Noé U. de la Sancha, Ph.D.
DePaul University
Noé U. de la Sancha, Ph.D.
Noé is a classically trained mammalogist, primarily focusing in field ecology. He is interested in questions dealing with the effects of anthropogenic habitat disturbance on patterns of biodiversity, and the health of the population in these habitats. Noé’s interests range from landscape ecology to biogeography. He incorporates statistical modeling, geographic information systems (GIS), morphometrics, and phylogenetics to field and museum data, with the aim to improve our understanding of various dimensions of biodiversity primarily in the tropics.
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Impacts of Rapid Habitat Change: Mammalian Diversity and Its Response to Deforestation in a Global Biodiversity Hotspot
Habitat loss and fragmentation are associated with stress, immunosuppression and disease in wildlife, with direct impacts on populations. The proposed work aims to contribute to the overall understanding of the synergistic effects of human-driven habitat changes on biodiversity by improving the understanding of ecological health via a One Health approach, by studying the synergy between fragmentation, stress, biodiversity dynamics, and disease ecology. The proposed interdisciplinary, mechanistic research project simultaneously combines parasitology and other pathogens, stress hormone physiology, population genetics, biodiversity and landscape ecology in forest remnants of the Atlantic Forest of eastern Paraguay.
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