John Seidensticker

Center Head / Conservation Ecology Center

Research Focus

Dr. Seidensticker's research efforts have focused on understanding and encouraging landscape patterns and conditions where large mammals can persist, training future conservation leaders, and diffusing environmental understanding through his writing, public appearance, and museum and zoo exhibits.

Most Recent Publications

Karanth, K. U., Gopalaswamy, Arjun M., Karanth, Krithi K., Goodrich, John, Seidensticker, John and Robinson, John G. Sinks as saviors: Why flawed inference cannot assist tiger recovery, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110 (2) E110-E110. 2013.

Sharma, Sandeep, Dutta, Trishna, Maldonado, Jesús E., Wood, Thomas C., Panwar, Hemendra Singh and Seidensticker, John. A highly informative microsatellite panel for individual identification and sex determination of jungle cats (Felis chaus), Conservation Genetics Resources, . 2013.

Sharma, Sandeep, Dutta, Trishna, Maldonado, Jesús E., Wood, Thomas C., Panwar, Hemendra Singh and Seidensticker, John. Spatial genetic analysis reveals high connectivity of tiger (Panthera tigris) populations in the Satpura–Maikal landscape of Central India, Ecology and Evolution, 3 (1) 48-60. 2013.

Dinerstein, Eric, Varma, Keshav, Wikramanayake, Eric, Powell, George, Lumpkin, Susan, Naidoo, Robin, Korchinsky, Mike, Del Valle, Christian, Lohani, Shubash, Seidensticker, John, Joldersma, Dirk, Lovejoy, Thomas and Kushlin, Andrey. Enhancing Conservation, Ecosystem Services, and Local Livelihoods through a Wildlife Premium Mechanism, Conservation Biology, 27 (1) 14-23. 2012.

Dutta, Trishna, Sharma, Sandeep, Maldonado, Jesús E., Wood, Thomas C. and Seidensticker, John. A reliable method for individual identification and gender determination of wild leopards (Panthera pardus fusca) using non-invasive samples, Conservation Genetics Resources, 4 (3) 665-667. 2012.

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