Peter A. Lindsey

8.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
76 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Peter A. Lindsey is a scholar working on Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter A. Lindsey has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Ecology, 25 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Peter A. Lindsey's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (69 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (25 papers) and Ecology and biodiversity studies (14 papers). Peter A. Lindsey is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (69 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (25 papers) and Ecology and biodiversity studies (14 papers). Peter A. Lindsey collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Peter A. Lindsey's co-authors include Stephanie S. Romañach, Roșie Woodroffe, M. G. L. Mills, Robert R. Alexander, David W. Macdonald, Du Toit, William J. Ripple, Mauro Galetti, Thomas M. Newsome and Taal Levi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Peter A. Lindsey

73 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Collapse of the world’s largest herbivores

2015 779 citations Peter A. Lindsey, David W. Macdonald et al. profile →
Bushmeat hunting and extinction risk to the world's mammals

2016 404 citations Guillaume Chapron, Peter A. Lindsey et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter A. Lindsey South Africa	36	3.7k	1.2k	1.1k	762	715	76	4.7k
Amy Dickman United Kingdom	35	4.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	840 0.8×	905 1.2×	576 0.8×	107	5.1k
Du Toit South Africa	43	3.8k 1.0×	950 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	976 1.3×	1.6k 2.2×	152	6.1k
Charudutt Mishra India	36	3.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.5×	552 0.5×	496 0.7×	422 0.6×	109	4.1k
Arian D. Wallach Australia	23	3.8k 1.0×	559 0.5×	600 0.6×	897 1.2×	940 1.3×	52	4.7k
Lisa Naughton‐Treves United States	36	3.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	2.5k 2.3×	502 0.7×	492 0.7×	60	5.9k
Christopher Wolf United States	27	3.0k 0.8×	534 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	538 0.7×	1.2k 1.7×	59	5.2k
Eivin Røskaft Norway	55	7.6k 2.1×	983 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.7×	1.3k 1.8×	267	9.5k
Adrian Treves United States	43	5.5k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	676 0.9×	118	7.1k
Jeremy T. Bruskotter United States	34	2.2k 0.6×	769 0.7×	693 0.6×	757 1.0×	473 0.7×	94	3.6k
Nils Bunnefeld United Kingdom	37	3.3k 0.9×	574 0.5×	1.4k 1.3×	418 0.5×	950 1.3×	113	5.1k

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Selier, Jeanetta, Angela Gaylard, Kelly Marnewick, et al.. (2025). Guidelines for evaluating the conservation value of African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) translocations. Biodiversity and Conservation. 34(8). 2657–2681. 1 indexed citations

Rogan, Matthew S., et al.. (2025). Estimated baseline density of a spotted hyaena population in a post-war landscape. Oryx. 59(2). 234–244.

Lindsey, Peter A., Angela Gaylard, Bogdan Cristescu, et al.. (2025). Guidelines for evaluating the success of large carnivore reintroductions. Biological Conservation. 310. 111350–111350.

Desbureaux, Sébastien, et al.. (2024). Collaborative management partnerships strongly decreased deforestation in the most at-risk protected areas in Africa since 2000. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(1). e2411348121–e2411348121. 3 indexed citations

Braczkowski, Alexander, Tutilo Mudumba, Femke Broekhuis, et al.. (2024). Rangers on the frontline of wildlife monitoring: a case study on African lions in Uganda’s Nile Delta. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1308–1308. 1 indexed citations

Gopalaswamy, Arjun M., Nicholas B. Elliot, Shadrack Ngene, et al.. (2022). How “science” can facilitate the politicization of charismatic megafauna counts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(20). e2203244119–e2203244119. 7 indexed citations

Taylor, W. Andrew, et al.. (2021). South Africa’s private wildlife ranches protect globally significant populations of wild ungulates. Biodiversity and Conservation. 30(13). 4111–4135. 13 indexed citations

Robson, Ashley, Morgan J. Trimble, Dana Marie Bauer, et al.. (2021). Over 80% of Africa's savannah conservation land is failing or deteriorating according to lions as an indicator species. Conservation Letters. 15(1). 2 indexed citations

Bauer, Hans, Amy Dickman, Guillaume Chapron, et al.. (2020). Threat analysis for more effective lion conservation. Oryx. 56(1). 108–115. 35 indexed citations

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Lindsey, Peter A., Jennifer R. B. Miller, Lisanne S. Petracca, et al.. (2018). More than $1 billion needed annually to secure Africa’s protected areas with lions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(45). E10788–E10796. 95 indexed citations

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Lindsey, Peter A., Guy A. Balme, Paul J. Funston, Philipp Henschel, & Luke Hunter. (2015). Life after Cecil: channelling global outrage into funding for conservation in Africa. Conservation Letters. 9(4). 296–301. 66 indexed citations

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Lindsey, Peter A., Vincent R. Nyirenda, Jonathan I. Barnes, et al.. (2014). Underperformance of African Protected Area Networks and the Case for New Conservation Models: Insights from Zambia. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e94109–e94109. 121 indexed citations

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Balme, Guy A., Peter A. Lindsey, Lourens H. Swanepoel, & Luke Hunter. (2013). Failure of Research to Address the Rangewide Conservation Needs of Large Carnivores: Leopards in South Africa as a Case Study. Conservation Letters. 7(1). 3–11. 62 indexed citations

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Lindsey, Peter A., Guy A. Balme, Paul J. Funston, et al.. (2013). The Trophy Hunting of African Lions: Scale, Current Management Practices and Factors Undermining Sustainability. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e73808–e73808. 51 indexed citations

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Lindsey, Peter A., Robert R. Alexander, Guy A. Balme, Neil Midlane, & John Craig. (2012). Possible relationships between the South African captive-bred lion hunting industry and the hunting and conservation of lions elsewhere in Africa : research article. African Journal of Wildlife Research. 42(1). 11–22. 1 indexed citations

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Lindsey, Peter A., et al.. (2006). Economic and conservation significance of the trophy hunting industry in sub-Saharan Africa. Biological Conservation. 134(4). 455–469. 318 indexed citations

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Lindsey, Peter A., Du Toit, & M. G. L. Mills. (2004). Area and prey requirements of African wild dogs under varying habitat conditions : implications for reintroductions : research article. African Journal of Wildlife Research. 34(1). 77–86. 2 indexed citations

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Lindsey, Peter A., Du Toit, & M. G. L. Mills. (2004). The distribution and population status of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) outside protected areas in South Africa.. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 34(2). 143–151. 32 indexed citations

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Lindsey, Peter A., Du Toit, & M. G. L. Mills. (2004). Area and prey requirements of wild dogs Lycaon pictus under varying habitat conditions: implications for reintroductions. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 34(1). 77–86. 25 indexed citations

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Lindsey, Peter A.. (2004). Area and prey requirements of African wild dogs under varying habitat conditions: implications for reintroductions. 29 indexed citations

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