Craig Packer
 Professor, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Ph.D., University of Sussex, 1977
Contact Information
Phone: 612-625-5729
Fax: 612-624-6777
E-mail: packer@umn.edu
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., S. Altizer, M. Appel, E. Brown, J. Martenson, S.J. O'Brien, M. Roelke-Parker, R. Hofmann-Lehmann & H. Lutz. 1999. Viruses of the Serengeti: patterns of infection and mortality in African lions. J. Anim. Ecol. 68, 1161-1178.
Packer, C., R. Holt, P. Hudson, K. Lafferty & A. Dobson. 2003. Keeping the herds healthy and alert: Implications of predator control for infectious disease. Ecology Letters6, 797-802.
Kissui, B.M. & C. Packer. 2004. Top-down regulation of a top predator: lions in the Ngorongoro Crater. Proc. Roy. Soc. Series B. 271, 1867-1874.
Whitman, K., A. Starfield, H. Quadling & C. Packer. 2004. Sustainable trophy hunting in African lions. Nature 428, 175-178.
Packer, C., R. Hilborn, A. Mosser, B. Kissui, J. Wilmshurst, M. Borner, G. Hopcraft & A.R.E. Sinclair. 2005. Ecological change, group territoriality and non-linear population dynamics in Serengeti lions. Science307, 390-393.
Packer, C., Ikanda, D., Kissui, B. & H. Kushnir. 2005. Ecology: Lion attacks on humans in Tanzania. Nature 436, 927-928.
Additional Links
Savannas Forever
Lion Research Center
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