PROFESSORS

Rebecca Zug

Ph.D,University of Wisconsin-Madison


Office: Darwin 


Phone: (+593 2) 297-1700, ext. 2154


E-mail: rlzug@usfq.edu.ec

Interests

My interests include conservation biology, carnivore ecology and conservation, human-wildlife conflict, tropical ecosystems

Projects

– Andean bear conservation in the eastern highlands of Quito: habitat use and connectivity on private lands

– Development of genomic tools for the Andean bear conservation

– Research and conservation of carnivores in Ecuador

Publications

YearTitleAuthorsDocument
2015Photos provide information on age, but not kinship, of Andean bearVan Horn RC, Zug B, Appleton RD, Velez-Liendo X, Paisley S, LaCombe C.Download
2014Human visual identification of individual Andean bears Tremarctos ornatus Human visual identification of individual Andean bears Tremarctos ornatusVan Horn, R. Zug, B. LaCombe, C. Velez-Liendo, X. Paisley, S. Download