Dr Chris Sutherland
Reader in Statistics
- Phone
- +44 (0)1334 46 1803
- css6@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Office
- 114 OB
- Location
- Observatory
PhD supervision
- Alessandro Araldi
- Amber Cowans
- Samuel Durston
- Oliver Hartley
- Jiayi Liu
- Isabella Prado Urrutia
- Sarah Rehman
- Georgina Whittome
Selected publications
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Open access
A comparison of chimpanzee density estimators in Southern Congo
Villamarin, E., Fourrier, M., Espinosa‐Ruiz, S., Sutherland, C. & Atencia, R., 15 Apr 2026, In: American Journal of Primatology. 88, 4, 10 p., e70154.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
A process-based social-ecological systems framework for studying the effects of human recreation on wildlife
Cowans, A., Hare, D., Lambin, X., Kortland, K. & Sutherland, C., 27 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: People and Nature. Early View, 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Artificial intelligence and decision support in applied ecology
Ammar, E., Sharma, A., August, T., Bicknell, J. E., Boughey, K., Dunford, C. E., Driscoll, D. A., Fiennes, S., Lopatin, J., Hartley, M., Hillier, J., Martin, P. A., O'Connor, R. S., Parodi, F., Simmons, B. I., Struebig, M. J., Thompson, R. M., Ardiantiono, Yoh, T. & Sutherland, C. & 1 others, , 15 Jun 2026, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 63, 6, e70455.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Both forest cover and land management practices explain variation in recovering pine marten densities
Hobson, K. J., Sutherland, C., Waggershauser, C. N., Dawson, D. A., Horsburgh, G. J., Knowles, L. S. & Lambin, X., 1 May 2026, In: Wildlife Biology. 2026, 3, p. 1-14 14 p., e01594.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Making the most of hard-won data: incorporating commonly discarded information from unidentifiable samples improves precision and cost-effectiveness in wolf population monitoring
Ferrão da Costa, G., Augustine, B. C., Fonseca, C., Mascarenhas, M. & Sutherland, C., 22 Jun 2026, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 63, 6, 13 p., e70468.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Optimizing camera‐trap survey designs for multi‐species density estimation using spatial capture–recapture models
Curveira‐Santos, G., Dupont, G., Sutherland, C., Pretorius, C., Naylor, S., Allan, K. & Gigliotti, L. C., 14 Jan 2026, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 63, 1, 13 p., e70261.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Subsistence hunting shapes the spatial variation of jaguar densities in community‐managed forests
Perera‐Romero, L., McNab, R., Garcia‐Anleu, R., Polisar, J., Sutherland, C. & Thornton, D., 12 May 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Zoology. Early View, p. 1-15Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Use of species’ responses to cryptic anthropogenic disturbances for monitoring biodiversity outcomes in tropical forests
Perera‐Romero, L., McNab, R., Garcia‐Anleu, R., Polisar, J., Sutherland, C. & Thornton, D., 1 Apr 2026, In: Conservation Biology. 40, 2, 13 p., e70159.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
A surprisingly effective way to save the capercaillie: keep its predators well-fed – new research
Sutherland, C., Bamber, J. A. & Lambin, X., 4 Jul 2025, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Open access
Bridging the implementation gap: From predator control to non‐lethal impact‐based intervention
Bamber, J. A., Sutherland, C., Kortland, K. & Lambin, X., 1 Sept 2025, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 62, 9, p. 2082-2088Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review