KEVIN J GASTON

Gaston, K.J. 2012. The importance of being rare. Nature 487, 46-47. A commentary on a recent paper by Mi et al. on the differences between common and rare species.

This week’s issue of Nature also picks up on our research on the ecological effects of street lighting.

Our research got a mention on BBC Springwatch!

Coming very soon! The first paper, of what will hopefully be many, from the Ecolight project and on a new and exciting avenue of work for the research group. Davies,…

Cianciaruso, M.V. Silva, I.A., Batalha, M.A., Gaston, K.J. & Petchey O.L. 2012. The influence of fire on phylogenetic and functional structure of woody savannas: moving from species to individuals. Perspectives in…

Armsworth, P.R., Acs, S., Dallimer, M., Gaston, K.J., Hanley, N. & Wilson, P. 2012. The cost of policy simplification in conservation incentive programs. Ecology Letters 15, 406-414. Incentive payments to private landowners…

Evans, K.L., Newton, J., Gaston, K.J., Sharp, S.P., McGowan, A. & Hatchwell, B.J. 2012. Colonisation of urban environments is associated with reduced migratory behaviour, facilitating divergence from ancestral populations. Oikos 121, 634-640.…

Braschler, B., Chown, S.L. & Gaston, K.J. 2012. The Fynbos and Succulent Karoo biomes do not have exceptional local ant richness. PLoS One 7, e31463. The Fynbos and Succulent Karoo biomes at…

Armsworth, P.R., Fishburn, I.S., Davies, Z.G., Gilbert, J., Leaver, N. & Gaston, K.J. 2012. The size, concentration, and growth of biodiversity-conservation nonprofits. BioScience 62, 271-281. Nonprofit organizations have a vital role to…