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I am a conservation biologist with a background in conservation genomics and biodiversity monitoring. My reserach has primarily focused on biodiversity conservation within tropical forest environments. Previous research project have focused on topics such as lemur ecology and biogeography in Madagascar, including aye-aye populatoin genomics, conservation of forest habitat, and using biodiversity monitoring to assess conservation impact and potentail. I am interested in the application of genomics to biodiversity conservation. This has led to reserach projects to assess species richness, compare historic and present genomic divesrity to assess the risks of low genomic diversity to threatened species including tigers and vultures across the Indian subcontinent.
External positions
IUCN primate specialist Group
Keywords
- QL Zoology
- Madagascar
- Genomics
- Conservation
- Biodiversity
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Ecological and anthropogenic effects on the genomic diversity of lemurs in Madagascar
Orkin, J. D., Kuderna, L. F. K., Hermosilla-Albala, N., Fontsere, C., Aylward, M. L., Janiak, M. C., Andriaholinirina, N., Balaresque, P., Blair, M. E., Fausser, J.-L., Gut, I. G., Gut, M., Hahn, M. W., Harris, R. A., Horvath, J. E., Keyser, C., Kitchener, A. C., Le, M. D., Lizano, E. & Merker, S. & 14 others, , 27 Dec 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 9, p. 42-56Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How methodological changes have influenced our understanding of population structure in threatened species: insights from tiger populations across India
Aylward, M., Sagar, V., Natesh, M. & Ramakrishnan, U., 6 Jun 2022, In: Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 377, 1852, p. 20200418Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Lemur Distribution and Resident Attitudes Towards Forest Loss and Degradation in Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar
Steffens, T., Maheritafika, H., Hildebrand, J. & Aylward, M., 25 Aug 2020, In: Primate Conservation. 34Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An environmental DNA sampling method for aye-ayes from their feeding traces
Aylward, M. L., Sullivan, A. P., Perry, G. H., Johnson, S. E. & Louis, E. E., Sept 2018, In: Ecology and Evolution. 8, 18, p. 9229-9240 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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'Go West': East-west gene flow in aye-ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis) supports the western-rainforest refugia hypothesis
Aylward, M. L., Louis Jr, E. E., Perry, G. H. & Johnson, S. E., 17 Apr 2018, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. Vol. 165. p. 14-14 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution