About the event

African wild dogs are one of Africa’s most endangered carnivores, now occupying only a fraction of their historical range. Habitat loss and fragmentation remain major threats, but rising temperatures may place additional pressure on populations by changing when and where wild dogs can be active. In this talk, Dr Jennifer Linden will discuss her PhD research into how heat and habitat shape the persistence of African wild dogs. It draws on topics ranging from continent-wide habitat mapping to body temperature, behaviour and population modelling, and considers what ongoing climate and land-use change could mean for the future of the species.

About the speaker

Dr Jennifer Linden is a Research Associate at Imperial College London. She completed her PhD in Biology earlier this year at the University of Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), in collaboration with the Zoological Society of London, where her research focused on African wild dog conservation. Jennifer first began working with African mammals in South Africa, studying the behaviour of wild dwarf mongooses. Her work has since taken her from tracking and collaring wild dogs in South Africa to contributing to international conservation planning for the species, including the IUCN Red List and regional conservation strategy. In her new position, she is looking closer to home, studying biodiversity responses to air pollution across Europe to help inform carbon and climate policy.

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