Jenny Kaden
Senior Lab Technician
Research interests
Jenny's research interests lie in conservation genetics and the use of genetic tools to investigate options for managing and augmenting both wild and captive populations, and in determining the origin of unknown samples.
Background
- MSc (University of Leeds, UK) Biodiversity and Conservation
- BSc (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) Zoology
Other positions
- Research Technician at the University of Sheffield collecting field data on a population of co-operative birds (Philetairus socius) in Kimberley, South Africa and producing genetic data on their relatedness and kinship.
- Research assistant at the University of Stirling looking at population structure of bumblebees on the Hebridean Isles, and also assisting in the collection of field data in South Island, New Zealand.
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Papers
Helen Senn, Lisa Banfield, Tim Wacher, John Newby, Thomas Rabeil, Jennifer Kaden, Andrew C Kitchener, Teresa Abaigar, Teresa Luísa Silva, Mike Maunder, Rob Ogden, 2014, Splitting or Lumping? A Conservation Dilemma Exemplified by the Critically Endangered Dama Gazelle (Nanger dama), PLoS ONE 06/2014; 9(6):e98693
René E. van Dijk, Jennifer C. Kaden, Araceli Argüelles‐Ticó, Deborah A. Dawson, Terry Burke, Ben J. Hatchwell, 2014, Cooperative investment in public goods is kin directed in communal nests of social birds, Ecology Letters 06/2014
René E. van Dijk, Jennifer C. Kaden, Araceli Argüelles-Ticó, L. Marcela Beltran, Matthieu Paquet, Rita Covas, Claire Doutrelant, Ben J Hatchwell, 2013, The thermoregulatory benefits of the communal nest of sociable weavers Philetairus socius are spatially structured within nests, Journal of Avian Biology 03/2013; 44:102-110
D Goulson, J C Kaden, O Lepais, G C Lye, B Darvill, 2011, Population structure, dispersal and colonization history of the garden bumblebee Bombus hortorum in the Western Isles of Scotland, Conservation Genetics 08/2011; 12:867-879
G. C. Lye, J. C. Kaden, K. J. Park, D. Goulson, 2010, Forage use and niche partitioning by non-native bumblebees in New Zealand: implications for the conservation of their populations of origin, Journal of Insect Conservation 01/2010; 14(6):607-615
Latest News
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News
27/10/2023
RZSS response to the UK Government’s intention to deprioritise species restoration
I was surprised and dismayed to read about the UK Government’s intention to deprioritise species restoration, which fails to recognise the importance of that vital pillar of biodiversity recovery, as well as flying in the face of recent guidance from the world authority for conservation, the IUCN.
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News
13/10/2023
Critically endangered wildcats now call the Cairngorms National Park home
The first round of wildcat releases in Scotland has been completed by Saving Wildcats, led by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) in partnership with NatureScot, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS), The Cairngorms National Park Authority, Nordens Ark and Consejería de Sostenibilidad, Medio Ambiente y Economía Azul de la Junta de Andalucía.