Rowena Cerro

Email
rowenacerro@mail.utexas.edu

Education

§         Bachelor in Science from the School of Science and Philosophy. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), Lima-Peru (2004).

§         Licenciatura or Professional Title in Biology. School of Science and Philosophy. Cayetano Heredia University (UPCH), Lima-Perú (2004).

§         Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at the University of Texas at Austin.

Academic Interests

§         Vertebrate ecology in coastal areas with emphasis in conservation network planning

§         Population genetics and conservation genetics

Publications

§         Cárdenas, S., Cerro, R., and Majluf, P. 2005. “Densidad Poblacional, Estrés Térmico y Disponibilidad de Hábitat: Determinantes de Selección de Sitios de Nacimiento de Arctocephalus australis”. XV Jornadas Científicas. UPCH. (Abstract/Poster)

§         Cárdenas, S., Cerro, R., and Majluf, P. 2005. “Population density, heat stress and habitat availability as determinants of pupping site selection in the S. American fur seal at Punta San Juan, Peru”. 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Society for Marine Mammalogy. (Abstract/Talk)

§         Majluf, P., Cárdenas, S., Cerro, R., Parlane S., Insley, S.J., Paredes, R., Boness, D., Riveros, J.C. 2005. “From Lekking to plain old territoriality: how heat stress, habitat availability and population density shape the mating system of the South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) at Punta San Juan, Peru”. 16th Biennal Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Society for Marine Mammalogy. (Abstract/Talk)

Thesis

§         Cerro, R. 2005. “Ecología Poblacional Comparada de un Roedor Nativo (Phyllotis andium) y uno Introducido (Mus musculus) en dos Microhábitats en las Lomas de Lachay”. Thesis to obtain the professional title (Licenciatura) Degree in Biology. Department of Biological and Physiological Sciences, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.

Projects/Research

 

§         “South American fur seal, One or Two Species? Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of Arctocephalus australis (Mammalia, Carnivora, Otariidae) for the Definition of International Policy on the Conservation and Management of the Species”. Conservation and Evolutionary Biology Laboratory, Sao Paulo University, Brazil. 2006.

§         “Ecology and Reproductive Behavior of the South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis)”, season 2004/2005 and 2005/2006. Conservation Biology Unit, UPCH

§         “Comparative Population Ecology between a Native (Mus musculus) and an Introduced (Phyllotis andium) Rodent Species in Two Microhabitats in the National Reserve Lomas de Lachay, Lima, Perú”. Biological and Physiological Sciences Department, UPCH. 2002-2003.

§         “Cytogenetic analysis of Phyllotis xantophygus posticalis”. Integrative Biology Unit, Cayetano Heredia University, Lima, Perú. Jan–Nov 2003.

 

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