Past Research Interests

Ecosystem and plant ecology, grassland ecosystems, ecology of large mammalian herbivores, conservation biology. Research from 1974 to 2004 in the Serengeti National Park.

Education

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Standford University (1965-1966)
• Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin (1964)

Employment History

• Syracuse University, William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of Biology, Emeritus
• Syracuse University, Assistant and Associate Professor (1966-1992)
• Portland State College, Assistant Professor (1964-1965)

Courses Taught

• BIO 415/615: Conservation Biology

Research Support

National Science Foundation (NSF): Experimental analysis of ecosystem mechanisms engendering ungulate spatial concentration (2001-2004).

Selected Publications

• Anderson, T.M. , M.E. Ritchie, and S.J. McNaughton. 2007. Rainfall and soils modify plant community response to grazing in Serengeti National Park. Ecology 88(5) 1191-1201.
• McNaughton, S. J. 2001. Herbivory and trophic interactions. In, J. Roy, B. Saugier, and H. A. Mooney, eds. Terrestrial Global Productivity: Past, Present, Future. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 101-122.
• Augustine, D. J., and S. J. McNaughton. 1998. Invited paper: Ungulate effects on functional species composition of plant communities: herbivore selectivity and plant tolerance. J. Wildlife Manage 62: 1164-1182.
• Hamilton, E. W. III, M. S. Giovannini, S. J. Moses, J. S. Coleman, and S. J. McNaughton. 1998. Biomass and mineral element responses of a Serengeti short grass species to nitrogen supply and defoliation: compensation requires a critical [N]. Oecologia 116: 407-418.
• McNaughton, S. J., F. F. Banyikwa, and M. M. McNaughton. 1997. Promotion of the cycling of diet-enhancing nutrients by African grazers. Science 278: 1798- 1800.