Dear readers of Mammalogy Notes,
After an articulated and exhaustive process carried out by the editorial committee of MaNo and the Board of Directors of the Colombian Society of Mammalogy (SCMas), Ivan Mauricio Vela-Vargas has been chosen as the new general editor of our journal.
Mauricio is a Biologist and holds a master’s degree in Biological Sciences from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá, Colombia) and is a Fellow of the Fulbright Colombia - Minciencias scholar, through which he completed his Ph.D. in Natural Resources with an emphasis on Wildlife Management and Conservation at The University of Arizona (Tucson, USA). Since the founding year of MaNo in 2014, Mauricio has been part of the editorial team of the journal, serving as style editor, reviewer, and associate editor. Currently, he is Big Mammals Leader at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Colombia program and is dedicated to the evaluation of spatial dynamics and populations of large tropical carnivores, particularly the Andean bear.
Mauricio has extensive editorial experience, serving as a reviewer and associate editor in various national and international scientific journals, and with this expertise, the MaNo editorial team and the Board of Directors of SCMas warmly welcome the new general editor of our journal.
We extend once again our infinite gratitude to Dr. José F. González-Maya, who for 10 years served as general editor, leaving behind extraordinary work and a robust scientific journal with ample growth opportunities.