Position: Senior Researcher
Research interests:
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Spatial Conservation Planning
- Conservation Biology
Research projects:
- Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI) – Evaluating intraguild trophic relations among terrestrial carnivores in the Romanian Carpathians, PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-0835, PI, 2020-2022
Selected publications:
- Popescu V.D., Pop M.I., Rozylowicz L. (2021) Trophy hunting undermines public trust. Science 372 (6546), 1049
- Hunter, M.L., J.P. Gibbs, and V.D. Popescu (2021) Fundamentals of Conservation Biology, 4th edition, Wiley
- Treves, A., Santiago-Ávila, F.J., Popescu, V.D., Paquet, P.C., Lynn, W.S., Darimont, C.T., Artelle, K.A. (2019) Trophy hunting: Insufficient evidence. Science 366: 435
- Popescu V., Pop M., Chiriac S., Rozylowicz L. (2019) Romanian carnivores at a crossroads. Science 364 (6445): 1041.
- Popescu V.D., Artelle K., Pop M., Manolache S., and Rozylowicz L. (2016) Assessing biological realism of wildlife population estimates in data-poor systems. Journal of Applied Ecology 53(4): 1248-1259
- Popescu V.D., Rozylowicz L., Niculae I., Cucu A. and Hartel T. (2014) Species, habitats, society: An evaluation of research supporting EU’s Natura 2000 network. PLoS ONE 9(11): e113648
- Souther S., Tingley M., Popescu V.D., Hayman D., Graves T., Ryan M., Hartl B. and Terrell K. (2014) Biotic impacts of energy development from shale: Research priorities and knowledge gaps. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment 12(6):330-338
- Popescu V.D., de Valpine P., Tempel D., and Peery M.Z. (2012) Estimating population impacts via dynamic occupancy analysis of Before-After Control-Impact studies. Ecological Applications 22: 1389-1404
- Popescu V.D. and Hunter M.L. (2011) Clear-cutting affects habitat connectivity for a forest amphibian by decreasing permeability to juvenile movements. Ecological Applications 21: 1283–1295
Contact: vioreldpopescu[at]gmail.com