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Derek Lee, PhD, is a quantitative wildlife biologist with expertise in conservation demography and population ecology. Current research investigates Masai Giraffe and other large mammal populations within a fragmented landscape in Tanzania. This work examines how births, deaths, and movements of ungulates are impacted by increasingly fragmented wildlife habitat, and what conservation actions are most effective. He spent 10 years researching the impacts of climate and ocean conditions on survival, reproduction, and population growth rates of marine predators such as northern elephant seals, Common Murres, and Cassin's Auklets at the South Farallon Islands, California. His work was included in a conservation and management plan for seabirds in the California Current. He also studied migration of Black Brant in Humboldt Bay as well as fire ecology of small mammals in California's oak woodlands and California Spotted Owls in the Sierra Nevada.
The USDA Forest Service is proposing widespread forest thinning on our public lands across the West in a misguided attempt to reduce the impact of drought…
Jan 14, 2017
Since the announcement that giraffes are Vulnerable to Extinction, many concerned people have asked me what they can do to help save giraffes.
Dec 10, 2016
The giraffe is threatened with extinction, according to a new Red List assessment from the IUCN.
Dec 7, 2016
Wild Nature Institute Giraffe Research Uses Big Data Tools Part 3: Velocity, Volume, and Variety in Tall Data for Giraffe Conservation Giraffes are big animals, so scientists have turned to big data solutions for giraffe conservation.
Nov 27, 2016
Wild Nature Institute Giraffe Research Uses High Tech Big Data Tools Part 2: Machine Learning Finds the Giraffe in the Bushes Giraffe are the tallest animal on earth, so naturally scientists have turned to big data solutions for giraffe conservation.
Nov 24, 2016
Wild Nature Institute Giraffe Research Uses High Tech Big Data Tools Part 1: Matching Giraffe Photos Using Virtual Supercomputers Giraffe are the tallest…
Nov 23, 2016
