User profiles for Peter Leimgruber

Peter Leimgruber

Director of Conservation and Science, Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology …
Verified email at si.edu
Cited by 9489

Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements

…, F Koch, B Kranstauber, S LaPoint, P Leimgruber… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Animal movement is fundamental for ecosystem functioning and species survival, yet the
effects of the anthropogenic footprint on animal movements have not been estimated across …

The fate of wild tigers

…, G Bryja, A Heydlauff, S Klenzendorf, P Leimgruber… - …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Wild tigers are in a precarious state. Habitat loss and intense poaching of tigers and their
prey, coupled with inadequate government efforts to maintain tiger populations, have resulted …

Rigorous home range estimation with movement data: a new autocorrelated kernel density estimator

…, WF Fagan, T Mueller, KA Olson, P Leimgruber… - Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying animals' home ranges is a key problem in ecology and has important conservation
and wildlife management applications. Kernel density estimation (KDE) is a workhorse …

Free and open-access satellite data are key to biodiversity conservation

…, J Dwyer, M Herold, LP Koh, P Leimgruber… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Satellite remote sensing is an important tool for monitoring the status of biodiversity and
associated environmental parameters, including certain elements of habitats. However, satellite …

Using relative abundance indices from camera-trapping to test wildlife conservation hypotheses–an example from Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

…, JL Antony, JG Howard, P Leimgruber - Tropical …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Khao Yai National Park (KYNP) is well known for its biodiversity and has the potential to serve
as a regional model for wildlife conservation. From October 2003 through October 2007, …

Ten ways remote sensing can contribute to conservation

…, N Laporte, A Leidner, P Leimgruber… - Conservation …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In an effort to increase conservation effectiveness through the use of Earth observation
technologies, a group of remote sensing scientists affiliated with government and academic …

Fragmentation of Asia's remaining wildlands: implications for Asian elephant conservation

P Leimgruber, JB Gagnon, C Wemmer… - Animal …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat loss and fragmentation are main causes for Asian elephant population declines. We
mapped wildlands ‐ large, unfragmented and undeveloped areas ‐ asking: (1) Where are …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating movement ecology with biodiversity research-exploring new avenues to address spatiotemporal biodiversity dynamics

…, D Bonte, G Pe'er, B Reineking, P Leimgruber… - Movement Ecology, 2013 - Springer
Movement of organisms is one of the key mechanisms shaping biodiversity, eg the
distribution of genes, individuals and species in space and time. Recent technological and …

Setting priorities for tiger conservation: 2005–2015

…, E Dinerstein, J Seidensticker, P Leimgruber… - Tigers of the World, 2010 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Tigers are increasingly disappearing from the ecosystems where they
evolved and the nation states in which they live. Their vast range in Asia has been reduced to …

In search of forage: predicting dynamic habitats of Mongolian gazelles using satellite‐based estimates of vegetation productivity

…, GB Schaller, MG Murray, P Leimgruber - Journal of Applied …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Temporal variability in habitat suitability has important conservation and ecological implications.
In grasslands, changes in resource availability can occur at broad spatial scales and …