Miss Zoe Melvin
My main research interests lie in the scope of applied conservation research, with a more specific focus on behavioural ecology, conservation genetics and physiological responses to disturbance. For my PhD, I will be studying the endangered Zanzibar Red Colobus in collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Department of Forestry and Non-Renewable Natural Resources in Zanzibar. The aim of the study is to understand the influence of habitat disturbance of primate oxidative stress, demography and population genetics using field and lab techniques.

Cymwysterau
- BSc: Microsatellite genetic diversity of Bojer’s skink (Gongylomorphus bojerii) in Ilot Vacoas, Ile aux Fouquets and Ile de la Passe, Mauritius
Cardiff University, 2016
Cyhoeddiadau
2022
- PublishedMethodological confounds of measuring urinary oxidative stress in wild animals
Melvin, Z., Dhirani, H., Mitchell, C., Davenport, T., Blount, J. & Georgiev, A. V., 17 Jul 2022, In: Ecology and Evolution. 12, 7, e9115.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2019
- PublishedGenetic diversity and cryptic population re-establishment: management implications for the Bojer’s skink (Gongylomorphus bojerii)
Melvin, Z., du Plessis, S. J., Howard-McCombe, J., Sheppard, E. C., Russo, I-R. M., Mootoocurpen, R., Goetz, M., Young, R., Cole, N. C. & Bruford, M. W., Apr 2019, In: Conservation Genetics. 20, 2, p. 137-152
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedTwo cases of dead-infant carrying by female Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii) at Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park, Zanzibar
Georgiev, A., Melvin, Z. E., Warkentin, A-S., Winder, I. C. & Kassim, A., 2019, In: African Primates . 13, p. 57-60
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review