Professor Grant Hopcraft

Professor of Conservation Biology (Ecology & Environmental Change)

telephone: 0141-330-6993
email: Grant.Hopcraft@glasgow.ac.uk

SBOHVM, Room 322, Graham Kerr Building

Biography

2015-current: Senior Research Fellow - University of Glasgow
2012–2015: Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Fellow – University of Glasgow
2012: Post-doctoral research associate – University of St Andrews
2011-2012: Post-doctoral research – Frankfurt Zoological Society
2005-2010: PhD. Community and Conservation Ecology – University of Groningen
2003-2008: Serengeti GIS & Ecological Monitoring – Frankfurt Zoological Society
1999-2002: MSc. Zoology & Teaching assistant – University of British Columbia
1996-1999: Serengeti Lion Project – University of Minnesota
1990-1995: BSc. Biology (Cooperative Education Program) – University of Victoria

Research interests

My research broadly investigates landscape-scale ecological processes that determine the distribution and abundance of animals. I focus on African savannahs as model ecosystems to investigate how underlying biogeographical gradients, such as rainfall and soil fertility, influence animal nutrition and predation rates, and how these gradients structure community assemblages.

I study ecosystems from a large-scale holistic perspective by combining field metrics (including intensive soil and grass sampling, GPS tracking wildebeest and zebra migrations, resident animal censuses, biodiversity inventories) with digital mapping and remote sensing (GIS/RS) to test biological theories.

I am particularly interested in:

Migrations and movement of animals using GPS tracking, physiological indicators and state-space models
Ecosystem dynamics including how disturbance events and interactions between species can shift ecosystems into different states
The impacts of climate change on animal populations and human livelihoods especially in terms of disease transmission and competition for limited resources
Animal censuses and biodiversity estimates
Remote sensing and GIS
Element analysis of grass and forage

Current Projects

Serengeti Biodiversity Program

The Serengeti Biodiversity Program aims to collect, maintain, analyse and build on 60 years of biotic and abiotic data that defines the dynamic nature of the Serengeti ecosystem including weather, vegetation, fires, wildlife, and people. We manage a core Information Resource Centre that allows us to monitor the impacts of long-term global trends (such as climate change) with particular emphasis on ecosystem services of the Serengeti. In particular, we use the long-term data generated by Program to train the next generation of national and international conservation biologists. The data are integrated into a routine monthly feed-back system between research and management that summarizes the status and health of the ecosystem and facilitates an adaptive management strategy.

Serengeti Biodiversity Program Report 2017

This project aims to unravel how human activity and climate change impact key ecosystem services. The project is based in

the Serengeti-Mara between Tanzania and Kenya. The project investigate how impacts such population growth, land-use change and climate change affect human wellbeing and potentially exacerbate poverty.

Our role is to understand how the migration of wildebeest and zebra is impacted by infrastructure development and to explore ways in which we can improve the ecotourism benefits for local people. The overall aim is to derive novel sustainable solutions that will protect biodiversity, and improve the benefits that people derive from the unique ecosystems within the region.

Lab Members - Serengeti Biodiversity Program

The Serengeti Biodiversity Program provides the backbone where I test ecological theories and ideas about how ecosystems operate and what governs biotic and abiotic interactions.The programme was started by A.R.E Sinclair in 1964 and we continue to maintain a long-running ecological databases designed to monitor the causes and consequences of natural and anthropogenic changes in ecosystem dynamics. I am currently the PI for the Serengeti Biodiversity Programme and fortunate to work with some amazing people.

Dr Thomas Morrison(Postdoctoral Researcher Associate) – Causes and consequences of large mammal migrations in the Serengeti (Funding AfricanBioServices)

Callum Buchanan (PhD Candidate) – Chronological steroid patterns in wildebeest and zebra tail hair (Funding AfricanBioServices)

Kimberly Wood (PhD Candidate) – Using isotopic forensics to establish a life-time profile of migratory movement and animal health (Funding SUERC / NERC)

Divine Ekwem (PhD Candidate) – Livestock movements as determinants of foot-and-mouth disease circulation in northern Tanzania (Funding Gates Foundation & AfricanBioServices)

Lucy Cotgrove (PhD Candidate) – Collective behaviour and alternating modes of leadership (Funding EPSRC)

Lacey Hughey(PhD Candidate UC Santa Barbara and visiting ERC Nova Domus scholar) – Advancing behavioural ecology with remote sensing: large-scale observational and e xperimental approaches to understand collective motion in wild ungulates (Funding NSF)

Emilian Kihwele(PhD Candidate - Univeristy of Groningen) – The interplay between ecohydrology, herbivores and fire for ecosystem function and services in Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem (Funding AfricanBioServices & Serengeti Biodiversity Programme)

Karimjee Scholars - MSc Students

Ronald Vincent (MSc candidate and Karimjee Scholar) - Estimating the genetic pedigree and relatedness of Tanzania’s black rhino population. (Funding Paul Tudor Jones Family Trust & Serengeti Biodiversity Programme)

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Evaline Munisi (MSc candidate and Karimjee Scholar) - Understanding the expansion of the African daisy (Gutenbergia cordifolia)in the Serengeti Ecosystem (Funding Karimjee Jivanjee Trust & Serengeti Biodiversity Programme)

Zabibu Kabalika (MSc candidate and Karimjee Scholar) - Non-invasive techniques for assessing the movement of livestock in the Serengeti Ecosystem using sequential enrichment of Sulphur isotopes in tail hair. (Funding Karimjee Jivanjee Trust & Serengeti Biodiversity Programme)

Allan Baino (MSc candidate and Karimjee Scholar)– Using stable carbon-13 to discern temporal and spatial diet composition in populations of white-backed vultures in Tanzania. (Funding Karimjee Jivanjee Trust & Serengeti Biodiversity Programme)

Koggani Dickson (MSc candidate and Karimjee Scholar) – Assessment of dietary composition between Puku antelope and livestock, in the Kilombero valley, Tanzania. (Funding Karimjee Jivanjee Trust & Serengeti Biodiversity Programme)

Teaching

Co-coordinator for MSc program in Conservation and Management of African Ecosystems

Principles of Applied Conservation Ecology (MSc Conservation and Management of African Ecosystems)

Principles in Ecology (MSc Wildlife and Livestock Management)

Student opportunities

Karimjee Jivanjee Conservation Scholarships – a fully funded MSc program for Tanzanian students hosted between the University of Glasgow and the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology (application deadline is April each year – email for more information bahcm-cmae@glasgow.ac.uk)

MSc Conservation and Management of African Ecosystems – This is a double Masters programme implemented jointly with the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology in Arusha, Tanzania. This MSc program requires students to carry out an in-depth research project in Tanzania. Tanzanian students are encouraged to apply through the Karimjee Jivanjee Conservation Scholarship

MSc Quantitative Methods in Biodiversity, Conservation and Epidemiology - This Masters programme provides specific training in data collection, modelling and statistical analyses required for successful careers in ecology, conservation, and animal and human health. It’s a great way to get involved with our research.

Conservation, Impacts & Outreach

My research is a mixture of strong hypothesis testing research with applied biodiversity and conservation work. Some direct outputs from my research are:

Serengeti Data website
The Serengeti Tracker – a smartphone app we are developing that enables real time tracking of wildebeest & zebra migration [See also Africa Geographic article and Naturally Speaking blog post]
Socio-economic study of the Serengeti road Serengeti road
Offical management map and visitor guide of the Serengeti (2008)
- Also available via UNESCO for educational purposes
Ranger based monitoring system
Glasgow Science Centre: Images of Science: wildebeest migration (with narration)
Short film put together by collaborator Colin Torney, showing how we use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or 'drones') to study wildebeest in the Serengeti

Colin Torney's YouTube Video

Recent media coverage

BBC World Service – Sounds of the Masai Mara (2018)
Scientific consultant and contributor for 'The Great African Migration' (2016), a four-part documentary with Ben Fogle for Channel 5 (UK) that filmed our research on tracking the wildebeest migration
'Strange Behaviours' column in TakePart magazine (2015), 'A new threat in the Serengeti to the world’s greatest animal migration'
Blog post in Naturally Speaking (2015), 'Serengeti at a crossroads'
Blog post in Africa Geographic (2014), 'An app that eases tourist congestion during the wildebeest migration'
Article in The Observer (2014), 'Fantastic journey: why animals are driven to migrate'
Scientific American (2014), 'Epic animal migrations could change with global warming'
Radio broadcast (2014) Grant Hopcraft radio piece discussing the Serengeti road (.mp3, 2.7 MB) []
Natural History, 'Into the Blue Serengeti'
Oceanography, 'Savannas of the Sea'
New York Times, 'Road kill in the Serengeti?'

Ben Fogle and Channel Five covers our research program in "The Great African Migration".

Collaborators

Serengeti GIS & Data Centre
Tanzania GIS Users Group
Frankfurt Zoological Society
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI)
Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA)

Publications:

Live Updates from the Serengeti Migration

Get daily updates from the GPS collared wildebeest and zebra migration from our public website:

Serengeti Tracker App:

Track the Serengeti wildebeest and zebra migration in real time

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Research groups

Publications

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Number of items: 76.

2025

Mellya, R. V.K. et al. (2025) Natural dispersal is better than translocation for reducing risks of inbreeding depression in eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(23), e241441212. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2414412122)

Schwandner, I. A. et al. (2025) Predicting the impact of targeted fence removal on connectivity in a migratory ecosystem. Ecological Applications, 35(1), e3094. (doi: 10.1002/eap.3094)

Kavwele, Cyrus M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4619-515X, Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Morales, Juan M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7269-7490, Nyafi, Gerald, Kimuya, Nancy and Torney, Colin J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7835 (2025) Real‐time classification of Serengeti wildebeest behaviour with edge machine learning and a long‐range IoT network. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 103, pp. 1-11. (doi: 10.1139/cjz-2024-0075)

2024

Masolele, Majaliwa M., Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 and Torney, Colin J.T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7835 (2024) Efficient approximate Bayesian inference for quantifying uncertainty in multiscale animal movement models. Ecological Informatics, 84, 102853. (doi: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102853)

Kavwele, Cyrus M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4619-515X, Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Davy, Deborah and Torney, Colin J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7835 (2024) Automated and repeated aerial observations of GPS‐collared animals using UAVs and open‐source electronics. Ecosphere, 15(4), e4841. (doi: 10.1002/ecs2.4841)

Anderson, T. M. et al. (2024) Interplay of competition and facilitation in grazing succession by migrant Serengeti herbivores. Science, 383(6684), pp. 782-788. (doi: 10.1126/science.adg0744) (PMID:38359113)

Kabalika, Zabibu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7181-5088, Haydon, Daniel T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-1886, McGill, Rona A.R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288, Morales, Juan M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7269-7490, Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Newton, Jason ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7594-3693 and Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (2024) Using sulfur stable isotope ratios (δ34S) for animal geolocation: estimating the delay mechanisms between diet ingestion and isotope incorporation in tail hair. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 38(2), e9674. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.9674)

Kabalika, Zabibu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7181-5088, Haydon, Daniel T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-1886, McGill, Rona A.R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288, Morales, Juan M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7269-7490, Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Newton, Jason ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7594-3693 and Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (2024) Using sulfur stable isotope ratios (δ³⁴S) for animal geolocation: Estimating the delay mechanisms between diet ingestion and isotope incorporation in tail hair. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 38(2), e9674. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.9674) (PMID:38124168)

2023

Donaldson, J. E. et al. (2023) Direct and indirect effects of fire on parasites in an African savanna. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(12), pp. 2323-2332. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.14013)

Ekwem, Divine, Enright, Jessica ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-3292, Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Buza, Joram, Shirima, Gabriel, Shand, Mike ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0085-4896, Mwajombe, James K., Bett, Bernard, Reeve, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2589-8091 and Lembo, Tiziana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-1849 (2023) Local and wide-scale livestock movement networks inform disease control strategies in East Africa. Scientific Reports, 13, 9666. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-35968-x) (PMID:37316521) (PMCID:PMC10267211)

Tucker, M. A. et al. (2023) Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns. Science, 380(6649), pp. 1059-1064. (doi: 10.1126/science.abo6499) (PMID:37289888)

Wu, Z. et al. (2023) Deep learning enables satellite-based monitoring of large populations of terrestrial mammals across heterogeneous landscape. Nature Communications, 14, 3072. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38901-y) (PMID:37244940) (PMCID:PMC10224963)

Torney, Colin J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7835, Laxton, Megan, Lloyd‐Jones, David J., Kohi, Edward M., Frederick, Howard L., Moyer, David C., Mrisha, Chediel, Mwita, Machoke and Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (2023) Estimating the abundance of a group-living species using multi-latent spatial models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14(1), pp. 77-86. (doi: 10.1111/2041-210x.13941)

Mellya, Ronald V. K., Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Eblate, Ernest M., Kariuki, Linus, Otiende, Moses, Chuma, Idrissa S., Macha, Emmanuel S., Wambura, Dickson, Kilbride, Elizabeth and Mable, Barbara K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7118-4116 (2023) Mitochondrial DNA diversity of the eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) in Tanzania: implications for future conservation. Conservation Genetics, 24, pp. 905-919. (doi: 10.1007/s10592-023-01545-y)

2022

Paun, Ionut ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1673-9803, Husmeier, Dirk ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7413, Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Masolele, Majaliwa M. and Torney, Colin J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7835 (2022) Inferring spatially varying animal movement characteristics using a hierarchical continuous-time velocity model. Ecology Letters, 25(12), pp. 2726-2738. (doi: 10.1111/ele.14117) (PMID:36256526)

Stone, David W., Kelly, Chris, Marneweck, David G., Druce, Dave J., Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 and Marneweck, Courtney J. (2022) Fence management and time since pack formation influence African wild dog escapes from protected areas in South Africa. Journal for Nature Conservation, 70, 126291. (doi: 10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126291)

Fryxell, John M., Mduma, Simon, Masoy, Joseph, Sinclair, Anthony R. E., Hopcraft, Grant J.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 and Packer, Craig (2022) Stabilizing effects of group formation by Serengeti herbivores on predator-prey dynamics. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 981842. (doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.981842)

Kavwele, Cyrus M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4619-515X, Torney, Colin J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7835, Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Fulford, Sidney, Masolele, Majaliwa M., Masoy, Joseph and Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (2022) Non‐local effects of human activity on the spatial distribution of migratory wildlife in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 3(3), e12159. (doi: 10.1002/2688-8319.12159)

Baino, Allan A., Hopcraft, Grant G.J.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Kendall, Corinne J. and Newton, Jason ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7594-3693 (2022) We are what we eat, plus some per mill: using stable isotopes to estimate diet composition in Gyps vultures over space and time. Ecology and Evolution, 12(3), e8726. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.8726) (PMID:35356581) (PMCID:PMC8941503)

Stabach, J. A. et al. (2022) Increasing anthropogenic disturbance restricts wildebeest movement across East African grazing systems. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 846171. (doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.846171)

2021

Ekwem, Divine, Morrison, Thomas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Reeve, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2589-8091, Enright, Jessica, Buza, Joram, Shirima, Gabriel, Mwajombe, James K., Lembo, Tiziana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-1849 and Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (2021) Livestock movement informs the risk of disease spread in traditional production systems in East Africa. Scientific Reports, 11, 16375. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95706-z) (PMID:34385539) (PMCID:PMC8361167)

Kauffman, M. J. et al. (2021) Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations. Science, 372(6542), pp. 566-569. (doi: 10.1126/science.abf0998) (PMID:33958460)

Morrison, T. A. et al. (2021) Drivers of site fidelity in ungulates. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(4), pp. 955-966. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13425) (PMID:33481254)

2020

Kabalika, Z. et al. (2020) Tracking animal movements using biomarkers in tail hairs: a novel approach for animal geolocating from sulfur isoscapes. Movement Ecology, 8, 37. (doi: 10.1186/s40462-020-00222-w) (PMID:32968486) (PMCID:PMC7501629)

Larsen, Freja, Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Hanley, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1362-3499, Hongoa, John Reuben, Hynes, Stephen, Loibook, Martin, Mafuru, Gerald, Needham, Katherine and Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 (2020) Wildebeest migration drives tourism demand in the Serengeti. Biological Conservation, 248, 108688. (doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108688)

Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 and Laurenson, M. Karen (2020) Markus Borner, a life at the conservation front line. Conservation Biology, 34(3), pp. 769-770. (doi: 10.1111/cobi.13507) (PMID:32450619)

2019

Joly, K. et al. (2019) Longest terrestrial migrations and movements around the world. Scientific Reports, 9, 15333. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51884-5) (PMID:31654045) (PMCID:PMC6814704)

Probert, J. R. et al. (2019) Anthropogenic modifications to fire regimes in the wider Serengeti‐Mara ecosystem. Global Change Biology, 25(10), pp. 3406-3423. (doi: 10.1111/gcb.14711) (PMID:31282085) (PMCID:PMC6852266)

Veldhuis, M.P., Kihwele, E.S., Cromsigt, J.P.G.M., Ogutu, J.O., Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Owen-Smith, N. and Olff, H. (2019) Large herbivore assemblages in a changing climate: incorporating water dependence and thermoregulation. Ecology Letters, 22, pp. 1536-1546. (doi: 10.1111/ele.13350) (PMID:31332945) (PMCID:PMC6851681)

Ogutu, Joseph O., Veldhuis, Michiel P., Morrison, Thomas A., Hopcraft, J Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 and Olff, Han (2019) Conservation: Beyond population growth - Response. Science, 365(6449), pp. 133-134. (doi: 10.1126/science.aay3049) (PMID:31296761)

Torney, Colin J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7835, Lloyd-Jones, David J., Chevallier, Mark, Moyer, David C., Maliti, Honori T., Mwita, Machoke, Kohi, Edward M. and Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (2019) A comparison of deep learning and citizen science techniques for counting wildlife in aerial survey images. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10(6), pp. 779-787. (doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13165)

Nkwabi, Ally K., Metzger, Kris, Beyers, Rene, Magige, Flora, Mduma, Simon A. R., Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 and Sinclair, Anthony R. E. (2019) Bird community responses to changes in vegetation caused by increasing large mammal populations in the Serengeti woodlands. Wildlife Research, 46(3), pp. 256-264. (doi: 10.1071/WR18001)

Veldhuis, M. P. et al. (2019) Cross-boundary human impacts compromise the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. Science, 363(6434), pp. 1424-1428. (doi: 10.1126/science.aav0564) (PMID:30923217)

Behdenna, A. et al. (2019) Transmission ecology of canine parvovirus in a multi-host, multi-pathogen system. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 286, 20182772. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2772) (PMID:30914008) (PMCID:PMC6452066)

2018

Rosa, Isabel, Rentsch, Dennis and Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (2018) Evaluating forest protection strategies: A comparison of land-use systems to preventing forest loss in Tanzania. Sustainability, 10(12), 4476. (doi: 10.3390/su10124476)

Torney, Colin J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7835, Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Couzin, Iain D. and Levin, Simon A. (2018) From single steps to mass migration: the problem of scale in the movement ecology of the Serengeti wildebeest. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373(1746), 20170012. (doi: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0012) (PMID:29581397) (PMCID:PMC5882982)

2016

Blackburn, Sara, Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Ogutu, Joseph O., Matthiopoulos, Jason ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3639-8172, Frank, Laurence and Singh, Navinder (2016) Human-wildlife conflict, benefit sharing and the survival of lions in pastoralist community-based conservancies. Journal of Applied Ecology, 53(4), pp. 1195-1205. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12632)

Rysava, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3475-931X, McGill, R.A.R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288, Matthiopoulos, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3639-8172 and Hopcraft, J.G.C ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (2016) Re-constructing nutritional history of Serengeti wildebeest from stable isotopes in tail hair: seasonal starvation patterns in an obligate grazer. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 130(13), pp. 1461-1468. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.7572) (PMID:27321833)

Bukombe, John, Senzota, Ramadhani B., Fryxell, John M., Kittle, Andrew, Kija, Hamza, Hopcraft, John Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Mduma, Simon and Sinclair, Anthony R.E. (2016) Do animal size, seasons and vegetation type influence detection probability and density estimates of Serengeti ungulates? African Journal of Ecology, 54(1), pp. 29-38. (doi: 10.1111/aje.12255)

Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (2016) Population regulation and climate change: the future of Africa's antelope. In: Bro-Jørgensen, Jakob and Mallon, David P. (eds.) Antelope Conservation: From Diagnosis to Action. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., pp. 32-50. ISBN 9781118409640 (doi: 10.1002/9781118409572.ch3)

Torney, Colin J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7835, Dobson, Andrew P., Borner, Felix, Lloyd-Jones, David J., Moyer, David, Maliti, Honori T., Mwita, Machoke, Fredrick, Howard, Borner, Markus and Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (2016) Assessing rotation-invariant feature classification for automated wildebeest population counts. PLoS ONE, 11(5), e0156342. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156342) (PMID:27227888) (PMCID:PMC4881999)

2015

Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (2015) Elephants and Savanna Woodland Ecosystems: A Study from Chobe National Park, Botswana. Coordinating Editor: Jelte van Andel. Christina Skarpe, Johan du Toit, and Stein R. Moe (editors) (2014) Wiley‐Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 328 pages, £75.00/€88.90 (hardcover), ISBN: 978–0–470–67176–4. Restoration Ecology, 23(6), pp. 964-965. (doi: 10.1111/rec.12297)[Book Review]

Nugent, Rachel A., Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Bigurube, Gerald, Lembeli, James Daudi and Borner, Markus (2015) Balancing conservation with national development: a socio-economic case study of the alternatives to the Serengeti Road. PLoS ONE, 10(7), e0130577. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130577) (PMID:26200107) (PMCID:PMC4511738)

Durant, S. M. et al. (2015) Developing fencing policies for dryland ecosystems. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52(3), pp. 544-551. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12415)

Hopcraft, J. G. C. et al. (2015) Conservation and economic benefits of a road around the Serengeti. Conservation Biology, 29(3), pp. 932-936. (doi: 10.1111/cobi.12470) (PMID:25711283)

Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Holdo, Ricardo M., Mwangomo, Ephraim, Mduma, Simon, Thirgood, Simon J., Borner, Markus, Fryxell, John M., Olff, Han and Sinclair, Anthony R.E. (2015) Why are wildebeest the most abundant herbivore in the Serengeti? In: Sinclair, Anthony R.E., Metzger, Kristine L., Mduma, Simon A.R. and Fryxell, John M. (eds.) Serengeti IV: Sustaining Biodiversity in a Coupled Human-Natural System. University of Chicago Press: Chicago. ISBN 9780226195834 (doi: 10.7208/chicago/9780226196336.001.0001)

Viana, M. et al. (2015) Dynamics of a morbillivirus at the domestic-wildlife interface: Canine distemper virus in domestic dogs and lions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(5), pp. 1464-1469. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1411623112) (PMID:25605919) (PMCID:PMC4321234)

Stevenson, T.J. et al. (2015) Disrupted seasonal biology impacts health, food security and ecosystems. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 282, 20151453. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1453) (PMID:26468242) (PMCID:PMC4633868)

2014

Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Morales, J.M., Beyer, H.L., Borner, Markus, Mwangomo, Ephraim, Sinclair, A.R.E., Olff, Han and Haydon, Daniel T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-1886 (2014) Competition, predation, and migration: individual choice patterns of Serengeti migrants captured by hierarchical models. Ecological Monographs, 84(3), pp. 355-372. (doi: 10.1890/13-1446.1)

Langrock, R. et al. (2014) Modelling group dynamic animal movement. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(2), pp. 190-199. (doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12155)

Virani, Munir Z., Kendall, Corinne J., Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Bildstein, Keith L. and Rubenstein, Daniel I. (2014) African vultures don’t follow migratory herds: scavenger habitat use is not mediated by prey abundance. PLoS ONE, 9(1), e83470. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083470) (PMID:24421887) (PMCID:PMC3885425)

2013

Creel, S. et al. (2013) Conserving large populations of lions - the argument for fences has holes. Ecology Letters, 16(11), 1413-e3. (doi: 10.1111/ele.12145)

Ferguson, K.J. et al. (2013) Evaluating the potential for the environmentally sustainable control of foot and mouth disease in Sub-Saharan Africa. EcoHealth, 10(3), pp. 314-322. (doi: 10.1007/s10393-013-0850-6) (PMID:23797715) (PMCID:PMC3857521)

Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Borner, Markus and Haydon, Daniel T. (2013) Revived species: where will they live? Nature, 493(7434), p. 608. (doi: 10.1038/493608b)

2012

Sirmacek, B., Wegmann, M, Cross, A.D.P., Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Reinartz, P. and Dech, S. (2012) Automatic Population Counts for Improved Wildlife Management Using Aerial Photography. In: 6th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs), Leipzig, Germany, 1-5 July 2012,

Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Anderson, T.M., Pérez-Vila, S., Mayemba, E. and Olff, H. (2012) Body size and the division of niche space: food and predation differentially shape the distribution of Serengeti grazers. Journal of Animal Ecology, 81(1), pp. 201-213. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01885.x)

2011

Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (2011) Ensuring the long-term conservation of ecosystems: The role of monitoring databases. In: Randall, D., Thirgood, S. and Kinahan, A. (eds.) Walia: Special Edition on the Bale Mountains. Series: WALIA: Journal of the Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society. Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society, pp. 306-331.

2010

Metzger, K. L., Sinclair, A. R. E., Hilborn, R., Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 and Mduma, SA.R. (2010) Evaluating the protection of wildlife in parks: the case of African buffalo in Serengeti. Biodiversity and Conservation, 19(12), pp. 3431-3444. (doi: 10.1007/s10531-010-9904-z)

Dobson, A.P. et al. (2010) Road will ruin Serengeti. Nature, 467(7313), pp. 272-273. (doi: 10.1038/467272a)

Anderson, T.M., Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Eby, S., Ritchie, M., Grace, J.B. and Olff, H. (2010) Landscape-scale analyses suggest both nutrient and antipredator advantages to Serengeti herbivore hotspots. Ecology, 91(5), pp. 1519-1529. (doi: 10.1890/09-0739.1)

Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Olff, H. and Sinclair, A.R.E. (2010) Herbivores, resources and risks: alternating regulation along primary environmental gradients in savannas. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 25(2), pp. 119-128. (doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.08.001)

2009

Harris, G., Thirgood, S., Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Cromsight, J.P.G.M. and Berger, J. (2009) Global decline in aggregated migrations of large terrestrial mammals. Endangered Species Research, 7(1), pp. 55-76. (doi: 10.3354/esr00173)

2008

Hopcraft, J.G.C. (Producer and Editor) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (2008) Official Map of the Serengeti Ecosystem. Harvey Publishers.

Mduma, S.A.R. and Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (2008) The main herbivorous mammals and crocodile in the Greater Serengeti ecosystem. In: Sinclair, A.R.E., Packer, C., Mduma, S.A.R. and Fryxell, J.M. (eds.) Serengeti III: Human Impacts on Ecosystem Dynamics. Series: 9780226760339. University of Chicago Press: Chicago, pp. 497-506.

Olff, H. and Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (2008) The resource basis for human-wildlife interaction. In: Sinclair, A.R.E. and Packer, C. (eds.) Serengeti III: Human Impacts on Ecosystem Dynamics. University of Chicago Press: Chicago. ISBN 9780226760339

Sinclair, A.R.E., Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Mduma, S.A.R. and Galvin, K. (2008) Historical and future changes to the Serengeti ecosystem. In: Sinclair, A.R.E. and Packer, C (eds.) Serengeti III: Human Impacts on Ecosystem Dynamics. University of Chicago Press: Chicago. ISBN 9780226760339

2007

Metzger, K.L., Sinclair, A.R.E., Campbell, K.L.I., Hilborn, R., Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Mduma, SA.R. and Reich, R.M. (2007) Using historical data to establish baselines for conservation: The black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) of the Serengeti as a case study. Biological Conservation, 139(3-4), pp. 358-374. (doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.026)

Sinclair, A.R.E., Mduma, S.A.R., Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Fryxell, J.M., Hilborn, R. and Thirgood, S. (2007) Long-Term ecosystem dynamics in the Serengeti: lessons for conservation. Conservation Biology, 21(3), pp. 580-590. (doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00699.x)

Young, J. K., Gerber, L. R., D'Agrosa, C., Hilborn, R., Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 and Arcese, P. (2007) Wildlife population increases in Serengeti national park. Science, 315(5820), pp. 1790-1791. (doi: 10.1126/science.315.5820.1790b)

2006

Hilborn, R., Arcese, P., Borner, M., Hando, J., Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Loibooki, M., Mduma, S. and Sinclair, A. R. E. (2006) Effective Enforcement in a Conservation Area. Science, 314(5803), p. 1266. (doi: 10.1126/science.1132780)

Boone, R.B., Thirgood, S.J. and Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (2006) serengeti wildebeest migratory patterns modeled from rainfall and new vegetation growth. Ecology, 87(8), pp. 1987-1994. (doi: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1987:SWMPMF]2.0.CO;2)

West, P.M., MacCormick, H., Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Whitman, K., Ericson, M., Hordinsky, M. and Packer, C. (2006) Wounding, mortality and mane morphology in African lions, Panthera leo. Animal Behaviour, 71(3), pp. 609-619. (doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.06.009)

2005

Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Sinclair, A. R. E. and Packer, C. (2005) Planning for success: Serengeti lions seek prey accessibility rather than abundance. Journal of Animal Ecology, 74(3), pp. 559-566. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00955.x)

Packer, C., Hilborn, R., Mosser, A., Kissui, B., Borner, M., Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Wilmshurst, J., Mduma, S. and Sinclair, A.R.E. (2005) Ecological change, group territoriality, and population dynamics in Serengeti lions. Science, 307(5708), pp. 390-393. (doi: 10.1126/science.1105122)

2004

Thirgood, S., Mosser, A., Tham, S., Hopcraft, J.G.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Mwangomo, E., Mlengeya, T., Kilewo, M., Fryxell, J., Sinclair, A. R. E. and Borner, M. (2004) Can parks protect migratory ungulates? The case of the Serengeti wildebeest. Animal Conservation, 7(2), pp. 113-120. (doi: 10.1017/S1367943004001404)

1984

Sleicher, Charles A. and Hopcraft, J Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (1984) Persistence of pesticides in surface soil and relation to sublimation. Environmental Science and Technology, 18(7), pp. 514-518. (doi: 10.1021/es00125a005)

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Number of items: 76.

Articles

Schwandner, I. A. et al. (2025) Predicting the impact of targeted fence removal on connectivity in a migratory ecosystem. Ecological Applications, 35(1), e3094. (doi: 10.1002/eap.3094)

Kabalika, Zabibu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7181-5088, Haydon, Daniel T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-1886, McGill, Rona A.R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288, Morales, Juan M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7269-7490, Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Newton, Jason ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7594-3693 and Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (2024) Using sulfur stable isotope ratios (δ³⁴S) for animal geolocation: Estimating the delay mechanisms between diet ingestion and isotope incorporation in tail hair. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 38(2), e9674. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.9674) (PMID:38124168)

Donaldson, J. E. et al. (2023) Direct and indirect effects of fire on parasites in an African savanna. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(12), pp. 2323-2332. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.14013)

Tucker, M. A. et al. (2023) Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns. Science, 380(6649), pp. 1059-1064. (doi: 10.1126/science.abo6499) (PMID:37289888)

Kauffman, M. J. et al. (2021) Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations. Science, 372(6542), pp. 566-569. (doi: 10.1126/science.abf0998) (PMID:33958460)

Morrison, T. A. et al. (2021) Drivers of site fidelity in ungulates. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(4), pp. 955-966. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13425) (PMID:33481254)

Joly, K. et al. (2019) Longest terrestrial migrations and movements around the world. Scientific Reports, 9, 15333. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51884-5) (PMID:31654045) (PMCID:PMC6814704)

Veldhuis, M. P. et al. (2019) Cross-boundary human impacts compromise the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. Science, 363(6434), pp. 1424-1428. (doi: 10.1126/science.aav0564) (PMID:30923217)

Durant, S. M. et al. (2015) Developing fencing policies for dryland ecosystems. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52(3), pp. 544-551. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12415)

Hopcraft, J. G. C. et al. (2015) Conservation and economic benefits of a road around the Serengeti. Conservation Biology, 29(3), pp. 932-936. (doi: 10.1111/cobi.12470) (PMID:25711283)

Langrock, R. et al. (2014) Modelling group dynamic animal movement. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(2), pp. 190-199. (doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12155)

Creel, S. et al. (2013) Conserving large populations of lions - the argument for fences has holes. Ecology Letters, 16(11), 1413-e3. (doi: 10.1111/ele.12145)

Dobson, A.P. et al. (2010) Road will ruin Serengeti. Nature, 467(7313), pp. 272-273. (doi: 10.1038/467272a)

Books

Hopcraft, J.G.C. (Producer and Editor) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (2008) Official Map of the Serengeti Ecosystem. Harvey Publishers.

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Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

Serengeti Biodiversity Programme: Infrastructure support for training and monitoring
Scottish Funding Council
2023 - 2024
The Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration: Advancing Mapping and Conservation of the World's Ungulate Migrations
Wildlife Conservation Network, Inc
2023 - 2024
Comparing the movement of African herbivores and the effect of climate induced environmental asynchronies
The Royal Society
2022 - 2024
Comparing the movement of African herbivores and the effect of climate induced environmental asynchronies
The Royal Society
2022 - 2024
Linking Cumulative Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbance to Animal Movement and Population Dynamics
Natural Environment Research Council
2021 - 2024
Transport and trophic effects of migratory ungulates on infectious disease hotspots
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2021 - 2025
Sustainable management of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem through the Serengeti Biodiversity Programme
United Nations Environment Programme
2021 - 2021
Transport and trophic effects of migratory ungulates on infectious disease hotspots
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2020 - 2023
Supporting Training and Research for the Serengeti
Zoo Zurich AG
2020 - 2023
Understanding the cause of the decline of a near threatened Puku antelope: using DNA metabarcoding to assess the impact of competitive exclusion by livestock.
The Rufford Foundation
2019 - 2020
Serengeti wildebeest population survey
Frankfurt Zoological Society
2018 - 2019
SFC-GCRF: Identifying GCRF challenges for sustainable agriculture and ecosystem services in Tanzania's livestock sector
Scottish Funding Council
2016 - 2017
BBSRC IAAF - Boyd Orr Tanzania Research Accelerator
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2016 - 2017
AfricanBioServices
European Commission
2015 - 2019
Can tail hair inform us about an animal's history? Recreating a physiological diary of migrating Serengeti wildebeest through time
British Ecological Society
2014 - 2015
Can tail hair inform us about an animals history? Recreating a physiological diary of migrating Serengeti wildebeest through time
British Ecological Society
2014 - 2016
Novel approaches to recreating animal histories: the metabolic signature of hair (ISSF Catalyst)
Wellcome Trust
2013 - 2014

Supervision

Bainbridge, Samuel
Conservation challenges in a changing world: Human impacts on ecosystem resilience and wildlife movement
Masolele, Majaliwa
MODELLING THE EFFECTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE ON THE SPATIOTEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF ANIMAL POPULATIONS
Mbundi, Mecklina
Assessing the role of herbivore migration on coprophagous insects (dung beetle)-paratsite interactions in the Serengetic ecosystem
Minja, Dennis Goodluck
The influence of anthropogenic activities on cheetah space use and hunting success across a landscape of coexistence.

Research datasets

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Number of items: 3.

2022

Kavwele, C. M., Torney, C. , Morrison, T. , Fulford, S., Masolele, M., Masoy, J. and Hopcraft, G. (2022) Non-local effects of human activity on the spatial distribution of migratory wildlife in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. [Data Collection]

2020

Kabalika, Z., Morrison, T. , McGill, R. , Munishi, L. K., Ekwem, D., Mahene, W. L., Lobora, A. L., Newton, J. , Morales, J., Haydon, D. and Hopcraft, G. (2020) Tracking animal movements using biomarkers from tail hairs: A novel approach for animal geolocating from sulfur isoscapes. [Data Collection]

2019

Torney, C., Lloyd-Jones, D. J., Chevallier, M., Moyer, D. C., Maliti, H. T., Mwita, M., Kohi, E. M. and Hopcraft, G. (2019) A comparison of deep learning and citizen science techniques for counting wildlife in aerial survey images. [Data Collection]

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