| Education |
| Ph.D. 1991 |
Wildlife Sciences |
Texas Tech University |
| M.S. 1985 |
Wildlife Management |
Iowa State University |
| B.S. 1976 |
Ecology |
Universidad Austral de Chile |
| Courses
Taught |
| NRE 1000 |
Environmental Science |
| NRE 2345 |
Intro. to Fisheries & Wildlife (co-taught) |
| NRE 3335 |
Wildlife Management |
| NRE 3305 |
African Field Ecology |
| Work
Experience |
| 2006 - present |
Associate Professor, UConn |
| 1997 - 2006 |
Assistant Professor, UConn |
| 1992 - 1996 |
Post-doctoral Research Associate, Texas Tech
University |
| Research
Interest |
| My general area of research is foraging ecology.
I am interested on the predator-prey relationship
processes not only at the animal-animal level,
but also at the animal-plant level. My concerns
at the local and regional levels are related to
wild carnivores (coyotes and raccoons) ecology
and their behavior around people (yes, we are in
the northeast and there are plenty of humans around
here). At the international level I am interested
on the general ecology in Patagonia. For now my
research is concentrated at Torres
del Paine National Park in Chile,
where I conduct research on huemules (an endangered
deer), guanacos (a llama relative), their food,
and their predator (mountain lions). |
| Selected
Pubs |
Williams S. C., A.J.DeNicola and I.M. Ortega. 2008 Behavioral responses of white-tailed deer subjected to lethal management. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86:1358-1366. |
Ortega, I.M., S. Soltero-Gardea, F.C. Bryant,
and D.L. Drawe. 1997. Evaluating grazing strategies
for cattle: Deer forage dynamics. J. Range Manage.
50: 615-621
|
| Ortega, I.M., S. Soltero-Gardea, D.L. Drawe,
and F.C. Bryant. 1997. Evaluating grazing strategies
for cattle: Deer and cattle food partitioning.
J. Range Manage. 50:622-630 |
| Ortega, I.M., S. Soltero-Gardea, F.C. Bryant,
and D.L. Drawe. 1997. Evaluating grazing strategies
for cattle: Nutrition of cattle and deer. J. Range
Manage. 50:631-637 |
| Ortega, I.M. and W. L. Franklin. 1995. Social
organization, distribution and movements of a migratory
guanaco population in the Chilean Patagonia. "Revista
de Historia Natural, Chile". 68: 489-500 |
| Ortega, I.M., F.C. Bryant, and D. L. Drawe. 1995.
Contrast of esophageal-fistula versus bite-count
techniques to determine cattle diets. J. Range
Management. 48: 498-502 |
| Relyea, R. A, I.M. Ortega, and S. Demarais. 1994.
Activity monitoring in mule deer: assessing telemetry
accuracy. Wildlife Bulletin. 22: 656-661 |
| Soltero-Gardea, S., Ortega, I.M. and F. C. Bryant.
1994. Nutrient content of important deer forage
plants in the Texas Coastal Bend. Texas J. Sci.
46:133-142 |
Ortega, I.M. 1991. Deer and cattle foraging strategies
under different grazing systems and stocking rates.
Ph.D. Diss. Texas Tech Univ. Lubbock, TX. 152 pp
Ortega, I.M. 1991. Taming captive-born and wild-born white-tailed
deer fawns. Texas J. Sci. 43:215-217 |
| Ortega, I.M., L.D. Perry, D.L. Drawe, and F.C.
Bryant. 1990. Observations on obtaining white-tailed
deer fawns for experimental purposes. Texas J.
Sci. 42: 69-72 |
| Ortega, I.M. and W.L. Franklin. 1988. Feeding
habitat utilization and preference by guanaco male
groups in the Chilean Patagonia. Rev. Chi. Hist.
Nat. 61: 209-216 |
| Ortega, I.M. 1985. Social organization and ecology
of a migratory guanaco population in southern Patagonia.
M.S.Thesis. Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
59 pp. |
