Publications

2019

• Macdonald, C. & Wester, J. (2019). Public perceptions of the hybridization of polar (Ursus maritimus) and grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis). Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 1-18.
• Macdonald, C. & Carter, A. (2020). Blood in the Water: Shark feeding, Tourism, and the Law. Environmental Law. (Forthcoming).
  
• Macdonald, C. & Wester, J. (2019). What makes a panther a panther? Genetics, human perceptions, and the complexity of species categorization. Nature and Culture. (Forthcoming).
  
• Macdonald, C. & Wester, J. (2019). Public Understanding of Wildlife Tourism: Defining terms, harms, and benefits. (In Submission).
  

2017

• Macdonald, C., Gallagher, A. J., Barnett, A., Brunnschweiler, J., Shiffman, D. S., & Hammerschlag, N. (2017). Conservation potential of apex predator tourism. Biological Conservation, 215, 132-141.
  
• Macdonald, C. (2017). Wildlife Policy and Conservation: An Interdisciplinary Historical Perspective (doctoral thesis). University of Miami, United States.
  
• Shiffman, D. S., Macdonald, C., Ganz, H. Y., & Hammerschlag, N. (2017). Fishing practices and representations of shark conservation issues among users of a land-based shark angling online forum. Fisheries Research, 196, 13-26.
  

2016

• Lawrence, A.J., Budziak, A., Campbell, I., Cornish, A., Ender, I., Jeffries, B., Kanstinger, P., Macdonald, C., Marston, J., Stevens, G., Ward-Paige, C. A. (2016). Responsible Shark & Ray Tourism: A Guide to Best Practice. Gland, Switzerland: WWF, and Rancho Santa Margarita, USA: Project Aware, and Dorset, UK: Manta Trust.
  
• Hammerschlag N., Skubel R., Calich H., Nelson E.R., Shiffman D.S., Wester J., Macdonald C., Cain S., Jennings L., Enchaelmaier A., Gallagher A.J. (2016) Nocturnal and crepuscular behavior in elasmobranchs: a review of movement, habitat use, foraging, and reproduction in the dark. Bulletin of Marine Science, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5343/bms.2016.1046

2015

• Gallagher A.J., Vianna G.M.S., Papastamatiou Y.P., Macdonald C., Guttridge T.L., Hammerschlag N.  (2015). Biological effects, conservation potential, and research priorities of shark diving tourism. Biological Conservation 184: 365-379.
• Shiffman, D.S., Gallagher, A.J., Wester, J., Macdonald, C., Thaler, A.D., Cooke, S.J., Hammerschlag, N. (2015). A letter of clarification from the authors of “trophy fishing for species threatened with extinction”. Marine Policy 53: 213-214.

2014

• Shiffman, D.S., Gallagher, A.J., Wester, J., Macdonald, C., Thaler, A.D., Cooke, S.J., Hammerschlag, N.  (2014). Trophy fishing for species threatened with extinction: A way forward building on a history of conservation. Marine Policy 50: 318-322.