Spatial dynamics of species & habitats
All ecological populations and communities, and the environmental processes that underlie changes in this biodiversity vary over geographical space. Measuring and interpreting the spatial dynamics of biodiversity and the environment is a key step in understanding threats to biodiversity.
To achieve this, the use of spatial analysis and modelling techniques, supported by GIS and remote sensing, underpins much of our research. Specific details of our research projects are given below.
Research projects:- Invasive Species
- Plant-animal interactions
- Restoration of forest landscapes for biodiversity conservation and rural development in the drylands of Latin America (ReForLan)
- Biodiversity conservation, restoration and sustainable use in fragmented forest landscapes (BIOCORES)
- Environmental impacts of alien species in aquaculture (IMPASSE, EUFP6)
- Assessing Large scale Risk for biodiversity with tested Methods (ALARM, FP6)
- Effect of non-native freshwater fishes on fish community structure and their role introducing non-native fish diseases (Defra)
- Lakes of the Rift Valley (Earthwatch Institute)
- Ecological impacts of sika deer Cervus nippon
- Evolution of trap pollination systems
- Effect of alpine marmots on endemic Iris latifolia and species diversity in Pyrenean alpine pastures
- Risk identification and assessment of non-native freshwater fishes: concepts and perspectives on protocols for the UK (Defra)
- Landscape analysis: pattern, structure & transition
- Mapping disturbance, regeneration and diversity in tropical rain forests
- Modelling forest structure and species composition from integrated LiDAR and hyper-spectral data
- Identifying the determinants of habitat quality for woodland birds and their stability over time
- Developing biodiversity indicators and driving ecosystem models with remotely sensed data
- Species distribution modelling and the impact of environmental change in the New Forest National Park
- Towards cost-effective indicators to maintain Natura 2000 sites in a favourable conservation status
