Modeling The Turtle World

On episode 28 of CheloniaCast Ken and Michael sit down with ecologist Dr. Luca Luiselli of Rivers State University and Roma Tre University and Pearson McGovern of the African Chelonian Institute to discuss turtle conservation in West Africa and using mathematical models to make predictions about turtle populations. The discussion ranges from what it was like to discover the Nubian Flapshell in South Sudan and Uganda, use of Lotka-Volterra models to understand turtle population dynamics, Kinixys conservation, and what it is like to do conservation work in Africa. 

 

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You can learn more about Dr. Luiselli’s work at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luca-Luiselli

You can learn more about Pearson’s work at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pearson-Mcgovern

Learn more about the African Chelonian Institute at: https://africanchelonian.org/

 

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