Sustainable Development Goals
Research interests
• Ecology and conservation of felines in Mexico
•
Ecology and conservation of vertebrates of Mexico
• With emphasis on Mammals Analysis
•
Spatio-temporal analysis of the habitat of Endangered Species
•
With an emphasis on Carnivores and relationships with human activities
Profile
Professor Cuauhtémoc Chávez is a biologist graduated from the Faculty of Sciences of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
He is a specialist in Applied Statistics from the Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemáticas Aplicadas y Sistemas of the UNAM. He has a master's degree in Ecology and Environmental Sciences; from the Faculty of Sciences of UNAM, Ph.D. at the University of Granada and the Biological Station of Doñana, in Spain.
He is a Professor, founder and member of the National Technical Advisory Subcommittee for the conservation and management of the jaguar and other feline species. He is a member of the National Alliance for Jaguar Conservation. He is a member of the National System of Researchers, level I.
His academic interests include the ecology and conservation of carnivores, spatial and temporal analysis of species at risk of extinction. He has worked for periods of more than five years with species of rodents, bats, small and large carnivores. In fact, he has worked for more than 25 years with aspects of population ecology and conservation of the jaguar in the Maya Forest. In 2001 he put the first GPS-satellite collar on a jaguar and is one of the projects with the largest number of radio-tagged jaguars. He has participated as a speaker in national and international forums with more than 45 presentations. He has published more than 61 scientific and divulgation articles, both national and international, and book chapters, and seven books. He has reviewed more than 30 articles in the journals Conservation Biology, Journal of Mammalogy, Interciencia, Brenesia, Animal Conservation, Revista de Biología Tropical,
Mesoamericana, Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, Revista Mexicana de Mastozoología. He has also been co-organizer of 15 scientific meetings, some of which have generated important products such as the identification of priority areas for jaguar conservation in Mexico, or the preparation of the plan for jaguar conservation in Mexico.
of the jaguar conservation plan. He has worked and published species lists and aspects of ecology and conservation of mammals in the State of Mexico.
Information provided by the academic staff
