2014 African Graduate Student Research Fund Award - Tobias Ochieng Otieno

In 2014, the recipient of one of two awards American Society of Mammalogist’s African Graduate Student Research Fund is Tobias Ochieng Otieno. Tobias is a M.Sc. student at Karatina University in Kenya, where his work focuses on foraging preferences and predation risk of ungulates in human-occupied landscapes. To date, Tobias has authored or coauthored two papers, with another in revision. He has delivered many presentations on the conservation and foraging ecology of mammals in Kenya, particularly emphasizing ungulates and small mammals.