Education
BSc (Hons), Pure & Applied Zoology, University of Leeds, UK
PhD, Veterinary Science, University of Leeds, UK
Based in Arusha, Tanzania, Dr. Tim Davenport has lived and worked in East and Central Africa for 30 years, holding both technical and leadership roles in government, academia, and NGOs across the continent. Prior to joining Re:wild, he served as Director of Species Conservation & Science (Africa) for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) for 3 years, having previously built the WCS Tanzania Program from zero into a $7mill/year operation, and serving as its Country Director for 13 years. Like all of the projects he has designed and run over the years, the Tanzania country program was handed over to a national he trained and mentored. Tim also directed WCS’s Southern Rift Program covering Malawi, Tanzania and Mozambique, and the Southern Highlands Conservation Program in Tanzania. In Cameroon, he managed the Lobéké Forest Project for WWF, and in Uganda, he worked for The Forest Department, Uganda National Parks, Mbarara University and Makerere University.
Throughout his career, Tim has focused on the conservation and management of forests, savannas, aquatic and marine environments. He believes strongly in the holistic nature of conservation and has been instrumental in the creation of 11 new protected areas, the planting of 4 million indigenous trees, and the development of education programs reaching millions of people. He has also carried out applied research in primatology, biodiversity, carnivore and elephant ecology, herpetology, wildlife trade, botany and priority setting. He has been involved in the discovery of 13 new vertebrates to science, includingRungwecebus kipunji, a new genus of monkey, and Atheris matildae a new species of bush viper.
He has a gift for science communication and has written over 120 publications. Tim is an active member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, serving on the Primate, Amphibian and Pangolin Specialist Groups, and he currently serves as the Regional Focal Point for East Africa for the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership. He was awarded the 2008 Parker-Gentry International Award for Conservation from the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA, and the 2016 International Environmental Responsibility Award (IERA) by GreenLife. He was also nominated for the 2016 Indianapolis Prize for Conservation.
Dr. Davenport's website can be viewed here.
Publications
Davenport, T.R.B. & Kalashnikova, E. (2025). Watching wisely. The untapped potential of whale and dolphin tourism in the Western Indian Ocean. WIOMSA Special Edition.
Kibaja, M.J., Ndimuligo, S.A., Moore, J., Davenport, T.R.B., Nahonyo, C.L., Stenseth, N.C. & Adriana-Hernandez Aguilar, R. (2025). Ashy red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus tephrosceles) in the Greater Mahale Ecosystem, western Tanzania. IPS Congress Abstracts. 20.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2024). Foreword. 2. In: Anxie the Hedgehog, Olena Edwards-Skadowska. pp35. Blue Falcon Publishing, UK. ISBN 9781912765812.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2024). Foreword. 2–3. In: Safari – An Illustrated Celebration of East African Fauna & Flora, S.J. Markes. Pp 266. Mkuki na Nyota. Dar es Salaam.
Linder, J.M., Cronin, D.T., Ting, N., Abwe, E.E., Aghomo, F., Davenport, T.R.B., et al. (2024). To protect African tropical forests, invest in the conservation of its most endangered group of monkeys, red colobus. Conservation Letters. doi:10.1111/conl.13014.
McCarter, J., Ting, N., Georgiev, A.V. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2024). Islands of change: Zanzibar red colobus, climate change, & human-wildlife interactions. Abstracts NACCB 2024.
Eppley, T.M., Reuter, K.E., Sefczek, T.M., Davenport, T.R.B., et al. (2024). Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment. Conservation Letters. 1–15. doi:10.1111/conl.13007.
Markes, S.J., Davenport, T.R.B., Georgiev, A.V. & Warren Thomas, E. (2024). Biodiversity conservation priority setting: Tanzania's Key Biodiversity Area system and its potential for strengthening vertebrate conservation. 392. Abstracts. ECCB 2024, Bologna.
Melvin, Z.E., Dhirani, H., Mitchell, C., Davenport, T.R.B., Jones, J.P.G., Blount, J.D. & Georgiev, A.V. (2023). Oxidative stress markers as indicators of human disturbance in the Zanzibar red colobus monkey. Conservation Physiology.
Davenport, T.R.B., Lawson, L., Loader, S., Lyakurwa, J. & Menegon, M. (2023). Kim Monroe Howell: In Memoriam. Journal of East African Natural History 111(2): 37–47 (2022).
van Wyk, E., Bux, Q., Mahadeo, N., Sullivan, J., Outwater, A.H., Slaa, S.H., Kyonjola, N., Omari, S.H., William, K., Davenport, T.R.B., et al. (2023). A catalogue of Dar es Salaam's native biodiversity: A guide for urban planners, decision-makers, plant nurseries and the public. An INTERACT-Bio report. ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability.
Davenport, T.R.B. & Kalashnikova, E. (2022). Whale and Dolphin Tourism in the Western Indian Ocean. Journal of Environmental Education. (In press).
Melvin, Z.E., Dhirani, H., Mitchell, C., Davenport, T.R.B., Blount, J.D. & Georgiev, A.V. (2022). Methodological confounds of measuring urinary oxidative stress in wild animals. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e9115. doi:10.1002/ece3.9115.
Marsh, C.J., Sica, Y.V., Burgin, C.J., Dorman, W.A., Anderson, R.C., Davenport, T.R.B., et al. (2022). Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities. Journal of Biogeography, 49, 979–992. doi:10.1111/jbi.14330.
Kasuga, M.P., Varisanga, M.D., Davenport, T.R.B., Jiddawi, N. & Braulik, G. (2022). Abundance, spatial distribution and threats to Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in an Important Marine Mammal Area in Tanzania. WIO Journal of Marine Science 21: 1–14.
Davenport, T.R.B., Machaga, S.J., Mpunga, N.E., Kimiti, S.P., Mwalwengele, W. & Mwaipungu, O. (2022). A reassessment of the population size, demography and distribution of Tanzania's endemic kipunji Rungwecebus kipunji 13 years on – A conservation success story. International Journal of Primatology.
Kibaja, M.J., Davenport, T.R.B., Nahonyo, C.L., Stenseth, N.C. & Hernandez-Aguilar, A. (In press). Population size of the Endangered Ashy red colobus monkey (Piliocolobus tephrosceles) in Mbuzi Forest and newly discovered areas in the Ufipa Plateau, Tanzania.
Linder, J.M., Cronin, D.T., Ting, N., Abwe, E.E., Davenport, T.R.B., et al. (In press). Red colobus monkeys are sounding the alarm, but is anybody listening? Science.
Ordaz-Németh, I., Sop, T., Amarasekaran, B., Bachmann, M., Boesch, C., Brncic, T., Caillaud, D., Campbell, G., Carvalho, J., Chancellor, R., Davenport, T.R.B., et al. (In press). Range-wide indicators of African great ape density distribution.
Linder, J.M., Cronin, D.T., Ting, N., Abwe, E.E., Davenport, T.R.B., et al. (2021). Red colobus (Piliocolobus) conservation action plan 2021–2026. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.
Davenport, T.R.B. & Markes, S.M. (2021). The Marine Mammals of Tanzania. The Wildlife Conservation Society. Bloomberg. Arusha. pp 48.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2021). Leaving Space for Nature – The Critical Role of Area-Based Conservation by Nigel Dudley and Sue Stolton – A review. Oryx. 55(3), 479–480.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2020). Terns, elephants and lions. doi:https://blog.wcs.org/photo/author/tdavenport/.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2020). Elephants, ivory and Covid-19. doi:https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/elephants-ivory-and-covid-19/.
Olgun, H., Mohammed, M., Mzee, A., Green, L., Davenport, T.R.B. & Georgiev, A. (2020). The impact and implications of vehicle collisions on the endangered and endemic Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii). Oryx.
Davenport, T.R.B., Nowak, K. & Ting, N. (2020). The Zanzibar Red Colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii). In: The Red Colobus Conservation Action Plan. IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, Africa Primatological Society, Global Wildlife Conservation. (In press).
Davenport, T.R.B. (2019). Kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji). 32–36. In: Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates 2018–2020, pp. 129. IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, International Primatological Society, Global Wildlife Conservation, and Bristol Zoological Society, Washington, DC.
Davenport, T. (2019). Piliocolobus kirkii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T39992A92630664.
Davenport, T. (2019). Rungwecebus kipunji. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T136791A17961368.
Hoffmann, M., Nixon, S., Alempijevic, D., Ayebare, S., Bruce, T., Davenport, T.R.B., et al. (2019). Giant pangolin Smutsia gigantea. In: Pangolins. Science, Society & Conservation. Challender, Cash & Waterman (Eds).
Markes, S.J. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2019). Communicating Science for Effective Biodiversity Conservation. Abstracts, TAWIRI Conference, Tanzania.
Mduma, S., Maliti, H., Kohi, E., Lyimo, E., Machoke, M., Frederick, H. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2019). Aerial wildlife survey of large animals and human activities in the Katavi-Rukwa and Ruaha-Rungwa ecosystems, Tanzania (Dry Season, 2018). pp 53. TAWIRI, GoT. Arusha.
Larjavaara, M., Davenport, T.R.B., Gangga, A., Holm, S., Kanninen, M. & Dinh Tien, N. (2019). Payments for adding ecosystem carbon are mostly beneficial to biodiversity. Environmental Research Letters. 14. 054001. 1–9.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2019). Gazettement Document for a 'Proposed' Nongwe-Pengeleni-Vundwe Forest Reserve (Kirk's Forest Reserve) in Zanzibar. WCS. Zanzibar. pp 8.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2018). The complex issue of big game trophy hunting. Letter to the Guardian, UK. doi:https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/20/the-complex-issue-of-big-game-trophy-hunting.
Davenport, T.R.B. & Markes, S.J. (2018). Touchwood – The Beauty & Biodiversity of Tanzania's Southern Highlands. WCS/CEPF. Arusha, Tanzania. pp 64.
Davenport, T.R.B., Fakih, S.A., Kimiti, S.P., Kleine, L.U., Foley, L.S. & De Luca, D.W. (2017). Zanzibar's endemic red colobus Piliocolobus kirkii: first systematic and total assessment of population, demography and distribution. Oryx. doi:10.1017/S003060531700148X.
Davenport, T.R.B., Fakih, S.A. & Markes, S.J. (2017). The first complete assessment of the population, demography and distribution of the Zanzibar red colobus, Piliocolobus kirkii. TAWIRI Abstracts. Dec 7th 2017.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2017). Cloves and colobus monkeys. Paa Tanzania. 13: 32–33.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2016). A new chameleon species discovered in Tanzania. Paa Magazine 9: 8.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2015). Redrawing the map. The overlooked Southern Highlands and the case for their protection. In: Scharff, N., Rovero, F., Jensen, F.P. & Brøgger-Jensen, S. (Eds), Udzungwa. Tales of discovery in an East African Rainforest. Natural History Museum of Denmark and MUSE – Science Museum, Trento, Italy, pp. 151–155.
Braulik, G.T., Wittich, A., Macaulay, J., Kasuga, M., Gordon, J., Gillespie, D. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2015). Fishing with explosives in Tanzania: spatial distribution and hotspots. p. 19. Wildlife Conservation Society Tanzania Program, Zanzibar, Tanzania.
Caro, T. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2015). Wildlife and wildlife management in Tanzania. Conservation Biology. doi:10.1111/cobi.12658. 1–8.
Durant, S.M., Becker, M.S., Creel, S., Bashir, S., Dickman, A.J., Davenport, T.R.B., et al. (2015). Developing fencing policies for dryland ecosystems. Journal of Applied Ecology.
Davenport, T.R.B., Nowak, K. & Perkin, A. (2015). Priority Primate Areas. A new national priority setting concept devised and implemented in Tanzania. TAWIRI Abstracts. 10: 1–13.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2015). All Change. Paa Magazine. 10: 10–11.
Menegon, M., Loader, S.P., Davenport, T.R.B., Howell, K.H., Tilbury, C.R., Machaga, S. & Tolley, K.A. (2015). A new species of chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae: Kinyongia) highlights the biological affinities between the Southern Highlands and the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. Acta Herpetologica. 10(2): 111–120.
Foley, C., Foley, L., Lobora, A., De Luca, D., Msuha, M., Davenport, T.R.B. & Durant, S. (2014). A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Tanzania. Princeton University Press. USA. pp 320. ISBN 978-0-691-16117-4.
Bowkett, A.E., Jones, T., Rovero, F., Nielsen, M.R., Davenport, T.R.B., Hawkins, D.M., Plowman, A.B. & Stevens, J.R. (2014). Distribution and genetic diversity of the Endangered Abbott's duiker Cephalophus spadix in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. Endangered Species Research 24: 105–114.
Loader, S.P., Ceccarelli, F.S., Menegon, M., Howell, K.M., Davenport, T.R.B., et al. (2014). Persistence and stability of Eastern Afromontane forests: evidence from brevicipitid frogs. Journal of Biogeography. doi:10.1111/jbi.12331.
Menegon, M., Loader, S.P., Marsden, S.J., Branch, W.J., Davenport, T.R.B. & Ursenbacher, S. (2014). The genus Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) in East Africa: Phylogeny and the role of rifting and climate in shaping the current pattern of species diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 79: 12–22.
Menegon, M., Loader, S.P., Picton Phillipps, G., Davenport, T.R.B. & Marsden, S.J. (2014). The biogeography of amphibian communities across the plateaux and sky islands of the Eastern Afromontane. Journal of Biogeography.
Tranquilli, S., Abedi-Lartey, M., Abernethy, K., Amsini, K., Davenport, T.R.B., et al. (2014). Protected areas in tropical Africa: assessing threats and conservation activities. PLOS One. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0114154.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2014). Monkey business. Paa Magazine. 9: 21–24.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2014). Snakes Alive. Paa Magazine. 7: 20–21.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2014). God's Garden, Kitulo Plateau. Paa Magazine. 6: 14–15.
Davenport, T.R.B., Nowak, K. & Perkin, A. (2013). Priority Primate Areas in Tanzania. Oryx. 48(1): 39–51.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2013). Tanzania Rocks. Paa Magazine. 5: 16–17.
Davenport, T.R.B. & Butynski, T.M. (2013). The Kipunji Rungwecebus kipunji. In J. Kingdon, D. Happold & T. Butynski, eds., Mammals of Africa, Volume 1.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2013). The Genus Rungwecebus. In J. Kingdon, D. Happold & T. Butynski, eds., Mammals of Africa, Volume 1.
Rovero, F., Jones, T. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2013). Abbott's Duiker Cephalophus spadix. In J. Kingdon, D. Happold & T. Butynski, eds., Mammals of Africa, Volume 3.
Bracebridge, C.E., Davenport, T.R.B., Mbofu, V.F. & Marsden, S.J. (2013). Is There a Role for Human-Dominated Landscapes in the Long-Term Conservation Management of the Critically Endangered Kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji). International Journal of Primatology. 34: 1122–1136.
Creel, S., Becker, M.S., Durant, S.M., Davenport, T.R.B., et al. (2013). Conserving large populations of lions – the argument for fences has holes. Ecology Letters.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2013). Introducing Matilda. A new forest viper for Tanzania. Miombo. 40: 1–2.
Bricknell, S., Anandam, M., Bennett, E.L., Davenport, T.R.B., et al. (2013). Family Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys). In Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 3 Primates. Eds: R.A. Mittermeier, A.B. Rylands & D.E. Wilson. Lynx Edicions, pp 951.
Gereau, R.E., Kajuni, A.R., Davenport, T.R.B. & Ndangalasi, H.J. (2012). Lake Nyasa Climatic Region Floristic Checklist. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. USA. pp 118. ISBN 978-1-935641-10-0.
Bracebridge, C.E., Davenport, T.R.B. & Marsden, S.J. (2012). The Impact of Forest Disturbance on the Seasonal Foraging Ecology of a Critically Endangered African Primate. Biotropica, 44, 560–565.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2012). Rungwecebus. Mammals of the World. Volume 2. Primates. Lynx.
Davenport, T.R.B., De Luca, D.W., Mpunga, N.E., Machaga, S.M., Picton Phillips, G., Erhardt, C. & Jones, T. (2012). The kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji). Primates of the World. Primate International. RI.
Tranquilli, S., Abedi-Lartey, M., Amsini, F., Davenport, T.R.B., et al. (2012). Lack of conservation effort rapidly increases African great ape extinction risk. Conservation Letters. 5(1): 48–55.
Menegon, M., Davenport, T.R.B. & Howell, K.M. (2011). Description of a new and critically endangered species of Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, with an overview of the country's tree viper fauna. Zootaxa 3120: 43–54.
Bracebridge, C.E. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2011). Ecology and conservation of the kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji) in southwest Tanzania. TAWIRI Abstracts 262–269.
Salter, R. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2011). Orchids and Wildflowers of Kitulo Plateau. WildGuides, UK. pp 84. ISBN 978-1903657-34-8.
Bracebridge, C.E., Davenport, T.R.B. & Marsden, S.J. (2011). Can we extend the area of occupancy of the kipunji, a critically endangered African primate? Animal Conservation. 14: 687–696.
Dobson, A., Borner, M., Sinclair, A., Hudson, P.J., Anderson, T.M., Bigurube, G., Davenport, T.R.B., et al. (2010). Road will ruin Serengeti. Nature. 467: 272–274.
Gilbert, C.C., Stanley, W.T., Olson, L.E., Davenport, T.R.B. & Sargis, E.J. (2010). Morphological systematics of the kipunji, Rungwecebus kipunji. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 50: 110.
Davenport, T.R.B., De Luca, D.W., Bracebridge, C.E., Machaga, S.J., Mpunga, N.E., Kibure, O. & Abeid, Y. (2010). Diet and feeding patterns in the kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji) in Tanzania's Southern Highlands: a first analysis. Primates 51(3): 213–221.
Davenport, T.R.B. & Bracebridge, C.E. (2010). Hidden Africa: Kipunji. BBC Wildlife 28(3): 58.
Davenport, T.R.B., Mpunga, N.E., Picton Phillipps, G., Machaga, S.J., De Luca, D.W., Kibure, O. & Abeid, Y. (2010). The Conservation Status of the Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii in 'Southern Tanganyika' 2005–2009. Unpublished Report. Wildlife Conservation Society. pp 45.
De Luca, D.W., Picton Phillipps, G., Machaga, S.J. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2009). Home range, core areas and territoriality in the 'critically endangered' kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji) in southwest Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology. 48: 895–904.
Rovero, F. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2010). Abbott's duiker. Africa's forgotten antelope. African Geographic. 18(1): 26.
Davenport, T.R.B., Jones, T. & Caro, T.M. (2009). Wildlife corridors in Tanzania. Proceedings of the VIIth TAWIRI Conference, Arusha.
Machaga, S.J. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2009). Distribution and Conservation of Abbott's duiker (Cephalophus spadix) in the Southern Highlands. Proceedings of the VIIth TAWIRI Conference, Arusha.
Wegner, G., Howell, K.M., Davenport, T.R.B. & Burgess, N. (2009). The forgotten coastal forests of Mtwara, Tanzania: a biologically impoverished, yet important ecosystem. Journal of East African Natural History. 98(2): 167–209.
Loader, S.P., Poynton, J.C., Davenport, T.R.B. & Rödel, M-O. (2009). Re-description of the type series of Nectophrynoides viviparus (Bufonidae), with a taxonomic reassessment. Zootaxa 2304: 41–50.
Roberts, T.E., Davenport, T.R.B., Hildebrandt, K.B.P., Jones, T., Stanley, W.T., Sargis, E.J. & Olson, L.E. (2010). The biogeography of introgression in the critically endangered African monkey Rungwecebus kipunji. Biology Letters. 6: 233–237.
Davenport, T.R.B., Mpunga, N.E., Machaga, S.J., Jones, T., Bracebridge, C.E. & De Luca, D.W. (2009). Kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji). In: R.A. Mittermeier et al., Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates 2008–2010, pp. 35–37. IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group (PSG), International Primatological Society (IPS), and Conservation International (CI), Arlington, VA.
Caro, T.M., Jones, T. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2009). Realities of documenting wildlife corridors in tropical countries. Biological Conservation 142: 2807–2811.
Jones, T., Caro, T. & Davenport, T.R.B. (Eds.) (2009). Wildlife Corridors in Tanzania. Unpublished Report. Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI), Arusha. 60pp.
Caro, T., Gardner, T.A., Stoner, C., Fitzherbert, E. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2009). Assessing the effectiveness of protected areas: paradoxes call for pluralism in evaluating conservation performance. Diversity and Distributions 15: 178–182.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2009). What next for Africa's rarest monkey? Miombo 33: 12–13.
Davenport, T.R.B., Picton Phillipps, G., Machaga, S.J., Mpunga, N.E., De Luca, D.W., Kibure, O. & Abeid, Y. (2008). Developing a conservation strategy for the chimpanzees of Southern Tanganyika. Unpublished Report to USFWS (GA–0279). Wildlife Conservation Society. pp 53.
Menegon, M. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2008). The amphibian fauna of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania. In: Threatened Amphibians of the World (S. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J. Chanson, N. Cox, R. Berridge, P. Ramani & B. Young, Eds). Lynx Editions, Barcelona. pp 758.
Davenport, T.R.B. & Jones, T. (2008). The Critically Endangered kipunji Rungwecebus kipunji. IUCN Red List. doi:www.iucnredlist.org.
Davenport, T.R.B., De Luca, D.W., Jones, T., Mpunga, N.E., Machaga, S.J. & Picton Phillipps, G. (2008). The kipunji Rungwecebus kipunji of southern Tanzania: first census and assessments of distribution and conservation status. Oryx. 42(3): 352–359.
Davenport, T.R.B., Bracebridge, C.E., De Luca, D.W., Mpunga, N.E., Machaga, S.J., Jones, T. & Marsden, S. (2008). Demography, ecology and conservation status of the kipunji Rungwecebus kipunji in Southern Tanzania. Proceedings of the International Society of Primatology.
Bowkett, A.E., Plowman, A.B., Stevens, J.R., Davenport, T.R.B. & Van Vuuren, B.J. (2008). Genetic testing of dung identification for antelope surveys in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. Conservation Genetics. 1566-0621.
Olson, L.E., Sargis, E.J., Stanley, W.T., Hildebrandt, K.P.B. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2008). Additional molecular evidence strongly supports the distinction between the recently described African primate Rungwecebus kipunji (Cercopithecidae, Papionini) and Lophocebus. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. 48: 789–794.
Davenport, T.R.B., Mpunga, N.E. & Machaga, S.J. (2007). Census and conservation status of the red colobus (Procolobus rufomitratus tephrosceles) on Ufipa Plateau, southwest Tanzania. Primate Conservation 22: 83–91.
Oates, J.F., Tutin, C.E.G., Humle, T., Davenport, T., et al. (2007). Pan troglodytes. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi:www.iucnredlist.org.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2006). The Kipunji Rungwecebus kipunji. In M. Tait, ed., Going, Going, Gone? Animals and Plants on the Brink of Extinction. 112–113.
Davenport, T.R.B., Stanley, W.T., Sargis, E.J., De Luca, D.W., Mpunga, N.E., Machaga, S.J. & Olson, L.E. (2006). A new genus of African monkey, Rungwecebus. Morphology, ecology and molecular phylogenetics. Science 312: 1378–1381.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2006). Plants, primates and people: Conservation in the Southern Highlands. Miombo 28: 7–8.
De Luca, D.W., Davenport, T.R.B. & Mpunga, N.E. (2006). The conservation status of small to medium carnivores across Southern Tanzania. Unpublished Report for Carnivore Workshop, Arusha, April 2006. Tanzania Mammal Atlas Project (TMAP) & TAWIRI. pp 11.
Loader, S., Channing, A., Menegon, M. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2006). A new species of Probreviceps (Amphibia: Anura) from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania. Zootaxa. 1237: 45–60.
Plumptre, A.J., Davenport, T.R.B., Behangana, M., Kityo, R., Eilu, G., Ssegawa, P., Ewango, C., Meirte, D., Kahindo, D., Herrimans, M., Kerbis Peterhans, J., Pilgrim, J.D., Wilson, M., Languy, M. & Moyer, D. (2006). The biodiversity of the Albertine Rift. Biological Conservation. 134: 178–194.
Fitzherbert, E., Gardner, T., Davenport, T.R.B. & Caro, T. (2006). Butterfly species richness and abundance in the Katavi ecosystem of western Tanzania. Journal of African Ecology. 44: 353–362.
Tushabe, H., Kalema, J., Byaruhanga, A., Asasira, J., Ssegawa, P., Balmford, A., Davenport, T.R.B., et al. (2006). How Important are Important Bird Areas? A Nationwide Assessment of the Biodiversity Value of Uganda's IBA Network. Conservation Biology 20: 85–99.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2005). Finding Kipunji. Africa Geographic. 13(7): 56–61.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2005). The status of Mbizi Forest, Sumbawanga: current forest condition and a comparison with 2002. Unpublished report for the Wildlife Conservation Society. pp 6.
Mwakilema, W.S. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2005). Managing Kitulo. How to protect Tanzania's newest and most unique national park. Unpublished Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Scientific Conference. Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Arusha.
Rovero, F., Davenport, T.R.B. & Machaga, S.J. (2005). Abbott's Duiker, Africa's Forgotten Antelope: Notes on Distribution and Conservation Status. TAWIRI Abstracts.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2005). Merely 'Other Forested Mountains'? – Biodiversity, Biogeography and Conservation in Tanzania's Southern Highlands. In Proceedings of the Fifth TAWIRI Scientific Conference, 1–3 December 2005, Arusha. Eds: J. Keyuu, S. Mduma, A. Lobora. TAWIRI. pp 152–156.
Mwakilema, W.S. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2005). Managing Kitulo – How to Protect Tanzania's Newest and Most Unique National Park. TAWIRI Abstracts.
Machaga, S.J., Massawe, A.A. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2005). Food, Fuel and Fitness. Quantifying Natural Resource Use on Mt Rungwe. TAWIRI Abstracts.
Davenport, T.R.B., Jones, T., Mpunga, N.E., Machaga, S.J., De Luca, D.W., Laizzer, R., Mndeme, A. & Mwakilema, W.S. (2005). The Highland Mangabey Lophocebus kipunji – Africa's 'newest' monkey. TAWIRI Abstracts.
Davenport, T.R.B. & Jones, T. (2005). The Highland Mangabey – Africa's first new monkey for 20 years further illustrates the exceptional value of Tanzania's forests. Arc Journal 18: 1–6.
Akite, O. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2005). Butterflies as indicators of environmental change in Uganda. Butterfly Conservation Abstracts. 26.
Ehardt, C.L., Davenport, T.R.B. & Butynski, T.M. (2005). The newly-discovered highland mangabey (Lophocebus kipunji) of Tanzania: taxonomy, biogeography, and conservation. American Journal of Primatology 66 (Supplement 1): 197.
Williams, C., Davenport, T.R.B., Asasira, J., Collins, S., Tushabe, H., Byaruhanga, A., Pomeroy, D., Balmford, A. & Pain, D. (2005). The site-based conservation of Uganda's butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera): strengths and limitations of National Park and Important Bird Area networks, and the use of bird data to identify sites of conservation value for butterflies. Biodiversity & Conservation.
Jones, T., Ehardt, C., Butynski, T., Davenport, T.R.B., Mpunga, N.E., Machaga, S.J. & De Luca, D.W. (2005). The Highland Mangabey Lophocebus kipunji: A New Species of African Monkey. Science. 308: 1161–1164.
Perkin, A., Bearder, S., Davenport, T.R.B. & Butynski, T.M. (2005). The Rungwe Galago Galagoides sp. nov. Tanzania. In: The World's 25 Rarest Primates. International Journal of Primatology. Mittermeier et al., Eds.
Burgess, N., Lovett, J., Rodgers, A., Kilahama, F., Davenport, T. & Butynski, T. (2004). Eastern Arc Mountains and Southern Rift. 245–255. In: Hotspots Revisited – R. Mittermeier et al., Eds. CI/CEMEX. pp 390.
Plumptre, A., Davenport, T., Behangana, M., Kityo, R., Eilu, G. & Kahindo, C. (2004). Albertine Rift. 255–262. In: Hotspots Revisited – R. Mittermeier et al., Eds. CI/CEMEX. pp 390.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2004). Trees make a great target. Wildlife Conservation. June edition: 8.
Muir, C.E., Sallema, A., Abdallah, O., De Luca, D.W. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2004). National Dugong Assessment; Tanzania, Chp 8, 21–29. In: The East African Marine Ecoregion Conservation Strategy. NEP. pp 68.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2004). Where the Arcs meet the Rift: biogeography, outliers and conservation in Tanzania's Southern Highlands. Society for Conservation Biology, Abstracts; New York, 2004. 48-5, pp 20.
Machaga, S.J., Massawe, A.A. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2004). Medicine, meat & mahogany: Understanding natural resource use on Mt Rungwe, SW Tanzania. Society for Conservation Biology – Abstracts.
Davenport, T.R.B. & Bytebier, B. (2004). Kitulo Plateau: a first park for orchids. Orchid Review 112: 160–165.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2003). Mt Rungwe – The forgotten volcano. Wildlife Conservation. Oct: 42–47.
Davenport, T.R.B., Machaga, S.J., Mwamtobe, A., Mwaipungu, O. & Hayes, B. (2003). Some notes on the amphibians of Mt Rungwe. Unpublished Report. Wildlife Conservation Society (SHCP/WCS). pp 4.
Davenport, T.R.B. & Ndangalasi, H.J. (2003). An escalating trade in orchid tubers across Tanzania's Southern Highlands, assessment, dynamics & conservation implications. Oryx 37(1): 55–61.
Plumptre, A.J., Behangana, M., Davenport, T.R.B., Kahindo, C., Kityo, R., Nkuutu, D., Ssegawa, P. & Eilu, G. (2003). The Biodiversity of the Albertine Rift. Albertine Rift Technical Reports No 3. pp 105.
Rodgers, W.A. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2003). The boundary of the Albertine Rift in Tanzania. Unpublished Report. Albertine Rift Core Group. pp 5.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2003). Butterflies of the TANWAT (Tanzania Wattle Company) Estates, Njombe, SW Tanzania. Unpublished Report. Wildlife Conservation Society (SHCP/WCS). pp 13.
Channing, A. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2002). A new stream frog from Tanzania (Anura: Ranidae: Strongylopus kitumbeine). African Journal of Herpetology 52(2): 135–142.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2002). The Conservation of Mbizi Forest, Sumbawanga, Rukwa Region – A Discussion Paper. Wildlife Conservation Society (SHCP/WCS). pp 11.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2002). Tanzania's new national park to protect orchids. Oryx 36(3): 224.
Davenport, T.R.B. & Sankey, W.T. (2002). Report on a Tour of Rungwe District, Nov 2002. Southern Highlands Conservation Programme / Wildlife Conservation Society and RUNECO. pp 12.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2002). Notes on butterflies recorded by Frontier-Tz from Mpanga/Kipengere Proposed Game Reserve. pp 2.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2002). Garden of the Gods: Kitulo Plateau, a new national park for Tanzania. Wildlife Conservation. June Edition: p15.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2002). Endemic butterflies of the Albertine Rift – an annotated checklist. Unpublished Report. Wildlife Conservation Society. pp 14.
De Luca, D.W. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2002). Institutional Support to the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI). Concept paper for TAWIRI. pp 8.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2002). The conservation status of Abbott's Duiker, Cephalophus spadix (True, 1890) on Mt Rungwe, southwest Tanzania. Concept for Conservation. pp 7.
Davenport, T.R.B., Lodu, E., Howard, P.C. & Plumptre, A.J. (2002). The robust chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Otzi Forest Reserve, northern Uganda. African Primates 4(1&2): 46–48.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2002). Observations on the ecology and bushmeat exploitation of the African Golden Cat (Profelis aurata) in South East Cameroon. Journal of African Ecology. (In press).
Davenport, T.R.B. (2002). Food for thought – Orchid conservation in Tanzania. Wildlife Conservation. February Edition: 12.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2001). Execution of baseline biodiversity surveys & the development of an ecological monitoring program for Mt Mulanje. Concept to the World Bank. pp 8.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2001). The Conservation of Mt. Rungwe Forest, Southern Tanzania. Concept Paper. Wildlife Conservation Society (SHCP/WCS). pp 14.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2001). A mystery Libellulid from Sao Hill, southern Tanzania. PHAON. 10: 4–5.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2001). Invertebrate Landscape Species – Possible Candidates. Brief Report to the Wildlife Conservation Society – NY. pp 5.
Davenport, T.R.B. (Ed.) (2001). Strategic Action Plan for Arusha National Park. Workshop Proceedings. Tanzania National Parks. pp 12.
Davenport, T.R.B. (Ed.) (2001). Strategic Action Plan for Katavi National Park. Workshop Proceedings. Tanzania National Parks. pp 12.
De Luca, D.W. & Davenport, T.R.B. (2001). Dugong conservation in Tanzania – A call for a national census and initiation of conservation measures. Discussion paper. Wildlife Conservation Society. pp 9.
Davenport, T.R.B. & Ndangalasi, H.J. (2001). Orchid harvest – An assessment of the harvesting and trade of Orchid tubers across Tanzania's Southern Highlands. Wildlife Conservation Society. pp 23.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2001). Ecological Monitoring Programme (EMP) for Bwindi Impenetrable & Mgahinga Gorilla National Parks. Report on a mid-term review for ITFC. pp 22.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2001). A fully annotated catalogue of the butterflies of Uganda. Metamorphosis.
Howard, P.C., Davenport, T.R.B., Kigenyi, F.W., et al. (2000). Protected area planning in the tropics: Uganda's national system of forest nature reserves. Conservation Biology. 14(3): 1–19.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2000). Kihansi Spray Toads (Nectophrynoides asperginis) collected from above the Upper Spray Zone. Report to the University of Dar es Salaam. pp 3.
Davenport, T.R.B. (Ed.) (2000). Tanzania National Parks Ecology Department – Strategic Action Plan. Workshop Proceedings. Tanzania National Parks.
Davenport, T.R.B. (2000). A preliminary investigation into the butterfly fauna of Kitumbeine Forest Reserve, NW Tanzania. Unpublished Report for UNDP/GEF. pp 17.
Davenport, T.R.B. (Ed.) (2000). Tanzania National Parks Ecology Department – An Assessment of Needs and Functions. Workshop Proceedings. Tanzania National Parks. pp 47.
Davenport, T.R.B. & Moyer, D. (2000). The conservation and management of Kitulo Plateau, southwest Tanzania. Concept paper to UNDP/GEF. pp 23.
Howard, P.C., Viskanic, P., Davenport, T.R.B., et al. (1998). Complementarity and the use of indicator groups for reserve selection in Uganda. Nature 394: 472–475.
Davenport, T.R.B. (1998). Management of the proposed protected area of Lobéké, SE Cameroon – Proposals for combined management strategy. WWF. Yaoundé, Cameroon. pp 48.
Makazi, L.C., Davenport, T.R.B. & Djenda, E.K. (1998). Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in Lobéké Forest, Southeast Cameroon. WWF. Yaoundé, Cameroon. pp 11.
Makazi, L.C., Usongo, L. & Davenport, T.R.B. (1998). Indigenous aquatic resource use in Lobéké Forest, Southeast Cameroon. WWF. Yaoundé, Cameroon. pp 38.
Davenport, T.R.B. (1998). An annotated checklist of mammals, birds and butterflies in Lobéké Forest, Southeast Cameroon. WWF. Yaoundé, Cameroon. pp 11.
Davenport, T.R.B. & Usongo, L. (1997). Justification and recommendations for the gazettement of a protected area in Lobéké Forest, SE Cameroon. Report to the MINEF, GoC. WWF, Yaoundé, Cameroon. pp 64.
Davenport, T.R.B. & Usongo, L. (1997). Funding conservation – Ecotourism in Lobéké Forest, SE Cameroon – Preliminary proposals and considerations. WWF, Yaoundé, Cameroon. pp 19.
Howard, P.C., Davenport, T.R.B. & Kigenyi, F.W. (1997). Planning conservation areas in Uganda's natural forests. Oryx 31: 253–264.
Davenport, T.R.B. (1996). The African golden cat (Profelis aurata) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, SW Uganda. Cat News 25: 17–18.
Howard, P.C. & Davenport, T.R.B. (Eds.) (1996). Uganda's Natural Forests – Biodiversity Report Series. Volumes 1–33. The Forest Department, Kampala, Uganda. pp 3,708.
Davenport, T.R.B. (1996). An ecological monitoring programme for Bwindi Impenetrable and Mgahinga Gorilla National Parks. Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, Uganda. pp 85.
Davenport, T.R.B. (1996). The Butterflies of Uganda – An Annotated Checklist. The Forest Department & MUIENR. Kampala, Uganda. pp 49.
Davenport, T.R.B. & Matthews, R.A. (1995). A wealth of species come to light – Uganda's forest biodiversity. SWARA 18(3): 26–29.
Davenport, T.R.B. (1995). A training manual for nature interpretation in Mabira Forest, SW Uganda. The Forest Department, Uganda. pp 14.
Davenport, T.R.B. (1995). Chimpanzees in Otzi Forest Reserve. Unpublished report to the Forest Department, Kampala, Uganda. pp 5.
Davenport, T.R.B. (1994). The butterflies of Kyambura Gorge, QENP. Uganda National Parks. pp 21.
Davenport, Tim. (1993). A Peculiarly Strange Safari. University of Plymouth Press, Exeter, UK.
Davenport, T.R.B., Eaves, L.A., Hayes, T.K., Lee, D.L. & Isaac, R.E. (1992). The detection of AKH/HrTH-like peptides in Ascaridia galli and Ascaris suum. Parasitology 108: 79–485.
Davenport, T.R.B., Isaac, R.E. & Lee, D.L. (1991). The presence of peptides related to the adipokinetic hormone and RPCH in the nematode, Panagrellus redivivus. General & Comparative Endocrinology 81: 419–425.
Davenport, T.R.B., Lee, D.L. & Isaac, R.E. (1988). Immunocytochemical demonstration in Ascaris suum (Nematoda) using an antiserum to FMRFamide. Parasitology 97: 81–88.
Jennings, J.B., Davenport, T.R.B. & Varndell, I. (1987). FMRFamide-like immunoreactivity in turbellarians and nemerteans. Evidence for a novel co-ordinating system. Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology 86C.
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