Here are a few selected papers (please see the lab website at: http://mcloughlinlab.ca/lab/ for a complete list):

Stothart, M.R., P.D. McLoughlin, S.A. Medill, R.J. Greuel, A.J. Wilson, and J. Poissant. 2024. Methanogenic patterns in the gut microbiome are associated with survival in a population of feral horses. Nature Communications 15: 6012.

Atmeh, K., + 74 others including P.D. McLoughlin. 2025. Neonatal antipredator tactics shape female movement patterns in large herbivores. Nature Ecology & Evolution 9: 142–152.

Labadie G., P.D. McLoughlin, M. Hebblewhite, and D. Fortin. 2021. Insect-mediated apparent competition between mammals in a boreal food web. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 118: e2022892118.

Regan, C.E., S. Medill, J. Poissant, and P.D. McLoughlin. 2020. Causes and consequences of an unusually male-biased adult sex ratio in an unmanaged feral horse population. Journal of Animal Ecology 89: 2909–2921.

Neufeld, B.T., C. Superbie, R.J. Greuel, T. Perry, P.A. Tomchuk, D. Fortin, and P.D. McLoughlin. 2021. Disturbance-mediated apparent competition decouples in a northern boreal caribou range. Journal of Wildlife Management 85: 254–270.

McLoughlin, P.D., Morris, D.W., Fortin, D., Vander Wal, E., and Contasti, A.L. 2010. Considering ecological dynamics in resource selection functions. Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 4–12.

McLoughlin, P.D., Coulson, T., and Clutton-Brock, T. 2008. Cross-generational effects of habitat and density on life history in red deer. Ecology 89: 3317–3326.

McLoughlin, P.D., Gaillard, J.-M., Boyce, M., Bonenfant, C., Messier, F., Duncan, P., Delorme, D., Van Moorter, B., Saïd, S., and Klein, F. 2007. Lifetime reproductive success and composition of the home range in a large herbivore. Ecology 88: 3192–3201.

McLoughlin, P.D., Boyce, M.S., Coulson, T., and Clutton-Brock, T. 2006. Lifetime reproductive success and density-dependent, multi-variable resource selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences 273: 1449–1454.

Indigenous-engaged animal ecology behaviour biodiversity caribou evolution habitat selection horse mammals morphology natural history natural selection population-level ecological genetics

I am a Professor of Biology at the University of Saskatchewan, where I lead an interdisciplinary research program on the ecology, conservation, and management of large mammals across Canada. My students and I work on several species, including boreal caribou, moose, white-tailed deer, wolves, feral horses (especially Sable Island horses, our flagship individual-based research program), and bears, with current projects addressing emerging threats such as chronic wasting disease (CWD) and its potential spread into boreal caribou range. My research integrates behavioural and population ecology with food-web dynamics, producing knowledge that informs conservation policy, Indigenous environmental justice, and wildlife management.