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  1. A population plunge could help to mitigate the global biodiversity crisis

    Article • Nature, September 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  2. Hunting strategies, wild meat preferences and perceptions of wildlife conservation in Nagaland, India

    Article • Oryx, March 2025, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  3. Agriculture

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  4. Big Picture Changes We Need

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  5. Biological Resource Use

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  6. Conclusion

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  7. Conclusion to Threats to Biodiversity

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  8. Energy Production and Mining

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  9. Examples of Conservation Success Stories

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  10. Geological and Climate Threats

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  11. Human Intrusions and Disturbance

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  12. Introduction or Why We Should Conserve Biodiversity

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  13. Invasive Species

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  14. Land/Water Protection

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  15. Natural System Modification

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  16. Other Conservation Management Actions Needed

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  17. Other Threats

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  18. Pollution

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  19. Residential and Commercial Development

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  20. Saving Biodiversity

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  21. Site Management

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  22. Species Management

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  23. Transport and Service Corridors

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  24. Capacity and capability of remote sensing to inform invasive plant species management in the Pacific Islands region

    Article • Conservation Biology, August 2024, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  25. Role of national regime ideology for predicting biodiversity outcomes

    Article • Conservation Biology, August 2024, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  26. Fish on the platter! Dietary habits of fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) in the Godavari Delta, India

    Article • Mammal Research, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  27. Diet selection in the Coyote Canis latrans

    Article • Journal of Mammalogy, November 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  28. Tradeoffs between resources and risks shape the responses of a large carnivore to human disturbance

    Article • Communications Biology, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  29. The implications of large home range size in a solitary felid, the Leopard (Panthera pardus)

    Article • Journal of Mammalogy, September 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  30. Fish on the platter! Investigating the dietary habits of fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) in the Godavari Delta, India

    Article • July 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  31. Functionally connecting collaring and conservation to create more actionable telemetry research

    Article • Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, July 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  32. Complex Organisms Must Deal with Complex Threats: How Does Amphibian Conservation Deal with Biphasic Life Cycles?

    Article • Animals, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  33. Space use of ungulate prey relative to lions is affected by prey species and predator behavior but not wind direction

    Article • Ecological Research, May 2023, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  34. Uncovering inbreeding, small populations, and strong genetic isolation in an Australian threatened frog, Litoria littlejohni

    Article • Conservation Genetics, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  35. Spatial patterns of large African cats: a large‐scale study on density, home range size, and home range overlap of lions Panthera leo and leopards Panthera pardus

    Article • Mammal Review, March 2023, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  36. Socio-economic factors correlating with illegal use of giraffe body parts

    Article • Oryx, January 2023, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  37. Assessing the effectiveness of long‐term monitoring of the Broad‐toothed Rat in the Barrington Tops National Park, Australia

    Article • Ecological Management & Restoration, January 2023, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  38. First photographic records and conservation status of Asiatic black and sun bears in Nagaland, India

    Article • Ursus, December 2022, Ursus

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  39. Complex Ways in Which Landscape Conditions and Risks Affect Human Attitudes Towards Wildlife

    Article • Conservation and Society, October 2022, Medknow

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  40. Genome-wide SNPs reveals inbreeding, small populations, and strong genetic isolation in a threatened frog (Litoria littlejohni)

    Article • July 2022, Research Square

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  41. The population density and trap-revealed home range of short-eared possums (Trichosurus caninus) in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia

    Article • Australian Mammalogy, June 2022, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  42. A method to predict overall food preferences

    Article • PLOS One, June 2022, PLOS

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  43. Dietary flexibility promotes range expansion: The case of golden jackals in Eurasia

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, April 2022, Wiley

    Prof. Andrzej Zalewski, Dr Matt W Hayward

  44. The Relative Role of Knowledge and Empathy in Predicting Pro-Environmental Attitudes and Behavior

    Article • Sustainability, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  45. A call to scale up biodiversity monitoring from idiosyncratic, small-scale programmes to coordinated, comprehensive and continuous monitoring across large scales

    Article • Australian Zoologist, March 2022, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  46. Intergenerational Inequity: Stealing the Joy and Benefits of Nature From Our Children

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, February 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  47. The hunting modes of human predation and potential nonconsumptive effects on animal populations

    Article • Biological Conservation, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  48. Exploring the connections between giraffe skin disease and lion predation

    Article • Journal of Zoology, September 2021, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  49. Ten Years on: Have Large Carnivore Reintroductions to the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Worked?

    Article • African Journal of Wildlife Research, September 2021, Southern African Wildlife Management Association

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  50. A Framework for the Eltonian Niche of Humans

    Article • BioScience, May 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  51. Large area used by squirrel gliders in an urban area, uncovered using GPS telemetry

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, May 2021, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  52. Prey preferences of the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, May 2021, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  53. What do you mean by “niche”? Modern ecological theories are not coherent on rhetoric about the niche concept

    Article • Acta Oecologica, May 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  54. Mammal Persistence Along Riparian Forests in Western India Within a Hydropower Reservoir 55 Years Post Construction

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, April 2021, Frontiers

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  55. Prey preferences of modern human hunter-gatherers

    Article • Food Webs, March 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Carlos A. Peres, Dr Matt W Hayward

  56. Beyond species counts for assessing, valuing, and conserving biodiversity: response to Wallach et al. 2019

    Article • Conservation Biology, December 2020, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  57. Reinstating trophic cascades as an applied conservation tool to protect forest ecosystems from invasive grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis)

    Article • Food Webs, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  58. Recalibrating risk: Implications of squirrelpox virus for successful red squirrel translocations within mainland UK

    Article • Conservation Science and Practice, November 2020, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  59. Are novel ecosystems the only novelty of rewilding?

    Article • Restoration Ecology, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  60. The inducible defences of large mammals to human lethality

    Article • Functional Ecology, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  61. Do Differing Levels of Boldness Influence the Success of Translocation? A Pilot Study on Red Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris)

    Article • Animals, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  62. Only the largest terrestrial carnivores increase their dietary breadth with increasing prey richness

    Article • Mammal Review, June 2020, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  63. Compassionate Conservation Clashes With Conservation Biology: Should Empathy, Compassion, and Deontological Moral Principles Drive Conservation Practice?

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, May 2020, Frontiers

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  64. Fear of the dark? A mesopredator mitigates large carnivore risk through nocturnality, but humans moderate the interaction

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  65. A Novel Framework to Protect Animal Data in a World of Ecosurveillance

    Article • BioScience, April 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  66. Lions Panthera leo Prefer Killing Certain Cattle Bos taurus Types

    Article • Animals, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  67. Spatial and temporal overlaps between leopards ( Panthera pardus ) and their competitors in the African large predator guild

    Article • Journal of Zoology, April 2020, Wiley

    Professor Serge Wich, Dr Matt W Hayward

  68. Long-term benefits and short-term costs: small vertebrate responses to predator exclusion and native mammal reintroductions in south-western New South Wales, Australia

    Article • Wildlife Research, April 2020, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  69. Response to comments on “Compassionate Conservation deserves a morally serious rather than dismissive response - reply to ”

    Article • Biological Conservation, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  70. Rethinking megafauna

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, March 2020, Royal Society Publishing

    Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Dr Marcos Moleón, Dr Matt W Hayward

  71. Scent-marking strategies of a solitary carnivore: boundary and road scent marking in the leopard

    Article • Animal Behaviour, March 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Serge Wich, Dr Matt W Hayward

  72. Persistence of remnant patches and genetic loss at the distribution periphery in island and mainland populations of the quokka

    Article • Australian Journal of Zoology, February 2020, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  73. Envisioning the future with ‘compassionate conservation’: An ominous projection for native wildlife and biodiversity

    Article • Biological Conservation, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  74. Pine marten scat holds few clues for squirrel disease

    Article • Veterinary Record, December 2019, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  75. Spatio‐temporal factors impacting encounter occurrences between leopards and other large African predators

    Article • Journal of Zoology, November 2019, Wiley

    Professor Serge Wich, Dr Matt W Hayward

  76. Editorial: How Prides of Lion Researchers Are Evolving to Be Interdisciplinary

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, October 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  77. Estimating leopard density across the highly modified human-dominated landscape of the Western Cape, South Africa

    Article • Oryx, September 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  78. India keeps a close eye on its tigers

    Article • Nature, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  79. Bringing objectivity to wildlife management: Welfare effects of guardian dogs

    Article • Biological Conservation, August 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  80. The search for novelty continues for rewilding

    Article • Biological Conservation, August 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  81. Deconstructing compassionate conservation

    Article • Conservation Biology, July 2019, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  82. Tourist photographs as a scalable framework for wildlife monitoring in protected areas

    Article • Current Biology, July 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Serge Wich, Dr Matt W Hayward

  83. Foraging theory provides a useful framework for livestock predation management

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, June 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  84. Right on track? Performance of satellite telemetry in terrestrial wildlife research

    Article • PLOS One, May 2019, PLOS

    Joares May Junior, Prof Dolors Armenteras, Jeffrey J Thompson Thompson, Dr Matt W Hayward

  85. An experimental test of the multi-scalar impacts of digging mammal reintroductions on invertebrate burrows

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, May 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  86. Reintroducing rewilding to restoration – Rejecting the search for novelty

    Article • Biological Conservation, May 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  87. Animal welfare considerations for using large carnivores and guardian dogs as vertebrate biocontrol tools against other animals

    Article • Biological Conservation, April 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  88. The importance of experimentation in translocation research

    Article • Animal Conservation, April 2019, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  89. Validating movement corridors for African elephants predicted from resistance-based landscape connectivity models

    Article • Landscape Ecology, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  90. Releasing grey squirrels into the wild

    Article • Veterinary Record, March 2019, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  91. Are we eating the world's megafauna to extinction?

    Article • Conservation Letters, February 2019, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  92. Lions at the Gates: Trans-disciplinary Design of an Early Warning System to Improve Human-Lion Coexistence

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, January 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  93. Feeding responses of the golden jackal after reduction of anthropogenic food subsidies

    Article • PLOS One, December 2018, PLOS

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  94. Will systematic reviews facilitate translational behavioral ecology? With a few conditions: a comment on Berger-Tal et al.

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, November 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  95. Enhancing conservation network design with graph-theory and a measure of protected area effectiveness: Refining wildlife corridors in Belize, Central America

    Article • Landscape and Urban Planning, October 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  96. The diet of denning female European pine martens (Martes martes) in Galloway Forest District, South West Scotland, Great Britain

    Article • Mammal Research, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  97. A meta-analysis of ungulate predation and prey selection by the brown bear Ursus arctos in Eurasia

    Article • Mammal Research, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  98. Size, shape and maintenance matter: A critical appraisal of a global carnivore conflict mitigation strategy – Livestock protection kraals in northern Botswana

    Article • Biological Conservation, September 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  99. 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

  100. Using step‐selection functions to model landscape connectivity for African elephants: accounting for variability across individuals and seasons

    Article • Animal Conservation, July 2018, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  101. Examining Evident Interdisciplinarity Among Prides of Lion Researchers

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, April 2018, Frontiers

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  102. Fear, foraging and olfaction: how mesopredators avoid costly interactions with apex predators

    Article • Oecologia, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  103. 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

  104. Making the most of by‐catch data: Assessing the feasibility of utilising non‐target camera trap data for occupancy modelling of a large felid

    Article • African Journal of Ecology, February 2018, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  105. Editorial: Triage in Conservation

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, January 2018, Frontiers

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  106. Testing top-down and bottom-up effects on arid zone beetle assemblages following mammal reintroduction

    Article • Austral Ecology, December 2017, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  107. 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

  108. Niche conservatism and the invasive potential of the wild boar

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, July 2017, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  109. 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

  110. Factors affecting the prey preferences of jackals (Canidae)

    Article • Mammalian Biology, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  111. A review of camera trapping for conservation behaviour research

    Article • Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, June 2017, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  112. Challenges and science-based implications for modern management and conservation of European ungulate populations

    Article • Mammal Research, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sergey Matveytchuk, Dr Matt W Hayward

  113. The many faces of fear: a synthesis of the methodological variation in characterizing predation risk

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, May 2017, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  114. Relative efforts of countries to conserve world’s megafauna

    Article • Global Ecology and Conservation, April 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  115. Spatiotemporal variation in African lion roaring in relation to a dominance shift

    Article • Journal of Mammalogy, March 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  116. Neocolonial Conservation: Is Moving Rhinos to Australia Conservation or Intellectual Property Loss

    Article • Conservation Letters, March 2017, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  117. Conserving the World's Megafauna and Biodiversity: The Fierce Urgency of Now

    Article • BioScience, January 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Richard T Corlett, Dr Matt W Hayward

  118. The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, December 2016, Wiley

    Dr Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Dr Paolo Giordani, Dr DANILO Bandini RIBEIRO, Professor Carlos A. Peres, Professor Andy Purvis, Dr. Jimmy Pincheira-Ulbrich, Dr Pedro R Beja, Dr Paul Eggleton, PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona, Eyal Shochat, Professor Matthieu Chauvat, Baoming Ge, Dr Matt W Hayward

  119. The implications of biodiversity loss for the dynamics of wildlife in Australia

    Article • Animal Conservation, November 2016, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  120. Market‐Based Incentives and Private Ownership of Wildlife to Remedy Shortfalls in Government Funding for Conservation

    Article • Conservation Letters, October 2016, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  121. Termite activity and decomposition are influenced by digging mammal reintroductions along an aridity gradient

    Article • Journal of Arid Environments, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  122. Moving the Goalposts: Possible Effects of Changes in Opportunity Costs on Conservation Triage

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, September 2016, Frontiers

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  123. Determinants of bird conservation-action implementation and associated population trends of threatened species

    Article • Conservation Biology, August 2016, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  124. Saving the World's Terrestrial Megafauna

    Article • BioScience, July 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Richard T Corlett, Dr Matt W Hayward

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

    Article • Nature, June 2016, Nature

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  126. Border Security Fencing and Wildlife: The End of the Transboundary Paradigm in Eurasia?

    Article • PLoS Biology, June 2016, PLOS

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  127. Does size matter for horny beetles? A geometric morphometric analysis of interspecific and intersexual size and shape variation in Colophon haughtoni Barnard, 1929, and C. kawaii Mizukami, 1997 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

    Article • Organisms Diversity & Evolution, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carlo Meloro, Dr Matt W Hayward

  128. Could biodiversity loss have increased Australia's bushfire threat?

    Article • Animal Conservation, March 2016, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  129. Large carnivore impacts are context-dependent

    Article • Food Webs, March 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  130. Spatial ecology of a herd of white-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari) in Belize using GPS telemetry: challenges and preliminary results

    Article • Therya, January 2016, Asociacion Mexicana de Mastozoologia

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  131. Prey Preferences of the Jaguar Panthera onca Reflect the Post-Pleistocene Demise of Large Prey

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, January 2016, Frontiers

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  132. Questionable policy for large carnivore hunting

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

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  133. 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

  134. 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

  135. 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

  136. Ambiguity in guideline definitions introduces assessor bias and influences consistency in IUCN Red List status assessments

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, July 2015, Frontiers

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  137. 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

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

    Article • Natureza & Conservação, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  139. Collapse of the world’s largest herbivores

    Article • Science Advances, May 2015, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  140. 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

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

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, February 2015, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  142. 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

  143. 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

  144. 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

  145. 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

  146. UK bill could prompt biodiversity loss

    Article • Nature, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  147. 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

  148. 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

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

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, April 2014, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  150. 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

  151. 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

  152. 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

  153. 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

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

    Article • Biological Conservation, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  155. 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

  156. Waterhole use by African Fauna

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

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  157. Animal Ethics and Ecotourism

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

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  158. 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

  159. Acting fast helps avoid extinction

    Article • Conservation Letters, May 2012, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  160. Prey preferences of the tiger Panthera tigris

    Article • Journal of Zoology, February 2012, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

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

    Article • Mammal Review, February 2012, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

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

    Article • Pacific Conservation Biology, January 2012, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  163. Fencing for Conservation

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  164. An Introduction to Fencing for Conservation

    Article • October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  165. 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

  166. 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

  167. 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

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

    Article • Acta Oecologica, July 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

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

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

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  170. The Natural History of Sydney

    Article • Pacific Conservation Biology, January 2011, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  171. 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

  172. 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

  173. 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

  174. 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

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

    Article • Behaviour, January 2010, De Gruyter

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  176. 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

  177. 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

  178. 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

  179. 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

  180. Reintroduction of Top-Order Predators

    Article • March 2009, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

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

    Article • March 2009, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

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

    Article • March 2009, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

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

    Article • Biological Conservation, January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  184. 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

  185. 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

  186. Conservation management for the past, present and future

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

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  187. 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

  188. 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

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

    Article • Biological Conservation, September 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  190. 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

  191. Erratum

    Article • Oryx, July 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matt W Hayward

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

    Article • Oryx, April 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  193. 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

  194. 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

  195. 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

  196. 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

  197. 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

  198. 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

  199. Prey preferences of the leopard (Panthera pardus)

    Article • Journal of Zoology, June 2006, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  200. Prey preferences of the lion (Panthera leo)

    Article • Journal of Zoology, November 2005, Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  201. 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

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

    Article • Wildlife Research, January 2005, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Matt W Hayward

  203. 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

  204. 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

  205. 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

  206. 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

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

    Article • Wiley

    Dr Matt W Hayward