Conservation biology, ecology, wildlife management, wildlife science, zoology, etc.
African Grassland Trophic Web Image Courtesy of Savanna Biome
While I've only had one perspective paper published so far, I currently have a technical paper in peer review and a chapter being published in a National Parks textbook (August, 2026). I'm also busy working on another research paper based on my fieldwork with lions, leopards, and spotted hyenas in sub-Saharan Africa, and am gathering field data from my current work with mountain lions in the American Southwest to inform conservation biology and wildlife management endeavors. Stay tuned for them to (hopefully) be published in the near future. If you're a researcher (wildlife biologist, ecologist, etc.) with similar interests (e.g. human-wildlife conflict mitigation, large carnivore ecology, large carnivore conservation, etc.) and would like to collaborate, please don't hesitate to reach out via my contact page.
Published
Research Topic: Conflict Analysis, Resolution and Mediation in Biodiversity Conservation
Schwartz M.W. (2024). Human-carnivore conflict mitigation and lion population viability in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park. Frontiers in Conservation Science. 5:1393399. doi: 10.3389/fcosc.2024.1393399
Soon to be Published
Schwartz, M. W., Murray, A., & McCarty, A. (2026). The queen's pride: Conserving the large carnivores of Queen Elizabeth National Park. In The legacy and future of national parks: Conservation, recreation, and cultural heritage (pp. 67-98). Nova Science Publishers.
In Peer Review
Schwartz, M. W., Nadarajah, S., & Afuecheta, E. (2026). A spatiotemporal analysis of human-carnivore conflict involving lion, leopard, spotted hyena and pastoralist communities in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9696256/v1
Old College Papers Below (Because why not? Hey, we all started somewhere!)
Island Biogeography - Island diameter and distance effects on tropical mammal populations
| island_diameter_and_distance_effects_on_tropical_mammal_populations.pdf |
Biodiversity/Community Ecology - Estimating mammal community biodiversity in Tonda Wildlife Management Area
| _estimating_mammal_community_biodiversity_in_tonda_wildlife_management_area.pdf |
Biodiversity/Ecology Data - Species rarefaction curve (accumulation curve) for spiders collected in African forest patch
| michael_schwartz_-_spider_species_accumulation_chart.xlsx |
Biodiversity/Ecology Data - Simpson Reciprocal Index for spiders collected in African forest sites
| simpson_reciprocal_index_.xlsx |