

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  47. Potential amplification of territorial advertisement markings by black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas)

    Article • Behaviour, January 2010, Brill

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  48. The Need to Rationalize and Prioritize Threatening Processes Used to Determine Threat Status in the IUCN Red List

    Article • Conservation Biology, November 2009, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  49. Temporal Partitioning of Activity in Large African Carnivores: Tests of Multiple Hypotheses

    Article • South African Journal of Wildlife Research, October 2009, Southern African Wildlife Management Association

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  50. The impact of tourists on lion Panthera leo behaviour, stress and energetics

    Article • ACTA THERIOLOGICA, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  51. Bushmeat Hunting in Dwesa and Cwebe Nature Reserves, Eastern Cape, South Africa

    Article • South African Journal of Wildlife Research, April 2009, Southern African Wildlife Management Association

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  52. Reintroduction of Top-Order Predators

    Article • March 2009, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  53. Moving beyond the Descriptive: Predicting the Responses of Top‐Order Predators to Reintroduction

    Article • March 2009, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  54. Reintroduction of Top‐Order Predators: Using Science to Restore One of the Drivers of Biodiversity

    Article • March 2009, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  55. Fencing for conservation: Restriction of evolutionary potential or a riposte to threatening processes?

    Article • Biological Conservation, January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  56. Prey preferences and dietary overlap amongst Africa's large predators

    Article • South African Journal of Wildlife Research, October 2008, Southern African Wildlife Management Association

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  57. Do fences constrain predator movements on an evolutionary scale? Home range, food intake and movement patterns of large predators reintroduced to Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, September 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  58. Conservation management for the past, present and future

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, July 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  59. Lions, leopards and muskoxen: a (very) light-hearted look at the ups, downs, ins and outs of a postdoctoral career through the eyes of two zoologists

    Article • Australian Zoologist, January 2008, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  60. Practical Considerations for the Reintroduction of Large, Terrestrial,Mammalian Predators Based on Reintroductions to South Africa's Eastern Cape Province

    Article • The Open Conservation Biology Journal, December 2007, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  61. Carrying capacity of large African predators: Predictions and tests

    Article • Biological Conservation, September 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  62. Testing Predictions of the Prey of Lion Derived From Modeled Prey Preferences

    Article • The Journal of Wildlife Management, July 2007, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  63. Erratum

    Article • Oryx, July 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  64. The reintroduction of large carnivores to the Eastern Cape, South Africa: an assessment

    Article • Oryx, April 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  65. Predicting the occurrence of the quokka, Setonix brachyurus (Macropodidae�:�Marsupialia), in Western Australia's northern jarrah forest

    Article • Wildlife Research, January 2007, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  66. PREY PREFERENCES OF THE AFRICAN WILD DOG LYCAON PICTUS (CANIDAE: CARNIVORA): ECOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSERVATION

    Article • Journal of Mammalogy, December 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  67. Prey preferences of the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) (Felidae: Carnivora): morphological limitations or the need to capture rapidly consumable prey before kleptoparasites arrive?

    Article • Journal of Zoology, December 2006, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  68. Prey preferences of the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) and degree of dietary overlap with the lion (Panthera leo)

    Article • Journal of Zoology, December 2006, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  69. Activity patterns of reintroduced lion Panthera leo and spotted hyaena Crocuta crocuta in the Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa

    Article • African Journal of Ecology, November 2006, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  70. The successful reintroduction of leopard Panthera pardus to the Addo Elephant National Park

    Article • African Journal of Ecology, August 2006, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  71. Prey preferences of the leopard (Panthera pardus)

    Article • Journal of Zoology, June 2006, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  72. Prey preferences of the lion (Panthera leo)

    Article • Journal of Zoology, November 2005, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  73. HABITAT USE OF THE QUOKKA, SETONIX BRACHYURUS (MACROPODIDAE: MARSUPIALIA), IN THE NORTHERN JARRAH FOREST OF AUSTRALIA

    Article • Journal of Mammalogy, August 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  74. Using faecal pellet counts along transects to estimate quokka ( Setonix brachyurus ) population density

    Article • Wildlife Research, January 2005, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  75. Mortality and survivorship of the quokka ( Setonix brachyurus ) (Macropodidae : Marsupialia) in the northern jarrah forest of Western Australia

    Article • Wildlife Research, January 2005, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  76. Diet of the quokka ( Setonix brachyurus ) (Macropodidae�:�Marsupialia) in the northern jarrah forest of Western Australia

    Article • Wildlife Research, January 2005, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  77. Home range and movements of the quokka Setonix brachyurus (Macropodidae: Marsupialia), and its impact on the viability of the metapopulation on the Australian mainland

    Article • Journal of Zoology, July 2004, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  78. Local population structure of a naturally occurring metapopulation of the quokka (Setonix brachyurus Macropodidae: Marsupialia)

    Article • Biological Conservation, April 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  79. Survival of Cheetahs Relocated from Ranchland to Fenced Protected Areas in South Africa

    Article • Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward