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Dr Torsten Wronski

School of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Faculty of Science

Email: T.Wronski@ljmu.ac.uk

Telephone: 0151 231 2376

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I am a conservation scientist and behavioral ecologist primarily interested in the ecology, evolution and conservation of ungulates, particularly with regard to captive breeding and reintroductions. I have been working on endangered ungulates in Saudi Arabia, China and East Africa for more than 20 years resulting in more than 130 publications. Particularly my work on Arabian gazelles at King Khalid Wildlife Research Centre in Saudi Arabia has strengthened my scientific output and the conservation of Arabian wildlife. More recently, my interest has shifted to gazelle conservation in Israel and Turkey, studying the impact of urbanization and agriculture on the behavior of wildlife in peri-urban habitats. This relatively unexplored research topic leads to the question of what wildlife species persist in, or vanish from our modern mega-cities, and how does this relate to changes in their breeding, foraging and agonistic behavior.

I have managed several research projects on the biogeography and ecology of terrestrial gastropods in the Albertine Rift Valley (East Africa) and on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea. Moreover, I was responsible for off-shore monitoring of harbor porpoises in the North Sea and I have worked in the Waddenzee National Park in Germany to improve public conservation awareness and induce environmentally friendly behavior changes. More recently, my interest has turned to wildlife outside protected areas and to the sustainable utilization of wildlife resources. An ongoing research and development project focuses on the degradation of rangelands in the Akagera Ecosystem of Rwanda to reduce illegal hunting, to improve local pastoralist’s livelihoods and to prevent cross-infection with gastro-intestinal parasites between wildlife and domestic livestock. Another study in Rwanda researches human wildlife conflict and the negative consequences of rain forest fragmentation.

Languages

German
English
Arabic

Degrees

2004, University of Hamburg, Germany, PhD
1999, University of Hamburg, Germany, MSc
1994, University of hamburg, Germany, BSc

Academic appointments

Lecturer in Conservation Science, Conservation science, Bristol Zoological Society, Bristol Zoo Gardens, 2016 - 2016
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Basic & Applied Zoology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 2014 - 2015
Senior Lecturer, Department of Wildlife and Aquatic Resources, University of Rwanda, 2013 - 2015
Post-doc, Zoologisches Museum, Zentrum fuer Naturkunde, 2005 - 2007

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