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We added a chart of heights by age in Results.
The Team
Dr. Derek Lee is an Associate Research Professor at Pennsylvania State University and Principal Scientist at Wild Nature Institute. My current research investigates Masai Giraffe and other large mammal populations within a fragmented landscape in Tanzania. This work examines how births, deaths, movements, and behavior of ungulates are impacted by increasingly fragmented wildlife habitat, and what conservation actions are most effective. Previously, I 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. My work was included in a conservation and management plan for seabirds in the California Current. I also studied migration of Black Brant in Humboldt Bay and am a leading expert on fire ecology of Spotted Owls.
Derek and a giraffe.
James Madeli is the Research and Education Coordinator for Wild Nature Institute. James completed his bachelor of science degree in Wildlife Science and Conservation at the University of Dar es Salaam in 2017. He coordinates Wild Nature Institute's environmental education programs in primary and secondary schools throughout the Tarangire-Manyara Ecosystem and assists with the Masai Giraffe Conservation Demography research project.
James, the Research and Education Coordinator for Wild Nature Institute.
Monica Bond is a wildlife biologist and biodiversity activist with nearly 20 years of experience in ecology of wildlife. Her extensive research on the use of severely burned forest by Spotted Owls and Black-backed Woodpeckers has led to increased protection of this habitat type from post-fire logging. As an advocate she has monitored public and private lands management activities to ensure adequate protection for imperiled species. She also studied space use by small mammals and Burrowing Owls in western grasslands, and demography of northern elephant seals and Hawaiian monk seals. Monica is affiliated with the University of Zurich where she studies giraffe social behavior.
Monica and Anne Dagg, the godmother of all giraffe researchers.
