Alberto Macías-Duarte

Interests

My work focuses on population ecology and wildlife conservation in arid environments. I have conducted research on the reproductive biology and habitat of the Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis); abundance, survival and habitat selection in grassland birds in the Chihuahuan Desert; population genetics and migratory behavior in the Western Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea), nesting phenology of passerines in the Sonoran Desert; occupancy of Yellow-billed Cuckoos (Coccyzus americanus) in riparian areas of Sonora; winter diet of Montezuma Quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) in Arizona and New Mexico; natal dispersal in Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos). I am interested in using population parameters and life history characteristics in birds as early indicators of climate change in North American deserts using modern quantitative methods.

Alberto Macías-Duarte
Research Professor
Undergraduate Program in Ecology, Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences, and Graduate Program in Biosustainable Production Systems
Sonora State University, Ave. Ley Federal del Trabajo S/N, Col. Apolo, Hermosillo, Sonora 83100 Mexico
alberto.macias@ues.mx

Education

Ph.D. in Wildlife and Fisheries Science. 2011. School of Natural Resources and the Environment. University of Arizona
- Ph.D. minor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. 2011. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Ph.D. minor in Mathematics. 2007. Department of Mathematics
Master's in Science. 2002. Faculty of Zootechnics and Ecology. Autonomous University of Chihuahua
B.Sc. in Ecological Engineering. 1997. Sonora State Center of Higher Education (currently Sonora State University)

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