Mario Fernando Garcés Restrepo Madison, WI 53706

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1 Mario Fernando Garcés Restrepo 2018 Department of Forest & Wildlife Ecology Telephone: +1(608) University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI EDUCATION Ph. D. Wildlife ecology M.S. Biological Sciences B.S. Biology emphasis Zoology University of Madison-Wisconsin -Colombia -Colombia Present PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Garcés-Restrepo, M. F., Pauli, J.N., & Peery, M. Z Natal dispersal of tree sloths in a human-dominated landscape: Implications for tropical biodiversity conservation. Journal of applied ecology 51: Garcés-Restrepo, M. F., Peery, M. Z., Reid, B., & Pauli, J. N Individual reproductive strategies shape the mating system of tree sloths. Journal of Mammalogy 98: Garcés-Restrepo, M. F., Rivera-Domínguez, N., Giraldo, A., & Carr, J. L Reproductive aspects of the Chocoan River turtle (Rhinoclemmys nasuta, Geoemydidae) along the Colombian Pacific coast. Amphibia-Reptilia 38: Sánchez-Montenegro, J. P., Pérez-Castillo, K., Garcés-Restrepo, M. F., & Giraldo, A Birds assemble associated to two landscape units in a tropical dry forest. Boletín Científico. Centro de Museos. Museo de Historia Natural 21: Forero-Medina, G., Páez, V. P., Garcés-Restrepo, M. F., Carr, J. L., Giraldo, A., & Vargas-Ramírez, M Research and conservation priorities for tortoises and freshwater turtles of Colombia. Tropical Conservation Science 9: Garcés-Restrepo, M. F., Giraldo, Giraldo, A., López, K., & Ospina-Reina, N. F Bats present in the Melendez campus at, Cali-Colombia. Boletín Científico. Centro de Museos. Museo de Historia Natural 20: (Only summary in English). Garcés-Restrepo, M. F., Quintero, A., Cuéllar N., & Giraldo, A Mammal diversity in an area with relicts of dry forest in the Mid-Magdalena Valley (Caldas), Colombia. Revista de Ciencias, 20: (Only abstract in English). Garcés-Restrepo, M. F., Patiño-Montoya, A., Gómez-Díaz, M., Giraldo, A., & Bolívar-García, W Alternatives substances to control the African snail (Achatina fulica) in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 17: (Only summary in English). Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Carvajal-Nieto, P., Astorquiza, J.M., Sánchez-Vélez, E., & Giraldo, A Density and structure of populations of Cebus capucinus curtus (Primates: Cebidae) and Bradypus variegatus gorgon (Pilosa: Bradypodidae) in Gorgona Island, Colombia. Revista de Biología Tropical 62: (Only summary in English). Garcés-Restrepo, M. F., Giraldo, A., & Carr, J. L Temporal variation in demography of the Chocoan river turtle, Rhinoclemmys nasuta (Geoemydidae), on Isla Palma, Malaga Bay, Pacific Coast of Valle del Cauca. Acta Biológica Colombiana: 19: (Only summary in English). Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Moreno-Gutiérrez, X., & Ospina-Reina, N. F A new record of the Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica) in the Cauca river valley. Boletín SAO 23: (Only summary in English). Giraldo, A., Garcés-Restrepo, M. F., Quintero-Ángel, A., Bolívar, W., & Velandia-Perilla, J. H Terrestrial vertebrates from Isla Palma (Bahía Málaga, Valle del Cauca). Boletín Científico. Centro de Museos. Museo de Historia Natural 18: (Only summary in English). Rodríguez-Murcia, J. D. Giraldo, A., Garcés-Restrepo, M. F., & Sánchez, F Population structure and sexual dimorphism of Kinosternon leucostomum (Testudines: Kinosternidae) in a pond system associated to Purnió River, Caldas, Colombia. Investigación Biodiversidad y Desarrollo 33: (Only summary in English). Castro, A., Merchán-Fornelino, M., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Cárdenas-Torres, M.A., & Gómez-Velasco, F Historical and current use of the llanero caiman (Crocodylus intermedius) in the Orinoquia (Colombia-Venezuela). Biota Colombiana: 14: (Only summary in English). Castro, A., Merchán-Fornelino, M., Garcés Restrepo, M.F., Cárdenas-Torres, M.A., & Gómez-Velasco, F Historical and current use of the charapa (Podocnemis expansa) and terecay (Podocnemis unifilis) turtles in the Orinoco and Amazonia. Biota Colombiana 14: (Only summary in English). Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Giraldo, A., & Carr, J Population ecology and morphometric variation of the Chocoan river turtle (Rhinoclemmys nasuta) from two localities on the Colombian Pacific coast. Boletín Científico. Centro de Museos. Museo de Historia Natural 17:

2 Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Giraldo, A., Carr, J.L., & Brown, L.D Turtle ectoparasites from the Pacific coastal region of Colombia. Biota Neotropical 13: Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., & Saavedra-Rodríguez, C.A Red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis) density in forested and non-forested habitats in the Andes of Colombia. Mastozoología neotropical 20: (Only summary in English). Giraldo, A., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Bolívar-García, W., & Carr, J First report of hatching of the Chocoan river Turtle Rhinoclemmys nasuta (Boulenger 1902) (Testudines: Geoemydidae) Boletín Científico. Centro de Museos. Museo de Historia Natural. 17: 153:158 Velandia-Perilla, J.H., & Garcés-Restrepo, M.F Confirmation of the presence of Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in Southwestern Colombia. Chiroptera Neotropical 19: Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Saavedra-Rodríguez, C.A., Cárdenas-Carmona, G., Vidal-Astudillo, V., Ayerbe-Quiñones, F., Ortega, L.F., López-Solarte, J.E., Johnston-González, R. & Ríos-Franco, C.A Range expansion and ecological data of the Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus) in the Cauca River Valley, Colombia. Ornitología Colombiana 12: (Only summary in English). Giraldo, A., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Carr, J. & Loaiza, J Population size and structure of the Large-nosed wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys nasuta, Testudines: Geoemydidae) in an insular environment of the Colombian Pacific region. Caldasia 34: (Only summary in English). Renteria-Moreno, L. E., Forero-Medina, G., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Carr, J. L., & Rueda-Almonacid, J.V Range extension of Kinosternon dunni Schmidt, 1947 (Reptilia, Testudines, Kinosternidae) in Chocó, Colombia. Check List 8: Velandia-Perilla, J.H., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Moscoso, M.C., & Giraldo, A Composition and structure of the understory bats from Isla Palma, Bahía Málaga, Valle del Cauca. Boletín Científico. Centro de Museos. Museo de Historia Natural 16: (Only summary in English). Castro, A., Merchán, M., Gómez, F., Garcés-Restrepo, M. F., & Cárdenas, M. A New data on the presence of the Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) and notes on its behavior in the Vichada river, Orinoquia (Colombia). Biota Colombiana 12: (Only summary in English). Carr, J. L., Garcés-Restrepo, M. F., Quintero-Ángel, A., & Giraldo, A Rhinoclemmys nasuta (Chocoan River Turtle). Diet and feeding behavior. Herpetological Review 41: (Only summary in English). Velasco, J. A., Quintero, A., & Garcés-Restrepo, M. F Specific diversity of amphibians and Reptilians in the lowlands of the Pacific Coast of Valle del Cauca- Colombia. Cespedesia 31: (Only summary in English). BOOKS (Spanish) Ayerbe, F., Garcés-Restrepo, M. F., Rojas-Días, V., C. Saavedra, Gutiérrez-Chacón, C., Giraldo-Ramírez, P.A., Roncancio-Duque, N., Ríos-Franco, C.A., Gómez-Posada, C., Velasco-Vinasco, J.A., & Franco, P Management plan for the conservation of the Gray-breasted Mountain-toucan (Andigena hypoglauca). Editorial Graficas Buda, Pereira, Colombia. Garcés Restrepo, M. F., F Ayerbe-Quiñones, V. Rojas-Días, Gutiérrez-Chacón, C., C. Saavedra, Roncancio-Duque, N., Ríos-Franco, C.A., Gómez-Posada, C., Giraldo-Ramírez, P.A., Velasco-Vinasco, J.A., & Franco, P. Management plan for the conservation of the Black-billed Mountain-toucan (Andigena nigrirostris). Editorial Graficas Buda, Pereira, Colombia. Gutiérrez-Chacón, C., Rojas-Días, V., Roncancio-Duque, N., F. Ayerbe-Quiñones, C. Saavedra, C. A. Ríos -Franco, Garcés Restrepo, M. F., C. Gómez-Posada, Giraldo- Ramírez, P. A., Velasco-Vinasco, J.A., & Franco, P. Management plan for the conservation of the Rusty-faced parrot (Hapalopsittaca amazonina). Editorial Graficas Buda, Pereira, Colombia. Rojas-Días, V., F. Ayerbe-Quiñones, Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., N. R. Duque, C. Saavedra, C. A. Ríos-Franco, Gómez-Posada, C., Giraldo-Ramírez, P.A., Velasco-Vinasco, J.A., & Franco, P. Management plan for the conservation of the Golden-plumed parakeet (Leptosittaca branickii). Editorial Graficas Buda, Pereira, Colombia. Giraldo A., Bolívar, W., Ospina, F., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F. & Ortiz, C Birds and Mammals of interest to the community of Northern Cauca and Center Valle del Cauca. Editorial Imprenta Departamental del Valle del Cauca, Cali- Colombia. BOOKS CHAPTERS (Spanish) Garcés-Restrepo, M.F. & Renjifo, L.M Andigena hypoglauca. In Renjifo, L. M., Gómez, M. F., Velasquez-Tibata, J., Amaya-Villareal, A. M., Kattan, G. H., Amaya-Espinel, J.D., & Burbano-Girón, J. (editors), Red Book of Birds from Colombia, Vol I: Wet forests of the Andean and Choco (pp ). Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana e Instituto Alexander Von Humboldt. Bogotá D.C., Colombia. 2

3 Beltran, J.W., Kattan, G. H., Renjifo, L.M., & Garcés-Restrepo, M.F Grallaria rufocinerea. In Renjifo, L. M., Gómez, M. F., Velasquez-Tibata, J., Amaya-Villareal, A. M., Kattan, G. H., Amaya-Espinel, J.D., & Burbano- Girón, J. (editors), L Red Book of Birds from Colombia, Vol I: Wet forests of the Andean and Choco (pp ). Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana e Instituto Alexander Von Humboldt. Bogotá D.C., Colombia. Garcés -Restrepo, M.F Andigena nigrirostris. In Renjifo, L. M., Gómez, M. F., Velasquez-Tibata, J., Amaya- Villareal, A. M., Kattan, G. H., Amaya-Espinel, J.D., & Burbano-Girón, J. (editors), Red Book of Birds from Colombia, Vol I: Wet forests of the Andean and Choco (pp ). Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana e Instituto Alexander Von Humboldt. Bogotá D.C., Colombia. Garcés-Restrepo, M.F Cacicus uropygialis. In Renjifo, L. M., Gómez, M. F., Velasquez-Tibata, J., Amaya- Villareal, A. M., Kattan, G. H., Amaya-Espinel, J.D., & Burbano-Girón, J. (editors), Red Book of Birds from Colombia, Vol I: Wet forests of the Andean and Choco (pp ). Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana e Instituto Alexander Von Humboldt. Bogotá D.C., Colombia. Giraldo, A. & Garcés-Restrepo, M.F Reptiles. In Cantera, J.R & Londoño-Cruz, E (editors), Pacific Colombia: insight on marine biodiversity. Ediciones, Cali, Colombia, pp Giraldo, A. Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., & Quiñones, L.F Aves Marinas y Playeras. In Cantera, J.R & Londoño-Cruz, E (editors), Pacific Colombia: insight on marine biodiversity (pp 35-63). Ediciones, Cali, Colombia. Murillo-García, O.E., Bedoya-Durán, J., Carvajal, P., Astorquiza, M., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F, Yusti, A.P, Velandia, J., Sánchez, M., & Giraldo, A Mamíferos. In Giraldo, L. & Valencia-Ramírez, B. (editors), Isla Gorgona: paradise of biodiversity and Science (pp ). Ediciones, Cali, Colombia. Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., & Giraldo, A Aves terrestres. In Giraldo, L. & Valencia-Ramírez, B. (editors), Isla Gorgona: paradise of biodiversity and Science (pp ). Ediciones Cali Colombia. Giraldo, A., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., & Carr, J.L Kinosternon leucostomum. In Páez, V. P., M. A. Morales- Betancourt, C. A. Lasso, O. V. Castaño-Mora y B. C. Bock (editors), Biology and conservation of the continental turtles from Colombia (pp ). Serie Editorial Recursos Hidrobiológicos y Pesqueros Continentales de Colombia. Editorial Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH). Bogotá, D. C., Colombia. Giraldo, A., M. F. Garcés-Restrepo, & Carr J.L Rhinoclemmys annulata. In Páez, V. P., M. A. Morales- Betancourt, C. A. Lasso, O. V. Castaño-Mora y B. C. Bock (editors), Biology and conservation of the continental turtles from Colombia (pp ). Serie Editorial Recursos Hidrobiológicos y Pesqueros Continentales de Colombia. Editorial Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH). Bogotá, D. C., Colombia. Echeverri-García, L., Carr J.L., M. F. Garcés-Restrepo, Giraldo A., & Galvis-Rizo, C.A Rhinoclemmys annulata. In Páez, V. P., M. A. Morales- Betancourt, C. A. Lasso, O. V. Castaño-Mora y B. C. Bock (editors), Biology and conservation of the continental turtles from Colombia (pp ). Serie Editorial Recursos Hidrobiológicos y Pesqueros Continentales de Colombia. Editorial Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH). Bogotá, D. C., Colombia. Carr, J.L., Giraldo, A. & M. F. Garcés-Restrepo Rhinoclemmys nasuta. In Páez, V. P., M. A. Morales- Betancourt, C. A. Lasso, O. V. Castaño-Mora y B. C. Bock (editors), Biology and conservation of the continental turtles from Colombia (pp ). Serie Editorial Recursos Hidrobiológicos y Pesqueros Continentales de Colombia. Editorial Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH). Bogotá, D. C., Colombia. Bedoya-Duran, M.J., Cortés-Diago, A., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F. & Ospina, N.F Management plan for the conservation of the Cloud-forest the Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium nubicola) in the department of Valle del Cauca. In Management plan for the conservation of sixteen focal vertebrata species in the department of Valle del Cauca (pp 50-56). Editorial Corporación Autónoma Regional Del Valle Del Cauca. Garcés-Restrepo, M.F. & Tenorio-Moreno, E.A Management plan for the conservation of the Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta) in the department of Valle del Cauca. In Management plan for the conservation of sixteen focal vertebrata species in the department of Valle del Cauca (pp 43-49). Editorial Corporación Autónoma Regional Del Valle Del Cauca. Garcés-Restrepo, M.F Management plan for the conservation of the Black-billed Mountain-toucan (Andigena nigrirostris) in the department of Valle del Cauca. In Management plan for the conservation of sixteen focal vertebrata species in the department of Valle del Cauca (pp 65-72). Editorial Corporación Autónoma Regional Del Valle Del Cauca. Murillo, O., Giraldo, G., Bedoya, J., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Carvajal, P., Astorquiza, M., Yusti, A.P., Velandia, J., Sánchez, E., & Sánchez, M Protocol for obtaining data mammals. In Giraldo, A & Moreno-Gutierrez, X 3

4 (editors), Research protocols in terrestrial, intertidal, subtidal and pelagic Gorgona National Park (pp.55-83). Ediciones. Cali Colombia. Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Gonzales F., & Giraldo, A Birds. In R. Cantera (editor), Wildlife in the campus of the (pp ). Ediciones. Cali, Colombia. OTHER PUBLICATIONS Carr, J.L., Giraldo, A., & Garcés-Restrepo, M.F Rhinoclemmys nasuta (Boulenger 1902). Catalog of Amphibians and Reptiles from Colombia 3: (Spanish). Lozano-Osorio, R., Garcés-Restrepo, M. F. & Giraldo, A Andinobates minutus (Shreve 1935). Catalog of Amphibians and Reptiles from Colombia 4:1-6. (Spanish). Garcés-Restrepo, M. F., Castro, A., Merchán, M., Cárdenas-Torres, M.A., & Gómez-Velasco, F Cocodrylus intermedius (Graves 1819). ). Catalog of Amphibians and Reptiles from Colombia 2:5-10. (Spanish). Castro, A., Merchán, M., Gómez, F., Garcés-Restrepo, M. F. & Cárdenas, M. A New Data on the Conservation Status of the Orinoco Crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) in Colombia. Proceedings of the 21st Working Meeting of the IUCN-SSC Crocodile Specialist Group. IUCN: Gland, Switzerland Giraldo, A., Garcés-Restrepo, M. F., & Carr, J.L Kinosternon leucostomum (Dumeril & Bibron in Dumeril & Dumeril 1851). ). Catalog of Amphibians and Reptiles from Colombia 1: (Spanish). Giraldo, A., Garcés-Restrepo, M. F., & Carr, J.L Rhinoclemmys annulata (Gray 1860). Catalog of Amphibians and Reptiles from Colombia 1: (Spanish). FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS Latin American Student Field Research Award (2016) PhD in foreign countries Scholarship (2013) Internal grants of the research vice-chancellor (2011) Young researcher (2010) American Society of Mammalogists COLCIENCIAS COLCIENCIAS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS MENTORED Rodrigo Lozano Osorio Cristian A. Guerrero Indira J. Vallejo Natalia Cuéllar Torres Elizabeth Sánchez Luz Karime Sánchez Yan Luis Castillo Flor Universidad del Quindío Universidad del Quindío Frog demography Turtle ecology Turtle ecology Bat ecology Primate space use Turtle habitat selection Turtle behavior GRADUATE STUDENT COMMITTEES Angie Patiño MSc in progress 2017-present Ciencias Biológicas TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant, Extinction of species. Fall University of Wisconsin-Madison. Adjunct professor, Laboratory of vertebrate zoology Teaching Assistant, Laboratory of vertebrate zoology Adjunct professor. Natural history and conservation of freshwater turtles and tortoises Teaching Assistant, Laboratory of general ecology RESEARCH EXPERIENCE October 2013 to January Co-researcher, African Snail Project,. October 2010 to December Co-researcher, arboreal mammals from Isla Gorgona,. August 2010 to January Field Technician, Orinoco Crocodile project, Asociación Chelonia. November 2009 to August Co-researcher, Threats birds-valle del Cauca, Foundation OIKOS. April 2008 to October Co-researcher, Blue Mountains Toucans, Wildlife Conservation Society-Colombia. October 2007 to March Field Technician, Birds in urban corridors. METROCALI S.A. April 2007 to September Field Technician, Virus Rabies in bats, Fundación OIKOS. May 2006 to March Field Technician, Effect of fragmentation of dry forest.. 4

5 REVIEWER FOR THE JOURNALS Biota Colombiana, Acta Biológica Colombiana, Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, Revista de Biología Tropical, Herpetological Conservation and Biology, Boletín Científico Centro de Museos Museo de Historia Natural, Herpetological Review, Revista de Biología Tropical. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Society of Mammalogists (2015-present), Asociación Colombiana de Herpetología (2012-present), Asociación Colombiana de Zoología (2012-present), Sociedad Colombiana de Mastozoología (2017-present). CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Pauli, J.N., & Peery, M.Z. Natal dispersal of tree sloths in a highly modified landscape: Implications for tropical forest conservation Moscow, United States. 97th annual meeting of the American society of Mammalogists. Oral. Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Peery, M.Z., Reid, B., & Pauli, J. N. Individual variability in reproductive strategies among females shape the mating system of tree sloths Minneapolis, United States. 96th annual meeting of the American society of Mammalogists. Oral. Cuéllar-Torres, N., Quintero-Ángel, A., Ferro-Muñoz, N., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Obando, L., Ordóñez, S., Astorquiza, J.M. Bolívar-García, W., & Giraldo, A. Structure and composition of the bat assemblage in different landscape units (Victoria, Caldas Colombia) Cartagena, Colombia. IV Colombian Congress of Zoology. Oral. Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Giraldo, A. & Carr, J.L. Population ecology of the Chocoan river turtle (Rhinoclemmys nasuta) in the Choco of the Valle del Cauca Cartagena, Colombia. IV Colombian Congress of Zoology. Oral. Guerrero-Angulo, C.A., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., & Giraldo, A. Morphometric and sexual variation of Kinosternon leucostomum postinguinale (Testudinata: Kinosternidae) in an insular locality and two continental in the Choco of the Valle del Cauca. Cartagena, Colombia IV Colombian Congress of Zoology. Oral. Lozano-Osorio, R., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Bolívar-García, W., Guerrero-Angulo, C.A., & Giraldo, A. Abundance and age structure of Bothrops asper (Garman, 1883) in the San Pedro nature reserve (Valle Del Cauca-Colombia) Cartagena, Colombia. IV Colombian Congress of Zoology. Oral. Lozano-Osorio, R., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Ortiz-Navia, J.O., Bolívar-García, W., & Giraldo, A. Demography and population structure of Leptodactylus fragilis (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in a perturbed habitat (Caloto Cauca- Colombia) Cartagena, Colombia. IV Colombian Congress of Zoology. Oral. Lozano-Osorio, R., Giraldo, A., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F. Population demography of Andinobates minutus (Shreve 1935) (Anura: Dendrobatidae) in an insular locality (Isla Palma Valle del Cauca, Colombia) Cartagena, Colombia. IV Colombian Congress of Zoology. Oral. Quintero-Ángel, A., Cuéllar-Torres, N., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Orjuela, S., Astorquiza-Onofre, J.M., Ferro-Muñoz, N., Obando-Cabrera, L., Bolívar-García, W., & Giraldo, A Diversity of terrestrial mammals in an area with relicts of dry forest in the Mid-Magdalena Valley (Caldas, Colombia) Cartagena, Colombia. IV Colombian Congress of Zoology. Oral. Sánchez-Montenegro, J.P., Pérez-Castillo, K., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., & Giraldo, A. Structure and composition of the assemblage of the birds in a dry forest (Caldas Colombia) Cartagena, Colombia. IV Colombian Congress of Zoology. Oral. Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Giraldo, A., & Carr, J. Natural History of Rhinoclemmys nasuta from the Pacific coastal region of Colombia Orlando, United States. 12th Annual Symposium on the Conservation and Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles. Oral. Castro, A., Merchán, M., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., & Cárdenas, M. "New Data on the Conservation Status of the Orinoco Crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) in Colombia Filipinas. 21st Working Meeting of the IUCN-SSC Crocodile Specialist Group. Oral. Brown, L., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Carr, J., & Giraldo, A. Atypical ectoparasite associations in populations of Rhinoclemmys nasuta (Testudines: Geoemydidade) in western Colombia Valle de Bravo, México meeting of the Southwestern Association Naturalists. Oral. Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Giraldo, A., & Carr, J. "Population density and conservation threat to the terrestrial and freshwater turtles from the central Pacific region of Colombia". Orlando, United States Ninth Annual Symposium on Conservation and Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles. Oral. Giraldo, A., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Loaiza, J., & Carr, J Population ecology of the large nosed wood turtle, Rhinoclemmys nasuta (Testudines: Geoemydidae) in the Colombian pacific zone. 2011, Orlando, United States. Ninth Annual Symposium on Conservation and Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles. Oral. 5

6 Astorquiza, M., Carvajal, P., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., & Giraldo, A. Density of arboreal mammals in Gorgona Island Quibdó, Colombia. First Colombian congress of mammalogy. Oral. Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Giraldo, A., & Carr, J. Demography, habitat selection and conservation status of the Rhinoclemmys nasuta (Testudines: Geoemydidae) in the Choco (Valle Del Cauca, Colombia) Medellín, Colombia III Colombian Congress of Zoology. Oral. Velasco, J.A., Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Saavedra, C., Roncancio, D., Ríos, C.A. & Franco, P. Predictions of climate change effects on distribution of rare and endangered species in the Andes of Colombia Medellín, Colombia. III Colombian Congress of Zoology. Oral. Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., & Franco, P. Conservation of Blue Mountains toucans (Andigena hypoglauca and A. nigrirostris) in the central Andes of Colombia. Medellín, Colombia III Colombian Congress of Zoology. Oral. Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Quintero-Ángel, A., Giraldo, A., & Galvis, C. Morphometric variation of Kinosternon leucostomun in two localities of the Colombian Choco Varadero, Cuba. VIII Latin-American congress of herpetology. Oral. Garcés-Restrepo, M.F., Giraldo, A., & Carr, J. Population Structure, morphometric variation and sexual dimorphism of Rhinoclemmys nasuta (Testudines: Geoemydidae) from two localities on the Colombian Pacific Coast Manaus, Brasil. Sixth World Congress of Herpetology. Oral. Ospina, N., Núñez, L., & Garcés-Restrepo, M.F. Description and composition of the colonies of the Vampire bat Bogotá, Colombia. First Colombian symposium of bats. Oral. CERTIFICATIONS AND SKILLS Spanish: Native language. English: University of Pennsylvania, English Language Programs, Intensive Program level 400, 600 and 700. Open English Level 5. TOEFL 92. 6