Assistant Professor-in-residence, Department of Population Health and Reproduction
School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis
Phone: (530) 752-8245
E-mail: hbernest@ucdavis.edu
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Expertise:
- Wildlife population genetics
- Wildlife population health, diseases and disease ecology
- Ecology of free-ranging raptors, corvids, and carnivorous mammals (bears, mountain lions, wild pigs and sea otters) with emphasis on California species
Research Focus:
- Disease ecology, pathology, and impacts of West Nile Virus in yellow-billed magpies
- Population genetics analysis of West Nile virus impacts to yellow-billed magpies, American crows, and Western scrub-jays
- Disease ecology and landscape genetics of California hawks (Swainson’s hawks, red-tailed hawks, red-shouldered hawks, Coopers hawks, etc) and owls (great gray owls and spotted owls)
- Landscape genetics of California terrestrial carnivores (bears, mountain lions and wild pigs); Familial (kinship/genetic) associations of California sea otters with diseases