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Bart Harmsen |
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Panthera-ERI Fellow in Wildlife, University of Belize |
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E-mail: bartjh@soton.ac.uk | bharmsen@panthera.org |
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Bart Harmsen, PhD |
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Phone: (00501) 663-1505 |
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Research interests Carnivore ecology Coexistence and interaction of sympatric terrestrial mammals Predator-prey interactions Spatial ecology of terrestrial mammals Corridor permeability of terrestrial mammals
Appointments 2009+ Panthera-ERI Fellow in Wildlife Biology, University of Belize 2008-2009 Jaguar Coordinator Belize, Panthera (USA) 2007-2008 Jaguar Coordinator Belize, Wildlife Conservation Society (USA) 2000-2002 Research assistant, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Oxford University: the relationship between the social behaviour of badgers and the spread of bovine TB. 1999-2000 Field assistant, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Oxford University: ecological interactions of otters and mink in the Thames region, Oxfordshire.
Education 2003-2006 PhD Ecology: The use of camera traps for estimating abundance and studying the ecology of jaguars (Panthera onca). University of Southampton. 1994-1998 BSc/MSc: Biology Faculty, Ecology Department, University of Amsterdam. 1987-1993 BSc/MSc: Psychology Faculty, Social Psychology and Cognitive Psychology Department, University of Amsterdam.
Teaching and supervision 2009/10 Lectures: Wildlife Management course, Natural Resource Management, University of Belize 2007 Marim, S. The jaguar of the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary: abundance and density estimates using camera trapping. BSc Thesis, University of Belize 2007 Gutierrez, S. Scrape marking behaviour of the jaguar in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize. BSc Thesis, University of Belize 2006 Valdes, B. Food habits of large felids in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize, and the effects of human subsistence hunting. BSc Thesis, University of Southampton 2006 Undergraduate teaching, Southampton University 2000-2003 Supervising student groups with sign surveying, trapping and radio tracking of badgers; and supervision of student projects.
Contributions to relevant workshops and conferences 2009 Seminars: Spatial and temporal interactions of sympatric jaguars and pumas in a neotropical forest; A critique of abundance and density estimation of wide-ranging low density species from camera-trap data 2009 Hosted a workshop with national stakeholders groups (Government and NGOs) on reducing jaguar- livestock conflict nationwide in Belize. Forest Department, Belmopan, Belize. 2008 Seminar: Methods to study jaguars on the large-scale, using Belize as an example. Workshop on jaguar-livestock conflict, San Jose, Costa Rica 2008 Seminars about jaguar-livestock conflict mitigation in Belize. MSBC Belize Chapter Conference, University of Belize, Belmopan, Belize. 2007 Seminars on jaguar density estimates in Belize. MSBC Belize Chapter Conference University of Belize, Belmopan, Belize. 2007 Seminar: the pitfalls of camera trapping and the need for standardisation. Tri-national meeting of jaguar researchers from Mexico, Guatemala & Belize, Chetumal, Mexico. 2007 Seminar: the pitfalls of camera trap methodology. Felid conference, Oxford, UK. 2007 Workshop with farmers of the Southern Toledo district of Belize on methods to reduce jaguar- livestock conflict. Punta Gorda, Toledo, Belize. 2005 Series of workshop lectures at a workshop entitled: estimating population parameters of large vertebrates using remote detection cameras. Tikal, Guatemala.
Recent relevant publications in academic journals Foster, R. J., Harmsen, B. J., & Doncaster, C. P. (in press) Sample-size effects on diet analysis from scats of jaguars and pumas. Mammalia Foster, R. J., Harmsen, B. J., & Doncaster, C. P. (in press) Habitat use by sympatric jaguars and pumas across a gradient of human disturbance in Belize. Biotropica Harmsen, B. J., Foster, R. J. & Doncaster, C. P. (in press) Heterogeneous capture rates in low density populations and consequences for capture-recapture analysis of camera-trap data. Population Ecology Foster R. J., Harmsen, B. J., Valdes, B., Pomilla, C. & Doncaster, C. P. Food habits of jaguars and pumas across a gradient of human disturbance. Journal of Zoology, 280: 309-318 Harmsen, B.J., Foster, R. J., Silver S. C., Ostro, L.E.T., Foster, R.J. & Doncaster, C.P. (in press). The ecology of jaguars in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize. In: The Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids (Eds D. W. Macdonald & A. Loveridge). Oxford University Press. In press. Harmsen, B.J., Foster, R.J., Silver, S.C., Ostro, L.E.T. & Doncaster, C.P. (2010). Differential Use of Trails by Forest Mammals and the Implications for Camera Trap Studies, a Case Study From Belize. Biotropica, 42: 126-133 Harmsen, B.J., Foster, R.J., Silver, S.C., Ostro, L.E.T. & Doncaster, C.P. (2009). Spatial and temporal interactions of two sympatric cats in a neotropical forest: the jaguar (Panthera onca) and the puma (Puma concolor). Journal of Mammalogy. 90(3) 612-620. Delahay, R. J., Walker, N.J., Forrester, G.J., Harmsen, B.J., Riordan, P., Macdonald, D.W., Newman, C., Cheesman, C.L. (2006): Demographic correlates of bite wounding in Eurasian badgers, Meles meles, in stable and perturbed populations. Animal Behaviour. 71(5): 1047-1055. Macdonald, D. W., Harmsen, B. J., Johnson, P. J., Newman, C. (2004): Increasing frequency of bite wounds with increasing population density in Eurasian badgers, Meles meles. Animal Behaviour. 67: 745-751. Harmsen, B. J. & van Bree P. J. H.(1998): On the presence of first premolars in skulls of badgers, Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758), mainly from the Netherlands. Beaufortia. 48: 9-15.
Media Television interviews about jaguar research and conservation (Channel 7, local national Belizean station, NBC Today Show US National News, educational documentary about jaguars for Belize Audubon Society, CAVU). |