Hernan Vargas Ph.D.
Program director – Neotropical Science and Student Education
My major area of interest is conservation biology, including aspects of ecological monitoring, population ecology and species extinctions. I consider it of paramount importance, in endangered species research, to determine and distinguish the effects of natural and anthropogenic factors on population fluctuations and extinctions. Therefore, I participate and/or promote research on the ecology and conservation of birds with small populations; effects of climate, particularly of El Niño events; movements and dispersal; effects of parasites and diseases; long-term research and ecological monitoring of the Harpy Eagle, Galapagos Hawk, Galapagos Penguin, Galapagos Flamingoes, Flightless Cormorant and Mangrove Finch; and last, but not least, impacts of training local people on conservation.
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Contact Information
| Country: | Ecuador |
Conservation Projects Hernan works on
- Andean Condor conservation in Ecuador
- Conservation and Research
- Ecology and Conservation of the Crowned Eagle
- Feeding ecology of the Galapagos Hawk after goat eradication
- Restoration
- Student Education and Research
- Survivorship of the Galapagos Hawks after goat eradication
Publications written or contributed to by Hernan Vargas Ph.D.
This is only a partial list.
- Natal Dispersal and Sociality of Young Galapagos Hawks on Santiago Island (2011)
- Galapagos Marine Vertebrates: Responses to environmental variability and potential impacts of climate change (2011)
- Nesting density of Harpy Eagles in Darien with population size estimates for Panama (2011)
Note: The above list is of recent works only. For a complete listing, reference Hernan's full GRIN profile
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