Amy M. Scott

Amy Scott is an evolutionary biologist who studies mammals of conservation concern. Her research combines field observation with analysis of long-term data and genetic/genomics lab work to gain insights about the ecology and evolution of endangered species to inform their conservation. She focuses on two species of conservation concern: the New England cottontail and the Bornean orangutan. Due to the endangered and cryptic nature of these species, her work relies on non-invasive samples, expanding the genetic and genomic tools available for understanding endangered species and conservation actions.

Scott, A. M., & Kovach, A. I. (2024). FecalSeq enrichment with RAD Sequencing from non-invasive environmental samples holds promise for genetic monitoring of an imperiled lagomorph. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 17575.

Scott, A. M., Banes, G. L., Setiadi, W., Saragih, J. R., Susanto, T. W., Mitra Setia, T., & Knott, C. D. (2024). Flanged males have higher reproductive success in a completely wild orangutan population. Plos one, 19(2), e0296688.

Knott, C. D., Kane, E. E., Achmad, M., Barrow, E. J., Bastian, M. L., Beck, J., ... Scott, A. M., … & Susanto, T. W. (2021). The Gunung Palung Orangutan Project: Twenty-five years at the intersection of research and conservation in a critical landscape in Indonesia. Biological Conservation, 255, 108856.

Knott, C. D., Scott, A. M., O’Connell, C., Susanto, T. W., & Kane, E. E. (2021). Field and laboratory analysis for non-invasive wildlife and habitat health assessment and conservation. Conservation technology, 129-156.

Scott, A. M., Knott, C. D., & Susanto, T. W. (2019). Are male orangutans a threat to infants? Evidence of mother–offspring counterstrategies to infanticide in Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii). International Journal of Primatology, 40(3), 435-455.

Knott, C. D., Scott, A. M., O’Connell, C. A., Scott, K. S., Laman, T. G., Riyandi, & Susanto, T. W. (2019). Possible male infanticide in wild orangutans and a re-evaluation of infanticide risk. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 7806.

Lee, T. E., Jr., Boada, C., Scott, A. M., Burneo, S. F., & Hanson, J. D., (2011). Small mammals of Sangay National Park, Chimborazo Province and Morona Santiago Province, Ecuador. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University, 305.