About E3 Ecology Personnel |
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Dr RACHEL FREER BSc MSc PhD - Vertebrate Ecologist PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
CAREER PROFILE Following a period lecturing at Durham University, Rachel managed ecological research projects in Honduras looking at community composition and habitat preference including harp and mist netting for bats and herpetological surveys. Her PhD research was on a species of rare wildcat in Chile including radio-tracking and developing measures to conserve the species and its habitat. Other research projects have included the design of hibernacula for lesser horseshoe bats for CCW, radio-tracking badger for WildCRU at Oxford and radio-tracking studies of Daubenton's bats at Leeds. Current work includes assessment of mammal and protected species distribution along a 70km pipeline route in the Scottish Highlands, pre-development bat surveys and input into several major Environmental Statements. |