Senior Research Fellow

Dr Samuel Cushman

Consultant

PROFILE

Dr Samuel Cushman is a consultant Senior Research Fellow in the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit at the University of Oxford. He studies a range of topics in spatial ecology and conservation, including landscape pattern analysis, landscape dynamic simulation modelling, landscape genetics, movement and connectivity ecology, species distribution and habitat relationships modelling, and scenario optimization for natural resources management and conservation.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

The role of the environment in the spatial dynamics of an extensive hybrid zone between two neotropical cats

Authors: Charão Sartor, C. | Cushman, S. A. | Wan, H. Y. | Kretschmer, R. | Pereira, J. A. | Bou, N. | Cosse, M. | González, S. | Eizirik, E. | de Freitas, T. R. O. | Campos Trigo, T.
Date: 2021
Publication: Journal of Evolutionary Biology
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https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13761

A generalist species of highly specialized individuals?

Authors: Cushman, S.A. | Kilshaw, K. | Kaszta, Z. | Campbell, R.D. | Gaywood, M. | Macdonald, D.W.
Date: 2025
Publication: Ecological Modelling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.111012

Movements vary according to dispersal stage, group size, and rainfall: the case of the African lion

Authors: Elliot, N.B. | Cushman, S.A. | Loveridge, A.J. | Mtare, G. | Macdonald, D.W.
Date: 2014
Publication: Ecology
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https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1793.1

Prioritizing core areas, corridors and conflict hotspots for lion conservation in southern Africa

Authors: Cushman, S. A. | Elliot, N. B. | Bauer, D. | Kesch, K. | Bahaa-el-din, L. | Bothwell, H. | Flyman, M. | Mtare, G. | Macdonald, D. W. | Loveridge, A. J.
Date: 2018
Publication: PLoS ONE
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196213

Evaluating scenarios of landscape change for Sunda clouded leopard connectivity in a human dominated landscape

Authors: Hearn, A. J. | Cushman, S. A. | Goossens, B. | Macdonald, E. | Ross, J. | Hunter, L. T. B. | Abram, N. K. | Macdonald, D. W.
Date: 2018
Publication: Biological Conservation
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.04.016

Spatio‐temporal ecology of sympatric felids on Borneo. Evidence for resource partitioning?

Authors: Hearn, A. J. | Cushman, S. A. | Ross, J. | Goossens, B. | Hunter, L. T. B. | Macdonald, D. W.
Date: 2018
Publication: PLoS ONE
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200828

The role of the environment in the spatial dynamics of an extensive hybrid zone between two neotropical cats

Authors: Charão Sartor, C. | Cushman, S. A. | Wan, H. Y. | Kretschmer, R. | Pereira, J. A. | Bou, N. | Cosse, M. | González, S. | Eizirik, E. | de Freitas, T. R. O. | Campos Trigo, T.
Date: 2021
Publication: Journal of Evolutionary Biology
https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13761

A generalist species of highly specialized individuals?

Authors: Cushman, S.A. | Kilshaw, K. | Kaszta, Z. | Campbell, R.D. | Gaywood, M. | Macdonald, D.W.
Date: 2025
Publication: Ecological Modelling
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.111012

Movements vary according to dispersal stage, group size, and rainfall: the case of the African lion

Authors: Elliot, N.B. | Cushman, S.A. | Loveridge, A.J. | Mtare, G. | Macdonald, D.W.
Date: 2014
Publication: Ecology
https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1793.1

Prioritizing core areas, corridors and conflict hotspots for lion conservation in southern Africa

Authors: Cushman, S. A. | Elliot, N. B. | Bauer, D. | Kesch, K. | Bahaa-el-din, L. | Bothwell, H. | Flyman, M. | Mtare, G. | Macdonald, D. W. | Loveridge, A. J.
Date: 2018
Publication: PLoS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196213

Evaluating scenarios of landscape change for Sunda clouded leopard connectivity in a human dominated landscape

Authors: Hearn, A. J. | Cushman, S. A. | Goossens, B. | Macdonald, E. | Ross, J. | Hunter, L. T. B. | Abram, N. K. | Macdonald, D. W.
Date: 2018
Publication: Biological Conservation
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.04.016

Spatio‐temporal ecology of sympatric felids on Borneo. Evidence for resource partitioning?

Authors: Hearn, A. J. | Cushman, S. A. | Ross, J. | Goossens, B. | Hunter, L. T. B. | Macdonald, D. W.
Date: 2018
Publication: PLoS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200828
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