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  1. Experts Guide
  2. Ecosystem Dynamics and Biodiversity
  3. Wildlife Ecology

Experts Guide

If you are looking for an expert in environmental science or practice, you have come to right place! Yale School of the Environment faculty, research scientists, and practitioners regularly provide insight, commentary, and expert opinion on a wide array of topics. The experts guide can help you learn more about their work and connect with them. 

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  • Business and the Environment [27] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Circular Economy [6]
    • Corporate Sustainability [5]
    • Environment and Trade [1]
    • Environmental Economics [13]
    • Environmental Markets and Finance [9]
    • Entrepreneurship and Innovation [10]
    • International Negotiations [6]
    • Sustainable Finance and ESG [2]
  • Climate Science and Policy [50] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Climate Change Adaption and Mitigation [17]
    • Climate Change Communication [11]
    • Climate/Environmental Policy [22]
    • Deforestation [4]
    • Environmental Politics [14]
    • Extreme Weather and Climate Change [12]
    • International Agreements and Organizations [1]
    • Land Cover and Land Use Change [8]
  • Ecosystem Dynamics and Biodiversity [27] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Biodiversity Loss [7]
    • Biogeochemistry [7]
    • Carbon Sequestration [17]
    • Ecosystem Conservation and Resilience [12]
    • Ecosystem Restoration [6]
    • Habitat Conservation [8]
    • Human-Wildlife Interaction [2]
    • Terrestrial Ecosystems [10]
    • Tropical Ecosystems [7]
    • Wildlife Ecology [5]
  • Energy [35] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Clean Energy [19]
    • Energy Policy [20]
    • Energy Poverty [3]
    • Energy Systems [12]
    • Transportation Policy and Systems [6]
  • Environmental Analysis [17] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Carbon Footprint [7]
    • Ecosystem Modeling [3]
    • Environmental Contamination Data [3]
    • Exposure Assessment Models [3]
    • Human Health Data [4]
    • Life Cycle Assessment [5]
    • Material Flow Analysis [6]
  • Environmental Justice [16] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Climate Migration [3]
    • Environmental Ethics [8]
    • Environmental Governance and Leadership [7]
    • Food Systems and Food Insecurity [5]
    • Human Health and Well-Being [7]
    • Tribal Co-Management [3]
  • Environmental Resources and Systems [33] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Air Pollution [5]
    • Biomass Resources [2]
    • Chemicals [6]
    • Ecosystem Stability [6]
    • Freshwater Ecosystems [6]
    • Natural Capital [7]
    • Pollution Control [4]
    • Soil Science [4]
    • Waste Management and Recycling [6]
    • Water Supply, Quality, and Scarcity [10]
    • Water Resource Management and Policy [6]
    • Watershed Management and Coastal Systems [8]
  • Forestry [33] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Ecosystem Services [13]
    • Forest Dynamics [8]
    • Forest Ecology and Silviculture [6]
    • Forest Fires [5]
    • Forest Resource Management [6]
    • Land Conservation [15]
    • Parks and Protected Areas [9]
    • Tropical Forest Ecosystems [10]
    • Urban Forestry [4]
  • Social and Cultural Perspectives [15] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Agriculture, Agroecosystems, and Agrarian History [8]
    • Cultural and Political Aspects of Natural Hazards, Disasters, and Resource Degradation [4]
    • Environmental Anthropology and Sociology [5]
    • Environmental Institutions and Movements [6]
    • History and Anthropology of the Environment-Related Sciences [4]
    • Indigenous Environmental Knowledge and Practice [5]
    • Native Uses of Forests and Grasslands [4]
    • Participatory Science [1]
    • Religion and the Environment [4]
    • Rurality [4]
  • Sustainability [24] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Circular Economy/Industrial Ecology [7]
    • ESG [1]
    • Green Chemistry [5]
    • Green Engineering [4]
    • Recycling [4]
    • Sustainable Design [8]
    • Sustainable Development [14]
    • Sustainable Products and Technology [10]
  • Urban [18] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Sustainable and Green Design [4]
    • Urban Ecology [7]
    • Urban Parks and Green Spaces [9]
    • Urban Heat [9]
    • Urban Land Use [7]
    • Urbanization [7]
  1. Experts Guide
  2. Environmental Analysis
  3. Environmental Contamination Data
  • Expert
    Eli Fenichel

    Eli Fenichel

    Knobloch Family Professor of Natural Resource Economics
    • Business and the Environment
    • Ecosystem Dynamics and Biodiversity
    • Environmental Analysis
    • Environmental Resources and Systems
    • Forestry
    • Sustainability
    More topics
    • Biodiversity Loss
    • Ecosystem Modeling
    • Ecosystem Services
    • Ecosystem Stability
    • Environmental Economics
    • Environmental Markets and Finance
    • International Negotiations
    • Natural Capital
    • Sustainable Development
    • Wildlife Ecology
  • Expert
    Nyeema Harris

    Nyeema Harris

    Knobloch Family Associate Professor of Wildlife and Land Conservation
    • Ecosystem Dynamics and Biodiversity
    • Environmental Justice
    • Forestry
    • Social and Cultural Perspectives
    • Urban
    More topics
    • Biodiversity Loss
    • Ecosystem Conservation and Resilience
    • Habitat Conservation
    • Human Health and Well-Being
    • Human-Wildlife Interaction
    • Indigenous Environmental Knowledge and Practice
    • Land Conservation
    • Parks and Protected Areas
    • Participatory Science
    • Terrestrial Ecosystems
    • Tropical Ecosystems
    • Tropical Forest Ecosystems
    • Urban Ecology
    • Urban Land Use
    • Urban Parks and Green Spaces
    • Wildlife Ecology
  • Expert
    Maracahipes

    Leandro Maracahipes

    Associate Research Scientist
    • Climate Science and Policy
    • Ecosystem Dynamics and Biodiversity
    • Forestry
    More topics
    • Biodiversity Loss
    • Ecosystem Conservation and Resilience
    • Ecosystem Restoration
    • Forest Dynamics
    • Forest Fires
    • Land Cover and Land Use Change
    • Tropical Ecosystems
    • Tropical Forest Ecosystems
    • Wildlife Ecology
  • Expert
    O. Schmitz

    Oswald J. Schmitz

    Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology
    • Climate Science and Policy
    • Ecosystem Dynamics and Biodiversity
    • Environmental Analysis
    • Environmental Resources and Systems
    • Forestry
    More topics
    • Biodiversity Loss
    • Carbon Sequestration
    • Climate Change Adaption and Mitigation
    • Ecosystem Conservation and Resilience
    • Ecosystem Modeling
    • Ecosystem Restoration
    • Ecosystem Services
    • Ecosystem Stability
    • Forest Dynamics
    • Habitat Conservation
    • Human-Wildlife Interaction
    • Land Conservation
    • Natural Capital
    • Parks and Protected Areas
    • Terrestrial Ecosystems
    • Wildlife Ecology
  • Expert
    Photo of David Skelly standing above the Dinosaur Hall of the Peabody Museum

    David K. Skelly

    Frank R. Oastler Professor of Ecology; Director and Curator, Yale Peabody Museum; Affiliated Facuilty, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
    • Ecosystem Dynamics and Biodiversity
    • Environmental Resources and Systems
    • Forestry
    • Urban
    More topics
    • Freshwater Ecosystems
    • Habitat Conservation
    • Land Conservation
    • Urbanization
    • Wildlife Ecology

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Members of the media: The YSE editorial team can help you find and schedule an interview with a faculty expert. Please send your query to: media.yse@yale.edu. (Be sure to include your deadline.)

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Fran Silverman

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Bree Shirvell

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