Further reading (for the dedicated saiga fan)

News

28.05.2010 09:29

Mass mortality among saigas in Kazakhstan: 12,000 dead

Nearly 12,000 Critically Endangered saiga antelopes have been found dead over the last week in the Ural population in western Kazakhstan.

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Saiga-related publications

If you're keen to find out more about saigas, please have a look through our collection of published saiga research, from peer-reviewed journals, other publications and academic theses. 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 click on the links to email them to obtain a copy.

Peer-reviewed journals

Singh, N.J., Grachev, I.A., Bekenov, A.B. & Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2010) Tracking greenery in central Asia - the migration of the saiga antelope. Diversity and Distributions.(please email for a pdf)

Singh, N.J., Grachev, I.A., Bekenov, A.B. & Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2010) Saiga antelope calving site selection is increasingly driven by human disturbance. Biological Conservation.(please email for a pdf)

Kuhl, A., Mysterud, A., Grachev, Iu.A., Bekenov, A.B., Ubushaev, B.S., Lushchekina, A.A., Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2009). Monitoring population productivity in the saiga antelope. Animal Conservation. (please email for a pdf

Kuhl, A., Balinova, N., Bykova, E., Esipov, A., Arylov, Iu. A., Lushchekina, A. A., Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2009) The role of saiga poaching in rural communities: linkages between attitudes, 
socio-economic circumstances and behaviour. Biological Conservation. (please email for a pdf)

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. (please email for a 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 (please email for a 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. (please email for a 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 (please email for a 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 (download 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. (download 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. (download 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. (download 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. (download 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. (download pdf)

Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2001) A dynamic game model for the decision to join an aggregation. Ecological modelling 145, 85-99. (download 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. (download 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. (download 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. (download 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. (download 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. (download pdf)

Milner-Gulland, E.J. (1997) A stochastic dynamic programming model for the management of the saiga antelope. Ecological Applications 7, 130-142. (download pdf)

Milner-Gulland, E.J., Bekenov, A.B., Grachev, Iu.A. (1995) The real threat to the saiga antelope. Nature, 377, 488-489. (download pdf)

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. (download pdf)

Other publications

Arnold, J. (2009) Fünf vor Zwölf für Saiga. PIRSCH, 2/2009, 88-92. (download pdf)

Milner-Gulland, E.J., Kuhl, A. (2006) Desperately seeking saiga. BBC Wildlife 24, 8, 50-55. (download 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. (download 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.

Academic Theses

PhDs:

Kühl, Aline (2008) "The Conservation Ecology of the Saiga Antelope" (download pdf)

Morgan, Eric (2003) "Parasites of saiga antelopes and domestic livestock in Kazakhstan" (download pdf: summary, contents, chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, references, appendix)

Lundervold, Monica (2001) "Infectious diseases of saiga antelopes and domestic livestock in Kazakhstan" (download pdf)

MScs:

O'Neill, Helen (2008). Designing Robust Ranger Based Monitoring Strategies for the Saiga Antelope Saiga tatarica tatarica. (download pdf)

Whitebread, Elisabeth (2008). Evaluating the potential forparticipatory monitoring of saiga antelope by local villagers inKalmykia, Russia. (download pdf)

McConville, A.J. (2006) "Modelling the biases in aerial survey techniques of the saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) in Kazakhstan" (download pdf)

Fry, Marcus (2004) "The status of the Saiga antelope in the Ustiurt region of western Kazakhstan" (download pdf)