Scientists at the Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit worked with citizen-scientists in southern Arizona on a trail camera project to monitor endangered ocelot and overall biodiversity in 18 mountain ranges. The project included continuing education for the citizen scientists.
Melanie Culver, PhD
Melanie uses genetic tools and analyses to contribute to management decisions and wildlife conservation. She uses genetic and genomic approaches across a variety of species including evolution, ecology, behavorial ecology, population dynamics, population monitoring, and virology, all which contribute to protecting wildlife and ecosystems.
Melanie’s dissertation project, at the National Cancer Institute, examined many aspects of puma conservation genetic aspects from taxonomy to paternity. As a Postdoctoral Researcher at Virginia Tech, her work expanded to black bears, eagles, mussels and walleye. In 2002, Melanie joined the Arizona CRU as Assistant Leader and the faculty at the University of Arizona School of Natural Resources and the Environment.
Currently her research focus is using genetic tools and computational analyses to contribute to management decisions and the conservation of wildlife. She - together with her graduate students, postdocs, interns, undergraduates, high school students and a wide array of collaborators - uses genetic and genomic approaches across a variety of species and disciplines, including evolution, ecology, behavioral ecology, population dynamics, population monitoring, and virology, all of which contribute to protecting ecosystems their wildlife communities including wild felids, carnivores, and other wildlife species. Melanie has also been conducting a citizen science jaguar and ocelot trail camera monitoring effort in southern Arizona that has detected 3 jaguars and 4 ocelots over the past 10 years.
Science and Products
Ocelot
Scientists at the Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit worked with citizen-scientists in southern Arizona on a trail camera project to monitor endangered ocelot and overall biodiversity in 18 mountain ranges. The project included continuing education for the citizen scientists.
Science and Products
Ocelot
Scientists at the Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit worked with citizen-scientists in southern Arizona on a trail camera project to monitor endangered ocelot and overall biodiversity in 18 mountain ranges. The project included continuing education for the citizen scientists.
Scientists at the Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit worked with citizen-scientists in southern Arizona on a trail camera project to monitor endangered ocelot and overall biodiversity in 18 mountain ranges. The project included continuing education for the citizen scientists.