Population and Landscape Ecology
Background
Populations are the acting unit for conservation biology, and have been my main research focus during academic education as MSc and DPhil student. I have been working on population trends of wildlife species, how they interact with human communities, how their habitats are changing through the time and how humans can affect populations and habitats. To address these questions, I have used state-of-the-art technology such as remote cameras and satellite tracking to obtain fine-scale data on species movement, number and interactions.
I have been always fascinated by mammals living in mountainous ecosystems, particularly due to their extensive spatial requirements, their physiological and genetic adaptations that make them resilient to environmental stresses, and dynamic changes of anthropogenic effects boosted by climate change. Thus, I have been pursuing my research questions in mountainous ecosystems.
Current work
I am working on camera trap data to understand population size, intra and inter-specific interactions of carnivores.