Education
Dr. ren. nat., Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
M.S. Ecology, Evolution, & Behavior, University of Texas at Austin
B.S. Organismal Biology, Midwestern State University
Andrew Tilker oversees Re:wild’s species recovery work, with a focus on threatened and overlooked mammals. Prior to joining Re:wild, Andrew lived and worked in Vietnam and Laos, where he conducted his doctoral research on establishing robust biodiversity monitoring in the Annamites. He remains engaged on conservation of threatened Annamite endemic species. Andrew strongly believes in the value of forming meaningful partnerships with local stakeholders, especially indigenous communities, to achieve conservation outcomes.
Andrew is interested in developing effective conservation solutions to save species that are on the brink of extinction, with the belief that no species should be left behind, no matter how critical the situation becomes. He is also passionate about working on conservation measures that help recover species to natural population levels so that these species contribute to healthy functioning ecosystems. Andrew is a proponent of building conservation partnerships to promote and scale effective species recovery.
Publications
- Tilker, A., Nguyen, A., Timmins, R. J., Gray, T. N., Steinmetz, R., Abramov, A. V., & Wilkinson, N. (2020). No longer Data Deficient: recategorizing the Annamite striped rabbit Nesolagus timminsi as Endangered. Oryx, 54(2), 151-151.
- Tilker, A., Abrams, J.F., Mohamed, A., Nguyen, A., Wong, S.T., Sollmann, R., Niedballa, J., Bhagwat, T., Gray, T.N., Rawson, B.M. & Guegan, F. (2019). Habitat degradation and indiscriminate hunting differentially impact faunal communities in the Southeast Asian tropical biodiversity hotspot. Communications Biology, 2(1), 1-11.
- Nguyen, A., Bang, V. B., Duc, M. H., Nguyen, T. A. M., Nguyen, D. T., Tran, V. T., Long, B., Meijaard, E., Holland, J, Wilting, A., & Tilker, A. (2019). Camera-trap evidence that the silver-backed chevrotain Tragulus versicolor remains in the wild in Vietnam. Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi:10.1038/s41559-019-1027-7.
- Tilker, A., Nguyen, A., Abrams, J.F., Bhagwat, T., Le, M., Van Nguyen, T., Nguyen, A.T., Niedballa, J., Sollmann, R. & Wilting, A. (2018). A little-known endemic caught in the South-east Asian extinction crisis: The Annamite striped rabbit Nesolagus timminsi. Oryx, 1-10.
- Khwaja, H., Buchan, C., Wearn, O. R., Bantlin, D., Bernard, H., Bitariho, R., ... Tilker, A, . . . & du Preez, B. (2019). Pangolins in global camera trap data: Implications for ecological monitoring. Global Ecology and Conservation, 20, e00769.
- Abrams, J. F., Axtner, J., Bhagwat, T., Mohamed, A., Nguyen, A.,Niedballa J., Sollmann, R., Tilker, A., & Wilting, A. (2018). Studying terrestrial mammals in tropical rainforests: A user guide for camera-trapping and environmental DNA. Leibniz-IZW, Berlin, Germany. http://www.izw-berlin.de/userguide.html
- Schnell, I.B., Bohmann, K., Schultze, S.E., Richter, S.R., Murray, D.C., Sinding, M.H.S., Bass, D., Cadle, J.E., Campbell, M.J., Dolch, R. Edwards, D.P, Gray, T. N. E., Hansen, T., Nguyen, A. Q. H., Noer, C. L., Heise-Pavlov, S., Sander Pedersen, A. F., Ramamonhisoa, J. C., Siddal, M. E., Tilker, A., Traeholt, C., Wilkinson, N., Woodcock, P., Yu, D. W., Bertelsen, M. F., Bunce, M., & Gilbert, M. T. P. (2018). Debugging diversity–a pan‐continental exploration of the potential of terrestrial blood‐feeding leeches as a vertebrate monitoring tool. Molecular Ecology Resources, 18(6), 1282-1298.
- Tilker, A., Long, B., Gray, T.N., Robichaud, W., Van Ngoc, T., Vu, L.N., Holland, J., Shurter, S., Comizzoli, P., Thomas, P. & Ratajszczak, R. (2017). Saving the saola from extinction. Science, 357(6357), 1248.
- Gray, T. N., Thongsamouth, K., & Tilker, A. (2014). Recent camera-trap records of Owston’s Civet Chrotogale owstoni and other small carnivores from Xe Sap National Protected Area, southern Lao PDR. Small Carnivore Conservation, 51, 29-33.
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