Dr Paul J. Johnson
Dr Paul Johnson is retained lecturer in Biological Sciences. He works in a research team (the WildCRU) tackling the science behind the conservation of biodiversity.
"I am a member of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (the WildCRU) in the Department of Zoology. In recent years, the preservation of biodiversity has increasingly been recognised as global priority. I have particular responsibility for data management and analysis across a wide spectrum of projects. The WildCRU is a pioneering, inter-disciplinary research unit. We aspire to underpin solutions to conservation problems through primary scientific research. I am one of the tutors on the WildCRU Diploma course in International Wildlife Conservation Practice. This brings students from across the globe to Oxford, frequently from countries facing significant conservation challenges."
Teaching activities
Quantitative Methods
2019-2021 only (full list at Google Scholar Paul J johnson - Google Scholar)
Sibanda, L., Johnson, P., Van Der Meer, E., Hughes, C., Dlodlo, B., Mathe, L., Hunt, J., Parry, R., Macdonald, D., Loveridge, A., 2021. Effectiveness of community-based livestock protection strategies: a case study of human-lion conflict mitigation. Oryx.
Somerville, K., Dickman, A., Johnson, P. J., Hart, A. G., 2021. Soap operas will not wash for wildlife. People and Nature.
Zimmermann, A., Johnson, P., de Barros, A. E., Inskip, C., Amit, R., Soto, E. C., Lopez-Gonzalez, C. A., Sillero-Zubiri, C., de Paula, R., Marchini, S., 2021. Every case is different: Cautionary insights about generalisations in human-wildlife conflict from a range-wide study of people and jaguars. Biological Conservation 260, 109185
Astaras, C., Linder, J. M., Wrege, P., Orume, R., Johnson, P. J., Macdonald, D. W., 2020. Boots on the ground: the role of passive acoustic monitoring in evaluating anti-poaching patrols. Environmental Conservation.
Can, Ö. E., Yadav, B. P., Johnson, P. J., Ross, J., D’Cruze, N., Macdonald, D. W., 2020. Factors affecting the occurrence and activity of clouded leopards, common leopards and leopard cats in the Himalayas. Biodiversity and Conservation 29, 839-851.
Coals, P., Burnham, D., Johnson, P. J., Loveridge, A., Macdonald, D. W., Williams, V. L., Vucetich, J. A., 2019. Deep uncertainty, public reason, the conservation of biodiversity and the regulation of markets for lion skeletons. Sustainability 11, 5085.
Cuellar-Soto, E., Johnson, P. J., Macdonald, D. W., Barrett, G. A., Segundo, J., 2020. Woody plant encroachment drives habitat loss for a relict population of a large mammalian herbivore in South America. Therya 11, 484-494.
Dickman, A., Cooney, R., Johnson, P. J., Louis, M. P., Roe, D., 2019. Trophy hunting bans imperil biodiversity. Science 365, 874-874.
Dickman, A., Johnson, P., Coals, P., Harrington, L., Tyrrell, P., Somerville, K., Cotterill, A., Whetham, D., 2020. Wars over Wildlife: Green Militarisation and Just War Theory. Conservation & Society 18.
Dickman, A., Johnson, P. J., t Sas-Rolfes, M., Di Minin, E., Loveridge, A., Good, C., Sibanda, L., Feber, R., Harrington, L., Mbizah, M., 2019. Is there an elephant in the room? A response to Batavia et al. Conservation Letters.
Baker, S.E., A Maw, S., Johnson, P. J., W Macdonald, D., 2020. Not in my backyard: Public perceptions of wildlife and ‘pest control’in and around UK homes, and Local Authority ‘pest control’. Animals 10, 222.
Farhadinia, M. S., Michelot, T., Johnson, P. J., Hunter, L. T., Macdonald, D. W., 2020. Understanding decision making in a food-caching predator using hidden Markov models. Movement ecology 8, 9.
Farhadinia, M. S., Heit, D. R., Montgomery, R. A., Johnson, P. J., Hobeali, K., Hunter, L. T., Macdonald, D. W., 2020. Vertical relief facilitates spatial segregation of a high density large carnivore population. Oikos 129, 346-355.
Farhadinia, M. S., Johnson, P. J., Zimmermann, A., McGowan, P. J., Meijaard, E., Stanley‐Price, M., Macdonald, D. W., 2020. Ex situ management as insurance against extinction of mammalian megafauna in an uncertain world. Conservation Biology 34, 988-996.
Farhadinia, M. S., McClintock, B. T., Johnson, P. J., Behnoud, P., Hobeali, K., Moghadas, P., Hunter, L. T., Macdonald, D. W., 2019. A paradox of local abundance amidst regional rarity: the value of montane refugia for Persian leopard conservation. Scientific reports 9, 1-12.
Sibanda, L., van der Meer, E., Johnson, P. J., Hughes, C., Dlodlo, B., Parry, R. H., Mathe, L. J., Hunt, J. E., Macdonald, D. W., Loveridge, A. J., 2020. Evaluating the effects of a conservation intervention on rural farmers’ attitudes toward lions. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 1-16.
Feber, R. E., Johnson, P. J., Macdonald, D. W., 2019. What Can Organic Farming Contribute to Biodiversity Restoration? The Science Beneath Organic Production, 111-132.
Feber, R. E., Johnson, P. J., Macdonald, D. W., 2020. Shooting pheasants for sport: What does the death of Cecil tell us? People and Nature 2, 82-95.
Feber, R. E., Johnson, P. J., Gelling, M., Macdonald, D. W., 2019. Ecology and conservation of mammals of hedgerows and field margins. The Ecology of Hedgerows and Field Margins. Earthscan/Routledge Abingdon, UK, pp. 233-249.
Hart, A. G., Cooney, R., Dickman, A., Hare, D., Jonga, C., Johnson, P., Louis, M. P., Lubilo, R., Roe, D., Semcer, C., 2020. Threats posed to conservation by media misinformation.
Hickisch, R., Hodgetts, T., Johnson, P. J., Sillero‐Zubiri, C., Tockner, K., Macdonald, D. W., 2019. Effects of publication bias on conservation planning. Conservation Biology 33, 1151-1163.
Jacobsen, K., Dickman, A., Loveridge, A., Mourato, S., Johnson, P., Macdonald, D., Sibanda, L., 2020. Fear, ecocentricity and religion: Intangible factors matter for human-lion coexistence. Conservation Biology.
Jacobsen, K. S., Dickman, A. J., Macdonald, D. W., Mourato, S., Johnson, P., Sibanda, L., Loveridge, A. J., 2020. The importance of tangible and intangible factors in human‐carnivore coexistence. Conservation Biology.
Dickman, A., Johnson, P.J, Coals, P., Harrington, L., Tyrrell, P., Somerville, K., Cotterill, A., Whetham, D., 2020. Wars over wildlife: green militarisation and just war theory. Conservation and Society 18.
Johnson, P. J., Adams, V. M., Armstrong, D. P., Baker, S. E., Biggs, D., Boitani, L., Cotterill, A., Dale, E., O’donnell, H., Douglas, D. J., 2019. Consequences matter: Compassion in conservation means caring for individuals, populations and species. Animals 9, 1115.
Kusi, N., Sillero‐Zubiri, C., Macdonald, D. W., Johnson, P. J., Werhahn, G., 2020. Perspectives of traditional Himalayan communities on fostering coexistence with Himalayan wolf and snow leopard. Conservation Science and Practice 2, e165.
Meena, V., Johnson, P. J., Zimmermann, A., Montgomery, R. A., Macdonald, D. W., 2020. Evaluation of human attitudes and factors conducive to promoting human–lion coexistence in the Greater Gir landscape, India. Oryx, 1-10.
Merson, S. D., Dollar, L. J., Johnson, P. J., Macdonald, D. W., 2019. Retaliatory killing and human perceptions of Madagascar’s largest carnivore and livestock predator, the fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox). PloS one 14, e0213341.
Merson, S. D., Dollar, L. J., Johnson, P. J., Macdonald, D. W., 2019. Poverty not taste drives the consumption of protected species in Madagascar. Biodiversity and Conservation 28, 3669-3689.
Preston, E. F., Johnson, P. J., Macdonald, D. W., Loveridge, A. J., 2019. Hunting success of lions affected by the moon's phase in a wooded habitat. African Journal of Ecology 57, 586-594.
Sibanda, L., van der Meer, E., Johnson, P. J., Hughes, C., Dlodlo, B., Parry, R. H., Mathe, L. J., Hunt, J. E., Macdonald, D. W., Loveridge, A. J., 2020. Evaluating the effects of a conservation intervention on rural farmers’ attitudes toward lions. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 1-16.
Vucetich, J. A., Burnham, D., Johnson, P. J., Loveridge, A. J., Nelson, M. P., Bruskotter, J. T., Macdonald, D. W., 2019. The value of argument analysis for understanding ethical considerations pertaining to trophy hunting and lion conservation. Biological conservation 235, 260-272.
Dr Paul J. Johnson
Dr Paul Johnson is retained lecturer in Biological Sciences. He works in a research team (the WildCRU) tackling the science behind the conservation of biodiversity.
"I am a member of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (the WildCRU) in the Department of Zoology. In recent years, the preservation of biodiversity has increasingly been recognised as global priority. I have particular responsibility for data management and analysis across a wide spectrum of projects. The WildCRU is a pioneering, inter-disciplinary research unit. We aspire to underpin solutions to conservation problems through primary scientific research. I am one of the tutors on the WildCRU Diploma course in International Wildlife Conservation Practice. This brings students from across the globe to Oxford, frequently from countries facing significant conservation challenges."
Teaching activities
Quantitative Methods
2019-2021 only (full list at Google Scholar Paul J johnson - Google Scholar)
Sibanda, L., Johnson, P., Van Der Meer, E., Hughes, C., Dlodlo, B., Mathe, L., Hunt, J., Parry, R., Macdonald, D., Loveridge, A., 2021. Effectiveness of community-based livestock protection strategies: a case study of human-lion conflict mitigation. Oryx.
Somerville, K., Dickman, A., Johnson, P. J., Hart, A. G., 2021. Soap operas will not wash for wildlife. People and Nature.
Zimmermann, A., Johnson, P., de Barros, A. E., Inskip, C., Amit, R., Soto, E. C., Lopez-Gonzalez, C. A., Sillero-Zubiri, C., de Paula, R., Marchini, S., 2021. Every case is different: Cautionary insights about generalisations in human-wildlife conflict from a range-wide study of people and jaguars. Biological Conservation 260, 109185
Astaras, C., Linder, J. M., Wrege, P., Orume, R., Johnson, P. J., Macdonald, D. W., 2020. Boots on the ground: the role of passive acoustic monitoring in evaluating anti-poaching patrols. Environmental Conservation.
Can, Ö. E., Yadav, B. P., Johnson, P. J., Ross, J., D’Cruze, N., Macdonald, D. W., 2020. Factors affecting the occurrence and activity of clouded leopards, common leopards and leopard cats in the Himalayas. Biodiversity and Conservation 29, 839-851.
Coals, P., Burnham, D., Johnson, P. J., Loveridge, A., Macdonald, D. W., Williams, V. L., Vucetich, J. A., 2019. Deep uncertainty, public reason, the conservation of biodiversity and the regulation of markets for lion skeletons. Sustainability 11, 5085.
Cuellar-Soto, E., Johnson, P. J., Macdonald, D. W., Barrett, G. A., Segundo, J., 2020. Woody plant encroachment drives habitat loss for a relict population of a large mammalian herbivore in South America. Therya 11, 484-494.
Dickman, A., Cooney, R., Johnson, P. J., Louis, M. P., Roe, D., 2019. Trophy hunting bans imperil biodiversity. Science 365, 874-874.
Dickman, A., Johnson, P., Coals, P., Harrington, L., Tyrrell, P., Somerville, K., Cotterill, A., Whetham, D., 2020. Wars over Wildlife: Green Militarisation and Just War Theory. Conservation & Society 18.
Dickman, A., Johnson, P. J., t Sas-Rolfes, M., Di Minin, E., Loveridge, A., Good, C., Sibanda, L., Feber, R., Harrington, L., Mbizah, M., 2019. Is there an elephant in the room? A response to Batavia et al. Conservation Letters.
Baker, S.E., A Maw, S., Johnson, P. J., W Macdonald, D., 2020. Not in my backyard: Public perceptions of wildlife and ‘pest control’in and around UK homes, and Local Authority ‘pest control’. Animals 10, 222.
Farhadinia, M. S., Michelot, T., Johnson, P. J., Hunter, L. T., Macdonald, D. W., 2020. Understanding decision making in a food-caching predator using hidden Markov models. Movement ecology 8, 9.
Farhadinia, M. S., Heit, D. R., Montgomery, R. A., Johnson, P. J., Hobeali, K., Hunter, L. T., Macdonald, D. W., 2020. Vertical relief facilitates spatial segregation of a high density large carnivore population. Oikos 129, 346-355.
Farhadinia, M. S., Johnson, P. J., Zimmermann, A., McGowan, P. J., Meijaard, E., Stanley‐Price, M., Macdonald, D. W., 2020. Ex situ management as insurance against extinction of mammalian megafauna in an uncertain world. Conservation Biology 34, 988-996.
Farhadinia, M. S., McClintock, B. T., Johnson, P. J., Behnoud, P., Hobeali, K., Moghadas, P., Hunter, L. T., Macdonald, D. W., 2019. A paradox of local abundance amidst regional rarity: the value of montane refugia for Persian leopard conservation. Scientific reports 9, 1-12.
Sibanda, L., van der Meer, E., Johnson, P. J., Hughes, C., Dlodlo, B., Parry, R. H., Mathe, L. J., Hunt, J. E., Macdonald, D. W., Loveridge, A. J., 2020. Evaluating the effects of a conservation intervention on rural farmers’ attitudes toward lions. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 1-16.
Feber, R. E., Johnson, P. J., Macdonald, D. W., 2019. What Can Organic Farming Contribute to Biodiversity Restoration? The Science Beneath Organic Production, 111-132.
Feber, R. E., Johnson, P. J., Macdonald, D. W., 2020. Shooting pheasants for sport: What does the death of Cecil tell us? People and Nature 2, 82-95.
Feber, R. E., Johnson, P. J., Gelling, M., Macdonald, D. W., 2019. Ecology and conservation of mammals of hedgerows and field margins. The Ecology of Hedgerows and Field Margins. Earthscan/Routledge Abingdon, UK, pp. 233-249.
Hart, A. G., Cooney, R., Dickman, A., Hare, D., Jonga, C., Johnson, P., Louis, M. P., Lubilo, R., Roe, D., Semcer, C., 2020. Threats posed to conservation by media misinformation.
Hickisch, R., Hodgetts, T., Johnson, P. J., Sillero‐Zubiri, C., Tockner, K., Macdonald, D. W., 2019. Effects of publication bias on conservation planning. Conservation Biology 33, 1151-1163.
Jacobsen, K., Dickman, A., Loveridge, A., Mourato, S., Johnson, P., Macdonald, D., Sibanda, L., 2020. Fear, ecocentricity and religion: Intangible factors matter for human-lion coexistence. Conservation Biology.
Jacobsen, K. S., Dickman, A. J., Macdonald, D. W., Mourato, S., Johnson, P., Sibanda, L., Loveridge, A. J., 2020. The importance of tangible and intangible factors in human‐carnivore coexistence. Conservation Biology.
Dickman, A., Johnson, P.J, Coals, P., Harrington, L., Tyrrell, P., Somerville, K., Cotterill, A., Whetham, D., 2020. Wars over wildlife: green militarisation and just war theory. Conservation and Society 18.
Johnson, P. J., Adams, V. M., Armstrong, D. P., Baker, S. E., Biggs, D., Boitani, L., Cotterill, A., Dale, E., O’donnell, H., Douglas, D. J., 2019. Consequences matter: Compassion in conservation means caring for individuals, populations and species. Animals 9, 1115.
Kusi, N., Sillero‐Zubiri, C., Macdonald, D. W., Johnson, P. J., Werhahn, G., 2020. Perspectives of traditional Himalayan communities on fostering coexistence with Himalayan wolf and snow leopard. Conservation Science and Practice 2, e165.
Meena, V., Johnson, P. J., Zimmermann, A., Montgomery, R. A., Macdonald, D. W., 2020. Evaluation of human attitudes and factors conducive to promoting human–lion coexistence in the Greater Gir landscape, India. Oryx, 1-10.
Merson, S. D., Dollar, L. J., Johnson, P. J., Macdonald, D. W., 2019. Retaliatory killing and human perceptions of Madagascar’s largest carnivore and livestock predator, the fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox). PloS one 14, e0213341.
Merson, S. D., Dollar, L. J., Johnson, P. J., Macdonald, D. W., 2019. Poverty not taste drives the consumption of protected species in Madagascar. Biodiversity and Conservation 28, 3669-3689.
Preston, E. F., Johnson, P. J., Macdonald, D. W., Loveridge, A. J., 2019. Hunting success of lions affected by the moon's phase in a wooded habitat. African Journal of Ecology 57, 586-594.
Sibanda, L., van der Meer, E., Johnson, P. J., Hughes, C., Dlodlo, B., Parry, R. H., Mathe, L. J., Hunt, J. E., Macdonald, D. W., Loveridge, A. J., 2020. Evaluating the effects of a conservation intervention on rural farmers’ attitudes toward lions. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 1-16.
Vucetich, J. A., Burnham, D., Johnson, P. J., Loveridge, A. J., Nelson, M. P., Bruskotter, J. T., Macdonald, D. W., 2019. The value of argument analysis for understanding ethical considerations pertaining to trophy hunting and lion conservation. Biological conservation 235, 260-272.