WILDLIFE CONSERVATION LAB
Nayelli Villanueva
PhD Candidate | School of the Environment, and Agriculture and Food Sustainability
About
I research all the bats of Mexico, but I'm focusing more on cave bats, vampires, and pollinators. My research focuses on identifying priority caves and protecting them for the conservation of bats.
My work includes:
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Research collaborator of Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development lab at UANL (Mexico) with specific focus on the conservation of cave-dwelling bats
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National coordinator of Education and Outreach of the Program for the Conservation of Bats in Mexico
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Research Coordinator in a speleological NGO in Mexico (ACEAC)
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Bat Research Coordinator in the Hábitats Resilientes NGO in Mexico
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Member of two working groups of the GBatNet – Global Union of Bat Diversity Networks
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Member of the National Strategy for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators (Mexico).
Nayelli's Favourite Animal
It depends on the t-shirt that I am wearing (every day I wear something related to different species of bats).
Controversial Opinion
Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) is friendlier than Leptonycteris nivalis (nectar-feeding bat and pollinator of your tequilas). Aka no reason to fear vampires!