GUILLAUME CHAPRON'S RESEARCH
  
     
   
 
   

Since 2007, I'm Assistant Professor at the Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. I did my Ph.D. in France at the University Pierre & Marie Curie in Paris. My research focuses on carnivore quantitative ecology applied to conservation, with special emphasis on modelling.

I'm particularly interested in developing population models to design more efficient conservation and management strategies for large carnivores. I use different approaches, from simple deterministic models to complex hierarchical state-space models.

Issues I've been working with include brown bear reintroduction in France, tiger conservation (in particular the effect of poaching on Amur tiger) and wolf management in France and Sweden. Recently I have been using artificial intelligence with my wolf simulation models. This project requires an impressive computational power and you can learn more about it on Apple education website.

My scientific papers are listed below. Click on the link to access the paper online or email me to receive a PDF of it.
   
         
   
 
 Peer-reviewed scientific papers
  1. Liberg, O., Chapron, G., Wabakken, P., Pedersen, H.C., Hobbs, N.T. & Sand, H. 2011. Shoot, shovel and shut up: cryptic poaching slows restoration of a large carnivore in Europe. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.1275.
  2. Arlettaz, R., Chapron, G. & Braunisch, V. 2011. Active scepticism must drive biodiversity conservation science. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 26(8): 379-380.
  3. Chapron, G., Arlettaz, R. & Boitani, L. 2010. Why the inaction on biodiversity? Nature 467: 401.
  4. Chapron, G., Wielgus, R., Quenette, P.-Y. & Camarra, J.-J. 2009. Diagnosing Mechanisms of Decline and Planning for Recovery of an Endangered Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) Population. PLoS ONE 4(10): e7568.
  5. Chapron, G. & Samelius, G. 2008. Where Species Go, Legal Protections Must Follow. Science 322: 1049.
    Chapron, G., Miquelle, D.G., Lambert, A., Goodrich, J.M., Legendre, S., & Clobert, J. 2008. The impact on tigers of poaching versus prey depletion. Journal of Applied Ecology 45: 1667-1674.
  6. Chapron, G., Andrén, H. & Liberg, O. 2008. Conserving Top Predators in Ecosystems. Science 320: 47.
  7. Chapron, G. & Arlettaz, R. 2008. Conservation: academics should 'conserve or perish'. Nature 451: 127.
  8. Ciucci, P., Chapron. G., Guberti, V. & Boitani, L. 2007. Estimation of mortality parameters from (biased) samples at death: are we getting the basics right in wildlife field studies? A response to Lovari et al. (2007). Journal of Zoology 273: 125-127.
  9. Chapron, G. & Arlettaz, R. 2006. Using Models to Manage Carnivores. Science 314: 1682 - 1683.
  10. Chapron, G. 2006. Scientists are well placed to speak up for biodiversity. Nature 442: 627.
  11. Chapron, G. & Huste, A. 2006. Open, fair and free journal ranking for researchers. Bioscience 56: 558-559.
  12. Chapron, G., Veron, G. & Jennings, A. 2006. New carnivore species in Borneo may not be new. Oryx 40: 138.
  13. Linkie, M., Chapron, G., Martyr, D., Holden, J. & Leader-Williams, N. 2006. Assessing the viability of tiger subpopulations in a fragmented landscape. Journal of Applied Ecology 43: 576-586.
  14. Chapron, G. 2005. Re-wilding: other projects help carnivores stay wild. Nature 437: 318.
  15. Chapron, G., Quenette, P.-Y., Legendre, L. & Clobert, C. 2003. Which future for the French Pyrenean brown bear (Ursus arctos) population? An approach using stage-structured deterministic and stochastic models. Comptes Rendus Biologies 326: S174–S182.
  16. Chapron, G., Legendre, S., Ferriere, R., Clobert, J. & Haight, R. G. 2003. Conservation and control strategies for the wolf (Canis lupus) in western Europe based on demographic models. Comptes Rendus Biologies 326: 575–587.
 Chapters
  • Miquelle, D. G., Goodrich, J. M., Smirnov, E.N., Stephens, P. A., Zaumyslova, O. Yu., Chapron, G., Kerley, L., Murzin, A. A., Hornocker, M.G., Quigley, H.B. 2010. The Amur tiger: a case study of living on the edge (Chapter 13). Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids p. 325-339 (eds D. W. Macdonald and A. Loveridge). Oxford University Press.
  • Chapron, G., Miquelle, D.G., Goodrich, J. G., Lambert, A., Legendre, S., Clobert, J. 2005. The effect of poaching on tigers in the Russian Far East (Chapter 25). Tigers of Sikhote-Alin Zapovednik: ecology and conservation (in Russian) p. 191-195 (eds D.G. Miquelle, J.G. Goodrich, and E.N. Smirnov).
  • Jacques, H., Duplaix N. & Chapron, G. 2004. The Congo Clawless Otter: State of Knowledge and Needs for Further Research. Proceedings IXth International Otter Colloquium, June 4-10th, 2004, Frostburg, MD, USA.
 Edited volumes
Report to decision makers and stakeholders
  • Liberg, O., Sand, H., Wabakken, P. & Chapron, G. 2011. Illegal killing of wolves in Scandinavia 1998 – 2011: variation in space and time. Report to WWF Sweden.
  • Liberg, O., Sand, H., Forlsund, P. & Chapron, G. 2010. Regulating harvest of the Swedish wolf population in 2011 (in Swedish). Report to Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
  • Liberg, O., Sand, H., Forlsund, P &, Chapron, G. 2010. Translocations of wolves (in Swedish). Report to Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
  • Sand, H., Chapron, G. & Liberg, O. 2010. How many wolves can we expect to spontaneously immigrate during the period 2010-2014 based on past years experience and wolf population development in Finland and Russian Karelia? (in Swedish). Report to Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
  • Andrén, H., Svensson, L., Liberg, O., Hensel, H., Hobbs, N.T. & Chapron, G. 2010. The Swedish lynx population 2009-2010 and forecast for 2011-2012 (in Swedish). Report to Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
  • Chapron, G., Gimenez, O. & Quenette, P.-Y. 2010. Demographic parameters and viability of the Pyrenean brown bear population. Report to Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage.
  • Liberg, O., Sand, H. Chapron, G., Forlsund, P., Ahlqvist, P & Ängsteg, I. 2009. Regulating harvest of the Swedish wolf population and translocation of immigrating wolves to improve the genetic status of the population (in Swedish). Report to Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
  • Chapron, G. & Persson, J. 2008. Modelling sustainable management of wolverine in Norway. Report to the Directorate of Nature Management in Norway.
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