Dr Matthew McLennan
Research Associate
School of Law and Social Sciences
Research
Matt's research concerns interactions between humans and wildlife and conservation outside of Protected Areas, and how animals respond to human-driven landscape changes. He is particularly interested in coexistence between great apes and humans in Africa and great ape behavioural ecology. Since 2006 he has studied chimpanzees in unprotected forest fragments in an agricultural landscape at Bulindi, western Uganda. Matt is a member of the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group.
Publications
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Journal articles
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Parathian HE, McLennan MR, Hill CM, Frazao-Moreira A, Hockings KJ, Breaking through disciplinary barriers: Human-wildlife interactions and multispecies ethnography
International Journal of Primatology 39 (5) (2018) pp.749-775 ISSN: 0164-0291 eISSN: 1573-8604 Breaking through disciplinary barriers: Human-wildlife interactions and multispecies ethnography Open Access version on RADAR -
Donati G, Santini L, Eppley TM, Arrigo-Nelson SJ, Balestri M, Boinski S, Bollen A, Bridgeman LL, Campera M, Carrai V, Chalise MK, Derby Lewis A, Hohmann G, Kinnaird MF, Koenig A, Kowalewski M, Lahann P, McLennan MR, Nekaris AKI, Nijman V, Norscia I, Ostner J, Polowinsky SY, Schülke O, Schwitzer C, Stevenson PR, Talebi MG, Tan C, Tomaschewski I, Vogel ER, Wright PC, Ganzhorn JU, Low levels of fruit nitrogen as drivers for the evolution of Madagascar’s primate communities
Scientific Reports 7 (2017) ISSN: 2045-2322 Low levels of fruit nitrogen as drivers for the evolution of Madagascar’s primate communities Open Access version on RADAR -
McLennan M, Spagnoletti N, Hockings KJ, The Implications of Primate Behavioral Flexibility for Sustainable Human–Primate Coexistence in Anthropogenic Habitats
International Journal of Primatology 38 (2) (2017) pp.105-121 ISSN: 0164-0291 The Implications of Primate Behavioral Flexibility for Sustainable Human–Primate Coexistence in Anthropogenic Habitats Open Access version on RADAR -
McLennan MR, Ganzhorn JU, Nutritional Characteristics of Wild and Cultivated Foods for Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in Agricultural Landscapes
International Journal of Primatology 38 (2) (2017) pp.122-150 ISSN: 0164-0291 Nutritional Characteristics of Wild and Cultivated Foods for Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in Agricultural Landscapes Open Access version on RADAR -
Hasegawa H, Shigyo M, Yanai Y, McLennan MR, Fujita S, Makouloutou P, Tsuchida S, Ando C, Sato H, Huffman MA, Molecular features of hookworm larvae (Necator spp.) raised by coproculture from Ugandan chimpanzees and Gabonese gorillas and humans
Parasitology International 66 (2) (2016) pp.12-15 ISSN: 1383-5769 -
Hockings KJ, McLennan MR, Carvalho S, Ancrenaz M, Bobe R, Byrne R, Dunbar RIM, Matsuzawa T, McGrew WC, Williamson EA, Wilson M, Wood B, Wrangham R, Hill CM, Apes in the Anthropocene: flexibility and survival
Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30 (4) (2015) pp.215-222 ISSN: 0169-5347 eISSN: 1872-8383 Apes in the Anthropocene: flexibility and survival Open Access version on RADAR -
McLennan M R, Diet and Feeding Ecology of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in Bulindi, Uganda: Foraging Strategies at the Forest–Farm Interface
International Journal of Primatology 34 (3) (2013) pp.585-614 ISSN: 0164-0291 eISSN: 1573-8604 -
McLennan M., Huffman M., High frequency of leaf swallowing and its relationship to intestinal parasite expulsion in "village" chimpanzees at Bulindi, Uganda
American Journal of Primatology 74 (7) (2012) ISSN: 0275-2565 eISSN: 1098-2345 -
McLennan MR, Hyeroba D, Asiimwe C, Reynolds V, Walls J, Chimpanzees in Mantraps: Lethal Crop Protection and Conservation in Uganda
Oryx: The International Journal of Conservation 46 (2012) pp.598-603 ISSN: 0030-6053 eISSN: 1365-3008 -
Mclennan M, Recent decline in suitable environmental conditions for African great apes
Diversity and Distributions 18 (11) (2012) pp.1077- ISSN: 1366-9516 -
McLennan M, Preliminary observations of hand-clasp grooming by chimpanzees at Bulindi, Uganda
Pan Africa News 18 (2) (2011) ISSN: 1884-751X eISSN: 1884-7528 Preliminary observations of hand-clasp grooming by chimpanzees at Bulindi, Uganda Open Access version on RADAR -
McLennan M R, Hill C M, Chimpanzee responses to researchers in a disturbed forest-farm mosaic at Bulindi, western Uganda
American Journal of Primatology 72 (10) (2010) pp.907-918 ISSN: 0275-2565 eISSN: 1098-2345
Book chapters
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McLennan M R, Hill C M, Changing agricultural practices and human-chimpanzee interactions: tobacco and sugarcane farming in and around Bulindi, Uganda
in Arcus Foundation (ed.), State of the Apes Volume II: Industrial Agriculture and Ape Conservation, Cambridge University Press (2015)
Other publications
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Gould L, McLennan M, Donati G, Surviving in fragmented landscapes: Identifying variables that influence primate population viability and persistence in forest fragments
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(2020) Surviving in fragmented landscapes: Identifying variables that influence primate population viability and persistence in forest fragments Open Access version on RADAR
- Parathian, H., McLennan, M.R., Hill, C.M., Frazão-Moreira, A., & Hockings, K.J. (2018). Breaking through disciplinary barriers: human–wildlife interactions and multispecies ethnography. International Journal of Primatology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-018-0027-9
- McLennan, M.R. (2018). Tie one on: ‘nest tying’ by wild chimpanzees at Bulindi – a variant of a universal great ape behaviour? Primates, 59(3), 227–233.
- McLennan, M.R., Mori, H., Mahittikorn, A., Prasertbun, R., Hagiwara, K., & Huffman, M.A. (2017). Zoonotic enterobacterial pathogens detected in wild chimpanzees. EcoHealth, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-017-1303-4
- Donati, G., Santini, L., Eppley, T. M., Arrigo-Nelson, S. J., Balestri, M., Boinski, S., Bollen, A., Bridgeman, L. L., Campera, M., Carrai, V., Chalise, M. K., Lewis, A. D., Hohmann, G., Kinnaird, M. F., Koenig, A., Kowalewski, M., Lahann, P., McLennan, M. R., et al. (2017). Low levels of fruit nitrogen as drivers for the evolution of Madagascar’s primate communities. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 14406.
- Cibot, M., Sabiiti, T., McLennan, M.R. (2017). Two cases of chimpanzees interacting with dead animals without food consumption at Bulindi, Hoima District, Uganda. Pan Africa News, 24(1), 6–8.
- McLennan, M.R., Hasegawa, H., Bardi, M., Huffman, M.A. (2017). Gastrointestinal parasite infections and self-medication in wild chimpanzees surviving in degraded forest fragments within an agricultural landscape mosaic in Uganda. PLoS ONE, 12(7), e0180431.
- McLennan, M.R., Spagnoletti, N. and Hockings, K.J. (2017). The implications of primate behavioural flexibility for sustainable human–primate coexistence in anthropogenic habitats. International Journal of Primatology, 38(2), 105–121.
- McLennan, M.R. and Ganzhorn, J.U. (2017). Nutritional characteristics of wild and cultivated foods for chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in agricultural landscapes. International Journal of Primatology, 38(2), 122–150.
- Hasegawa, H., Shigyo, M., Yanai, Y., McLennan, M.R., Fujita, S., Makouloutou, P., Tsuchida, S., Ando, C., Satoh, H., Huffman, M.A. (2017). Molecular features of hookworm larvae (Necator spp.) raised by coproculture from Ugandan chimpanzees and Gabonese gorillas and humans. Parasitology International, 66(2), 12–15.
- Hill, C.M. & McLennan, M.R. (2016). The primatologist as social actor. Etnográfica, 20(3), 668–671.
- Hockings, K.J., McLennan, M.R. (2016). Problematic primate behaviour in agricultural landscapes: Chimpanzees as ‘pests’ and ‘predators’. In: Waller, M.T. (Ed.). Ethnoprimatology:Primate Conservation in the 21st Century. Springer: Switzerland, pp. 137–156.
- McLennan, M.R. and Asiimwe, C. (2016). Cars kill chimpanzees: case report of a wild chimpanzee killed on a road at Bulindi, Uganda. Primates, 57(3), 377–388.
- Hasegawa, H., Kalousova, B., McLennan M.R., Modry, D., Profousova-Psenkova, I., Shutt-Phillips, K.A., Todd, A., Huffman, M.A., Petrzelkova, K.J. (2016). Strongyloides infections of humans and great apes in Dzanga-Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic and in degraded forest fragments in Bulindi, Uganda. Parasitology International, 65(5), 367–370.
- Cannon, T.H., Heistermann, M., Hankison, S.J., Hockings, K.J. and McLennan, M.R. (2016). Tailored enrichment strategies and stereotypic behaviour in captive individually-housed macaques (Macaca spp.). Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 19(2), 171–182.
- McLennan, M.R. & Hockings, K.J. (2016). The Aggressive apes? Causes and contexts of great ape attacks on humans. In: Problematic Wildlife: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach, ed. F.M. Angelici. Springer: New York, pp. 373–394.
- McLennan, M.R. & Hill, C.M. (2015). Changing agricultural practices and human-chimpanzee interactions: tobacco and sugarcane farming in and around Bulindi, Uganda. In: State of the Apes. Volume II: Industrial Agriculture and Ape Conservation, ed. Arcus Foundation. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, pp. 29–31.
- Ota, N., Hasegawa, H., McLennan M.R., Kooriyama, T., Sato, H., Pebsworth, P.A. and Huffman, M.A. (2015). Molecular identification of Oesophagostomum spp. from ‘village’ chimpanzees in Uganda and their phylogenetic relationship with those of other primates. Royal Society Open Science, 2(11), 150471.
- McLennan, M.R. (2015). Is honey a fallback food for wild chimpanzees or just a sweet treat? American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 158(4), 685–695.
- Hockings K.J., McLennan M.R., Carvalho, S., Ancrenaz M., Bobe, R., Byrne, R., Dunbar, R.I.M., Matsuzawa, T., McGrew, W.C., Williamson, E.A., Wilson, M.L., Wood, B., Wrangham, R.W. and Hill, C.M. (2015). Apes in the Anthropocene: flexibility and survival. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 30(4), 215–222.
- McLennan, M.R. and Hockings, K.J. (2014) Wild chimpanzees show group differences in selection of agricultural crops. Scientific Reports, 4, 5956.
- Hockings, K.J., McLennan, M.R. and Hill, C. (2014). Fear beyond predators. Science, 344(6187), 981.
- McLennan, M.R. (2014) Chimpanzee insectivory in the northern half of Uganda’s Rift Valley: do Bulindi chimpanzees conform to a regional pattern? Primates, 55(2), 173–178.
- McLennan, M.R. (2013). Diet and feeding ecology of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in Bulindi, Uganda: foraging strategies at the forest–farm interface. International Journal of Primatology, 34(3), 585–614.
- McLennan, M.R. and Hill, C.M. (2013). Ethical issues in the study and conservation of an African great ape in an unprotected, human-dominated landscape in western Uganda. In: Ethics in the Field: Contemporary Challenges, ed. J. MacClancy and A. Fuentes. Oxford: Berghahn. pp.42–66.
- Priston, N.E.C. and McLennan, M.R. (2013). Managing humans, managing macaques: Human–macaque conflict in Asia and Africa. In: The Macaque Connection: Cooperation and Conflict Between Humans and Macaques, ed. S. Radhakrishna, M.A. Huffman and A. Sinha. Springer: New York. pp. 225–250.
- Junker, J., Blake, S., Boesch, C., Campbell, G., du Toit, L., Duvall, C., Ekobo, A., Etoga, G., Galat-Luong, A., Gamys, J., Ganas-Swaray, J., Gatti, S., Ghiurghi, A., Granier, N., Hart, J., Head, J., Herbinger, I., Hicks, T.C., Huijbregts, B., Imong, I.S., Kuempel, N., Lahm, S., Lindsell, J., Maisels, F., McLennan, M.R., Martinez, L., Morgan, B., Morgan, D., Mulindahabi, F., Mundry, R., N'Goran, K.P., Normand, E., Ntongho, A., Okon, D.T., Petre, C.A., Plumptre, A., Rainey, H., Regnaut, S., Sanz, C., Stokes, E., Tondossama, A., Tranquilli, S., Sunderland-Groves, J., Walsh, P., Warren, Y., Williamson, E.A. and Kuehl, H.S. (2012) Recent decline in suitable environmental conditions for African great apes. Diversity and Distributions, 18(11), 1077–1091.
- McLennan, M.R., Hyeroba, D., Asiimwe, C., Reynolds, V. and Wallis, J. (2012). Chimpanzees in man-traps: Lethal crop protection and conservation in Uganda. Oryx, 41(4), 598–603.
- McLennan, M.R. and Hill, C.M. (2012). Troublesome neighbours: Changing attitudes towards chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in a human-dominated landscape in Uganda. Journal for Nature Conservation, 20(4) 219–227.
- McLennan, M.R. and Huffman, M.A. (2012). High frequency of leaf-swallowing and its relationship to intestinal parasite expulsion in ‘village’ chimpanzees at Bulindi, Uganda. American Journal of Primatology, 74(7), 642–650.
- Hockings, K.J. and McLennan, M.R. (2012). From forest to farm: Systematic review of cultivar feeding by chimpanzees – management implications for wildlife in anthropogenic landscapes. PLoS ONE, 7(4), e33391.
- McLennan, M.R. and Plumptre, A.J. (2012). Protected apes, unprotected forest: Composition, structure and diversity of riverine forest fragments and their conservation value in Uganda. Tropical Conservation Science, 5(1), 79–103.
- McLennan, M.R. (2011). Preliminary observations of hand-clasp grooming by chimpanzees at Bulindi, Uganda. Pan Africa News, 18(2), 18–20.
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McLennan, M.R. (2011). Tool-use to obtain honey by chimpanzees at Bulindi: New record from Uganda. Primates, 52(4), 315–322.
- McLennan, M.R. (2010). Case study of an unusual human–chimpanzee conflict at Bulindi, Uganda. Pan Africa News, 17(1), 1–4.
- McLennan, M.R. and Hill, C.M. (2010). Chimpanzee responses to researchers in a disturbed forest–farm mosaic at Bulindi, western Uganda. American Journal of Primatology, 72, 907–918.
- Plumptre, A.J, Rose, R, Nangendo, G., Williamson, E.A., Didier, K., Hart, J., Mulindahabi, F., Hicks, C., Griffin, B., Ogawa, H., Nixon, S., Pintea, L., Vosper, A., McLennan, M.R., et al. (2010). Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan 2010–2020. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. 52pp.
- McLennan, M.R. (2008). Beleaguered chimpanzees in the agricultural district of Hoima, western Uganda. Primate Conservation, 23, 45–54.
Further details
Education and work
- 2016-present: Research Associate
- 2013-2016: Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow
- 2011-2013: Research Associate
- 2010: PhD Anthropology - Oxford Brookes University (Thesis title: Chimpanzee Ecology and Interactions with People in Unprotected Human-Dominated Landscape at Bulindi, Western Uganda).
- 2003: MSc Primate Conservation - Oxford Brookes University
- 1998: BA Anthropology - University of Durham
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