Biography

Personal Details

Name: Martin Goulding BSc MSc PhD PGCE

Education

BSc Biological Sciences

MSc Conservation Biology

PhD Investigation of free-living wild boar (Sus scrofa) in southern England.

PGCE (Further Adult/Higher Education)

Wild boar work experience

November 1996 - December 2003. Ecologist with the Central Science Laboratory (DEFRA), York, researching free-living wild boar in southern England. Research involved trapping wild boar, identifying wild boar field signs, assessing agricultural damage, habitat selection and use of home range (through radiotracking) and observations at bait stations. Sponsored as a PhD student at the University of Sussex studying wild boar ecology (April 1998 - July 2003).

December 2003 - to-date. Independant wild boar consultant.

Published material

Goulding, M.J. (2001) Wild boar signs in southern England. British Wildlife, 13 38-41.

Goulding, M.J. (2001) Possible genetic sources of free-living wild boar (Sus scrofa) in southern England. Mammal Review, 31, 245-248.

Goulding, M.J. & Roper, T.J. (2002) Press responses to the presence of free-living wild boar (Sus scrofa) in southern England. Mammal Review, 32, 272 - 282.

Goulding, M.J., Smith, G.C, Baker, S.J. & Roper, T.J. (2003) Presence of free-living wild boar (Sus scrofa) in southern England. Wildlife Biology, 9, Suppl. 1, 15 - 20.

Goulding, M.J., (2003) Investigation of free-living wild boar (Sus scrofa) in southern England. PhD thesis, University of Sussex, 2003.

Goulding, M.J., (2004) Wild Boar: what should DEFRA do? ECOS, 25, 34-38.

Goulding, M.J., (2005) Wild Boar. Biological Sciences Review, 17, (4) 9-11

Goulding, M.J. (2006) Decision time for the wild boar?ECOS, 27, (1) 49-56

Goulding, M.J. (2008) The wild boar action plan - shooting in the dark? ECOS, 29, 98-100.

Goulding, M.J. (2008) The habituation of Britain’s wild boar – lessons from abroad. ECOS, 29, 38-44

Goulding, M.J. (2009) Wild boar issues and arguments - a case study. Int. Urban Ecol Rev, No. 4: 60-66

Goulding, M.J. (2010) Hindsight in the management of Britain’s wild boar. ECOS, In press.

Books

Goulding, M.J. (2003) Wild Boar in Britain. Whittet Books, Suffolk. ISBN 1873580584

Goulding, M.J. (2007) Wild Boar - our new neighbours. Wild Boar Trading, Cheshire. ISBN 9780955787904

Goulding, M.J., Kitchener, A.C, Yalden, D.W. (2008) Wild Boar p561-564 in Mammals of the British Isles: Handbook 4th Edition, Eds. Harris S, and Yalden D.W. pub. The Mammal Society, Southampton

Goulding, M.J. (2011) Native or Alien? The case of the Wild Boar in Britain p289-300 in In Invasive and Introduced Plants and Animals: Human Perceptions, Attitudes and Approaches to Management. Eds. Rotherham I.D. and Lambert R.A. pub. Earthscan, Abingdon, Oxon

Reports

Goulding, M.J., Smith, G. & Baker, S.J. (1998) Current status and potential impact of Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in the English countryside: A risk assessment. Central Science Laboratory report to the Ministry of Food, Fisheries and Agriculture.

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