Co-presented with the National Museum of Natural History
Live discussion feat Dr. Hila Shamon (Research Ecologist, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute) and Dr. Bill McShea (Wildlife Ecologist at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's Conservation Ecology Center), moderated by Roshan Patel (Media Producer, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute).
Hila Shamon is a landscape ecologist and mammalogist at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Conservation Ecology Center. Shamon’s recent work focuses on grassland ecology. Shamon investigates how land cover and landuse changes effects on terrestrial mammals’ distributions and densities across large landscapes. She uses a multi-species approach to answer local- and landscape-level ecological questions. In her work, she combines several modeling methodologies, and collects data from the field using camera traps, audio recordings, GPS tags and aerial imagery.
Bill McShea is a wildlife ecologist for the Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute. He received his education at Bucknell University (B.S.), University of New Hampshire (M.S.), and State University of New York at Binghamton (PhD). He has worked at the Front Royal facility since 1986. He is past co-chair and current member of the IUCN Deer Specialist Group, and a member of both the Bear Specialist and Bovid Specialist Groups. He has edited five volumes on wildlife management (deer, oak forests, Asian wildlife, and giant pandas), co-authored a book on deer ecology, and coauthored over 150 scientific publications. He runs several forest-related projects in Virginia and a grassland ecology project in Montana. When not in the USA, Bill currently works in Southeast Asia, Borneo, and China. Bill’s research focuses on the management and diversity of wildlife populations and much of this work involves mammal surveys using camera traps. He is a founding member of eMammal (www.emammal.org), which facilitates citizen science projects using camera traps and displays wildlife data and images through the website.
Roshan Patel is an award-winning filmmaker for Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, where he shares stories about the Zoo and creates short films about Smithsonian’s conservation work around the world – from coral conservation to researchers studying pandemics in East Asia. Prior to his work at the Smithsonian, Roshan produced and directed films about a number of conservation topics featured at the DC environmental film festival, including Pride, a film about Asiatic lions in Western India and Red Wolf Revival, exploring one of the most endangered animals in the US. Roshan received his BS in Biology at William and Mary and his MFA in Science and Natural History Filmmaking at Montana State University. For his most recent work with the Smithsonian, Roshan returned to Montana to film researchers studying and restoring the Northern Great Plains featured in this film.
Co-presented with the National Museum of Natural History
Live discussion feat Dr. Hila Shamon (Research Ecologist, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute) and Dr. Bill McShea (Wildlife Ecologist at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's Conservation Ecology Center), moderated by Roshan Patel (Media Producer, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute).
Hila Shamon is a landscape ecologist and mammalogist at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Conservation Ecology Center. Shamon’s recent work focuses on grassland ecology. Shamon investigates how land cover and landuse changes effects on terrestrial mammals’ distributions and densities across large landscapes. She uses a multi-species approach to answer local- and landscape-level ecological questions. In her work, she combines several modeling methodologies, and collects data from the field using camera traps, audio recordings, GPS tags and aerial imagery.
Bill McShea is a wildlife ecologist for the Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute. He received his education at Bucknell University (B.S.), University of New Hampshire (M.S.), and State University of New York at Binghamton (PhD). He has worked at the Front Royal facility since 1986. He is past co-chair and current member of the IUCN Deer Specialist Group, and a member of both the Bear Specialist and Bovid Specialist Groups. He has edited five volumes on wildlife management (deer, oak forests, Asian wildlife, and giant pandas), co-authored a book on deer ecology, and coauthored over 150 scientific publications. He runs several forest-related projects in Virginia and a grassland ecology project in Montana. When not in the USA, Bill currently works in Southeast Asia, Borneo, and China. Bill’s research focuses on the management and diversity of wildlife populations and much of this work involves mammal surveys using camera traps. He is a founding member of eMammal (www.emammal.org), which facilitates citizen science projects using camera traps and displays wildlife data and images through the website.
Roshan Patel is an award-winning filmmaker for Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, where he shares stories about the Zoo and creates short films about Smithsonian’s conservation work around the world – from coral conservation to researchers studying pandemics in East Asia. Prior to his work at the Smithsonian, Roshan produced and directed films about a number of conservation topics featured at the DC environmental film festival, including Pride, a film about Asiatic lions in Western India and Red Wolf Revival, exploring one of the most endangered animals in the US. Roshan received his BS in Biology at William and Mary and his MFA in Science and Natural History Filmmaking at Montana State University. For his most recent work with the Smithsonian, Roshan returned to Montana to film researchers studying and restoring the Northern Great Plains featured in this film.
