In his position at the University of Florida, his research focused on the biology, conservation and sustainable use of Amazonian wildlife. He also undertook research in the rain forests of central Africa and Borneo. At DICE, his research interests have included the diversity of tropical mammals, the ecology of Amazonian mammals, sustainability of hunting in the tropics and community-based conservation

National/International activities

• Member, IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group
• Member, IUCN/SSC Pig and Peccary Specialist Group
• Member, IUCN/SSC Deer Specialist Group
• International Organizer, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th Conferences on Wildlife Management in the Amazon and South America
• Editor, Manejo De Fauna Silvestre en Latinoamérica
• President, La Fundación Latinoamericana para el Trópico Amazónico(FundAmazonia)
• General Manager, AmazonEco (www.amazoneco.com)
• Senior Research Fellow, Wildlife Conservation Society
• Recipient, 2003 Presidential Award, Chicago Zoological Society
• Recipient, 2001 Honorary DSc, National University of Peruvian Amazon

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Naranjo, EJ and Bodmer, RE (2007). Source–sink systems and conservation of hunted ungulates in the Lacandon Forest, Mexico. Biological Conservation, 138, 412-420.

Halme, KJ and Bodmer, RE (2007). Correspondence between scientific and traditional ecological knowledge: rain forest classification by the non-indigenous ribereños in Peruvian Amazonia. Biodiversity and Conservation, 16, 1785-1801.

Bodmer, RE (2006). Hunting for conservation in the Amazon. In State of the Wild: A Global Portrait of Wildlife, Wildlands, and Oceans, Ed by S Guynup, pp. 139-145. Washington: Island Press.

Bodmer, RE and Ward, D (2006). Frugivory in large mammalian herbivores. In The Impact of Large Mammalian Herbivores on Biodiversity, Ecosystem Structure and Function, ed by K Danell, pp 232-260. Cambridge University Press.

Hurtado-Gonzales, JL and Bodmer, RE (2006). Reproductive biology of female Amazonian brocket deer in northeastern Peru. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 52, 171-177.

Mayor, P, Fenech, M, Bodmer, R and Lopez-Bejar, M (2006). Ovarian features of the wild collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu) from the northeastern Peruvian Amazon. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 147, 268-275.

Bodmer, RE (2004). Evaluating the sustainability of harvesting in the Neotropics using the unified harvest model. In Hunting in Neotropical Forests: review of the issues, identifying gaps, and developing strategies, Ed by E Bennett. and F Arengo, pp. 201-206. New York: Wildlife Conservation Society.

Bodmer, RE, Pezo Lozano, E, and Fang, TG (2004). Economic analysis of wildlife use in the Peruvian Amazon. In People in Nature: wildlife conservation in South and Central America, Ed by KM Silvius, RE Bodmer and JMV Fragoso, pp. 191-207. New York: Columbia University Press.

Bodmer, RE and Puertas, P (2004). A brief history of the Yavari Valley. In Perú, Yavari: rapid biological inventory, Ed by N Pitman, C Vriesendorp and D Moskovits, pp. 172-177. Chicago: The Field Museum.

Bodmer, RE, Puertas, P and Antúnez, M (2004). Use and sustainability of wildlife hunting in and around the proposed Yavarí Reserved Zone. In Perú, Yavari: rapid biological inventory, Ed by N Pitman, C Vriesendorp and D Moskovits, pp. 178-185. Chicago: The Field Museum.

Bodmer, RE and Robinson, JG (2004). Evaluating the sustainability of hunting in the Neotropics. In People in Nature: wildlife conservation in South and Central America, Ed by KM Silvius, RE Bodmer and JMV Fragoso, pp. 299-323. New York: Columbia University Press.

Cullen Jr, L, Bodmer, RE, Valladares Pádua, C and Ballou, JD (2004). Mammalian densities and species extinctions in Atlantic Forest fragments: the need for population management. InPeople in Nature: wildlife conservation in South and Central America, Ed by KM Silvius, RE Bodmer and JMV Fragoso, pp. 211-226. New York: Columbia University Press.

Fragoso, JMV, Bodmer, RE and Silvius, KM (2004). Wildlife conservation and management in South and Central America: multiple pressures and innovative solutions. In People in Nature: wildlife conservation in South and Central America, Ed by KM Silvius, RE Bodmer and JMV Fragoso, pp. 1-8. New York: Columbia University Press.

Hurtado-Gonzales, JL and Bodmer, RE (2004). Assessing the sustainability of brocket deer hunting in the Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Communal Reserve, northeastern Peru. Biological Conservation, 116, 1-7.

Naranjo, EJ, Bolanos, JE, Guerra, MM and Bodmer, RE (2004). Hunting sustainability of ungulate populations in the Lacandon forest, Mexico. In People in Nature: wildlife conservation in South and Central America, Ed by KM Silvius, RE Bodmer and JMV Fragoso, pp. 324-343. New York: Columbia University Press.

Naranjo, E, Guerra, MM, Bodmer, RE and Bolanos, J (2004). Subsistence hunting by three ethnic groups of the Lacandon forest, Mexico. Journal of Ethnobiology, 24, 223-253.

Newing, H and Bodmer, R (2004). Collaborative wildlife management and adaptation to change: the Tamshiyacu Tahuayo Communal Reserve, Peru. Nomadic Peoples, 7, 110-122.

Puertas, PE and Bodmer, RE (2004). Hunting effort as a tool for community-based wildlife management in Amazonia. In People in Nature: wildlife conservation in South and Central America, Ed by KM Silvius, RE Bodmer and JMV Fragoso, pp. 123-135. New York: Columbia University Press.

Salovaara, K, Bodmer, RE, Recharte, M and Reyes, CF (2004). Diversity and abundance of mammals. In Perú, Yavari: rapid biological inventory, Ed by N Pitman, C Vriesendorp and D Moskovits, pp. 156-164. Chicago: The Field Museum.

Bodmer, R.E. (2003). The unified harvest model. IN: Bennett, L. and Arengo, F. (eds.) Sustainability of wildlife use in the Neotropics. WCS, New York.

Bodmer, RE (2003). Evaluación de la sustentabilidad de la caza en los Neotrópicos: el modelo de cosecha unificado. In Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en los Neotrópicos, Ed by R Polanco, pp. 252-261. Bogotá, Colombia: CITES, Fundación Natura.

Gottdenker, N and Bodmer, RE (2003). The Peccaries: Family Tayassuidae. In: Hutchins, M. (ed.) Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Gale Group.

Aquino, R, Bodmer, RE and J. Gil Navarro, J (2001). Mamiferos de la Cuenca del Rio Samiria: ecologia, poblacional y sustentabilidad de la caza. Lima, Peru: WCS and Programa Pacaya-Samiria. 116 pp.

Bodmer, RE and Pezo Lozano, E (2001). Rural development and sustainable wildlife use in Peru. Conservation Biology, 15, 1163-1170.

Bodmer, RE, Puertas, P, Aquino, R. and Reyes, C (2001). Influence of habitat on the sustainability of mammal harvests in the Peruvian Amazon. In Biological and Cultural Diversity of Amazonia, Ed by IC Vieira, JM da Silva, DC Oren and MA D'Incao, pp. 385-402. Belem, Brazil: Museu Goeldi Press.

Cullen, L, Bodmer, RE and Padua, CV (2001). Ecological consequences of hunting in Atlantic Forest patches, São Paulo, Brazil. Oryx, 35, 137-144.

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I currently supervise the following PhD students:

Jaime Cabrera

Oswaldo Carvalho

Eric Ramirez-Bravo

Wilfredo Tomas

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