Author

Samuel D. Merson

Observed names: Merson, Samuel David, S. D. Merson, Samuel D Merson, Samuel Merson

Institution: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Observed institutions: Zoological Society of London, Harvard University, The University of Queensland, Montclair State University, University of Zurich, Missouri Botanical Garden, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Woodland Park Zoo

ORCID: 0000-0003-1544-4790

Observed ORCID: 0000-0003-1544-4790

OpenAlex ID: A5075510764

A National-Level Assessment of Lemur Hunting Pressure in Madagascar

2021 · Cortni Borgerson, Steig E. Johnson, et al. · International Journal of Primatology · 57

Poverty not taste drives the consumption of protected species in Madagascar

2019 · Samuel D. Merson, Luke J. Dollar, et al. · Biodiversity and Conservation · 41

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Variation in the hindgut microbial communities of the Florida manatee,Trichechus manatus latirostrisover winter in Crystal River, Florida

2013 · Samuel D. Merson, Diane Ouwerkerk, et al. · FEMS Microbiology Ecology · 35

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Holistic climate change adaptation for World Heritage

2023 · Brenda B. Lin, Jess Melbourne-Thomas, et al. · Nature Sustainability · 27

Retaliatory killing and human perceptions of Madagascar’s largest carnivore and livestock predator, the fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox)

2019 · Samuel D. Merson, Luke J. Dollar, et al. · PLoS ONE · 26

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Activity patterns of sympatric living exotic and endemic carnivores (the fosa) in Western Madagascar's deciduous forests

2018 · S. D. Merson, L. J. Dollar, et al. · Journal of Zoology · 22

Effects of habitat alteration and disturbance by humans and exotic species on fosaCryptoprocta feroxoccupancy in Madagascar's deciduous forests

2019 · Samuel D. Merson, Luke J. Dollar, et al. · Oryx · 16

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Wildlife hunting in complex human-environmental systems: How understanding natural resource use and human welfare can improve conservation in the Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar

2020 · Cortni Borgerson, Jean F. Randrianasolo, et al. · Madagascar Conservation & Development · 14

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Mortality rates of desert vegetation during high‐intensity drought at Uluru‐Kata Tjuta National Park, Central Australia

2023 · Boyd R. Wright, Martin Nipper, et al. · Austral Ecology · 13

Building capacity for climate adaptation planning in protected area management: Options and challenges for World Heritage

2024 · Jess Melbourne-Thomas, Brenda B. Lin, et al. · Biological Conservation · 6

Using power analysis and spatial prioritization to evaluate the design of a forest bird monitoring programme

2024 · Darren M. Southwell, Adam Smart, et al. · Oryx · 5

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Madagascar Terrestrial Camera Survey Database 2021: A collation of protected forest camera surveys from 2007–2021

2022 · Erin M. Wampole, Brian D. Gerber, et al. · Ecology · 4

Bushmeat hunting, retaliatory killing, habitat degradation and exotic species as threats to Fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox) conservation

2017 · Merson, Samuel David · Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford) · 4

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Fire regimes drive population trends of a threatened lizard in the central and western deserts of Australia

2025 · Darren M. Southwell, Danae Moore, et al. · Wildlife Research · 3

Metabarcoding clarifies the diet of the elusive and vulnerable Australian tjakura (Great Desert Skink, Liopholis kintorei)

2024 · David Thuo, Nicholas A. Macgregor, et al. · Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution · 3

Physiological strategies explain mortality differences among ecologically and culturally significant Australian desert plants following a hotter drought

2026 · Jaylen D Nicholson, Rita Okai, et al. · Conservation Physiology · 1

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The first complete mitochondrial genome of tjaku□a (Great Desert Skink, Liopholis kintorei )

2024 · David Thuo, Jesse Wallace, et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Assessing Changes in Land Cover and Vegetation Productivity for Threatened Forest-Steppe Ecosystems: A Case Study in Arkhangai Province, Mongolia

2020 · Francesca Marshall-Stochmal, Henrike Schulte to Bühne, et al. · Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences

Works count: 18

Citation count: 277

H-index: 9

I10-index: 9