Professional Details

Degrees:
	BSc, Environmental Biology, 1989, Oxford Brookes University
	PhD, Evolution of pollination systems in Mimulus, 1994, Exeter

Previous Appointments:
	Post doctoral researcher at the Scottish Agricultural College, funded by the Leverhulme Trust: The effect of rabbit grazing on the vegetation of set-aside land. I studied the effect of herbivory on the assembly, functioning and stability of these grasslands (1995 - 1998)
	Lecturer in ecology, De Montfort University. I taught undergraduate courses in ecosystem processes, genetics & evolution and conservation biology (1994 - 1995)
	Contract environmental consultancy work for "Ambios" Environmental Consultancy, Devon. Projects included a botanical survey of the shingle vegetation on Chesil Beach, Dorset and a wildlife survey of the Bude Canal Aqueduct and surrounding culm grassland (1994 - 1994)
	Contract field botanist working for the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology in Merlewood, Cumbria (1990)
	Three month contract as a natural history guide in a rain forest reserve in the Peruvian Amazon - Tambopata Reserve, Puerto Maldonado (1990)
	Contract botanist for the Nature Conservancy Council, Newbury, England (1989 - 1990)
	Conservation work with the Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, Oxford Urban Wildlife Group and with Oxford City Council: Plant surveys and running guided walks (1989)

Membership of Professional Organisations/External Bodies:
	Member, British Ecological Society

Area(s) of Interest

Research Centre:
	Centre for Conservation Ecology & Environmental Change

Area(s) of Interest:
	Conservation Ecology

Academic Group(s):
	Environmental and Geographical Sciences

Units Led:
	Habitat Management & Wildlife Behaviour Conservation Ecology 1

Relevant Posts Within Industry/Academia:
	Regular reviewer for the following journals: Restoration Ecology, Applied Vegetation Science, American Journal of Botany, Biological Agriculture & Horticulture

Profile

My research interests focus on understanding how plant interactions with their pollinators and herbivores affect both the current distribution of species and the likely success of efforts to restore or create habitats. Within the UK, I lead collaborative research projects with the Royal Society for Protection of Birds, the National Trust and the MoD that investigate the ecological impacts of Sika deer and factors affecting the success of heathland restoration techniques.

Current conservation research projects overseas are identifying conditions required for the successful pollination of rare orchids and species of Araceae that have evolved elaborate trap pollination systems. Collaborating institutions include the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Max Plank Institute and the Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología. I am also investigating the effect of alpine marmots on montane plant communities and collaborating with an Ecuador-based conservation organisation ?Primenet? to develop methods of assessing the relationship between habitat quality and the abundance of cloud-forest mammals. I am always keen to enable students to actively engage with research and am currently helping a group of our undergraduate students organise an expedition to Ecuador this summer where we will be carrying out a Royal Geographical Society supported survey of Andean mammals and their habitats.

Contact Details
Tel:	+44 (0)1202 965679
Fax:	+44 (0)1202 965255
Email:	adiaz@bournemouth.ac.uk
Building:	Dorset House