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Dr. Vogel is a terrestrial ecologist whose research has focused on the ecology and conservation of land vertebrates and their habitat. His studies on the biodiversity and conservation of Jamaica’s fauna have provided information critical for the conservation of the critically endangered Jamaican Iguana (Cyclura collie) and other rare endemic vertebrate species. He has also carried out assessments of the island’s two Amazona parrots and studied the ecology of amphibians, reptiles and birds in the Cockpit Country, the Blue and John Crow Mountains, and south coast dry forests.


Courses
  • BL20P - Biometry
  • BL39E - Caribbean Biodiversity
  • BL60F - Statistics for Graduate Biology
  • BL61B - Bioinformatics for Ecology and Conservation

Research Areas
  • Herpetology
  • Ornithology
  • Animal behaviour

Research Projects
Current Project
  • Crocodiles at the Fringe of Human Settlement
  • Ecology and conservation of Jamaica’s terrestrial vertebrates and their habitats
  • Assessment of the parrot population in the Cockpit Country
  • An analysis of the influence of habitat quality on bird composition in the dry forest life zone
Past Projects
  • Studies of bird composition along gradients of habitat disturbance
  • Impact of an exotic predator on Jamaica’s dry forest herpetofauna
  • Conservation of the Jamaican Iguana
  • Ontogeny of predation in anoline lizards
  • Management of columbid game birds
  • Assessment of Jamaica’s important bird areas

Memberships
  • Jamaican Iguana Research and Conservation Group
  • Alien Invasive Species Working Group
  • IUCN West Indian Iguana Specialist Group
  • Executive Committee and Past President, Bird Life Jamaica
  • Scientific Advisory Committee, Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park
  • Advisory Board, Natural History Division, Institute of Jamaica
  • Society of Caribbean Ornithology

Awards
  • 2006 recipient of the Gleaner Honour Award for Science and Technology.
  • Musgrave Silver Medal in Science(2001) in recognition of his conservation work in Jamaica
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