Publications

Selected Publications  (2000 to present)

Simcharoen, S., A. Simcharoen, S. Hasin, f. Cuthbert, J.L.D. Smith. 2020. Diet of the large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha L., 1758) in west-cental Thailand. Malayan Nature Journal 72:287-293. 

Simcharoen, S., A. Simcharoen, S. Hasin, f. Cuthbert, J.L.D. Smith. 2020. Diet composition of the golden jackal (Canis aureus L,) during the dry season in wester-central Thailand. Malayan Nature Journal 72:275-286. 

Khaewphakdee, S., A. Simcharoen, S. Dongchantrasiri, V. Chimchome, S. Simcharoen, J.L.D. Smith. 2020. Weights of gaur (Bos gaurus) and banteng (Bos javanicus) killed by tigers in Thailand. Ecology and Evolution. 10: 5152-5159. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6268.

Jornburom, P., S. Duangshantrasiri, S. Jinamoy, A. Pattanavibol, J.E. Hines, T. Arnold, J. Fieberg, J.L.D. Smith. 2020. Habitat use by tiger prey in Thailand’s Western Forest Complex: What will it take to fill a half-empty tiger landscape? 2020. J. Nature Conservation 58: 1-11. .

Saisamorn, A., P. Duengkae, A. Pattonavibol, S. Duangchatrasiri, A. Simcharoen & J.L.D. Smith. 2019. Spatial and temporal analysis of leopards (Panthera pardus), their prey and tigers (Panthera tigris) in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand. Folia Oecologia 46(2).

 Dou, H., H. Yang, J.L.D. Smith, L. Feng, T. Wang, J. Ge. 2019. Prey selection of Amur tigers in relation to the spatiotemporal overlap with prey across the Sino-Russian border. Wildlife Biology. doi: 10.2981/wlb.00508

Duangchatrasiri,S., *J. Pornkamol, J. Sitthichai, A.Pattanvibool, J.E.Hines, T. W. Arnold, J. Fieberg, and J.L.D. Smith. 2019. Impact of prey occupancy and other ecological and anthropogenic factors on tiger distribution in Thailand's Western Forest Complex. Ecology and Evolution.

Li, Z., T. Wang, J.L.D. Smith, R. Feng, L. Feng, P. Mou, J. Ge. 2019. Coexistence of two sympatric flagship carnivores in the human-dominated forest landscapes of Northeast Asia. Landscape Ecology 34(2): 291-305.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-018-0759-0

Wang, T., J.A. Royle, J.L.D. Smith, L. Zou, X. Lu, H. Yang, Z. Li, R. Feng, Y. Bian, L Feng, J. Ge. 2018. Living on the edge: Opportunities for Amur tiger recovery in China. Biol. Conserv. 217: 269-279. D

Wang, T., X Lu, W. Xiao, Y. Guan, L. Feng, J.L.D. Smith and J. Ge. 2018. Effects of free-ranging livestock on sympatric herbivores at fine spatiotemporal scales.  (Submitted Wildlife Biology)

Liu,Yue-Chen, X.Sun, C. Driscoll, D.G. Miquelle, X.Xu, P. Martelli, O. Uphrykina, J.L.D. Smith, S.J. O'Brien, *S-J.Luo. 2018. Genome-Wide Evolutionary Analysis of Natural History and Adaptation in the World's Tigers. Current Biology.

Simcharoen, A., S. Simcharoen, S. Duangchantrasiri, J. Bump and J.L.D. Smith.. 2018. Tiger- leopard diets in Western Thailand: Evidence for overlap and potential consequences. Food Webs. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2018.e00085

Ahearn, S., S. Dodge, A. Simcharoen, G. Xavier & J.L.D. Smith. 2017. A context-sensitive correlated random walk: a new simulation model for movement. Inter. J. Gog. Info Sci. 31(5): 867-883.

Lmichhane, B.R., G.A. Persoon, H. Leirs, C.J.M. Musters,N. Subedi, K.P. Gairhe,C.P. Pokheral, S. Poudel, R. Mishra, M. Dhakal, J.L.D. Smith and H.H. de longh. 2017. Are conflict-causingtigers different? Another perspective for understanding human tiger conflict in Chitwan National Park, Nepal. Global Ecology and Conservation 11: 177-178.

Pakpien, S., A Simcharoen, S. Duangchantrasiri, V. Chimchome, N. Pongpattannurak and J.L.D.  Smith. 2017. Ecological Covariates at Kill Sites Influence Tiger (Panthera tigris) Hunting Success in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand. Trop. Conser. Sci. 10: 1-7. doi: 10.1177/1940082917719000

B.R. Lamichhane, N. Subedi, C. Pokheral, M. Dhakal, K. Acharya, N. Pradhan, J.L.D. Smith, S.Malla, B. Thakuri and C. Yackulic. 2017. Using interviews and biological sign surveys to infer seasonal use of forested and agricultural portions of a human-dominated landscape by Asian elephants in Nepal. Ethol. Ecol. & Evol. 29: 1-17 https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2017.1405847

Wang, T. L. Feng, H. Yang, B. Han, Y. Zhao, L. Juan, X. Ju, L. Zou, Tong Li, W. Xiao, P. Mou, J.L.D.Smith and J. Ge. 2016. A Science-based approach to guide Amur leopard recovery in China. Biological Conservation.

Wang, T.M., Feng, L.M., Mou, P., Wu, J.G., Smith, J.L.D., Xiao, W.H., Yang, H.T., Dou, H.L., Zhao, X.D., Cheng, Y.C., Zhou, B., Wu, H.Y., Zhang, L., Tian, Y., Guo, Q.X., Kou, X.J., Han, X.M., Miguelle, D.G., Oliver, C.D., Xu, R.M., Ge, J.P., 2016. Amur tigers and leopards returning to China: direct evidence and a landscape conservation plan. Landscape Ecol. 31: 491-503.

Wang, T.M., Feng, L.M., Mou, P., Ge, J.P., Li, C., Smith, J.L.D., 2015b. Long-distance dispersal of an Amur tiger indicates potential to restore the North-east China/Russian Tiger Landscape. Oryx 49, 578-579.

Kenney, J., F. W. Allendorf, C. McDougal and J. L.D. Smith. 2014. How much gene flow is needed to avoid inbreeding depression in wild tiger populations? Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281(1789).

Luo, S.J., Y. Zhang, W.E. Johnson, L. Miao, P. Martelli, A. Antunes, J.L.D. Smith, S.J. O’Brien. 2014. Sympatric Asian felid phylogeography reveals a major Indochinese-Sundaic divergence. Molecular Ecology 23: 2072-2092.

Simcharoen, A., T. Savini, G.Gale, E. Roche, V. Chaimchome, and J.L.D. Smith. 2014. Ecological factors that influence sambar (Rusa unicolor) distribution and abundance in western Thailand: implications for tiger conservation. Raffles 62: 100-106.

Simcharoen, A., S. Simcharoen, S. Duangchantrasiri, S. Pakpien, G. Gale, T. Savini, J.L.D. Smith. 2014. Female tiger home range size and prey abundance: important management metrics. Oryx 48: 370-377.

Feng, L., L. Wang, B. Wang, J.L.D. Smith and L. Zanf. 2013. Population status of the Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbeti) and the density of the three primary ungulate prey species in Shangyung Nature Reeseerve, Xishuangbanna, China. Acta Theologica Sinica 33: 308-313.

Elkan, P.W. and J.L.D. Smith. 2013. Bongo, Tragelaphus euryceros. In: Mammals of Africa Vol VI, Eds. J. Kingdon and M. Hoffmann. Bloomsbury Press, London. Pp. 179-185.

Driscoll, C.A., I Chestin, H Jungius, Y Darman, E Dinerstein, J Seidensticker, J Sanderson, S Christie, S J. Luo, M Shrestha, Y Zhuravlev, O Uphyrkina, Y V. Jhala, S P. Yadav, D G. Pikunov, N Yamaguchi, D E. Wildt, J L. D. Smith, Marker, Philip J. Nyhus, R Tilson, D W. Macdonald, and S J. O'Brien. 2012. A postulate for tiger recovery: the case of the Caspian Tiger. J. Threatened Taxa 4: 2637-2643.

Barlow, A.C.D., J.L.D. Smith, I.U. Ahmad, A.N.M. Hossain, M. Rahman and A. Howlader. 2011. Female tiger, Panthera tigris, home range size in the Bangladesh Sundarbans: the value of this ecosystem for species conservation. Oryx 45: 125-128.

Kapfer, P.M., H M. Streby, B. Gurung, A Simcharoen, C. McDougal, and J.L.D. Smith. 2011. Fine-scale spatio-temporal variation in tiger Panthera tigris diet: effect of study duration and extent on estimates of tiger diet in Chitwan National Park, Nepal. Wildlife Biology 17:277-285.

Dhakal, N.P., K.C.  Nelson, J.L.D. Smith. 2011. Resident well-being in conservation resettlement: The case of Padampur in the Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal. Society and Natural Resources. 24:597-615.

Smith, J.L.D., C. McDougal, B. Gurung, N. Shrestha, M. Shrestha, T. Allendorf, A. Joshi, and N. Dhakal. 2010. Securing the Future for Nepal's Tigers: Lessons from the Past and Present. In Ronald Tilson and Philip J. Nyhus (eds.), Tigers of the World (2nd ed.), Elsevier Press.

Walston, J., J.G. Robinson, E.L. Bennett, U. Breitenmoser, … J.L. D. Smith, …2010. Bringing the Tiger Back from the Brink: the six percent solution. PLoS Biol. September 8:1-4 (e1000485).

Seidensticker, J.,…J.L.D. Smith, … 2010. Tiger range collapse and recovery at the base of the Himalayas. D.W. MacDonald and A. J. Loveridge, eds. Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids. Oxford Press.

Luo, Shujin, W.E. Johnson, J.L.D. Smith and S.J. O’Brien. 2010. What is a Tiger? Genetics and Phylogeography. In Ronald Tilson and Philip J. Nyhus (eds.), Tigers of the World (2nd ed.) Elsevier. 

Barlow, A.C.D., C.J. Greenwood, I.U. Ahmad, and J.L.D. Smith. 2010. Use of an action–selection framework for human–carnivore conflict in the Bangladesh Sundarbans. Conservation Biology. 24:1338-1347.

Gurung, B., K. Nelson, J.L.D. Smith. 2010. Impact of a conservation policy: grazing restrictions on livestock composition and husbandry practices. Environmental Conservation 36:1-10.

Ahmad, I. U., C.J. Greenwood, A.C.D. Barlow, M.A. Islam, A.N.M. Hossain, M.M.H. Khan, J.L.D. Smith.  2009. Bangladesh Tiger Action Plan 2009-2017. Bangladesh Forest Department, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Allendorf, T., Gurung, B., and Smith, J.L.D.  2009. Community-based monitoring of tigers in Nepal. Himalaya 29(1-2): 57-64.

Barlow, A.C.D., C. McDougal, J.L.D. Smith, B. Gurung, S.R. Bhatta, S. Kumal, B. Mahatoand D.B. Tamang. 2009 Temporal variation in tiger (Panthera tigris) populations and its implications for monitoring. J. Mammal. 90: 472-478.

Elkan, P.W., R. Parnell, J.L.D. Smith. 2009. A die-off of large ungulates following a Stomoxys biting fly out-break in lowland forest, northern Republic of Congo. African Journal of Ecology 47:528-536.

Limin Feng, L. L. lint, L. Zhang, L. Wng, B. Wang, S. Yang, J.L.D. Smith, S. Luo and L.Zang. 2008. Evidence of wild tigers in Southwest China - a preliminary survey of the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve. Cat News 48: 4-6.

Gurung, B., J.L.D. Smith, C. McDougal, J. Karki, & A. Barlow. 2008. Factors associated with man-eating tigers in Chitwan National Park. Biological Conservation 141: 3069-3078.

Barlow, A.C.D., I.U. Ahmed, M. Rahman, A. Howlader, A.C. Smith & J.L.D. Smith. 2008. Linking monitoring and intervention for improved management of tigers in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh. Biological Conservation 141: 2032-2040.

Ranganathan, J., K.M.A. Chan, K. Ullas Karanth, and J.L.D. Smith. 2008. Where can tigers persist in the future? A landscape-scale, density-based population model for the Indian Subcontinent. Biological Conservation 141: 67-77.

Simchereon, S., A.C.D. Barlow, A. Simchareion & J.L.D. Smith. 2008. Home range size and daytime habitat selection of leopards in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand. Biological Conservation. 141:2242-2250

Luo, S.J., W.H. Johnson, P. Martelli, O. Uphyrkina, K. Traylor-Holzer, J. L. D. Smith, S.J. O”Brien. 2008. Subspecies genetic assignments of worldwide captive tiger populations. Current Biology 18:592-596.

Luo, S.J., W.E. Johnson, V.A. David, M. Menotti-Raymond, R. Stanyon, Q.X. Cai, T.Beck, N. Yuhki, J. Pecon-Slattery, J.L. D. Smith, and S.J. O”Brien. 2007. Development of Y chromosome intraspecific polymorphic markers in the Felidae. J. of Heredity 98(5): 400-413.

Allendorf, T.D. J.L.D. Smith, and D.H. Anderson. 2007. Resident perceptions of Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal.Volume 82, Issues 1-2, Pages 33-40.

Luo, S.J., K. Jae-heup, W.E. Johnson, D.G. Miquelle, S.Q. Huang, W.S. Pan, J.L.D. Smith, and S.J. O’Brien. 2006. Proceedings in Phylogeography and Genetic Ancestry of Tigers (Panthera tigris) in China and across their Range. Zoological Research. 27:441-448.

Gurung, B., J.L.D. Smith, and M. Shrestha. 2006. Using a “Bagh Heralu” network to map the metapopulation structure of tigers in Nepal. In: Conservation Biology in Asia, (Eds: J. McNeely et al.), Resources Himalaya Foundation, Nepal. Chapt. 14: 214-230.

Ahearn, S. and J.L.D. Smith. 2005. Modeling the interaction between humans and animals in multiple-use forests: Case study of Panthera tigris. In: GIS, Spatial Analysis and Modeling. Eds. D. Maguire, M. Goodchild, and M. Batty. ESRI, Redlands, CA.

Slaght, J.C., D.G. Miquelle, J.M. Goodrich, I.G. Nikolaev, Ye. N. Smirnov, B.O. Schleyer, K.Traylor-Holzer, S. Christie, T. Arjanova, J.L.D. Smith, and K.U. Karanth.  2005. Who's king of the beasts?  Historical and recent body weights of wild and captive Amur tigers, with comparisons to other subspecies.  Pp. 25-35 in Miquelle, D.G., Ye.N. Smirnov, and J.M. Goodrich (eds.).  Tigers in Sikhote-Alin Zapovednik: Ecology and Conservation.  PSP, Vladivostok. (in Russ.)

Luo, S.J., J.H. Kim, W.E. Johnson, J. Wait, J. Martenson, N.Yuhki, D.G. Miquelle, O. Uphyrkina, J.M Goodrich, H.B. Quigley, R. Tilson, G. Brady, P. Martelli, V. Subramaniam, C. McDougal, S. Hean, S. Huang, W. Pan, U.K. Karanth, M. Sunquist, J.L.D. Smith, S.J. O’Brien. 2004. Phylogeography and genetic ancestry of tigers. PLoS Biol. 2(12): 442.

Wikramanayake, E., M. McKnight, E., Dinerstein, A. Joshi, B. Gurung and D. Smith. 2004. Designing a conservation landscape for tigers in human-dominated environments. Conservation Biology 18: 839-844.

Tunhikorn, S., J.L.D.Smith, P. Jackson, T. Prayurasiddhi. 2004. Thailand’s Tiger Action Plan. Royal Forest Department, Thailand.

Karanth, K.U., J.D. Nichols, J. Seidensticker, E. Dinerstein, J.L.D. Smith, C. McDougal, A.J.T. Johnsingh, R.S. Chundawat, and V. Thapar. 2003. Science deficiency in conservation practice: the monitoring of tiger populations in India. Animal Conservation 6: 1-10.

Carbone C., S. Christie, K.Conforti, T.Coulson, N.Franklin, J.R.Ginsberg, M.Griffiths, J. Holden, M.Kinnaird, R.Laidlaw, A.Lynam, D.W. MacDonald, D. Martyr, C.McDougal, L.Nath, T. O'Brien, J.Seidensticker, J.L.D.Smith, R.Tilson, W.N.W Shahruddin. 2002. The use of photographic rates to estimate densities of cryptic mammals: response to Jennelle et al. Animal Conservation 5: 121-123.

Joshi, A., E. Dinerstein, & J.L. D. Smith. 2002. The Terai Arc: Managing tigers and other wildlife as metapopulations. Pages 178-181 in Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: A Conservation Assessment, E. Wikramanayake, et al. eds. Island Press.

Ahearn, S.C., J.L.D. Smith, A.R. Joshi and J. Ding. 2001. TIGMOD: an individual-based spatially explicit model for simulating tiger/human interaction in multiple use forests. Ecological Modeling 140:81-97.

Carbone, C., S. Christie, K. Conforti, T. Coulson, N. Franklin, J.R. Ginsberg, M.Griffiths, J. Holden, K. Kawanish, M. Kinnaird, R. Laidlaw, A. Lynam, D.W. Macdonald, D. Martyr, C. McDougal, L. Nath, T. O'Brien, J. Seidensticker, J.L.D. Smith, M. Sunquist, R. Tilson, and W.N. Wan Shahruddin. 2001. The use of photographic rates to estimate densities of tigers and other cryptic mammals.  Animal Conservation 4:75-79.

Garshelis, D.L., A.R. Joshi, J.L.D. Smith. 2000. Estimating density and relative abundance of sloth bears. Ursus 11: 87-98.

Myers, P., J.L.D. Smith, H. Lama, B. Lama, & K. Koopman. 2000. A Recent Collection of Bats from Nepal, with notes on Eptesicus dimissus. International Journal of Mammalian Biology. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 65:149-156.

 

 

CLAWS Reports

CLAWS and Khao Nang Rum Wildlife Research Station. 2006. A Report on the Thailand / China Tiger Conservation Workshop, March 2006. (.pdf)

CLAWS and Khao Pratubchang Wildlife Breeding and Research Station. 2007. A Report on the Animal Capture, Immobilization, and Handling Training Course, January, 2007. (.pdf)

 

Journal Articles

Ahearn, S. C., J. L. D. Smith, A. R. Joshi, and J. Ding. 2001. TIGMOD: An individual-based spatially explicit model for simulating tiger/human interaction in multiple use forests. Ecological Modelling 140:81-97.

Joshi, A., J. L. D. Smith, and D. L. Garshelis. 1999. Sociobiology of the myrmecophagous sloth bear in Nepal. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77:1630-1704.

Karanth, K.U., J.D. Nichols, J. Seidensticker, E. Dinerstein, J.L.D. Smith, C. McDougal, A.J.T. Johnsingh, R.S. Chundawat, and V. Thapar. 2003. Science deficiency in conservation practice: the monitoring of tiger populations in India. Animal Conservation 6: 1-10.

Kenny, J. S., J. L. D. Smith, A. M. Starfield, and C. W. McDougal. 1995. The long-term effects of tiger poaching on population viability. Conservation Biology 9:1127-1133.

Luo, S.-J., W. E. Johnson, J. Martenson, A. Antunes, P. Martelli, O. Uphyrkina, K. Traylor-Holzer, J. L. D. Smith, and S. J. O'Brien. 2008. Subspecies Genetic Assignments of Worldwide Captive Tigers Increase Conservation Value of Captive Populations. Current Biology 18:592-596.

Luo S.J., J.H. Kim, W.E. Johnson, J. Walt, J.Martenson, N.Yuhki, D.G. Miquelle, O.. Uphyrkina, J.M.Goodrich, H.B. Quigley, R. Tilson, G. Brady, P. Martelli, V. Subramaniam, C. McDougal, S. Hean, S.Huang, W. Pan, U. K. Karanth, M. Sunquist, J. L. D. Smith, S. J. O'Brien. 2004. Phylogeography and Genetic Ancestry of Tigers (Panthera tigris). PLoS Biol 2: 442.

Ranganathan, J., K. M. A. Chan, K. U. Karanth, and J. L. D. Smith. 2008. Where can tigers persist in the future? A landscape-scale, density-based population model for the Indian subcontinent. Biological Conservation 141:67-77.

Smith, J. L. D., C. W. McDougal and D. Miquelle. 1998. Chemical communication in free ranging tigers (Panthera tigris). Animal Behaviour 37:1-10.

Smith, J. L. D., S. C. Ahearn, and C. McDougal. 1998. Landscape analysis of tiger distribution and habitat quality in Nepal. Conservation Biology 12:1338-1346.

Wikramanayake, E., Mcknight, M., Dinerstein, E., Joshi, A., Gurung, B. and D. Smith. 2004. Designing a conservation landscape for tigers in human-dominated environments. Conservation Biology 18: 839-844.

 

Books and Book Chapters

Ahearn, S. and J. L. D. Smith. 2005. Modeling the interaction between humans and animals in multiple-use forests: Case study of Panthera tigris. In GIS, Spatial Analysis and Modeling, eds. David Maguire, Michael Goodchild, and Michael Batty, ESRI, Redlands, California.

Cutter, P. G., and S. Hean. In Press. Costs and Benefits of Sustaining Wild Tigers in Cambodia: A Strategic Economic Perspective in R. L. Tilson , and P. Nyhus, editors. Tigers of the World: The Biology, Politics and Conservation of Panthera tigris. William Andrew, Norwich, NY.

Cutter, P. G., A. Maxwell, Conservation International-Cambodia, H. Weiler, J. Heffernan, Ministry of Environment, WCS-Cambodia Program, WildAid-Cambodia Program, and WildAid-Thailand Program. 2006. Cambodia Tiger Conservation Status Assessment Appendix 6 in E. Sanderson, J. Forrest, C. Loucks, J. Ginsberg, E. Dinerstein, J. Seidensticker, P. Leimgruber, M. Songer, A. Heydlauff, T. O'Brien, G. Bryja, S. Klenzendorf, and E. Wikramanayake, editors. Setting Priorities for the Conservation and Recovery of Wild Tigers: 2005-2015. The Technical Assessment. WCS, WWF, Smithsonian, and NFWF-STF, New York - Washington, D.C. (.pdf)

Gurung, B., J.L.D. Smith and M. Shrestha. 2006. Using a "Bagh Heralu" network to map the metapopulation structure of tigers in Nepal. In: conservation Biology in Asia, (Eds: J. McNeely et al.), Resources Himalaya Foundation, Nepal. Chap. 14: 214-230.

Smith, J. L. D., S. Tunhikorn, S. Tanhan, S. Simcharoen, and B. Kanchanasaka. 1999. Metapopulation Structure of Tigers in Thailand. Pages 166-175 in J. Seidensticker, S. Christie, and P. Jackson, editors. Riding the Tiger: Tiger conservation in human-dominated landscapes. University Press, Cambridge.

Smith, J. L. D., C. McDougal, S. C. Ahearn, A. Joshi, and K. Conforti. 1999. Metapopulation Structure of Tigers in Nepal. Pages 176-189 in J. Seidensticker, S. Christie, and P. Jackson, editors. Riding the Tiger: Tiger conservation in human-dominated landscapes. University Press, Cambridge.

Tunhikorn, S., J. L. D. Smith, T. Prayurasiddhi, M. Graham, P. Jackson, and P. Cutter, editors. 2004. Saving Thailand's tigers: An action plan. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment--Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation, Bangkok.