Function: I look after the databank of mammals at the CSCF and I'm in charge of the coordination of mammal related projects managed by the CSCF; I am in charge of the relations with our collaborators in the field and with the cantonal and federal agencies of hunting and nature conservancy; I am particularly interested in management methods of the fauna and their application

Field: trained as a biologist, my diploma work researched how foxes accept baits for antirabic vaccination. For my thesis, I researched the use of space and habitats by foxes in a subalpine environment; I am now specialized in the ecology of carnivores, particularly canids and felids.

I am attainable: normally on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays between 8.30 am and 4.30 pm

by Tel. +41 (0)32 724 92 95
by fax  +41 (0)32 725 70 29
by e-mail : simon.capt******unine.ch

I can answer you:  preferably in French and in (Swiss) German; if you insist, a little in Italien and in English; I'll try to answer all your questions on Swiss mammals.

My public life:

• member of the Swiss Society of Biology of the Fauna (SSBF)
• member the supervising committee of Pronatura Berne
• member of the game and hunting commission of canton Berne
• member of the national commission on large predators
• representative of the CSCF at the supervising committee of the KARCH

I like : all unloved vertebrates with fangs or forked tongues; mountain hiking; to be on the look-out early in the morning; isles without tourists; cartoons and geographic maps; action films, ska and other ethnic music; risotto and merlot in the grotto.