CURRICULUM VITAE J. Weldon McNutt, PhD Director Botswana Predator Conservation Trust - PRIVATE BAG 13 - MAUN, BOTSWANA Education • 1980 Bachelor of Arts, Biology, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME • 1995 Ph.D. , Animal Behavior, University of California, Davis, CA Current Positions • Founder/Director; Botswana Predator Conservation Trust • Faculty Affiliate, Department of Forestry and Wildlife, University of Montana, Missoula, MT USA • Co-coordinator – IUCN Species Survival Commission, African Wild Dog Working Group • Program Director, Co-Founder, Wild Entrust International Research experience • 1990 - present Director; Botswana Predator Conservation Trust, Private Bag 13 Maun, BOTSWANA • 1989 Field Director; Chacma Baboon ( Papio cynocephalus ursinus ) behavior research, Baboon Camp Field Research Station, northern Botswana • 1987 Distribution survey of an endangered species; Lesser Rhea ( Pterocnemia pennata ): southern Argentina, Chile • 1984 Spotted Owl ( Strix occidentalis ) survey and habitat analysis: Diobsud Creek hydroelectric Project: Reporting to US Forest Service • 1980-1981 Status, distribution and behavior of peregrine falcons ( Falco peregrinus cassini, and “Falco kreyenborgi” ); Southern Argentina & Chile.

Publications

2014 McNutt, J W & J. Bradley. Report on Kwando (Botswana) Vulture poisoning investigation: 16 November 2013. Vulture News 66:35-41.

2014 Broekhuis, F., Grünewälder , S, McNutt , J.W. , Macdonald, D.W. Optimal hunting conditions drive circa-lunar behaviour of a diurnal carnivore. Behavioural Ecology (5): 12681275doi:10.1093/beheco/aru122

2014 Jordan, N.R, Apps, P.J., Golabek, K.A. & McNutt, J.W. Top marks from top dogs: An evaluation of overmarking and pair-bond advertisement in dominant pairs of African wild dogs. Animal Behaviour 88: 211-217.

2014 Apps, P.J., L. Mmualefe, N. R Jordan, K A Golabek, JW McNutt. The "tomcat compound" 3- mercapto-3-methylbutanol occurs in the urine of free-ranging leopards but not inAfrican lions or cheetahs. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 53: 17–19.

2013 McNutt, J.W. & Woodroffe, R. Lycaon pictus . In: Kingdon, J.S. & Hoffmann, M. (Eds).The Mammals of Africa Vol 5. Carnivora, Pholidota, Perissodactyla. In: Kingdon, J.,Butynski, T. and Happold, D. (Eds). The Mammals of Africa Vols 1-6. AcademicPress, Amsterdam.

2013 Cozzi, G., Broekhuis, F., McNutt, J.W . B. Schmid. Density and habitat use of lions and spotted hyenas in northern Botswana and the influence of survey and ecological variables on call-in survey estimation. Biodiversity and Conservation . (DOI) 10.1007/s10531-013-0564-7.

2013 Jordan, N.R., Golabek, K.A., Apps, P.J., Gilfillan, G.D. and McNutt, J.W. Scent marking and overmarking in free-ranging packs of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). Ethology 119: 1– 9.

2013 Wilson, A., J C Lowe, K Roskilly, P E Hudson, K A. Golabek, & J. W. McNutt . Locomotion dynamics of hunting in wild cheetahs . Nature, 498(13 June): 185-189.

2013 Packer, C. et al . & J.W.McNutt, et al. Conserving Large Carnivores: Dollars and Fence . Ecology Letters. Volume 16 , Issue 5 , pages 635–641 , May 2013

2013 Lindsey, P., Balme, G., Becker, M., Begg, C., Bento, C., Bocchino, C., Dickman, A., Diggle, R., Eves, H., Fearnhead, P., Henschel, P., Lewis, D., Marnewick, K., Mattheus, J ., McNutt, J.W ., McRobb, R., Midlane, N., Milanzi, J., Morley, R., Murphree, M., Nyoni, P., Opyene, V., Phadima, J., Purchase, N., Rentsch, D., Roche, C., Shaw, J., van der Westhuizen, H., Van Vliet, N., Zisadza, P. Illegal hunting and the bush-meat trade in African savannas: drivers, impacts and possible solutions. Biol. Conserv. 160 (2013) 80–96

2013 Cozzi, G. , Broekhuis, F., McNutt, J.W., Turnbull, L.A., Schmid, B. Comparison of the effects of artificial and natural barriers on large African carnivores: Implications for inter-specific relationships and connectivity. J. Anim. Ecology, doi: 10.1111/1365- 2656.12039

2013 Broekhuis, F., Cozzi, G., Valeix, M., McNutt, J.W ., Macdonald, D.W. Risk avoidance in sympatric large carnivores: reactive or predictive? J. Animal Ecology May 20. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12077.

2012 Apps, P, Mmualefe, L. & McNutt, J.W . Identification of volatiles from the secretions and excretions of African wild dogs ( Lycaon pictus ). J. Chemical Ecol.38(11):1450-1461

2012 Cozzi, G. , Broekhuis, F., McNutt, J.W., Turnbull, L.A., Macdonald, D.W., Schmid, B. Fear of the dark or dinner by moonlight? Reduced temporal partitioning among Africa’s large carnivores. Ecology 93,(12) : 2590-2599

2012 Apps, P. , Mmualefe, L. & McNutt, J.W . A reverse engineering approach to identifying which compounds to bioassay for signaling activity in the scent marks of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). Proceedings of the Chemical Signals in Vertebrates XII Conference, Berlin. Aug 2011 .

2012 Jackson, C., J.W. McNutt, & P. Apps. Managing the ranging behaviour of wild dogs using translocated scent marks. Wildlife Research 39,31-34.

2012 Grünewälder, S., Broekhuis,F. , D. W. Macdonald, A. Wilson, J.W. McNutt , J. Shawe- Taylor, S. Hailes. Movement activity based classification of animal behaviour with an application to data from cheetah ( Acinonyx jubatus ). PLoS ONE . P 7(11): e49120 doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0049120

2012 Prager, KC, J. A.K. Mazet, L. Munson, S. Cleaveland, C. A. Donnelly, E. J. Dubovi, M. Szykman Gunther, R. Lines, M. Mills, H. T. Davies-Mostert, J. W. McNutt, G. Rasmussen, K. Terio, R. Woodroffe. The effect of protected areas on pathogen exposure in endangered African wild dog (Lycaon pictus ) populations. Biol. Conserv .: 150:15-22.

2012 McNutt, J. W., & M.Gusset, Declining body size in an endangered large mammal. Biol. J. Linnean Soc.: 105, 8–12

2012 Marsden, C., Woodroffe, R., Mills, M., McNutt, J. Creel, S.Groom, R., Masenga, E., Cleaveland, S.,Kat, P.,Rasmussen, G.,Ginsberg, J., Lines, R., André, J.,Begg, C., Wayne, R., & Mable, B. Spatial and temporal patterns of neutral and adaptive genetic variation in the endangered African wild dog ( Lycaon pictus ). Molecular Ecology : Volume 21 , Issue 6, pages 1379–1393 .

2011 McNutt, J.W ., Mills, M.G.L., McCreery, K., Rasmussen, G., Robbins, R. & Woodroffe, R. 2011. Lycaon pictus . In: IUCN 2011 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . 24 November 2011 .

2011 Webster, H., McNutt, J.W . & McComb, K . African wild dogs as a fugitive species: playback experiments investigate how wild dogs respond to their major competitors. Ethology117:1-10

2010 Alexander,K A & McNutt. J.W. Human behavior influences infectious disease emergence at the human–animal interface. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment e-View. doi: 10.1890/090057

2010 Webster, H., J. W. McNutt & K. McComb. Eavesdropping and Risk Assessment Between Lions, Spotted Hyenas and African Wild Dogs. Ethology 116 233–239

2009 Gusset, M., M.J. Swarner, L. Mponwane, K. Keletile and J.W. McNutt . Human–wildlife conflict in northern Botswana: livestock predation by Endangered African wild dog Lycaon pictus and other carnivores. Oryx 43(1), 1–6.

2009 Marsden, C.D., B. K. Mable, R. Woodroffe, G.S.A. Rasmussen, S. Cleaveland, M. Emmanuel, R. Thomas, J.W.McNutt , L. J. Kennedy. Highly endangered African wild dogs ( Lycaon pictus ) lack variation at the major histocompatibility complex. J.Heredity 100: S54-S65 .

2008 Alexander, K.A., McNutt, J.W. , Briggs, M.B., Standers, P.E., Funston, P, Hemson, G., Keet, D., and van Vuuren, M. Multi-host pathogens and carnivore management in southern Africa . Comp Immunol .Microbiol . Infect . Dis .698:1-17.

2008 McNutt,J.W. M. N. Parker, M. J. Swarner & M. Gusset. Adoption as a conservation tool for endangered African wild dogs ( Lycaon pictus ). South African Journal of Wildlife Research 38(2): 109–112.

2008 McNutt,J.W. & Silk, J.B.. Pup production, sex ratios, and survivorship in African wild dogs,( Lycaon pictus) . Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 62: 1061–1067.

2005 Woodroffe, R., André, J.M., Andulege, B., Bercovitch, F., Carlson, A., Coppolillo, P., Davies-Mostert, H., Dickman, A., Fletcher, P., Ginsberg, J., Hofmeyr, M., Laurenson, M.K.,Leigh, K., Lindsey, P.A., Lines, R. Mazet, J., McCreery, K., McNutt, J.W ., Mills,M.G.L., Msuha, M., Munson, L., Parker, M.N., Pole, A., Rasmussen, G., Robbins, R.,Sillero-Zubiri, C., Swarner, M.J. & Szykman, M. Tools for the conservation of the African wild dog. Do we know enough? What more do we need to know? Oxford/New York: IUCN Canid Specialist Group, Wildlife Conservation Society .

2004 McNutt, J. W., M. G. L. Mills, K. McCreery, G. S. A. Rasmussen, R. Robbins, & R. Woodroffe. 2004. Lycaon pictus . Pp. 1-9 in 2004 Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN ed.). IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

2004 Creel, S., M.G.L. Mills, J.W.McNutt . Demography and Population Dynamics of African Wild Dogs in Three Critical Ecosystems. In: The Biology & Conservation of Wild Canids , D.W.Macdonald & C. Sillero-Zubiri, eds. Oxford University Press.

2004 Woodroffe, R ., McNutt, J.W . & Mills, M.G.L. The African wild dog. In: Wild canids:Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan pp 174-183; C. Sillero & D.W Macdonald (Eds). Gland: IUCN

2002 McNutt, J.W. & L.P.Boggs. Another Family Dog: The social life of African wild dogs. Africa Geographic 10 (9) 38-49.

2001 McNutt, J.W. African wild dogs in northern Botswana. In: Report of Proceedings of the National Technical Predator Management and Conservation Workshop in Botswana. DWNP. October 9- 12. pp18-24.

2001 McNutt, J.W. Estimating wildlife populations: Sampling and extrapolation. In: Report of Proceedings of the National Technical Predator Management and Conservation Workshop in Botswana. DWNP. October 9-12. pp54-61.

2001 Girman, D., C. Vilà, E. Geffen, S. Creel, M. Mills, J.W.McNutt , J.R. Ginsberg, P. Kat, Mamiya & R. Wayne. Patterns of population subdivision, gene flow and genetic variability in the African wild dog ( Lycaon pictus ). Molecular Ecology 10 (7), 1703-1723.

2000 McNutt, J.W . Pack Power: African wild dog behaviour . BBC Wildlife 18 (2): 14 - 20 .

1997 Hamilton, Wm. J. III, McNutt, J.W. Determinants of conflict outcomes. Ch.6 In: Perspectives in Ethology . Vol. 12. Owings, D.H., Clark N., & Beecher, M. (eds.) Plenum Press, New York. Pp.179- 224.

1996 McNutt, J.W . Adoption in African wild dogs ( Lycaon pictus). J.Zool., Lond . 240:163-173.

1996 McNutt, J.W . Sex-biased dispersal in African wild dogs, ( Lycaon pictus ). Anim. Behav . 52:1067-1077.

1996 McNutt, J.W. & L. P. Boggs. Running Wild: Dispelling the Myths of the African Wild Dog . Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, D.C. 149p.

1996 Osofsky, S. A., McNutt, J. W. & Hirsch, K.J. Immobilization of free-ranging African wild dogs ( Lycaon pictus ) using a ketamine/xylazine/atropine combination. J. Zoo Wildl. Med . 27: 528-532.

1995 McNutt, J.W. Sociality and dispersal of African wild dogs ( Lycaon pictus ). Ph.D. Dissertation. University of California, Davis, CA

1995 Alexander, K.A., P.W. Kat, C. House, M. K. Laurenson, J.W. McNutt, S.J. O’Brien, & B.I. Osburn. African horse sickness and African carnivores. Veterinary Microbiology . 47:133-140 . 1995 Ginsberg, J.R., K.A. Alexander, S. Creel, P.W. Kat , J.W. McNutt , & M.G.L. Mills. Handling and survivorship in the African wild dog ( Lycaon pictus ): A survey of five ecosystems. Conserv. Biol . 9: 665-674.

1994 Alexander, K.A., N.J. MacLachlan, P.W. Kat, C. House, S.J. O’Brien, N.W. Lerche, M. Sawyer, L.G. Frank, K. Holecamp, L. Smale, J.W. McNutt , M.K. Laurenson, M.G.L. Mills, & B.I. Osburn. Evidence of natural bluetongue virus infection among African carnivores. Am J. Trop. Med. Hyg . 51: 568-576 .

1993 Boggs, L.P. & J.W. McNutt. Running wild: A close look at Botswana’s painted wolves. Afr. Env. Wildl . 2: 28-36.

1992 Fuller, T. K., P.W. Kat, J.B. Bulger, A.H. Maddock, J.W. Ginsberg, R.Burrows , J.W.McNutt , & M.G.L. Mills. Population dynamics of African wild dogs. In: Wildlife 2001: Populations . D.R. McCullough & R.H. Barrett, (eds.). London. Elsevier Applied Science. Pp.1125-1138.

1987 McNutt, J.W., D.H. Ellis, & C.M. Anderson. Status and distribution of the peregrine falcon in South America. In : Peregrine Falcon Populations of the World: Their management and recovery . T.J. Cade, J. H. Enderson, C.G. Thelander, and C.M. White (eds.). Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.

1984 McNutt, J. W. A peregrine falcon polymorph: Observations of the reproductive behavior of Falco kreyenborgi . Condor 86: 378-382 .

1981 McNutt, J.W . Selección de presa y comportamiento de caza del halcón peregrino ( Falco peregrinus ) en Magallanes y Tierra del Fuego. Ann. Inst. Patag. , Punta Arenas, Chile 12: 221- 228 .

Recently Submitted Papers for Peer Review:

Hubel, T., Myatt, J., Jordan, N.J., Dewhirst, O.P., McNutt, J. W. & Alan M. Wilson. (submitted). African wild dogs hunt at high speeds without cooperation and use economical gaits when searching for prey. Science

Cozzi, G., Börger, L., Hutter, Abegg, D., Beran, C., McNutt, J.W, & Ozgul, A.(in press) Effect of trophy hunting leftovers on the ranging behaviour of large carnivores: A case study on spotted hyenas. PLOSOn e.

Jordan, N.R., Apps, P.J., Golabek, K.A. & McNutt, J.W . (in press). Pair-specific signals in African wild, Lycaon pictus : An example of a potential method to identify signals within complex chemical mixtures. In : Proceedings of the Chemical Signals in Vertebrates Conference , August 2014 Chicago. Stein, A.B., Bourquin, S.L. and McNutt, J.W . In Press . Avoiding intraguild competition: Leopard feeding ecology and prey caching in Northern Botswana. South African Journal of Wildlife Research .