Personalia

Koshkina Alyona Igorevna

Ph.D., research fellow at ACBK (Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan)

Research interests: ecology of social burrowing mammals, ecology and distribution of steppe mammals, human-wildlife conflicts and coexistence

Lissovsky Andrey A.

Ph.D. Senior scientist of Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, Head of the Work-group on creation of Russian mammals distribution Atlas.

Research interests: Mammals taxonomy and distribution, geographic variation and phylogeography of widespread mammals in Asia, zoological collections management.

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Eszhanov Aidyn Baurzhanovich

Ph.D., Head of the Laboratory of Arachnology and Other Invertebrates at the RSE on REM "Institute of Zoology," Member of the Academic Council and the Council of Young Scientists of the Institute of Zoology

Research Interests: medical theriology, toxicology, epizootiology, biocontrol, ecology

Smelyansky Ilya Eduardovich

Research fellow of ACBK (Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan)

Research interest: steppe ecosystems (different aspects), ecological role of mammals in steppes, their conservation and use, distribution and conservation status in Kazakhstan, especially small wild cats

Grygoryeva Irina Vasilyevna

MSc in Ecology, employee of ACBK (Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan).

Research interests: steppe ecosystems and the distribution of steppe mammals, human-wildlife conflicts, and wildlife behavior.