Research Group

Present members
Postdoctoral researchers

David BakerRenewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach (RENEW) (NERC)

Emmanuelle BriolatThe effects of artificial nighttime lighting on moth visual ecology and survival (NERC)

Mark FergusonRenewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach (RENEW) (NERC)

Jo GarrettRenewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach (RENEW) (NERC

Siddharth KumarRenewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach (RENEW) (NERC)

James LoweEvaluating the success of interventions to manage public access at the coast (Natural England)

Sam MorrellArtificial light as a driver of nighttime landscape ecology (NERC)

 

PhD students

Simone Ackermann – Studying the impacts of light pollution on protected areas.

Devmini Bandara – 

Jiaqing Cai – Impacts of artificial light at night and nighttime warming on ecosystem functioning

Yasmine Fosu – Sustainability in Social Housing: housing design to mitigate disparities in greenspace access in London

Anqi Liu – 

Yinchen Liu – 

Emma Squire – 

 

Technicians

Maisy InstonArtificial light as a driver of nighttime landscape ecology (NERC)

 

Past members
Postdoctoral fellows and researchers

  • Daniel Cox – Nighttime macroecology
  • Sahran Higgins – Flood Resilience and Biodiversity
  • Stephen Lowe – Environmental Growth for Business/ Tevi
  • Jonathan Mosedale – Mainstreaming Environmental Growth
  • Rachel Morrison – SWEEP and Cornwall Council (Exeter 2018-19)
  • Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel – Mapping ecological risks from the colour spectrum of artificial nighttime lighting (NERC).
  • Dirk Sanders (Exeter 2016-19) – Effects of artificial light on multi-trophic population dynamics (NERC)
  • Daniel Cox (Exeter 2013-17) – Interactions between nature and people in urban environments and extinction of experience; Research Group Coordinator (NERC)
  • Sophie Nedelec (Exeter 2016-17) – Ecological effects of light pollution (EcoLight: ERC)
  • Thomas Davies (Exeter 2011-17) – Ecological effects of light pollution (EcoLight: ERC)
  • Jon Bennie (Exeter 2011-16) – Ecological effects of light pollution (EcoLight: ERC)
  • Stefano Casalegno (Exeter 2011-16) – The distribution, dynamics and interactions of ecosystem goods and services in Cornwall; Fragments, functions and flows – the scaling of biodiversity and ecosystem services in urban ecosystems (NERC)
  • Richard Inger (Exeter 2012-16) – Ecosystem service provision by wild birds; Research Group coordinator.
  • Steven Hancock (Exeter 2014-15) – Fragments, functions and flows – the scaling of biodiversity and ecosystem services in urban ecosystems (NERC)
  • Iain Stott (Exeter 2013-15) – Ecosystem service delivery & urban environments (SECURE: EPSRC)
  • Paz Duran (Exeter 2015) – Ecosystem service delivery & urban environments (SECURE: EPSRC)
  • Damiano Porcelli (Sheffield 2011-15) – Landscape genomics, climate change, and adaptation (NERC)
  • Antoine Cottin (Exeter 2012-13) – Fragments, functions and flows – the scaling of biodiversity and ecosystem services in urban ecosystems (NERC)
  • Barbara Goettsch (Sheffield & Exeter 2008-13) – Global Cactus Assessment (Conservation International, The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund)
  • Felix Eigenbrod (Sheffield 2008–10) – Linking biodiversity and ecosystem services: processes, priorities and prospects; Mapping ecosystem services and their economic value over national and regional scales (NERC; Natural England)
  • Arnost Sizling (Sheffield 2007-09) – Reconciling theories of biodiversity patterns (EU)
  • Martin Dallimer (Sheffield 2006-11) – A landscape-scale analysis of the sustainability of the hill farming economy and impact of farm production decisions on upland landscapes and biodiversity (ESRC & NERC); Urban river corridors and sustainable living agendas (URSULA: EPSRC)
  • Zoe Davies (Sheffield 2006-10) – Evaluating & improving the environmental benefits of domestic gardens in urban areas (English Nature, Countryside Commission for Wales, DEFRA, Environment & Heritage Service); Measurement, Modelling, Mapping and Management (4M): an evidence-based methodology for understanding and shrinking the urban carbon footprint (EPSRC)
  • Brigitte Braschler (Sheffield 2005–08) – Capacity building for biodiversity assessments during climate change (DEFRA)
  • Sarah Jackson (Sheffield 2004–07) – The effectiveness of protected areas in Great Britain
  • Alison Loram (Sheffield 2004–07) – Evaluating & improving the environmental benefits of domestic gardens in urban areas (English Nature, Countryside Commission for Wales, DEFRA, Environment & Heritage Service)
  • Olga Barbosa (Sheffield 2004–06) – Social diversity, biodiversity and access to green space
  • Richard Fuller (Sheffield 2004-08) – The Sustainable Urban Form Consortium (EPSRC)
  • Jamie Tratalos (Sheffield 2004 –05) – The Sustainable Urban Form Consortium (EPSRC)
  • Richard Davies (Sheffield 2003–07) – Global biodiversity hotspots: evolution, ecology and extinction (NERC)
  • Karl Evans (Sheffield 2003–08) – The determinants of species-energy relationships (Leverhulme); Urban & rural birds: genetic differentiation and the process of urbanization (NERC)
  • Tom Webb (Sheffield 2002-03) – Vegetation feedbacks on climate – consequences for conservation (Conservation International)
  • David Storch (Sheffield 2002) – Species-area relationships and environmental heterogeneity (Royal Society)
  • Aletta Bonn (Sheffield 2001-03) – Reserve selection using environmental and species data
  • Richard Smith (Sheffield 2000–02) – Urban domestic gardens and creative conservation (NERC)
  • Alex Jones (Sheffield 1999–2002) – Invertebrate diversity and endemism at Gough Island and threats from introduced species (DEFRA)
  • Paul Weeks (Sheffield 1994-96) – Automated species identification (AFRC)

PhD students

  • Ishbel Hayes – (Exeter 2019-23) Street life: Light pollution and the decline in moths – a systems approach
  • Rich Chalkey – (Exeter 2018-12) Geospatial monitoring and modelling of acid mine drainage and mining footprints
  • Wenyuan Zhang – (Oxford 2019-22) From local to global: biodiversity estimation and implications (China Scholarship Council)
  • Vinka Anic Thomas – (Exeter 2017-21) Seeing the light: Growth and flowering responses in wild plants under artificial nighttime lighting
  • Katy Chapman – (Exeter 2019-23) Bumblebee behaviour during ecological twilight (NERC GW4+ DTP and CASE partnership with South Devon AONB)
  • Alexandra Gardner – (Exeter 2017-21) Linking patterns to process: incorporating physiological mechanism into climate-based distribution models (NERC)
  • Katie Hall – (Exeter 2017-22) Behaviour of bees in dim light (BBSRC)
  • Rachel Kehoe – (Exeter 2016-20) Adapting to climate change: the impact of changing daylight regimes on range-shifting insect populations (NERC)
  • Benjamin Phillips – (Exeter 2017-21) Hedges and verges as habitat networks for biodiversity, pollination and nutrient cycling (NERC)
  • Beth Robinson (Exeter 2013-16) – The spread & impact of invasive non-native plants in a human-dominated landscape: the case of Japanese Knotweed
  • Maru Correa Cano (Exeter 2012-16) – Macroecological patterns of plant species and anthropogenic activities
  • América Paz Durán (Exeter 2010-2015) – Effectiveness of protected areas and implications for conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services
  • Colin Bonnington (Sheffield 2009-14) – Squirrels in suburbia: the avian impacts of urban grey squirrel
  • Daniel Diaz Porras (Sheffield 2009-13) – Historical urban ecology and biodiversity
  • Charlie Bell (Sheffield 2007-11) – Protected areas, management and the conservation of rare species: the red-billed chough on Anglesey.
  • Gabriela Cruz-Piñón (Sheffield 2005-10) – The distribution of cetacean species: knowledge, modelling and patterns.
  • Celia Sélem-Salas (Sheffield 2005-09) – People, species distributions and protected areas in Britain.
  • Jo Booth (Sheffield 2005-09) – Human-nature interactions: protected areas and nature conservation in the U.K.
  • Isla Fishburn (Sheffield 2005-09) – Patterns of investment in biodiversity conservation across the United States by the non-governmental organization sector.
  • Lisette Cantú-Salazar (Sheffield 2004-09) – Large scale patterns in the ecological performance of protected areas.
  • Claire Callaghan (Leeds 2004-09) – Evaluation of the protected area network of Yorkshire and the Humber.
  • Khaled Etayeb (Sheffield 2007-11) – Population ecology of the Dipper Cinclus cinclus in urban areas.
  • Barbara Goettsch (Sheffield 2003-07) – Distribution models, ecology, and conservation: a case study of Chihuahuan Desert cacti.
  • Clara Gaspar (Sheffield 2003-07) – Arthropod diversity and conservation planning in native forests of the Azores archipelago.
  • Vicky Sims (Sheffield 2002-07)- Predation or deterrence? The impact of cats in urban environments.
  • Marco Pautasso (Sheffield 2002-05) – Large scale patterns and determinants of avian assemblage structure.
  • Andrew Cannon (Sheffield 2002-06) – Wild birds in urban gardens: opportunity or constraint?
  • Luis-Bernardo Vázquez (Sheffield 2001-05) – Distribution patterns and conservation priorities for mammals in Mexico.
  • Rashid Raza (Sheffield 2001-06) – Diversity & rarity in avifaunal assemblages in Western Himalaya: A study of patterns & mechanisms.
  • Arnold Nagy (Sheffield 2000-06) – Priority area performance and planning in areas with limited biological data.
  • Alejandro Pérez Arteaga (Sheffield 2000-05) – Conservation planning for waterbirds in Mexico.
  • Sarah Jackson (Sheffield 2000-04) – The selection of conservation networks in the face of fluctuating populations.
  • Tom Webb (Sheffield 1999-2002) – Evolved consequences of rarity: experimental and phylogenetic approaches.
  • Patricia Koleff (Sheffield 1999-2002) – Spatial species turnover: patterns, determinants, and implications.
  • Ana Rodrigues (Sheffield 1998-2002)- The selection of networks of nature reserves.
  • Alison Holt (Sheffield 1998-2002) – Positive interspecific abundance-occupancy relationships: a test of mechanisms.
  • Berndt van Rensburg (Pretoria 1998-02) – Avian diversity in Southern Africa: patterns, processes and conservation.
  • A. Addo-Bediako (Pretoria 1998-2001) – Geographic and taxonomic variation in insect ecophysiological parameters.
  • Jenny Cowling (Sheffield 1997-2001) – Physiological basis for biological invasion: the terrestrial amphipod Arcitalitrus dorrieni Hunt 1925.
  • Andy Brewer (Sheffield 1996-2000) – Spatial variation in the abundance of the holly leaf miner (Phytomyza ilicis).
  • Natasha Loder (Sheffield 1993-97) – Insect species-body size distributions.

Technicians

  • Dave Cruse – Ecological effects of light pollution (NERC)
  • Emma Rosenfeld – Mapping ecological risks from the colour spectrum of artificial nighttime lighting (NERC).
  • Simon Aurel Dzurjak (Exeter 2018-19) – Mapping ecological risks from the colour spectrum of artificial nighttime lighting (NERC).
  • Angela Bartlett (Exeter 2017-18) – Mapping ecological risks from the colour spectrum of artificial nighttime lighting (NERC)
  • Fraser Bell (Exeter 2016-17) – Effects of artificial light on multi-trophic population dynamics (NERC)
  • Lauren Holt (Exeter 2016-17) – Ecological impacts of light pollution (Ecolight: ERC)
  • Hannah Hudson (2015-17 Exeter) Fragments, functions and flows – the scaling of biodiversity and ecosystem services in urban ecosystems (BESS: NERC)
  • Jo Garrett (Exeter 2015-17) Research support, data analysis on biodiversity and ecosystem services (BESS: NERC; Ecolight: ERC)
  • Emma Rosenfeld (Exeter 2014-15) – Ecosystem service delivery & urban environments (SECURE: EPSRC)
  • James Duffy (Exeter 2011-14) – GIS & meta-analysis support
  • Charlie Bell (Sheffield 2011-12) – Urban River Corridors and Sustainable Living Agendas (URSULA) (EPSRC)
  • Sarah McCormack (Sheffield 2008-10) – Measurement, Modelling, Mapping and Management (4M): an evidence-based methodology for understanding and shrinking the urban carbon footprint (EPSRC)
  • Rob Holland (Sheffield 2009) – Linking biodiversity and ecosystem services: processes, priorities and prospects (NERC; Natural England)
  • Jill Edmondson (Sheffield 2008) – Measurement, Modelling, Mapping and Management (4M): an evidence-based methodology for understanding and shrinking the urban carbon footprint (EPSRC)
  • Mark Parnell (Sheffield 2007-08) – Global biodiversity hotspots: evolution, ecology and extinction (NERC)
  • Julian Vulliamy (Sheffield 2004) – The Sustainable Urban Form Consortium (EPSRC)
  • Simon Ross (Sheffield 2002) – Global biodiversity hotspots: evolution, ecology and extinction (NERC)
  • John Marçal (Sheffield 1998) – Geographic scale population dynamics, the holly leaf miner, and educating students (Leverhulme)
  • Natasha Loder (Sheffield 1993) – Mapping biodiversity