Research Fellow

Dr Christopher O’Kane

Kadas Research Fellow

PROFILE

After reading Medicine and History of Art at Cambridge, I practised medicine in The Household Cavalry for thirteen years. Coming to the field of Conservation Biology later in life, I gained a M.Sc. from Natal University, South Africa in 2006 for my work on habitat selection and demographics of large mammalian herbivores in Ithala Game Reserve, South Africa.

From 2006 to 2010 I researched elephant and other large mammalian browsers/mixed-feeders in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa, investigating how these species influence savanna woodland dynamics over the long-term, and the implications this has for managing elephants – especially in the context of increasing calls for elephants to be culled in parts of South Africa. Based at WildCRU since 2006, I gained my D.Phil. in 2012. Holding the Kadas Research Fellowship, I am now continuing my work on African ungulates, including elephant, and their impact on ecosystem processes.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Invasive Raccoons (Procyon lotor) have Little Effect on the Food Habits of Native Raccoon Dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in a Satoyama Area of Tokyo

Authors: Xu, J. | Suzuki, K. | Kanda, T. | Newman, C. | Kaneko, Y.
Date: 2024
Publication: Mammal Study
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https://doi.org/10.3106/ms2022-0041

Invasive Raccoons (Procyon lotor) have Little Effect on the Food Habits of Native Raccoon Dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in a Satoyama Area of Tokyo

Authors: Xu, J. | Suzuki, K. | Kanda, T. | Newman, C. | Kaneko, Y.
Date: 2024
Publication: Mammal Study
https://doi.org/10.3106/ms2022-0041
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