Research Group
Present members
Postdoctoral researchers
David Baker – Renewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach (RENEW) (NERC)
Emmanuelle Briolat – The effects of artificial nighttime lighting on moth visual ecology and survival (NERC)
Mark Ferguson – Renewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach (RENEW) (NERC)
Jo Garrett – Renewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach (RENEW) (NERC
Siddharth Kumar – Renewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach (RENEW) (NERC)
James Lowe – Evaluating the success of interventions to manage public access at the coast (Natural England)
Sam Morrell – Artificial 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 Inston – Artificial 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