Mel Young
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Mel Young, also known as Melanie Young, is a conservation biologist and ecologist based at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.[1] Her specialist research focuses on understanding the diet, dispersal and foraging behaviors of yellow-eyed penguins.[2]
Career
In 2013 Young was a ranger with the New Zealand Department of Conservation based on Otago Peninsula. The peninsula is noted for its yellow-eyed penguin population.[3] Her primary focus has been on yellow-eyed penguins.[4][5] In 2018 Young was one of the key note speakers at the New Zealand Veterinary Association's Wildlife Conference.[6]
In 2019 Young was one of the seven-person campaign team behind Team Hoiho, which resulted in the yellow-eyed penguin being named New Zealand bird of the year.[7] By 2021 Young was a technical advisor for the Department of Conservation on yellow-eyed penguins.[8]
Education
Young became involved with yellow-eyed penguin conservation and research in 2005. She completed a Master of Science on the productivity of yellow-eyed penguins at the University of Otago in 2014. This involved using hatch rates, chick survival rates, and the mass of chicks to predict how birds and breeding success might be impacted by changes in the marine environment.[9] She worked as a biodiversity ranger for the Department of Conservation for a number of years. Her work involved monitoring and managing yellow-eyed penguin populations in the Otago region.[10] Mel is currently[when?] completing a doctorate at the University of Otago. This involves using satellite trackers to map the foraging behaviors at sea of yellow-eyed penguins.[11][12][13] Young has co-authored over fifteen papers and presentations since 2009.[14][15]
References
- ↑ MacLeod, Murdo (2018-03-12). "Saving the yellow-eyed penguin – a photo essay". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ↑ Zoology, Department of. "Zoology PhD Students". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ↑ Penguin deaths 'absolutely devastating', New Zealand Herald, Auckland, 12 February 2013, retrieved 13 May 2022
- ↑ Penguin chicks starving - DoC 9:09 pm on 19 February 2014, RNZ (Radio New Zealand news, retrieved 13 May 2022
- ↑ Plummeting yellow-eyed penguin numbers spark call for Otago beach closures, John McKenzie, 1 NEWS Reporter, Television One, New Zealand, retrieved 13 May 2022
- ↑ VLU 2018_Wildlife_Conference.pdf, nzvna.org.nz, retrieved 13 May 2022
- ↑ Tactical voting helps yellow-eyed penguin seize bird of the year crown, Elle Hunt, 11 November 2019, New Scientist, retrieved 13 May 2019
- ↑ [https://newsroom.northumbria.ac.uk/pressreleases/protecting-endangered-yellow-eyed-penguins-from-fatal-infections-3107315 Protecting endangered yellow-eyed penguins from fatal infections], Press release - 9 June 2021 09:00, Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom, retrieved 13 May 2022
- ↑ Young, Melanie Jane (2014). Determining the drivers of yellow-eyed penguin/hōiho (Megadyptes antipodes) productivity (Thesis thesis). University of Otago.
- ↑ "Sweltering heat in Otago impacts yellow-eyed penguins". Stuff. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ↑ "Melanie J. Young | MSc (Wildlife Management) | University of Otago, Dunedin | Department of Zoology | ResearchGate". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ↑ "Journey ends for travelling yellow-eyed penguin Takaraha". Stuff. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ↑ "Research to find out where yellow-eyed penguins are going". RNZ. 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ↑ Melanie YOUNG MSc (Wildlife Management), University of Otago, Dunedin, Department of Zoology, Researchgate.net, retrieved 13 May 2022
- ↑ https://www.publish.csiro.au/wr/WR19246 - published by CSIRO Australia 1 September 2020], retrieved 13 May 2022
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