Ronald Swaisgood, Ph.D.
Greggor, A.L., B. Masuda, A.C. Sabol, R.R. Swaisgood. 2022. What do animals learn during anti‑predator training? Testing for predator‑specific learning in ‘alalā (Corvus hawaiiensis). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76 (165). 1-11.Hammond, T.T., R.R. Swaisgood, L.E. Jacobs, M.J. Curtis, B.A. McCormick, J.A. Hornfeldt, E.M. Trotman, D.M. Shier. 2022. Age-dependent effects of developmental experience on morphology, performance, dispersal and survival in a translocated, endangered species. Journal of Applied Ecology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14182.
Hennessy, S.M., C.L. Wisinski, N.A. Ronan, C.J. Gregory, R.R. Swaisgood, L.A. Nordstrom. 2022. Release strategies and ecological factors influence mitigation translocation outcomes for burrowing owls: a comparative evaluation. Animal Conservation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12767.
Li, M.F., R.R. Swaisgood, M.A. Owen, H. Zhang, G. Zhang, J. Qiu, M.S. Martin. 2022. Consequences of nescient mating: Artificial insemination increases cub rejection in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). Applied Animal Behaviour Science 247. 1-9.
Sabol, A.C., A.L. Greggor, B. Masuda, R.R. Swaisgood. 2022. Testing the maintenance of natural responses to survival‑relevant calls in the conservation breeding population of a critically endangered corvid (Corvus hawaiiensis). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76(21). 1-13.
Valladares, N.A., A.A. Pardo, L. Chiaverini, J. Groenendijk, L.A. Harrington, D.W. Macdonald, R.R. Swaisgood, A. Barocas. 2022. High-resolution drone imagery reveals drivers of fine-scale giant otter habitat selection in the land-water interface. Conservation Science and Practice 4 (12). 1-14.
2021. Using Change Models to Envision Better Applications of Animal Behavior Research in Conservation Management and Beyond. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2. 1-7.
Barocas, A., J.M. Araújo Flores, A.A. Pardo, D.W. Macdonald, R.R. Swaisgood. 2021. Reduced dry season fish biomass and depleted carnivorous fish assemblages in unprotected tropical oxbow lakes. Biological Conservation 257.
Barocas, A., J. Farfan, J. Groenendijk, J. Mendoza, J. Silva, O. Mujica, J.A. Ochoa, D.W. Macdonald, R.R. Swaisgood. 2021. Disturbance-specific behavioral responses of giant otters exposed to ecotourism and extractive activities. Animal Conservation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12713.
Calatayud, N.E., T.T. Hammond, N.R. Gardner, M.J. Curtis, R.R. Swaisgood, D.M. Shier. 2021. Benefits of overwintering in the conservation breeding and translocation of a critically endangered amphibian. Conservation Science and Practice 3 (2).
Cuya, A., J.A. Glikman, J. Groenendijk, D.W. Macdonald, R.R. Swaisgood, A. Barocas. 2021. Socio-environmental perceptions and barriers to conservation engagement among artisanal small-scale gold mining communities in Southeastern Peru. Global Ecology and Conservation 31.
Greggor, A.L., B. Masuda, J.M. Gaudioso-Levita, J.T. Nelson, T.H. White, D.M. Shier, S.M. Farabaugh, R.R. Swaisgood. 2021. Pre-release training, predator interactions and evidence for persistence of anti-predator behavior in reintroduced `alalā, Hawaiian crow. Global Ecology and Conservation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01658.
Hammond, T.T., M.J. Curtis, L.E. Jacobs, P.M. Gaffney, M.M. Clancy, R.R. Swaisgood, D.M. Shier. 2021. Overwinter behavior, movement, and survival in a recently reintroduced, endangered amphibian, Rana muscosa. Journal for Nature Conservation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2021.126086.
Huang, G., X. Ping, W. Xu, Y. Hu, J. Chang, R.R. Swaisgood, J. Zhou, X. Zhan, Z. Zhang, Y. Nie, J. Cui, M. Bruford, Z. Zhang, B. Li, L. Zhang, Z. Lv, F. Wei. 2021. Wildlife conservation and management in China: achievements, challenges and perspectives. National Science Review 8 (7). 1-5.
Lee, H.N., A.L. Greggor, B. Masuda, R.R. Swaisgood. 2021. Anti-Predator Vigilance as an Indicator of the Costs and Benefits of Supplemental Feeding in Newly Released ‘Alalā (Corvus hawaiiensis). Frontiers in Conservation Science. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2021.701490.
Shier, D.M., R.Y. Chock, E. Gray, R.R. Swaisgood. 2021. Translocation of Stephens’ kangaroo rat preserving familiar neighbor groups in California, USA. Pages 173-177 in Global conservation translocation perspectives : 2021 Case studies from around the globe. Edited by P.S. Soorae. IUCN SSC Conservation Translocation Specialist Group, Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi & Calgary Zoo, Canada, Gland, Switzerland.
Shier, D.M., T.T. Hammond, M.J. Curtis, L.E. Jacobs, N.E. Calatayud, R.R. Swaisgood. 2021. Conservation breeding and reintroduction of the endangered mountain yellow-legged from in Southern California, USA. Pages 65-69 in Global conservation translocation perspectives : 2021. Case studies from around the globe. Edited by P.S. Soorae. IUCN SSC Conservation Translocation Specialist Group, Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi & Calgary Zoo, Canada, Gland, Switzerland.
Van Horn, R.C., J.K. Sheppar, R.R. Swaisgood, R.D. Appleton, R.I. Sanchez, D.J. Vallejos, J. Vallejos, M.A. Owen. 2021. Site characteristics influence Andean bear natal-den selection in dry forest habitat. Ursus 32 (4). 1-14.
Wei, F., S. Cui, N. Liu, J. Chang, X. Ping, T. Ma, J. Xu, R.R. Swaisgood, H. Locke. 2021. Ecological civilization: China's effort to build a shared future for all life on Earth. National Science Review 8 (7). 1-5.
Wisinski, C.L., S.M. Hennessy, S.A. Marczak, D. Mayer, T. Nelson, L.A. Nordstrom, K. Rice, H. Sin, M.T. Stevens, R.R. Swaisgood. 2021. Building a New Burrowing Owl Subpopulation through Collaboration and Translocation. 2021 Annual Meeting of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society. DOI: http://www.wildlifeprofessional.org/western/tws_abstract_preview.php?abstractID=2655&k=EcjTjxcBN4IFx.
Berger-Tal, O., D.T. Blumstein, R.R. Swaisgood. 2020. Conservation translocations: a review of common difficulties and promising directions. Animal Conservation 23 (2). 121-131.
Charlton, B.D., M.A. Owen, H. Zhang, R.R. Swaisgood. 2020. Scent anointing in giant pandas: functional and motivational insights from giant pandas. Journal of Mammalogy. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa014.
Flanagan, A.M., C. Rutz, S. Farabaugh, A.L. Greggor, B. Masuda, R.R. Swaisgood. 2020. Inter-aviary distance and visual access influence conservation breeding outcomes in a territorial, endangered bird. Biological Conservation 242.
Greggor, A.L., B. Masuda, A.M. Flanagan, R.R. Swaisgood. 2020. Age-related patterns of neophobia in an endangered island crow: implications for conservation and natural history. Animal Behaviour 160. 61-68.
Hammond, T.T., M.J. Curtis, L.E. Jacobs, M.W. Tobler, R.R. Swaisgood. 2020. Behavior and detection method influence detection probability of a translocated, endangered amphibian. Animal Conservation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12645.
Hennessy, S.M., C.L. Wisinski, N.A. Ronan, C.J. Gregory, R.R. Swaisgood, L.A. Nordstrom. 2020. Assessing California's Relocation Guidelines for Burrowing Owls Impacted by Renewable Energy Development. California Energy Commission. DOI: https://ww2.energy.ca.gov/2020publications/CEC-500-2020-051/CEC-500-2020-051.pdf.
Martin, M.S., M. Owen, N.J.P Wintle, F. Zhang, H. Zhang, R.R. Swaisgood. 2020. Stereotypic behaviour predicts reproductive performance and litter sex ratio in giant pandas. Scientific Reports 10, 7263 (2020).
Ruiz, C.R., L.I. Vilchis, R.R. Swaisgood. 2020. Exit strategies for wildlife conservation: why they are rare and why every institution needs one. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. DOI: 10.1002/fee.2163.
Tang, J., R.R. Swaisgood, M.A. Owen, X. Zhao, W. Wei, N.W. Pilfold, F. Wei, X. Yang, X. Gu, Z. Yang, Q. Dai, M. Hong, H. Zhou, J. Zhang, S. Yuan, H. Han, Z. Zhang. 2020. Climate change and landscape-use patterns influence recent past distribution of giant pandas. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences 287, 20200358.
Wei, W., R.R. Swaisgood, N.W. Pilfold, M.A. Owen, Q. Dai, F. Wei, H. Han, Z. Yang, X. Yang, X. Gu, J. Zhang, S. Yuan, M. Hong, J. Tang, H. Zhou, K. He, Z. Zhang. 2020. Assessing the Effectiveness of China’s Panda Protection System. Current Biology 30 (7). 1280-1286.
Charlton, B.D., M.A. Owen, R.R. Swaisgood. 2019. Coevolution of vocal signal structure and hearing sensitivity in mammals. Nature Communications 10:2778.
Charlton, B.D., M.A. Owen, X. Zhou, H. Zhang, R.R. Swaisgood. 2019. Influence of season and social context on male giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) vocal behaviour. PLoS One 14, e0225772.
Martin-Wintle, M.S., D.C. Kersey, N.J.P. Wintle, C. Aitken-Palmer, M.A. Owen, R.R. Swaisgood. 2019. Comprehensive Breeding Techniques for the Giant Panda. Pages 275-308 in Reproductive Sciences in Animal Conservation. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1200. Edited by P. Comizzoli, J. Brown, and W. Holt. Springer Nature, Switzerland.
Martin-Wintle, M.S., N.J.P. Wintle, M. Díez-León, R.R. Swaisgood, C.C. Asa. 2019. Improving the sustainability of captive populations with free mate choice. Zoo Biology 38. 119– 132.
Nie, Y., W. Zhou, K. Gao, R.R. Swaisgood, F. Wei. 2019. Seasonal competition between sympatric species for a key resource: Implications for conservation management. Biological Conservation 234. 1-6.
Swaisgood, R.R., A. Greggor. 2019. Applications of animal behavior to conservation. Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, (2nd ed.) vol. 1. 220-229. Elsevier, Academic Press.
Swaisgood, R.R., J.P. Montagne, L.A. Nordstrom, C.M. Lenihan, C.L. Wisinski, D.M. Shier. 2019. Capturing pests and releasing ecosystem engineers: translocation of common but diminished species to re‐establish ecological roles. Animal Conservation 22. 600-610.
Wei, W., R.R. Swaisgood, M.A. Owen, N.W. Pilfold, Z. Zhou, H. Han, M. Hong, H. Zhou, F. Wei, Y. Nie, Z. Zhang. 2019. The role of den quality in giant panda conservation. Biological Conservation 231. 189-196.
Zhou, W., Y. Nie, Y. Hu, R.R. Swaisgood, Y. Zhang, D. Liu, F. Wei. 2019. Seasonal and reproductive variation in chemical constituents of scent signals in wild giant pandas. SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences 62.
Zhou, W., Y. Nie, R.R. Swaisgood, Y. Li, F. Wei. 2019. Ecological context influences scent‐marking behavior in the giant panda. Journal of Zoology 309. 191-199.
Appleton, R.D., R.C. Van Horn, K.V. Noyce, T.J. Spady, R.R. Swaisgood, P. Arcese. 2018. Phenotypic plasticity in the timing of reproduction in Andean bears. Journal of Zoology 305 (3). 196-202.
Charlton, B.D., M.A. Owen, J.L. Keating, M.S. Martin-Wintle, Z. Hemin, R.R. Swaisgood. 2018. Sound transmission in a bamboo forest and its implications for information transfer in giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) bleats. Scientific Reports 8:12754.
Charlton, B.D., M.S. Martin, M.A. Owen, Z. Hemin, R.R. Swaisgood. 2018. Vocal behaviour predicts mating success in giant pandas. Royal Society of Open Science. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.181323.
Greggor, A.L., G.A. Vicino, R.R. Swaisgood, A. Fidgett, D. Brenner, M.E. Kinney, S. Farabaugh, B. Masuda, N. Lamberski. 2018. Animal Welfare in Conservation Breeding: Applications and Challenges. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 5:323. DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2018.00323.
Martin-Wintle, M.S., N.J.P. Wintle, M. Díez-León, R.R. Swaisgood, C.S. Asa. 2018. Improving the sustainability of ex situ populations with mate choice. Zoo Biology 1-14.
McCullough Hennessy, S., S.A. Marczak, L.A. Nordstrom, R.R. Swaisgood. 2018. Reconsidering habitat associations in the Anthropocene. Global Ecology and Conservation. DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2018.e00397.
Swaisgood, R.R., M.S. Martin-Wintle, M.S. Owen, X. Zhou, H. Zhang. 2018. Developmental stability of foraging behavior: evaluating suitability of captive giant pandas for translocation. Animal Conservation. DOI: 10.1111/acv.12418.
Wei, W., R.R. Swaisgood, Q. Dai, Z. Yang, S. Yuan, M.A. Owen, N.W. Pilfold, X. Yang, X. Gu, H. Zhou, H. Han. 2018. Giant panda distributional and habitat‐use shifts in a changing landscape. Conservation Letters.
Wei, F., R. Costanza, Q. Dai, N. Stoeckl, X. Gu, S. Farber, Y. Nie, I. Kubiszewski, Y. Hu, R. Swaisgood, X. Yang, M. Bruford, Y. Chen, A. Voinov, D. Qi, M. Owen, L. Yan, D.C. Kenny, Z. Zhang, R. Hou, S. Jiang, H. Liu, X. Zhan, L. Zhang, B. Yang, L. Zhao, X. Zheng, W. Zhou, Y. Wen, H. Gao, W. Zhang. 2018. The value of ecosystem services from giant panda reserves. Current Biology 28. 1-7.
Germano, J.M., M.G. Nafus, J.A. Perry, D.B. Hall, R.R. Swaisgood. 2017. Predicting translocation outcomes with personality for desert tortoise. Behavioral Ecology. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arx064.
Hu, Y., Y. Nie, W. Wei, T. Ma, R. Van Horn, X. Zheng, R.R. Swaisgood, Z. Zhou, W. Zhou, L. Yan, Z. Zhang, F. Wei. 2017. Inbreeding and inbreeding avoidance in wild giant pandas. Molecular Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/mec.14284.
Li, Y., R.R. Swaisgood, W. Wei, Y. Nie, Y. Hu, X. Yang, X. Gu, Z. Zhang. 2017. Withered on the stem: is bamboo a seasonally limiting resource for giant pandas? Environmental Science and Pollution Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8746-6.
Li, D., N.J.P Wintle, G. Zhang, C. Wang, B. Luo, M.S. Martin-Wintle, M.A. Owen, R.R. Swaisgood. 2017. Analyzing the past to understand the future: Natural mating yields better reproductive rates than artificial insemination in the giant panda. Biological Conservation 216. 10-17.
Martin-Wintle, M.S., D. Shepherdson, G. Zhang, Y. Huang, B. Luo, R.R. Swaisgood. 2017. Do opposites attract? Effects of personality matching in breeding pairs of captive giant pandas on reproductive success. Biological Conservation 207. 27-37.
Nafus, M.G., J.M. Germano, R.R. Swaisgood. 2017. Cues from a common predator cause survival-linked behavioral adjustments in Mojave desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71:158. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-017-2387-0.
Owen, M.A., R.R. Swaisgood, D.T. Blumstein. 2017. Contextual influences on animal decision‐making: Significance for behavior‐based wildlife conservation and management. Integrative Zoology 12. 32-48.
Swaisgood, R.R., D.J. Wang, F.W. Wei. 2017. Panda downlisted but not out of the woods. Conservation Letters 0(0). 1-9.
Swaisgood, R.R., L.A. Nordstrom, J.G. Schuetz, J.T. Boylan, J.J. Fournier, B. Shemai. 2017. A management experiment evaluating nest-site selection by beach-nesting birds. Journal of Wildlife Management. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.2134.
Berger-Tal, O., R.N. Blumstein, S.L. Fisher, S.L. Mesnick, M.A. Owen, D. Saltz, C.C. St. Claire, R.R. Swaisgood. 2016. A systematic survey of the integration of behavior into wildlife conservation and management. Conservation Biology 30. 744-753.
Garshelis, D., R. Swaisgood, D. Wang, R. Steinmetz. 2016. Giant pandas a beacon for hope at World Conservation Congress. International Bear News 15. 6-8.
Gilad, O., R.R. Swaisgood, M.A. Owen, X. Zhou. 2016. Odor cues for long-lasting mother-daughter recognition in the giant panda. Current Zoology 1. 1-4.
Greggor, A.L., O. Berger-Tal, D.T. Blumstein, L. Angeloni, C. Bessa-Gomes, B.F. Blackwell, C. Cassady St Clair, K. Crooks, S. de Silva, E. Fernández-Juricic, S.Z. Goldenberg, S.L. Mesnick, M.A. Owen, C.J. Price, D. Saltz, C.J. Schell, A.V. Suarez, R.R. Swaisgood, C.S. Winchell, W.J. Sutherland. 2016. Research priorities from animal behaviour for maximising conservation progress. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31. 954-964.
Greggor, A.L., O. Berger-Tal, D.T. Blumstein, L. Angeloni, C. Bessa-Gomes, B. Blackwell, C.C. St Clair, K. Crooks, S. de Silva, E. Fernández-Juricic, S.Z. Goldenberg, S. Mesnick, M. Owen, C.J. Price, D. Saltz, C.J. Schell, A. Suarez, R.R. Swaisgood, C.S. Winchell, W.J. Sutherland. 2016. Research priorities from animal behavior for maximizing conservation progress. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31(12). 953-964.
McCullough Hennessy, S., D.H. Deutschman, D.M. Shier, L.A. Nordstrom, C. Lenihan, J.-P. Montagne, C.L. Wisinski, R.R. Swaisgood. 2016. Experimental habitat restoration for conserved species using ecosystem engineers and vegetation management. Animal Conservation 19: 506–514. DOI: 10.1111/acv.12266.
Nafus, M.G., T.C. Esque, R.C. Averill-Murray, K.E. Nussear, R.R. Swaisgood. 2016. Habitat drives dispersal and survival of translocated juvenile desert tortoises. Journal of Applied Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12774.
Owen, M.A., R.R. Swaisgood, X. Zhou, D.T. Blumstein. 2016. Signalling behaviour is influenced by transient social context in a spontaneously ovulating mammal. Animal Behaviour 111. 157-165.
Owen, M.A., J.L. Keating, S.L. Denes, K. Hawk, A. Fiore, J. Thatcher, J. Becerra, S. Hall, R.R. Swaisgood. 2016. Hearing sensitivity in context: Conservation implications for highly vocal endangered species. Global Ecology and Conservation 6. 121-131.
Zheng, X., M.A. Owen, Y. Nie, Y. Hu, R.R. Swaisgood, L. Yan, F. Wei. 2016. Individual identification of wild giant pandas from camera trap photos – a systematic and hierarchical approach. Journal of Zoology. DOI: doi:10.1111/jzo.12377.
Berger-Tal, O., D.T. Blumstein, S. Carroll, R.N. Fisher, S.L. Mesnick, M.A. Owen, D. Saltz, C. Cassady St. Claire, R.R. Swaisgood. 2015. A systematic survey of the integration of behavior into conservation. Conservation Biology 30. 744-753.
Charlton, B.D., J.L. Keating, L. Rengui, Y. Huang, R.R. Swaisgood. 2015. The acoustic structure of male giant panda bleats varies according to intersexual context. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 138. 1305-1312.
Germano, J.M., K.J. Field, R.A. Griffiths, S. Clulow, J. Foster, G. Harding, R.R. Swaisgood. 2015. Mitigation-driven translocations: are we moving wildlife in the right direction? . Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 13. 101-105.
Martin-Wintle, M.S., D.J. Shepherdson, G. Zhang, D. Li, Z. Zhou, R. Li, H. Zhang, R.R. Swaisgood. 2015. Free mate choice enhances conservation breeding in the endangered giant panda. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10125.
Meek, M.H., C. Wells, K.M. Tomalty, J. Ashander, E.M. Cole, A. Gille, B.J. Putnam, J.P. Rose, M.S. Savoca, L. Yamane, J.M. Hull, D.L. Rogers, E.B. Rosenblum, J.F. Shogren, R.R. Swaisgood, B. May. 2015. Fear of failure in conservation: The problem and potential solutions to aid conservation of extremely small populations. Biological Conservation 184. 209-217.
Nafus, M.G., J.M. Germano, J.A. Perry, A. Walsh, R.R. Swaisgood. 2015. Hiding in plain sight: A study on camouflage and habitat selection in a slow-moving desert herbivore. Behavioral Ecology. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arv096.
Sheppard, J.K., A. McGann, M. Lanzone, R.R. Swaisgood. 2015. An autonomous GPS geofence alert system to curtail avian fatalities at wind farms. Animal Biotelemetry. DOI: 10.1186/s40317-015-0087-y.
Swaisgood, R.R. 2015. Everything you wanted to know about the giant panda. Ecology 96. 599-600.
Wei, F., R.R. Swaisgood, Y. Hu, Z. Zhang, Y. Nie, D. Qi, L. Zhu. 2015. Progress in the ecology and conservation of giant pandas. Conservation Biology 29. 1497-1507.
Wiederholt, R., A.M. Trainor, N. Michel, P.D. Shirey, R.R. Swaisgood, D. Tallamy, S.C. Cook-Patton. 2015. The face of conservation responding to a dynamically changing world. Integrative Zoology 10. 436-452.
Owen, M.A., R.R. Swaisgood, C. Slocomb, S.C. Amstrup, K. Simac, G. Durner, A.P. Pessier. 2014. An experimental investigation of chemical communication in the polar bear (Ursus maritimus). Journal of Zoology 295. 36-43.
Tracey, J.A., J.K. Sheppard, J. Zhu, W. Fuwen, R.R. Swaisgood, R.N. Fisher. 2014. Movement-based estimation and visualization of space-use in 3D for wildlife ecology and conservation. PLoS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101205.
Zhang, Z., J.K. Sheppard, R.R. Swaisgood, G. Wang, Y. Nie, W. Wei, N. Zhao, F. Wei. 2014. Ecological scale and seasonal heterogeneity in the spatial behaviors of giant pandas. Zoology 9. 46-60.
Zhang, Z., J.K. Sheppard, R.R. Swaisgood, G. Wang, Y. Nie, W. Wei, N. Zhao, F. Wei. 2014. Ecological scale and seasonal heterogeneity in the spatial behaviors of giant pandas. Integrative Zoology 9. 46-60.
Flores, C., R.R. Swaisgood, A. Lieberman. 2013. Cocha Cashu: Legado y future en el avance de la ecología tropical y la conservación en Madre de Dios. Pages 22-31 in Reporte Manu 2013: Pasion por la Investigacion en la Amazonia Peruana. Edited by J. Groenendijk, A. Tovar, and W. Wust. SERNANP, Lima, Peru.
Greco, B.J., T.K. Brown, J.R.M. Andrews, R.R. Swaisgood, N.G. Caine. 2013. Social learning in captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana africana). . Animal Cognition 16. 459-469.
Linklater, W.L., K. Mayer, R.R. Swaisgood. 2013. Chemical signals of age, sex, and identity in black rhinoceros. Animal Behaviour 85. 671-677.
Owen, M.A., S. Hall, L. Bryant, R.R. Swaisgood. 2013. The influence of ambient noise on maternal behavior in a Bornean sun bear (Helarctos malayanus euryspilus). Zoo Biology 33. 49-53.
Owen, M.A., R.R Swaisgood, L.M. McGeehan, Z. Xiaoping, D.G. Lindburg. 2013. The dynamics of male-female multi-modal signaling and behaviour in the giant panda. Ethology. DOI: 10.111/etb.12128.
Sheppard, J.K., M. Walenski, M.P. Wallace, J.J.V. Velazco, C. Porras, R.R. Swaisgood. 2013. Hierarchical dominance structure in reintroduced California condors: correlates, consequences, and dynamics. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67. 1227-1238.
Sheppard, J.K., M. Walenski, M.P. Wallace, J.V.V. Velazco, C. Porras, R.R. Swaisgood. 2013. Hierarchical dominance structure in reintroduced California condors: correlates, consequences, and dynamics. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiolgy 67. 1227-1238.
Charlton, B.D., R.R. Swaisgood, Z. Zhang, R.J. Snyder. 2012. Giant pandas attend to androgen-related variation in male bleats. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66. 696-974.
Linklater, W.L., J.V. Gedir, P.R. Law, R.R. Swaisgood, K. Adcock, P.D. du Preez, M.H. Knight, G.I.H. Kerley. 2012. Translocations as experiments in the ecological resilience of an asocial mega-herbivore. PLoS One 7. e30664.
Nie, Y., R.R. Swaisgood, Z. Zhang, Y. Hu, Y. Ma, F. Wei. 2012. Giant panda scent marking strategies in the wild: role of season, sex and marking surface. Animal Behaviour 84. 39-44.
Nie, Y., R.R. Swaisgood, Z. Zhang, X. Liu, F. Wei. 2012. Reproductive competition and fecal testosterone in wild male giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66. 721-730.
Nie, Y.G., Z.J. Zhang, R.R. Swaisgood, F.W. Wei. 2012. Effects of season and social interaction on fecal testosterone metabolites in wild male giant pandas: implications for energetics and mating strategies. European Journal of Wildlife Research 58. 235-241.
Shier, D.M., R.R. Swaisgood. 2012. Fitness costs of neighborhood disruption in translocations of a solitary mammal. Conservation Biology 26. 116-123.
Linklater, W.L., K. Adcock, P. du Preez, R.R. Swaisgood, P.R. Law, M.H. Knight, J.V. Gedir, G.I.H. Kerley. 2011. Guidelines for large herbivore translocation simplified: black rhinoceros case study. Journal of Applied Ecology 48. 493-502.
Owen, M.A., J.L. Keating, S.K. Denes, K. Hawk, J. Boroski, A. Fiore, R.R. Swaisgood. 2011. Behavioral audiogram of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca.): Preliminary results. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 130. 2460.
Swaisgood, R.R., F. Wei, W.J. McShea, D.E. Wildt, A.J. Kouba, Z. Zhang. 2011. Can science save the giant panda? Unifying science and policy in an adaptive management paradigm. Integrative Zoology 6. 290-296.
Swaisgood, R.R., J.K. Sheppard. 2011. Hope springs eternal: biodiversity conservation requires that we see the glass as half full. BioScience 61. 427-428.
Swaisgood, R.R., J.K. Sheppard. 2011. Reconnecting people to nature is a prerequisite for the conservation agenda of the future. BioScience 61. 94-95.
