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Saiga-related publications
If you're keen to find out more about saigas, please have a look through the publications listed below. For copyright reasons, some of the more recent publications contain a link to the email address of the relevant person rather than the actual PDF. Please email them to obtain a copy.UPDATE: Currently PDFs are not available online. Please email mail@saiga-conservation.com if you would like a copy of any of the publications listed below.
Peer-reviewed journals
Kuhl, A., Mysterud, A., Erdnenov, G.I., Lushchekina, A.A., Grachev, Iu. A., Bekenov, A.B., Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2007) The ‘big spenders’ of the steppe: sex-specific maternal allocation and twinning in the saiga antelope. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274, 1293-1299. (PDF)
Morgan, E.R., Medley, G.F., Torgerson, P.R., Shaikenov, B., and Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2007) Parasite transmission in a declining migratory saiga antelope population in Kazakhstan. Ecological Modelling 200 511-520 (PDF)
Kholodova, M.V., Milner-Gulland, E.J., Easton, A.J., Amgalan, L., Arylov, Iu., Bekenov, A., Grachev, Iu.A., Lushchekina, A.A., Ryder, O. (2006) Population genetics of the critically endangered saiga antelope. Oryx 40, 103-107. (PDF)
Morgan, E.R., Lundervold, M., Medley, G.F., Shaikenov, B.S., Torgerson, P.R., Milner-Gulland, E.J. Assessing risks of disease transmission between wildlife and livestock: the Saiga antelope as a case study. (2006) Biological Conservation 131, 244-254 (PDF)
Morgan, E.R., Shaikenov, B., Torgerson, P.R., Medley, G.F., Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2005) Helminths of saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan: Implications for conservation and livestock production. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 41, 149-162 (PDF)
Morgan, E.R., Milner-Gulland, E.J., Torgerson, P., Medley, G.M. (2004) Ruminating on complexity: macroparasites of wildlife and livestock in space and time. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 19, 181-188. (PDF)
Lundervold, M., Milner-Gulland, E.J., O'Callaghan, C., Hamblin, C. (2003) First evidence of bluetongue virus in Kazakhstan. Veterinary Microbiology 92, 281-287.(PDF)
Lundervold, M., Langvatn, R., Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2003) A comparison of age estimation methods for the saiga antelope Saiga tatarica. Wildlife Biology 9, 45-53. (PDF)
Milner-Gulland, E.J., Bukreeva, O.M., Coulson, T.N., Lushchekina, A.A., Kholodova, M.V., Bekenov, A.B., Grachev, Iu.A. (2003) Reproductive collapse in saiga antelope harems. Nature 422, 135.(PDF)
Robinson, S., Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2003) Political change and factors limiting numbers of wild and domestic ungulates in Kazakhstan. Human Ecology 31, 87-110.(PDF)
Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2001) A dynamic game model for the decision to join an aggregation. Ecological modelling 145, 85-99. (PDF)
Milner-Gulland, E.J., Kholodova, M.V., Bekenov, A.B., Bukreeva, O.M., Grachev, Iu.A., Amgalan, L., Lushchekina, A.A. (2001) Dramatic declines in saiga antelope populations. Oryx 35, 340-345. (PDF)
Milner-Gulland, E.J., Shea, K., Possingham, H., Coulson, T.N., Wilcox, C. (2001) Competing harvesting strategies in a simulated population under uncertainty. Animal Conservation 4, 157-167. (PDF)
Coulson, T.N., Milner-Gulland, E.J., Clutton-Brock, T. (2000) A comparison of the relative roles of density and climatic variation on fecundity rates in three contrasting ungulate species. Proceeding of the Royal Society of London, B, 267, 1771-1779. (PDF)
Kholodova, M.V., Easton, A., Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2000) The use of hair collected in the field for the study of genetic variability in wild ungulates. Izvestiya Akademiya Nauk 6, 695-701. (PDF)
Milner-Gulland, E.J., Bekenov, A.B., Grachev, Iu.A., Shaikenov, B.Sh., Ivanov, N.P. (1999) The saiga antelope: status of the population, parasites, disease. Izvestiya Akademiya Nauk Kazakhstana, 4 (214), 20-29.
Bekenov, A.B., Grachev, Iu. A., Milner-Gulland, E.J. (1998) The ecology and management of the saiga antelope in Kazakhstan. Mammal Review 28, 1-52. (PDF)
Milner-Gulland, E.J. (1997) A stochastic dynamic programming model for the management of the saiga antelope. Ecological Applications 7, 130-142.
Milner-Gulland, E.J., Bekenov, A.B., Grachev, Iu.A. (1995) The real threat to the saiga antelope. Nature, 377, 488-489.
Milner-Gulland, E.J. (1994) Sustainable utilisation of the saiga antelope. Oryx 28, 257-262.Milner-Gulland, E.J. (1994) A population model for the management of the saiga antelope. Journal of Applied Ecology 31, 25-39. (PDF)
Other publications
Milner-Gulland, E.J., Kuhl, A. (2006) Desperately seeking saiga. BBC Wildlife 24, 8, 50-55. (PDF)
Arylov, Y., Badmaev, V., Bekenov, A., Chimeg, J., Entwistle, A., Grachev, Y.A., Lhagvasuren, B., Lushchekina, A., Mallon, D., Milner-Gulland, E.J., Ukrainsky, V. (2004) The saiga antelope - teetering on the brink but still cause for hope. Oryx 38, 250-251. (PDF)
Milner-Gulland, E.J., Lushchekina, A.A. (2002) Recommendations for saiga conservation action. Gnusletter 20, 4-7.
Lushchekina, A.A., Kholodova, M., Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2001) Saiga - living in arid environments. Encyclopaedia of mammals. Ed. D. Macdonald.
Milner-Gulland, E.J., Shaikenov, B.Sh., Morgan, E.R., Torgerson, P.R. (2001) Interactions between saigas and domestic livestock: exchange of parasites and its influence on the dynamics of ungulate populations. Izvestiya MON of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Biological and Medical Series, 3, 84-94. (in Russian)
Lushchekina, A.A., Kholodova, M.V., Milner-Gulland, E.J., Nyambayar, B., Amgalan, L., Neronov, V.M. (2000) A preliminary molecular-genetic study of the Mongolian population of the saiga antelope. International Conference on Central Asian Ecosystems, September 5th-7th 2000. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Lundervold, M., Baramova, S., Milner-Gulland, E.J. (1999) Brucellosis in saiga antelopes and domestic livestock. Conference on issues in the conservation and sustainable use of Kazakhstan's animal biodiversity, April 7th-9th 1999. Institute of Zoology and Animal Genetics, Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences.
Morgan, E.R., Torgerson, P., Shaikenov, B., Milner-Gulland, E.J. (1999) Abomasal nematodes of saiga in the Betpak-dala region of Kazakhstan. Conference on issues in the conservation and sustainable use of Kazakhstan's animal biodiversity, April 7th-9th 1999. Institute of Zoology and Animal Genetics, Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences.