Professor Craig Packer
Graduate Faculty Memberships
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
Research Interests
Ecology of infectious diseases; ecosystem processes in African savannas; conservation strategies for mitigating problem-animal conflicts.
Book
Packer, C. 1994. Into Africa. University of Chicago Press.
Selected Publications
Packer, C., Kosmala, M., Cooley, H.S., Brink, H., Pintea, L., Garshelis, D., Purchase, G., Strauss, M., Swanson, A., Balme, G., Hunter, L., & K. Nowell. Sport hunting, predator control and conservation of large carnivores. PLoS ONE 4(6): e5941. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005941, 2009.
Mosser, A. & C. Packer. Group territoriality and the benefits of sociality in the African lion, Panthera leo. Animal Behaviour. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.04.024, 2009.
Welburn, S., K. Picozzi, P. Coleman & C. Packer. Patterns in age-seroprevalence consistent with acquired immunity against Trypanosoma brucei in Serengeti lions. PLoS-Neglected Tropical Diseases 2(12): e347. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000347, 2008.
Munson, L., K.A. Terio, R. Kock, T. Mlengeya, M.E. Roelke, E. Dubovi, B. Summers, A.R.E. Sinclair & C. Packer. Climate extremes and co-infections determine mortality during epidemics in African lions. PLoS-One 3, e2545, 2008.
Ikanda, D. & C. Packer. Ritual vs. retaliatory killing of African lions in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. Endangered Species Research 6, 67-74, 2008.
Fryxell, J., A. Mosser, A.R.E. Sinclair & C. Packer. Group formation stabilizes predator-prey dynamics. Nature 449, 1041-1044, 2007.
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