Līga Paura Academic position Professor Dr. agr. Field of research 2. Preservation of biological diversity in agro- and forest biocenoses, ecosystem protection and services E-mail liga.paura@lbtu.lv Obtained a doctoral degree in Agriculture Sciences (Animal sciences) in 1999. Professor in Biometrics and Bioinformatics and leading researcher. She has a long experience in agricultural data analysis including animal and crop sciences, and has been a researcher since 2005. Her recent research focusses on the quantitative genetic in animal sciences and animal genetic resouces. She has experience in participating in national and international research projects. She participates in national (Latvia Council of Science) and international (NJF) scientific bodies. She is the author or co-author of 37 peer-reviewed publications indexed in SCOPUS, with an h-index of 8. The most important projects (2019-2025) HENCO2: Cloud based IT platform designed to improve poultry productivity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, 2020 Enhancement and research of the genetic material of Latvia's local endangered animal breeds accumulated in the national gene bank, 2019 The impact of the effective population size of local endangered breeds on the increase in inbreeding, 2019 Assessment and accounting of greenhouse gas (GHG) and ammonia emissions from livestock under conventional and organic farming conditions, 2022 The most important publications (2019-2025) L. Paura , (2022), Evaluation and association of laying hen performance, environmental conditions and gas concentrations in barn housing system, Italian Journal of Animal Science, ISSN 1828-051X L. Paura , D. Jonkus , (2025), Analysis of genetic diversity in Latvian darkheaded sheep population, Small Ruminant Research, ISSN 0921-4488 L. Paura , D. Jonkus , (2023), Analysis of population structure and inbreeding in the Latvian heavy warmblood horse population, Veterinarija ir Zootechnika, ISSN 2669-2511 L. Paura , D. Jonkus , (2023), Analysis of inbreeding of the Latvian local goat breed, Small Ruminant Research, ISSN 0921-4488 L. Paura , D. Jonkus , (2024), Pedigree analysis of the Latvian Warmblood horse heavy type population, Czech Journal of Animal Science, ISSN 1805-9309 Membership Member of Editorial Board of International Scientific Publications: "Agriculture & Food" ISSN 1314-8591, Bulgaria, https://www.scientific-publications.net/en/open-access-journals/agriculture-and-food/
