Sara Zeigler
2011 Update:
Post-doctoral Associate
Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech
PhD Completed Fall 2010
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Research
I am broadly interested in how landcover change and habitat configuration impact metapopulations. For my dissertation work, I applied these ideas to the golden-headed lion tamarin in Brazil by investigating the significance of connectivity on metapopulation survival. I am also interested in the use of population models for guiding conservation policy and how to best develop these models as a link between science and management.
Publications *
- Zeigler, S.L., M.C. Neel, L. Oliviera, B.E. Raboy, W.F. Fagan. 2-11. Conspecific and heterospecific attraction in assessments of functional connectivity. Biodiversity and Conservation DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0107-z. Read More
- Zeigler, S., J.D. Ballou, P. Leimgruber, and B. Raboy. In review. Assessing the suitability of two population viability analysis programs for modeling a social and territorial primate in a fragmented landscape. Ecological Modelling.
- Swaminathan, V., S. Zeigler, F. Godoy, M. Brown, J. Dietz, C. Stem, D. Inouye, and R. Margoluis. In review. Professionalizing the conservation sector: Project management training in conservation graduate programs. Conservation Biology.
