Dr Torsten Wronski
School of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Science
Email: T.Wronski@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 2376
I am a conservation scientist and behavioral ecologist primarily interested in the ecology, evolution and conservation of ungulates, particularly with regard to captive breeding and reintroductions. I have been working on endangered ungulates in Saudi Arabia, China and East Africa for more than 20 years resulting in more than 130 publications. Particularly my work on Arabian gazelles at King Khalid Wildlife Research Centre in Saudi Arabia has strengthened my scientific output and the conservation of Arabian wildlife. More recently, my interest has shifted to gazelle conservation in Israel and Turkey, studying the impact of urbanization and agriculture on the behavior of wildlife in peri-urban habitats. This relatively unexplored research topic leads to the question of what wildlife species persist in, or vanish from our modern mega-cities, and how does this relate to changes in their breeding, foraging and agonistic behavior.
I have managed several research projects on the biogeography and ecology of terrestrial gastropods in the Albertine Rift Valley (East Africa) and on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea. Moreover, I was responsible for off-shore monitoring of harbor porpoises in the North Sea and I have worked in the Waddenzee National Park in Germany to improve public conservation awareness and induce environmentally friendly behavior changes. More recently, my interest has turned to wildlife outside protected areas and to the sustainable utilization of wildlife resources. An ongoing research and development project focuses on the degradation of rangelands in the Akagera Ecosystem of Rwanda to reduce illegal hunting, to improve local pastoralist’s livelihoods and to prevent cross-infection with gastro-intestinal parasites between wildlife and domestic livestock. Another study in Rwanda researches human wildlife conflict and the negative consequences of rain forest fragmentation.
Languages
German
English
Arabic
Degrees
2004, University of Hamburg, Germany, PhD
1999, University of Hamburg, Germany, MSc
1994, University of hamburg, Germany, BSc
Academic appointments
Lecturer in Conservation Science, Conservation science, Bristol Zoological Society, Bristol Zoo Gardens, 2016 - 2016
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Basic & Applied Zoology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 2014 - 2015
Senior Lecturer, Department of Wildlife and Aquatic Resources, University of Rwanda, 2013 - 2015
Post-doc, Zoologisches Museum, Zentrum fuer Naturkunde, 2005 - 2007
Journal article
Uztemur A, Orman A, Kara Ç, Wronski T. 2024. Dietary enrichment and feed preferences of threatened goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) in captivity Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 281 DOI Publisher Url
Wang W, Wronski T, Yang L. 2024. The Status of Wildlife Damage Compensation in China. Animals, 14 :292 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Li Y, Huang Y, Wronski T, Huang M. 2023. Diversity of bacteria associated with lichens in Mt. Yunmeng in Beijing, China PeerJ, 11 :1-15 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Al Mutairi M, Lerp H, Al Hanosh N, Macasero W, Al Beshr MF, Wronski T. 2023. Revisiting the radiation of Gazella arabica on the Arabian Peninsula and testing the suitability of captive breeding stock for reintroduction, using mitochondrial and nuclear markers Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 30 :1-9 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Martin RA, Riesch R, Plath M, Al Hanoosh NA, Wronski T. 2022. Reproductive biology of Gazella arabica: predictors of offspring weight and short- and long-term offspring survival Jia ZHI-YUN. Current Zoology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Li Y, Shi M, Zhang B, Wu J, Wang Y, Li M, Wu Y, Hu X, Hu D, Huang Z, Wronski T. 2022. Effects of different weaning times on the stress response and the intestinal microbiota composition of female forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii) and their fawns PLoS ONE, 17 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Sun P, Umuntunundi P, Wronski T. 2022. Species richness, relative abundance and occupancy of ground-dwelling mammals denote the ineffectiveness of chimpanzee as flagship species Mammalian Biology, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Yang L, Wang W, Wronski T, Sun P, Jin K, Tang W. 2022. Community structure and environmental determinants of the bacterial and fungal gut microflora in Hainan gibbons (Nomascus hainanus) Global Ecology and Conservation, 36 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Soares JF, Wronski T. 2021. Preliminary disease survey of domestic ruminants on Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia Approaches in Poultry, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences, 8 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Shalmon B, Sun P, Wronski T. 2021. Early and late fawn mortality in a remnant population of Arabian gazelles (Gazella arabica) Mammalian Biology, 101 :709-714 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Soares J, Almutairi M, Macasero W, Pereira H, Desta F, Wronski T. 2021. Long-Term Mortality Monitoring of Captive Sand Gazelles (Gazella Marica): Assessment and Recommendation Veterinary Sciences and Medicine, 4 Publisher Url Public Url
Yang L, Wang W, Sun P, Huang S, Gao R, Kong D, Ru W, Wronski T, Zhang G. 2021. Extrinsic factors, endocrine mechanisms, and behavioral indicators of migratory restlessness in wintering whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) Scientific Reports, 11 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Yan D, Hu D, Li K, Li B, Zeng X, Chen J, Li Y, Wronski T. 2021. Effects of Chronic Stress on the Fecal Microbiome of Malayan Pangolins (Manis javanica) Rescued from the Illegal Wildlife Trade CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY, 78 :1017-1025 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Yang S, Zhang T, Li Y, Xu S, Zhang M, Hu X, Liu S, Hu D, Wronski T. 2021. Identifying personality traits and their potential application to the management of captive forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii) Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 234 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Yang S, Zhang M, Li Y, Cha M, Xu S, Liu Y, Guo X, Zhang T, Shi M, Liu S, Hu D, Wronski T. 2020. THE EFFECT OF MUSK EXTRACTION PROCEDURES ON THE STRESS RESPONSE OF FARMED FOREST MUSK DEER (MOSCHUS BEREZOVSKII) JOURNAL OF ANIMAL AND PLANT SCIENCES-JAPS, 30 :1424-1434 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Sun P, Wronski T, Apio A, Edwards LA. 2020. A holistic model to assess risk factors of fasciolosis in Ankole cattle Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports, 22 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Gomes-Silva G, Cyubahiro E, Wronski T, Riesch R, Apio A, Plath M. 2020. Water pollution affects fish community structure and alters evolutionary trajectories of invasive guppies (Poecilia reticulata) Science of the Total Environment, 730 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Shalmon B, Sun P, Wronski T. 2020. Factors driving Arabian gazelles (Gazella arabica) in Israel to extinction: time series analysis of population size and juvenile survival in an unexploited population Biodiversity and Conservation, 29 :315-332 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Soares JF, Desta FS, Macasero W, Butynski TM, Wronski T. 2019. ERADICATION OF BRUCELLA MELITENSIS FROM TWO CAPTIVE GAZELLE POPULATIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE, 50 :706-712 DOI Author Url
Wang WENXIA, Yang LIANGLIANG, Wronski TORSTEN, Chen SHAOZHI, Hu YANJIE, Huang SONGLIN. 2019. Captive breeding of wildlife resources-China's revised supply-side approach to conservation Wildlife Society Bulletin, 43 :425-435 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Li Y, Zhang K, Liu Y, Li K, Hu D, Wronski T. 2019. Community Composition and Diversity of Intestinal Microbiota in Captive and Reintroduced Przewalski's Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) Frontiers in Microbiology, 10 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Yang L, Wang W, Huang S, Wang Y, Wronski T, Deng H, Lu J. 2019. Individual stress responses of white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) to transport: implication for a differential management Global Ecology and Conservation, 17 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Dusabe M-C, Wronski T, Gomes-Silva G, Plath M, Albrecht C, Apio A. 2019. Biological water quality assessment in the degraded Mutara rangelands, northeastern Rwanda Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 191 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Wronski T, Umuntunundi P, Apio A, Hausdorf B. 2018. Spillover of organisms from rainforests affects local diversity of land-snail communities in the Akagera savanna in Rwanda Journal of Arid Environments, DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Sun P, Wronski T, Bariyanga JD, Apio A. 2018. Gastro-intestinal parasite infections of Ankole cattle in an unhealthy landscape: An assessment of ecological predictors Veterinary Parasitology, :107-107 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Carrera-Játiva PD, Morgan ER, Barrows M, Wronski T. 2018. Gastrointestinal Parasites in Captive and Free-Ranging Birds and Potential Cross-Transmission in A Zoo Environment Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 49 :116-128 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ping S, Bariyanga JD, Wronski T. 2018. A literature review of mammalian research respective to the Akagera ecosystem in Rwanda Rwanda Journal, Series D: Life and Natural Sciences, 2 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Wronski T, Bariyanga JD, Sun P, Plath M, Apio A. 2017. Pastoralism versus Agriculturalism-How Do Altered Land-Use Forms Affect the Spread of Invasive Plants in the Degraded Mutara Rangelands of North-Eastern Rwanda? Plants (Basel), 6 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Umuntunundi P, Wronski T, Apio A, Hausdorf H. 2017. The composition and richness of the land-snail fauna along the Muvumba Riverine forest in Rwanda Journal of Molluscan Studies, 83 :106-110 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T, Lerp H, Baermann EV, Butynski TM, Plath M. 2017. Dark grey gazelles Gazella (Cetartiodactyla: Bovidae) in Arabia: Threatened species or domestic pet? Hystrix : the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 28 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bariyanga JD, Wronski T, Apio A, Plath M. 2016. Effectiveness of electro-fencing for restricting the ranging behavior of wildlife: a case study in the degazetted parts of Akagera NP African Zoology, 51 :183-191 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Lerp H, Klaus S, Allgöwer S, Wronski T, Pfenninger M, Plath M. 2016. Evolution of ecological traits and phylogeny of the genus Gazella Mammalian Biology, 81 :12-13 DOI Publisher Url
Ziege M, Babitsch D, Bierbach D, Brix M, Kriesten S, Straskraba S, Wenninger S, Wronski T, Plath M. 2016. Extended diurnal activity patterns of European rabbits along a rural–to–urban gradient Mammalian Biology, 81 :534-541 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wang W, He L, Liu S, Wronski T, Hu D. 2016. Behavioral and physiological responses of forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii) to experimental fawn manipulation Acta ethologica, 19 :133-141 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Lerp H, Klaus S, Allgoewer S, Wronski T, Pfenninger M, Plath M. 2016. Phylogenetic analyses of gazelles reveal repeated transitions of key ecological traits and provide novel insights into the origin of the genus Gazella Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 98 :1-10 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ziege M, Bierbach D, Bischoff S, Brandt AL, Brix M, Greshake B, Merker S, Wenninger S, Wronski T, Plath M. 2016. Importance of latrine communication in European rabbits shifts along a rural–to–urban gradient BMC Ecology, 16 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Lerp H, Klaus S, Allgoewer S, Wronski T, Pfenninger M, Plath M. 2016. Data on phylogenetic analyses of gazelles (genus Gazella) based on mitochondrial and nuclear intron markers Data in Brief, 7 :551-557 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Apio A, Plath M, Wronski T. 2015. Recovery of Ungulate Populations in Post-Civil War Akagera National Park, Rwanda Journal of East African Natural History, 104 :127-141 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Apio A, Gruner J, Wronski T. 2015. Status of buffalo in Akagera National Park. Gnusletter, 1 Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Wronski T, Dusabe MC, Apio A, Hausdorf B, Albrecht C. 2015. Biological assessment of water quality and biodiversity in Rwandan rivers draining into Lake Kivu. Aquatic Ecology, 49 :309-320 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T, Apio A, Semwanga N, Hausdorf B. 2015. Diversity patterns in the land snail fauna of Afromontane forests in the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda Journal of Molluscan Studies, 82 :161-168 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Apio A, Umuntunundi P, Lerp H, Bierbach D, Plath M, Wronski T. 2015. Persistence of two small antelope species in the degraded Mutara Rangelands (Akagera Ecosystem) based on pastoralists’ and farmers’ perceptions Human Ecology, 43 :613-620 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T, Bariyanga JD, Apio A, Plath M. 2015. Interactions between wildlife, humans and cattle: activity patterns of a remnant population of impala on the degraded Mutara Rangelands The Rangeland Journal, 37 :357-365 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T, Schulz-Kornas E. 2015. The feeding ecology of Arabian gazelles (Gazella arabica) on the Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia. Mammalian Biology, 80 :87-95 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Boxnick A, Apio A, Wronski T, Hausdorf B. 2015. Diversity patterns of the terrestrial snail fauna of Nyungwe Forest National Park (Rwanda), a Pleistocene refugium in the heart of Africa Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 114 :363-375 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ziege M, Bierbach D, Bischoff S, Brand AL, Brix M, Kriesten S, Merker S, Greshake B, Straskrabe S, Wenninger S, Wronski T, Plath M. 2015. From multifamily residences to studio apartments—shifts in burrow structures of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) along a rural-to-urban gradient Journal of Zoology, 295 :286-293 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T, Mosfer AN, Plath M. 2014. Endemic Farasan gazelle (Gazella gazella farasani) enhance the dispersal of invasive Prosopis juliflora on Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia REVUE D ECOLOGIE-LA TERRE ET LA VIE, 67 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Wronski T, Butynski TM. 2014. ‘Five minutes to midnight’ for Arabian gazelles Gazella arabica in Harrat Uwayrid, north-western Saudi Arabia Gnusletter, 32 Author Url Public Url
Lerp H, Plath M, Wronski T, Malczyk A, Riesch RR, Streit B, Pfenninger M. 2014. Utility of island populations in reintroduction programs—relationships between Arabian gazelles (Gazella arabica) from the Farasan Archipelago and endangered mainland populations Molecular Ecology, 23 :1910-1922 DOI
Lerp H, Plath M, Wronski T, Baermann EV, Malczyk A, Resch R-R, Streit B, Pfenninger M. 2014. Utility of island populations in re-introduction programmes - relationships between Arabian gazelles (Gazella arabica) from the Farasan Archipelago and endangered mainland populations MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 23 :1910-1922 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T, Gilbert K, Long E, Micha B, Quinn R, Hausdorf B. 2014. Species richness and meta-community structure of land snails along an altitudinal gradient on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea Journal of Molluscan Studies, 80 :161-168 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Bray TC, Mohammed OB, Butynski TM, Wronski T, Sandouka MA, Alagaili AN. 2014. Genetic variation and subspecific status of the grey wolf (Canis lupus) in Saudi Arabia MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY, 79 :409-413 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Baermann EV, Wronski T, Lerp H, Azanza B, Boerner S, Erpenbeck D, Roessner GE, Woerheide G. 2013. A morphometric and genetic framework of the genus Gazella de Blainville, 1816 with special focus on Arabian and Levantine mountain gazelles Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 169 :673-696 DOI Publisher Url
Wronski T. 2013. Population development of Arabian Gazelles, Gazella arabica, on the Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia (Mammalia: Bovidae) Zoology in the Middle East, 59 :189-195 DOI Publisher Url
Riesch RR, Martin RA, Lerp H, Plath M, Wronski T. 2013. Size and sex matter: intrinsic determinants of offspring survival in Gazella marica Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 110 :116-127 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Boug A, Islam MZ, Al Shehry A, Wronski T. 2013. Camera trapping confirms the persistence of Arabian Gazelles, Gazella arabica, in the Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia (Mammalia: Bovidae) Zoology in the Middle East, 57 :3-10 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T, Al Ageel K, Plath M, Sandouka MA. 2013. Twenty years of monitoring a re-introduced population of Mountain Gazelles, Gazella gazella (Pallas, 1776), in the Ibex Reserve, Saudi Arabia (Mammalia: Bovidae) Zoology in the Middle East, 55 :3-18 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Apio A, Mohammed MB, Omer S, Wronski T. 2013. Cross infection with gastro-intestinal tract parasites between domestic goat and endemic Farasan gazelle (Gazella gazella farasani)? Journal of King Saud University - Science, 25 :325-329 DOI Publisher Url
Wronski T, Apio A, Plath M, Ziege M. 2013. Sex-difference in the communicatory significance of localized defecation sites in Arabian gazelles (Gazella arabica) Journal of Ethology, 31 :129-140 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Lerp H, Wronski T, Plath M, Schroeter A, Pfenninger M. 2013. Phylogenetic and population genetic analyses suggest a potential species boundary between Mountain (Gazella gazella) and Arabian Gazelles (G. arabica) in the Levant MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY, 78 :383-386 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Schulz E, Fraas S, Kaiser TM, Cunningham PL, Ismail K, Wronski T. 2013. Food preferences and tooth wear in sand gazelle (Gazella marica). Mammalian Biology, 78 :55-62 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Lerp H, Wronski T, Plath M, Schroeter A, Pfenninger M. 2012. Phylogenetic and population genetic analyses suggest a potential species boundary between Mountain (Gazella gazella) and Arabian Gazelles (G. arabica) in the Levant Mammalian Biology, 78 :383-386 DOI
Wronski T, Islam MZ, Plath M. 2012. Latrine survey as a method to estimate the population size of Arabian gazelles (Gazella arabica) Mammalian Biology, 78 :226-230 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Averbeck C, Plath M, Wronski T, Apio A. 2012. Effect of human nuisance on the social organization of large ungulates: group sizes and compositions of seven ungulate species in Lake Mburo National Park and the adjacent Ankole Ranching Scheme (Akagera Ecosystem). Wildlife Biology, 18 :180-193 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Omer SA, Wronski T, Alwash A, Elamin MH, Mohammed OB, Lerp H. 2012. Evidence for persistence and a major range extension of the smooth-coated Otter, Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli (Mustelidae, Carnivora) in Iraq Folia Zoologica -Praha-, 61 :172-176 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Lerp H, Butynski TM, Plath M, Wronski T. 2012. The phylogeography of Saharan and Arabian dorcas gazelles: implications for the conservation of a threatened taxon Gnusletter, 30 :11-14
Lerp H, Wacher T, Wronski T. 2012. African or Asian Siblings? Phylogenetic analyses imply non-monophyly within the Goitred Gazelles Gnusletter, 30 :9-11
Al Haza QS, Wronski T. 2012. Arabian wolves persist in the Tuwayq Mountains of Saudi Arabia Wildlife Middle East News, 6 Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Wronski T. 2012. Seasonality of group size and group composition in Sand Partridges (Ammoperdix heyi heyi). Turkish Journal of Zoology, 36 :223-229 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Wronski T, Bierbach D, Czupalla LM, Lerp H, Ziege M, Cunningham PL, Plath M. 2012. Rival presence leads to reversible changes in male mate choice of a desert dwelling ungulate Behavioural Ecology, 23 :551-558 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Lerp H, Wronski T, Pfenninger M, Plath M. 2011. A phylogeographic framework for the conservation of Saharan and Arabian dorcas gazelles Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 11 :317-329 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Hausdorf B, Wronski T. 2011. First record of Truncatellina species from Arabia (Gastropoda, Vertiginidae) Journal of Conchology, 40 :505-508 Author Url
Cunningham PL, Wronski T. 2011. Sex ratio of Arabian Sand Gazelle Gazella subgutturosa marica Thomas, 1897 in the Mahazat as-Sayd Protected Area Mammalia, 75 :243-248 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T. 2011. Observations on the marine bivalve fauna of the Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia Mollusc World, 26 Author Url Public Url
Wronski T, Lerp H, Ismail K. 2011. Reproductive biology and life history traits of Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) founder females reintroduced into Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia Mammalian Biology, 76 :506-511 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wacher T, Wronski T, Hammond RL, Winney W, Blacket MJ, Hundertmark, KJ, Mohammed OB, Omer SA, Macasero W, Lerp H, Plath M, Bleidorn C. 2011. Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences reveals polyphyly in the goitred gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) Conservation Genetics, 12 :827-831 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Cunningham PL, Wronski T. 2011. Population structure of Farasan gazelle Mammalia, 75 :157-161 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Apio A, Wronski T. 2011. A rough population estimate of large ungulates in the Akagera National Park, Rwanda Gnusletter, 29 :18-20
Ismail K, Kamal K, Plath M, Wronski T. 2011. Effects of an exceptional drought on daily activity patterns, reproductive behaviour, and reproductive success of reintroduced Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) Journal of Arid Environments, 75 :125-131 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Cunningham PL, Sandouka MA, Wronski T. 2011. Morphological characteristics and ageing criteria of Sand Gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa marica Thomas, 1897) and their use for wildlife management European Journal of Wildlife Research, 57 :865-872 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Cunningham PL, Wronski T. 2011. Seasonal changes in group size and composition of Arabian sand gazelle Gazelae subgutturosa marica Thomas, 1897 during a period of drought in central western Saudi Arabia Current Zoology, 57 :36-42 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Cunninham PL, Wronski T. 2011. Twenty years of monitoring of the Farasan gazelle Gazella gazella farasani on the Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia: an overview Oryx, 45 :50-55 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Cunningham PL, Wronski T. 2010. Distribution update of the Arabian wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) from Saudi Arabia Wildlife Middle East News, 5 Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Wronski T. 2010. The molluscan fouling community on Red Sea pearl oyster beds (Mollusca: Pteriidae) Zoology in the Middle East, 51 :67-73 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Cunningham PL, Wronski T. 2010. Bufo dhufarensis Parker, 1931 Dhofar Toad - Distribution African Herp News, 52 Public Url
Cunningham PL, Wronski T. 2010. Arabian wolf distribution update from Saudi Arabia Canid News, 13 Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Wronski T, Sandouka MA, Plath M, Cunningham PL. 2010. Differences in sexual dimorphism among four gazelle taxa in the Middle East Animal Biology, 60 :395-412 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T. 2010. Factors affecting population dynamics of re-introduced mountain gazelles (Gazella gazella) in the Ibex Reserve, central Saudi Arabia Journal of Arid Environments, 74 :1427-1434 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Omer SA, Apio A, Wronski T, Mohammed OB. 2010. A new coccidian parasite (Eimeria farasanii sp. n.) indicates parasite-host specificity in endemic Farasan gazelle International Journal of Zoological Research, 7 :85-92 DOI Publisher Url
Wronski T, Wacher T, Hammond RL, Winney B, Hundertmark KJ, Blacket MJ, Mohammed OB, Flores B, Omer SA, Macasero W, Plath T, Tiedemann R, Bleidorn C. 2010. Two reciprocally monophyletic mtDNA lineages elucidate the taxonomic status of mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella). Systematic and Biodiversity, 8 :119-129 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T. 2010. The island gazelle: News from the largest known idmi population on the Arabian Peninsula Gnusletter, 28 :19-22
Wronski T, Sandouka MA. 2010. Growth stages and ageing criteria of Arabian Mountain gazelles (Gazella gazella Pallas, 1766: Antilopinae, Bovidae) Mammalian Biology, 75 :74-82 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T, Hausdorf B. 2009. Diversity and body size patterns of land snails in the rain forests of Uganda Journal of Molluscan Studies, 76 :87-100 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T, Plath M. 2009. Characterization of the spatial distribution of latrines in reintroduced mountain gazelles: do latrines demarcate female group home ranges? Journal of Zoology, 280 :92-101 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T, Hausdorf B. 2009. Oreohomorus apio new species from Uganda (Gastropoda, Subulinidae). Journal of Conchology, 40 :55-60 Author Url
Wronski T, Apio A, Plath M, Averbeck C. 2009. Do ecotypes of bushbuck differ in grouping patterns? Acta ethologica, 12 :71-79 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Averbeck C, Plath M, Wronski T, Apio A. 2009. Hunting differentially affects mixed-sex and bachelor-herds in a gregarious ungulate, the impala (Aepyceros melampus: Bovidae) African Journal of Ecology, 48 :255-264 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T, Moodley Y. 2009. Bushbuck, harnessed antelope or both? Gnusletter, 28 :10-12
Averbeck C, Apio A, Plath M, Wronski T. 2009. Environmental parameters and anthropogenic effects predicting the spatial distribution of wild ungulates in the Akagera savannah ecosystem African Journal of Ecology, 47 :756-766 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Apio A, Muwanika VB, Plath M, Wronski T. 2009. Seasonal variation in reproductive behaviour of bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas, 1766) in an equatorial savannah ecosystem African Journal of Ecology, 47 :592-597 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Cunningham PL, Wronski T. 2009. Blanford's fox confirmed in the At-Tubaiq Protected Area (northern Saudi Arabia) and the Ibex Reserve (central Saudi Arabia) Canid News, 12 Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Cunningham PL, Wronski T, Al Ageel K. 2009. Predators persecuted in the Asir Region, South-western Saudi Arabia. Wildlife Middle east News, 4 Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Wronski T, Apio A, Plath M. 2009. Absence of a dominance hierarchy confirms territorial organization in male bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas, 1766) African Journal of Ecology, 47 :261-266 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T. 2009. Habitat preference and diurnal activity pattern in the Sand Partridge, Ammoperdix heyi heyi (Aves: Phasianidae) Zoology in the Middle East, 48 :35-42 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Moodley Y, Bruford MW, Beidorn C, Wronski T, Apio A, Plath M. 2009. Analysis of mitochondrial DNA data reveals non-monophyly in the bushbuck (Tragelapgus scriptus) complex. Mammalian Biology, 74 :418-422 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T, Macasero W. 2008. Evidence for the persistence of Arabian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) in the Ibex Reserve, Saudi Arabia and its preferred prey species Zoology in the Middle East, 45 :11-18 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T, Robinson ER. 2008. Increasing population trend for Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana) in the Ibex Reserve, Central Saudi Arabia Caprinae : newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Caprinae Specialist Group, 1 :2-4
Wronski T, Hausdorf B. 2008. Distribution patterns of land snails in Ugandan rain forests indicate pleistocene refugia Journal of Biogeography, 35 :1759-1768 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Apio A, Plath M, Tiedemann R, Wronski T. 2008. Age-dependent mating tactics in male bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Wronski T. 2008. Observations on the marine malacofauna of the Lamu Archipelago, Kenya Journal of Conchology, 39 :585-590 Author Url
Wronski T, Apio A, Plath M, Klingel H. 2007. Static-optic advertisement of presence and position in the bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 104 :195-208
Wronski T. 2007. Supplementary data on the marine malacofauna of Zanzibar and the Pwani Province in Tanzania, East Africa Journal of Conchology, 39 :335-347 Author Url
Wronski T, Kabasa JD, Plath M, Apio A. 2007. Object-horning as advertising and marking behaviour in male bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus)? Journal of Ethology, 26 :165-173 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T, Apio A, Plath M. 2006. Activity patterns of bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Behavioural Processes, 73 :333-341 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Apio A, Plath M, Wronski T. 2006. Foraging height levels and the risk of gastro-intestinal tract parasitic infections of wild ungulates in an African savannah eco-system Helminthologia, 43 :134-138 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T, Tiedemann R, Apio A, Plath M. 2006. Cover, food, competitors and individual densities within bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus female clan home ranges Acta Theriologica, 51 :319-326 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Apio A, Plath M, Wronski T. 2006. Patterns of gastrointestinal parasitic infections in the bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus from the Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda Journal of Helminthology, 80 :213-218 DOI Author Url
Wronski T, Plath M. 2006. Mate availability and intruder pressure as determinants of territory size in male bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) Acta ethologica, 9 :37-42 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T, Apio A, Plath M. 2006. The communicatory significance of localised defecation sites in bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 60 :368-378 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T, Apio A, Wanker R, Plath M. 2006. Behavioural repertoire of the bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus): agonistic interactions, mating behaviour and parent–offspring relations Journal of Ethology, 24 :247-260 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T, Apio A. 2006. Home-range overlap, social vicinity and agonistic interactions denoting matrilineal organisation in bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 59 :819-828 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T, Apio A, Baranga J, Plath M. 2006. Scent marking, agonistic interactions and territorial defence in male bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) Journal of Zoology, 270 :49-56 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Apio A, Plath M, Wronski T. 2005. Localised defecation sites: a tactic to avoid re-infection by gastro-intestinal tract parasites in bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus? Journal of Ethology, 24 :85-90 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T. 2005. Foraging behaviour and diet composition of bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas, 1766) in Queen Elizabeth National Park, western Uganda African Journal of Ecology, 43 :225-232 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T. 2005. Home range overlap and spatial organisation as indicators for territoriality among male bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus). Journal of Zoology, 266 :227-235 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Apio A, Wronski T. 2004. Post-parturient changes in faecal helminths egg and coccidian oocyst counts of a bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus), Queen Elizabeth National Park, south western Uganda Helminthologia, 41 :135-138 Author Url
Wronski T. 2003. Fire induced changes in the foraging behaviour of impala Aepyceros melampus in Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda African Journal of Ecology, 41 :56-60 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wronski T. 2002. Feeding ecology and foraging behaviour of impala Aepyceros melampus in Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda African Journal of Ecology, 40 :205-211 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Arnon A, Koyama N, Wronski T. Vocalisation in wild-living mountain gazelles (Gazella gazella): structure and context of acoustical signals Behaviour, 161 :731-751 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Chapters
Soares JF, Wronski T. 2021. Idmi and Other Mammalian Wildlife in the Farasan Islands Protected Area The Arabian Seas: Biodiversity, Environmental Challenges and Conservation Measures :1323-1355 DOI Publisher Url
Wronski T, Soares J. 2021. Idmi and other mammalian wildlife in the Farasan Islands Protected Area Jawad LA. The Arabian Seas: Biodiversity, Environmental Challenges and Conservation Measures :1323-1355 Springer International Publishing 978-3-030-51505-8 DOI Publisher Url
Shalmon B, Wronski T. 2021. The conservation history of Arabian gazelles (Gazella arabica) in Israel — do fifty-five years monitoring help todefine future incentives Hung S-W. Animal Science 1 :21-38 MedDocs Publishers Publisher Url Public Url
Pavlova O, Wronski T. 2020. City gulls and their rural neighbours: Changes in escape and agonistic behaviour along a rural-to-urban gradient Daniels JA. Advances in Environmental Research 72 :33-62 Nova Science Publishers, Inc.. New York 978-1-53618-000-8 Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Wronski T, Hoffmann M, Plath M. 2017. Habitat preferences of Arabian gazelles (Gazella arabica) in the Farasan Islands Protected Area, Saudi Arabia Menendez A, Sands N. Ungulates: Evolution, Diversity and Ecology :65-89 Nova Science Publishers. Hauppauge, NY 9781536126082
Wronski T, Sun P, Plath M. 2017. Resource availability predicts the distribution of Arabian gazelles (Gazella arabica) on Farasan Islands Ward C. Wildlife: Perceptions, Threats and Conservation :1-16 Nova Science Publishers. Hauppauge, NY 978-1-53611-059-3
Wronski T, Bierbach D, Klein M, Sun P, Plath M. 2016. Welfare of captive breeding stock for reintroductions into Saudi Arabian National Parks: assessment of aggressiveness and dominance hierarchies in true gazelles (Gazella spp.) using social network analysis Diaz J. National Parks: Biodiversity, Management and Environmental Issues :91-126 Nova Science Publishers. Hauppauge, NY 978-1-53610-155-3
Lerp H, Wronski T, Butynski TM, Plath M. 2013. Speciation of Arabian gazelles. Michalak P. Speciation: Natural Processes, Genetics and Biodiversity :59-82 Nova Science Publishers. Hauppauge, NY 978-1-62618-389-6
Plumptre AJ, Wronski T. 2013. Tragelaphus scriptus Kingdon JS, Hoffmann M. The Mammals of Africa 6 :163-172 Bloomsbury Natural History. London 9781408122570
Islam MZ, Wacher T, Boug A, Wronski T. 2012. Population development of re-introduced mountain gazelle in the western Empty Quarter (Uruq Bani Ma’arid Protected Area), Saudi Arabia Soorae PS. Global Re-introduction Perspectives: 2011 :180-184 IUCN/SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group (RSG). Abu Dhabi 978-2-8317-1432-5 Author Url Public Url
Wronski T, Sandouka MA, Butynski TM. 2012. Twenty years conservation and monitoring of re-introduced mountain gazelle in the Ibex Reserve, Saudi Arabia Soorae PS. Global Re-introduction Perspectives: 2011 :175-179 IUCN/SSC Re-introduction Specialist group (RSG). Abu Dhabi 978-2-8317-1432-5 Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Poster
Mapendo MJ, Umutoni D, Niyoyita JC, Habimana R, Wronski T, Apio A. 2013. Schistosomiasis from the rice fields of north-eastern Rwanda? One Health Central and Eastern Africa (OHCEA), 1st International One Health Conference, Addis Ababa, Author Url Public Url
Hausdorf B, Wronski T. 2013. Phylogenetic relationships and distribution of the enigmatic semislug Aillya (Gastropoda: Aillyidae) World Congress of Malacology, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Author Url Public Url
Wronski T, Apio A, Plath M, Ziege M. 2012. Let‘s talk about… different things! Communication within and among sexes in Farasan gazelles 105th Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG), Author Url Public Url
Wronski T, Baermann EV, Butynski TM, Plath M, Lerp H. 2012. Neumann’s enigmatic gazelle (Gazella erlangeri) Threatened taxon or domesticated gazelle? 86th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Säugetierkunde e.V.), Author Url Public Url
Czupalla LM, Wronski T, Bierbach D, Lerp H, Ziege M, Cunningham PL, Plath M. 2012. Prensence of an audience affects mate choice in male sand gazelles (Gazella marica) 17th Graduate student meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG), Siegen, Germany
Lerp H, Plath M, Pfenninger M, Wronski T. 2011. Population genetic analyses refute the species status of Farasan mountain gazelles (Gazella gazella) IUCN/SSG ASG Antelope Conservation Symposium Antelope conservation in the 21st century: from diagnosis to action, ZSL, Author Url Public Url
Schulz E, Fraas S, Kaiser TM, Cunningham PL, Ismail K, Wronski T. 2011. Foraging behaviour and dietary adaptation of the Arabian Sand Gazelle 85th Deutschen Gesellschaft für Säugetierkunde Author Url Public Url
Lerp H, Plath M, Pfenninger M, Wronski T. 2011. Phylogenetic and phylogeographic analyses of African and Arabian Dorcas gazelles (Gazella dorcas) Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology (Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie e.V. – gtö), “Status and Future of Tropical Biodiversity" Author Url Public Url
Lerp H, Wronski T, Plath M. 2010. The Taxonomy and Phylogeography of two Arabian gazelles BIOSEB 2010 Summer School in Ecology Author Url Public Url
Apio A, Plath M, Tiedemann R, Wronski T. 2008. Age-dependent mating tactics in male bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) 82. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Säugetierkunde. 82nd Annual Meeting of the German Society of Mammalogy
Wronski T, Hausdorf B. 2007. Refuge theory and distribution patterns of land snails in Ugandan rain forests World Congress of Malacology Author Url Public Url
Report
Bruce T, Al Haza QS, Al Othman OS, Al Khairi MH, Wronski T, Wacher T, Davey K, Amin R. Mammal diversity survey in the Ibex Reserve, Saudi Arabia Author Url Public Url
Conference publication
Pavlova O, Wronski T. Urban sea gulls: behavioural adoptions of two sea gull species (Larus fuscus and Larus argentatus) in Liverpool 14th International Seabird Group Conference :87-87
Thesis/Dissertation
Wronski T. The social and spatial organisation of bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus, Pallas 1766) in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda Schliemann H, Parzefall J, Klingel H.
Research Grants Awarded:
Global Challenges Research Fund, Using invasive live bearing fishes (Poeciliidae) along with biological and physico-chemical water quality parameters for an integrated biological assessment of pollution in overgrazed Brazilian rangelands., Prof Dr Boscolli Barbosa Pereira, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Grant value (£): 5,786, Duration of research project: six months. 2019
LJMU Faculty of Science - ECR Fellowship Scheme 2017-18, Cooperation with the Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University (TAU), Israel, Grant value (£): 4,000, Duration of research project: 6 months. 2017
Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), In praise of pastoralism - low-intensity livestock farming, wildlife and development in the Mutara Rangelands, Ann Apio, Grant value (£): app. 48,000, Duration of research project: 3 years. 2014
Polytechnical Society Foundation of Frankfurt / Main (SPG), Germany, Phylo-geography of Arabian and African gazelles, Hannes Lerp, Grant value (£): app 5,000, Duration of research project: 3 years. 2010
German Research Council (DFG), Biogeography of terrestrial snails in the Albertine Rift Valley, Bernhard Hausdorf, Grant value (£): app. 1,500, Duration of research project: one month. 2006
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), The social and spatial organisation of bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus, Pallas 1766) in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, Grant value (£): app. 50,000, Duration of research project: 2 years. 1999
Buch Foundation (Hamburg, Germany), Foraging Ecology of Impala (Aepyceros melampus) and Community-based Wildlife Conservation in Lake Mburo NP, Uganda, Grant value (£): app. 1,000, Duration of research project: 6 months. 1997
Emmy & Alfred B. Steffens Memorial Fund, Feeding Ecology of impala (Aepyceros melampus) and Community-based Wildlife Conservation in Lake Mburo NP, Uganda, Grant value (£): app. 2,500, Duration of research project: 6 months. 1997
Membership of professional bodies:
Active member, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Wildlife Health Specialist Group, http://www.iucn-whsg.org/. 2011
Member of Executive Committee, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Antelope Specialist Group (SSG-ASG), https://www.iucn.org/ssc-groups/mammals/antelope-specialist-group. 2011
Honorary member, Schutzstation Wattenmeer, https://www.schutzstation-wattenmeer.de/. 1991
Media Coverage:
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Hilfe fuer eine bedrohte Tierart. Genetische Studie eines Frankfurter Doktoranden erhoeht Chancen fuer Auswilderung von bedrohten Dorcas Gazellen in Africa.
Tier International – A publication of the Hagenbeck Foundation: The desert lives – again
Tier International - A publication of the Hagenbeck Foundation: Verkanntes Huftier mit Familiensinn