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Natalie Olifiers

 

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Dr Natalie Olifiers

  • Job title: Lecturer in Animal Health, School of Biomedical and Biological Sciences (Faculty of Science and Technology)
  • Address: A421, 22 Portland Square, Drake Circus,
    Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
  • Postal address: B406, Portland Square, Drake Circus,
    Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
  • Telephone: +441752584450
  • Email: natalie.olifiers@plymouth.ac.uk


Qualifications & background
 

2005 – 2010: Doctor of Philosophy, Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, University of Missouri, USA.

2000 – 2002: Master of Science in Wildlife Ecology, Conservation & Management. Institute of Biology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.


1996 – 2000: Bachelor of Science in Biology & Ecology. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


1995: Clinical Pathology Technician. Carlos A. Werneck Institute, Petropolis, Brazil.

 

Professional membership

1. Zoological Society of London (since 2010)

2. The Wildlife Society (since 2007)

3. Brazilian Society of Mammalogy (since 2007)

4. Brazilian Society of Ecology (2007)

5. Brazilian Society of Biology (2004-2005)

6. Golden Key International Honour Society (2007)

 


Teaching interests

BIOL200-Animal Physiology and Health

BIOL108 – Introduction to Animal Welfare

BIOL2404 – Environmental Physiology & Housing

BIOL3425 – Animal & Human Health

 


Research interests

Research interests: mammalogy, animal health, infectious diseases, ecology and conservation biology.


I am an ecologist interested in the impact of parasites and their associated diseases on wild mammals. Parasites can influence every level of life organization, but we still know little about their role in health and ecology of wild species. To help bridging the gap between ecology and parasitology and to better understand how parasites influence their hosts at the individual and population levels, I am looking forward developing interdisciplinary studies in ecology and disease ecology of wild mammals in Brazil and the UK.

 


Publications
 
Selected publications:

VIEIRA, A.S., ROSINHA, G.M.S., VASCONCELLOS, S. A., MORAIS, Z. M., OLIVEIRA, C. E., SOARES, C. O., ARAÚJO, F. R. MOURÃO, G. M., BIANCHI, R. C. OLIFIERS, N. RADEMAKER, V., ROCHA, F. L., PELLEGRIM, A.O. 2012. Survey of Leptospira spp. in wild mammals from the Pantanal using serological and molecular techniques. Ciência Rural. [Portuguese]. Submitted.

 ALVES, F.M.; OLIFIERS, N.; BIANCHI, R.C.; DUARTE, A.C.; COTIAS, P.M.T.; D’ANDREA, P.S.; GOMPPER. M.E.; MOURAO, G.M.; HERRERA, H.M.; JANSEN, A.M. 2011. Modulating variables of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma evansi transmission in free-ranging coati (Nasua nasua) from the Brazilian Pantanal region. Journal of Vector Borne Diseases 11(7): 835-841 

 Olifiers, N; Loretto, D.; Rademaker, V.; Cerqueira, R. 2011. Comparing effectiveness of tracking methods for medium to large-sized mammals of Pantanal. Zoologia 28: 207-213.

 Olifiers, N.; Bianchi, R.C.; D`Andrea, P.S., Mourão, G.M.; Gompper. M.E. 2010. Estimating age of brown-nosed coatis and crab-eating foxes from the Pantanal region, Brazil. Wildlife Biology 16:1-11.

 Mauricio N. Godoi, M.N.; Teribele, R; Bianchi, R.C.; Olifiers, N.; Concone H.V.B.; Xavier N.L. 2010. New records of Pampas cat (Leopardus colocolo, Molina 1782) for Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. Cat News 52: 28-29.

 Vieira, M.V.; Olifiers, N.; Delciellos, A.C.; Antunes, V.Z.; Bernardo, L.R.; Grelle, C.E.V.; Cerqueira, R. 2009. Land use vs. fragment size and isolation as determinants of small mammal composition and richness in Atlantic Forest remnants. Biological Conservation 142: 1191-1200.

 Olifiers, N.; Bianchi, R.C.; Mourão, G.M., Gompper, M.E. 2009. Construction of arboreal nests by brown-nosed coatis (Carnivora: Procyonidae: Nasua nasua) in the Brazilian Pantanal. Brazilian Journal of Zoology 26(3): 571-574.

 Herrera, H.M.; Lisboa, C.V.; Pinho, A.P.; Olifiers, N.;, Bianchi, R.C.; Rocha, F.L.; Mourao, G.M.; Jansen, A.M. 2008. The coati (Procyonidae: Nasua nasua ) as a reservoir host for the main lineages of Trypanosoma cruzi in the Pantanal region, Brazil. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 102: 1133-1139.

 ARARIPE, L.O.; APRIGLIANO P.; OLIFIERS, N.; BORODIN, P. & CERQUEIRA, R. 2007. Comparative analysis of life-history traits in two species of Calomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) in captivity. Mammalia 70(1): 2-8.

 GOMPPER, M.E.; HACKETT, H.M.; JACHOWSKI, D.S.; MONELLO, R.J. & OLIFIERS, N. 2006. Book review. Ray, J.C., Redford, K.H., Steneck, R.S. & Berger, J. (Org) (2005). Large carnivores and the conservation of biodiversity. Animal Conservation 9: 355.

 OLIFIERS, N. & R. CERQUEIRA. 2006. Habitat fragmentation: historical and ecological effects. p. 261-279 In: Rocha, C.F.D, Bergallo H. G., Sluys M.V. & Alves M.A.S. (eds). 2006. Conservation Biology: Essences. Rima Editora, São Carlos. [Portuguese].

 OLIFIERS, N.; GENTILE, R. & FIZSON, J.T. 2005. Relation between species composition of small mammals and anthropic variables in the Brazilian Atlantic forest. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 65(3): 1-7.

 OLIFIERS, N.; VIEIRA, M.V. & GRELLE, C.E.V. 2004. Geographic range and body-size in Neotropical marsupials. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 13: 439-444.

 

 

Reports & invited lectures

06/2009

Invited lecturer, “Ecological concepts applied to parasitology”; Course title: Parasitology II: Protozoology. Graduate course taught at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute/FIOCRUZ.

08/2008

Instructor, Course title: “Techniques for handling and monitoring carnivores”; Course taught during the IV Brazilian Congress of Mammalogy, Sao Lourenco, Brazil. By OLIFIERS, N.; BIANCHI, R.C.


08/2004

Invited lecturer, “The fauna and flora of Atlantic Forest”. Lecture given to the High School “Colegio Anglicano de Araras”, Petropolis, Brazil.


2003–2006

Trainer of volunteers during the project “Health status, disease diagnosis and population ecology of wild mammal species in the Cerrado-Pantanal Corridor”. Earthwatch Institute Project.

11/2003

Instructor, Course title: “Taxidermy and internal anatomy of small mammals”.

Short-term course taught for undergraduate students of the Biology (State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). By FINNOTI, R.; OLIFIERS, N.




 

Conferences organised

Congress co-organizer

IV Brazilian Congress of Mammalogy

Aug. 18-22th, 2008. São Lourenco, MG, Brazil