Fernando Nájera
Director, UC Davis Wildlife Health Center California Carnivores Program
Now
Director, California Carnivores Program
UC Davis Wildlife Health Center
Fernando also serves on the advisory teams for ocelot reintroduction efforts in Texas, the Iberian lynx reintroduction program in Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), and the Bornean Clouded Leopard Program in Malaysian Borneo.
At LEC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Years: 2021-2023
Advisor(s): Sharon L. Deem, Lisa Kelley, and Regina Mossotti
Research Focus:
Disease prevalence and spatial ecology of in bobcats and sympatric canids from two ecologically distinct landscapes in Missouri
Publications
Nájera, F. (2022). Trapping carnivores: the role of physiological parameters as capture stress biomarkers. In: Mammal trapping ̶ Wildlife management. Alpha Wildlife Publications, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada.
Nájera, F., Hearn, A.J. (2022). Assessing welfare while capturing free-ranging Sunda clouded leopards (Neofelis diardi) by cage-traps: effects of physical restraint on serum biochemistry. In: Mammal trapping ̶ Wildlife management. Alpha Wildlife Publications, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada.
Nájera, F., Rey-Wamba, M.T, López,, G. (2022). Trapping within the context of a conservation program: The Iberian lynx as a case example. In: Mammal trapping ̶ Wildlife management. Alpha Wildlife Publications, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada.
Nájera F, Uiterwaal SF, Crespo E, Grande-Gómez R, Sánchez JF, Mata-Huete M, Palmer J, Iturrarte G, Peña J, Munkhtsog B, Munkhtsog B, Poyarkov AD, Hernandez-Blanco JA, Alexandrov DY, Galsandorj N, Deem SL. (2024). Insights into the spatial ecology of severely injured free-living felids: Iberian lynx, bobcat, and snow leopard. Ecology and Evolution 14(2):e11000. doi: 10.1002/ece3.11000