Opened during 2004, the New Mexico office of Drylands Institute originated through our need to better address and manage projects conducted in that state.
Jean-Luc Cartron heads Drylands Institute’s New Mexico Office. Dr. Cartron is not only an accomplished biologist but holds a degree in medicine and has participated in humanitarian work in west Africa. Besides having written extensively in the areas of ecological research and ecosystem functioning, Dr. Cartron is a major contributor to the field of raptor biology and conservation in southwestern North America. He has been instrumental in calling attention to the electrocutions of hawks, owls, eagles and falcons on concrete power poles--an important and worldwide cause of mortality for these birds.
Major Projects
A Field Guide to the Flora and Fauna of the Middle Rio Grande Bosque. Jean-Luc Cartron, David Lightfoot, Sandra Brantley, Jane Mygatt, and Timothy Lowrey. Project funded by The Middle Rio Grande Bosque Initiative/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, PNM, and the UNM Biology Department. To be published in 2008.
The Raptors of New Mexico. Jean-Luc Cartron (editor). Project sponsored by T&E, Inc. To be published in 2008.
Research Associates Dr. Timothy Lowrey. Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
Jane Mygatt. Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
Dr. David Lightfoot. Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
Dr. Sandra Brantley. Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
Dr. Paul Polechla. Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
Contact Information
Dr. Jean-Luc Cartron
3101 Dakota NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 USA
505 830-4047
Cartron e-mail
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