Research outputs

Colin works on spatial ecology and conservation science and is an LCAB Associate.

• Colville JF, Beale CM, Forest F, Altwegg R, Huntley B and Cowling RM (2020) ‘Plant richness, turnover and evolutionary diversity track gradients of stability and ecological opportunity in a megadiversity centre’. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 117 (33): 20027-20037
• Massimino D, Beale CM, Suggitt A, Crick HQP, Macgregor N, Carroll MJ, Maclean IMD and Pearce-Higgins JW (2020). Can microclimate offer refuge to an upland bird species under climate change? LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY 35:1907–1922
• Dobson ADM, Milner-Gulland EJ, Aebischer NJ, Beale CM, Brozovic R, Coals P, Critchlow R, Dancer A, Greve M, Hinsley A, Ibbett H, Johnston A, Kuiper T, Le Comber S, Mahood SP, Moore JF, Nilsen EB, Pocock MJO, Quinn A, Travers H, Wilfred P, Wright J and Keane, A (2020), 'Making messy data work for conservation', ONE EARTH 2 (5): 455-465.
• Rija AA, Critchlow R, Thomas CD, Beale CM (2020) ‘Global extent and drivers of mammal population declines in protected areas under illegal hunting pressure’. PLoS ONE. 15(8):1-14. e0227163.

Robert studies humans and nature to address research, policy and management issues at multiple time and space scales and is a member of LCAB’s Research Strategy Group.

• Costanza R, Fioramonti L, Giovannini E, Kubiszewski I, Lovins H, McGlade J, Mortenson LF, Pickett K, Ragnarsdottir KV, Roberts D, Trebeck K, De Vogli R, Wallis S and Wilkinson, R (2020) 'After the crisis: two possible futures' SOLUTIONS 11(3)
• Palahi M, Pantsar M, Costanza R, Kubiszewski I, Potocnik J, Stuchtey M, Nasi R, Lovins H, Giovannini E, Fioramonti L, Dixson-Decleve S, McGlade J, Pickett K, Wilkinson R, Holmgren J, Wallis S, Ramage M, Berndes G, Akinnifesi F, Safanov G, Nobre A, Nobre C, Muys B, Trebeck K, Ragnarsdottir KV, Ibanez D, Wijkman A, Snape J & Bas L (2020) 'Investing in Nature to Transform the Post COVID-19 Economy: A 10-point Action Plan to create a circular bioeconomy devoted to sustainable wellbeing' SOLUTIONS 11(2)
• Doran EMB, Barbieri L, Kubiszewski I, Pickett K, Dietz T, Abrams M, Wilkinson R, Costanza R, Farber SC, Valcour J (2020) ‘Frameworks and systems thinking for measuring and achieving sustainable wellbeing’. In: Costanza R, Etikson JD, Farley J and Kubiszewski I. Sustainable wellbeing futures. Cheltenham: Elgar, 2020.
• Wilkinson R, Pickett K (2020) ‘The struggle for equality and sustainability’. In: Costanza R, Etikson JD, Farley J and Kubiszewski I. Sustainable wellbeing futures. Cheltenham: Elgar, 2020.

Rob is a postdoctoral research associate who works alongside Colin Beale and is based in LCAB.

• Rija AA, Critchlow R, Thomas CD, Beale CM (2020) ‘Global extent and drivers of mammal population declines in protected areas under illegal hunting pressure’. PLoS ONE. 15(8):1-14. e0227163.

Kanchon is interested in the genetic and ecological causes of speciation, with a focus on Heliconius butterflies and is a member of LCAB’s Research Strategy Group.

• Minter M, Dasmahapatra KK, Thomas CD, Morecroft MD, Tonhasca A, Schmitt T, Siozios S and Hill JK (2020) ‘Past, current, and potential future distributions of unique genetic diversity in a cold-adapted mountain butterfly’ ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 10:11155–11168 Biology

Katie is an LCAB funded postdoctoral research associate who is interested in patterns and processes in the evolution of biodiversity.

• Guillerme T, Cooper N, Brusatte SL, Davis KE, Jackson AL, Gerber S, Goswami A, Healy K, Hopkins MJ, Jones MEH, Lloyd GT, O'Reilly JE, Pate A, Puttick MN, Rayfield EJ, Saupe EE, Sherratt E, Slater GJ, Weisbecker V, Thomas GH and Donoghue PCJ (2020) ‘Disparities in the analysis of morphological disparity’ BIOLOGY LETTERS 16 (7)

Maria works on quantifying biodiversity and understanding the processes that shape it, often working on tropical systems and is a member of LCAB’s Research Strategy Group.

• Dornelas M and Madin JS (2020) ‘Novel communities are a risky business’ SCIENCE 370 (6513): 164-165. PDF available to view: Dornelas and Madin 2020 (PDF , 1,458kb)
• Daskalova GN, Myers-Smith IH, Bjorkman AD, Blowes SA, Supp SR, Magurran AE, Dornelas M (2020) ‘Landscape-scale forest loss as a catalyst of population and biodiversity change’ SCIENCE 368 (6497): 1341-1347. PDF available to view: Daskalova et al 2020 (PDF , 10,248kb)

• Dornelas M, Daskalova GN (2020) ‘Nuanced changes in insect abundance’ Science 368 (6489): 368-369. PDF available to view: Dornelas and Daskalova 2020 (PDF , 931kb)
• Jones FAM, Dornelas M and Magurran AE (2020) ‘Recent increases in assemblage rarity are linked to increasing local immigration’ ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 7:192045

Richard works on the poverty and governance dimensions of social and environmental transformations and is an LCAB Associate.

• Friend RM, Thankappan S, Doherty B, Aung N, Beringer AL, Kimseng C, Cole R, Inmuong Y, Mortensen S, Nyunt WW, Paavola J, Promphakping B, Salamanca A, Soben K, Win S, Win S and Yang N (2019) ‘Agricultural and food systems in the Mekong region: Drivers of transformation and pathways of change’ EMERALD OPEN RESEARCH 1:12

Jane studies the impacts of climate change and habitat loss on species to understand species’ responses to environmental change and is a member of LCAB’s Research Strategy Group.

• Ward C, Stringer LC, Warren-Thomas E, Agus F, Crowson M, Hamer K, Hariyadi B, Kartika WD, Lucey J, McClean C, Nurida NL, Petorelli N, Pratiwi E, Saad A, Andriyani R, Ariani T, Sriwahyuni H, Hill JK (2021) ‘Smallholder perceptions of land restoration activities: rewetting tropical peatland oil palm areas in Sumatra, Indonesia’. REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE 21(1)
• Ward CFM, Stringer LC, Warren-Thomas E, Agus, F, Hamer K, Pettorelli N, Hariyadi B, Hodgson J, Kartika W, Lucey J, McClean C, Nurida NL, Saad A and Hill JK (2020) ‘Wading through the swamp: what does tropical peatland restoration mean to national level stakeholders in Indonesia?’ RESTORATION ECOLOGY 28(4) 17-827
• Minter M, Dasmahapatra KK, Thomas CD, Morecroft MD, Tonhasca A, Schmitt T, Siozios S and Hill JK (2020) ‘Past, current, and potential future distributions of unique genetic diversity in a cold-adapted mountain butterfly’ ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 10:11155–11168
• Taylor-Cox ED, MacGregor CJ, Corthine A, Hill JK, Hodgson J and Saccheri I (2020) ‘Wing morphological responses to latitude and colonisation in a range expanding butterfly’. PEER J.
• Fleiss S, Waddell E, Ola BB, Banin LF, Benedick S, Sailim AB, Chapman DS, Jelling A, King H, McClean CJ, Yeong KL and Hill JK (2020) ‘Conservation set-asides improve carbon storage and support associated plant diversity in certified sustainable oil palm plantations’. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 248 [108631].
• Waddell E, Banin L, Fleiss S, Hill JK, Hughes M, Jelling A, Loong YK, Ola BB, Sailim AB, Tangah J and Chapman DS (2020) ‘Land-use change and propagule pressure promote plant invasions in tropical rainforest remnants’. LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY 35:1891–1906
• Hill JK, Lopes M, Frison P-L, Crowson M, Warren-Thomas EM, Hariyadi B, Kartika WD, Agus F, Hamer KC, Stringer LC and Pettorelli N (2020) ‘Improving the accuracy of land cover classification in cloud persistent areas using optical and radar satellite image time series’. METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 11(4):532-541
• Williams SH, Scriven SA-L, Burslem DFRP, Hill JK, Reynolds G, Agama AL. Kugan F, Maycock CR, Khoo E, Hastie AYL, Sagau JB, Nilus R, Pereira JT, Tsen SLT, Lee LY, Juiling S, Hodgson J, Cole LES, Asner GP, Evans LJ and Brodie JF (2019) ‘Incorporating connectivity into conservation planning for optimal representation of multiple species and ecosystem services’ CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 34 (4):934-942
• Stride GL, Thomas C, Benedick S, Hodgson JA, Jelling A, Senior MJM and Hill JK (2019) ‘Divergent tree seedling communities indicate different trajectories of change among rainforest remnants’. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS 25 (11):1751-1762

Ida’s research focuses on measures of wellbeing and how to create a wellbeing economy and she is a member of LCAB’s Research Strategy Group.

• Costanza R, Fioramonti L, Giovannini E, Kubiszewski I, Lovins H, McGlade J, Mortenson LF, Pickett K, Ragnarsdottir KV, Roberts D, Trebeck K, De Vogli R, Wallis S and Wilkinson, R (2020) 'After the crisis: two possible futures' SOLUTIONS 11(3)
• Palahi M, Pantsar M, Costanza R, Kubiszewski I, Potocnik J, Stuchtey M, Nasi R, Lovins H, Giovannini E, Fioramonti L, Dixson-Decleve S, McGlade J, Pickett K, Wilkinson R, Holmgren J, Wallis S, Ramage M, Berndes G, Akinnifesi F, Safanov G, Nobre A, Nobre C, Muys B, Trebeck K, Ragnarsdottir KV, Ibanez D, Wijkman A, Snape J & Bas L (2020) 'Investing in Nature to Transform the Post COVID-19 Economy: A 10-point Action Plan to create a circular bioeconomy devoted to sustainable wellbeing' SOLUTIONS 11(2)
• Doran EMB, Barbieri L, Kubiszewski I, Pickett K, Dietz T, Abrams M, Wilkinson R, Costanza R, Farber SC, Valcour J (2020) ‘Frameworks and systems thinking for measuring and achieving sustainable wellbeing’. In: Costanza R, Etikson JD, Farley J and Kubiszewski I. Sustainable wellbeing futures. Cheltenham: Elgar, 2020.
• Wilkinson R, Pickett K (2020) ‘The struggle for equality and sustainability’. In: Costanza R, Etikson JD, Farley J and Kubiszewski I. Sustainable wellbeing futures. Cheltenham: Elgar, 2020.

Ines is an LCAB funded postdoctoral research associate who is a macroecologist particularly interested in understanding how biodiversity is changing across the globe.

• Martins IS, Navarro LM, Pereira HM and Rosa IMD (2020) ‘Alternative pathways to a sustainable future lead to contrasting biodiversity responses’. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION 22, e01028.
• Pereira HM, Rosa IMD, Martins IS, Kim H, Leadley P, Popp A, van Vuuren DP, Hurtt G, Anthoni P, Arneth A, Baisero D, Chaplin-Kramer R, Chini L, Di Fulvio F, Di Marco M, Ferrier S, Fujimori S, Guerra CA, Harfoot M, Harwood TD, Hasegawa T, Haverd V, Havlík P, Hellweg S, Hilbers JP, Hill SLL, Hirata A, Hoskins AJ, Humpenöder F, Janse JH, Jetz W, Johnson JA, Krause A, Leclère D, Matsui T, Meijer JR, Merow C, Obsersteiner M, Ohashi H,   Poulter B, Purvis A, Quesada B, Rondinini C,  Schipper AM, Settele J, Sharp R, Stehfest E,  Strassburg BBN, Takahashi K, Talluto MV, Thuiller W, Titeux N, Visconti P, Ware C, Wolf F and Alkemade R (2020) ‘Global trends in biodiversity and ecosystem services from 1900 to 2050’. BIORXIV (Preprint).
• Gottschall F, Cameron EK, Martins IS, Siebert J and Eisenhauer N (2020) Can We Save the Beast by Conserving the Beauty? FRONTIERS FOR YOUNG MINDS

Melissa is a PhD student supervised by Jane Hill and is based in LCAB.

• Minter M, Dasmahapatra KK, Thomas CD, Morecroft MD, Tonhasca A, Schmitt T, Siozios S and Hill JK (2020) ‘Past, current, and potential future distributions of unique genetic diversity in a cold-adapted mountain butterfly’ ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 10:11155–11168

Roberto was a postdoctoral research associate who worked alongside Chris Thomas and was based in LCAB.

• Padovani R, Salisbury A, Bostock H, Roy DB and Thomas CD (2019) ‘Introduced plants as novel Anthropocene habitats for insects’. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 26 (2): 1-18.

Kate’s research focuses on the impact of socioeconomic inequality on the health and wellbeing of people, communities and the environment and she is an Associate Director of LCAB.

• Costanza R, Fioramonti L, Giovannini E, Kubiszewski I, Lovins H, McGlade J, Mortenson LF, Pickett K, Ragnarsdottir KV, Roberts D, Trebeck K, De Vogli R, Wallis S and Wilkinson, R (2020) 'After the crisis: two possible futures' SOLUTIONS 11(3)
• Palahi M, Pantsar M, Costanza R, Kubiszewski I, Potocnik J, Stuchtey M, Nasi R, Lovins H, Giovannini E, Fioramonti L, Dixson-Decleve S, McGlade J, Pickett K, Wilkinson R, Holmgren J, Wallis S, Ramage M, Berndes G, Akinnifesi F, Safanov G, Nobre A, Nobre C, Muys B, Trebeck K, Ragnarsdottir KV, Ibanez D, Wijkman A, Snape J & Bas L (2020) 'Investing in Nature to Transform the Post COVID-19 Economy: A 10-point Action Plan to create a circular bioeconomy devoted to sustainable wellbeing' SOLUTIONS 11(2)
• Wilkinson RG, Pickett K (2020). ‘Sustainability needs equality’. In: Washington, H. What can I do to help heal the environmental crisis’. Abingdon: Routledge, 2020.
• Doran EMB, Barbieri L, Kubiszewski I, Pickett K, Dietz T, Abrams M, Wilkinson R, Costanza R, Farber SC, Valcour J (2020) ‘Frameworks and systems thinking for measuring and achieving sustainable wellbeing’. In: Costanza R, Etikson JD, Farley J and Kubiszewski I. Sustainable wellbeing futures. Cheltenham: Elgar, 2020.
• Wilkinson R, Pickett K (2020) ‘The struggle for equality and sustainability’. In: Costanza R, Etikson JD, Farley J and Kubiszewski I. Sustainable wellbeing futures. Cheltenham: Elgar, 2020.

Phil works on conservation science projects, mainly in Africa and is an LCAB Associate.

• Deere NJ, Guillera‐Arroita G, Platts PJ, Mitchell SL, Baking EL, Bernard H, Haysom JK, Reynolds G, Seaman DJI, Davies ZG and Struebig MJ (2020) ‘Implications of zero-deforestation commitments: forest quality and hunting pressure limit mammal persistence in fragmented tropical landscapes’. CONSERVATION LETTERS 13 (3): e12701
• Marshall A, Platts, PJ, Chazdon, R, Seki, H, Campbell, M, Phillips, OL, Gereau, RE, Marchant, R, Liang, J, Malhi, Y and Pfeifer, M (2020) 'Conceptualising the Global Forest Response to Liana Proliferation', FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE (3): 35.

Amanda’s research considers the history and sociology of the relationship between humans and other animals and she is an LCAB Associate.

• Rees A and Sleigh C (2020) Human, Reaktion Press, London
• Rees A (2019) 'Elemental Problems, Methodical Solutions: Expertise, Ecology and Entertainment in the Study of Marine Mammals', JOURNAL OF HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 13 (2): 5-30

Joshua is a PhD student supervised by Chris Thomas and is based in LCAB.

• Kennedy JP, Sammy JM, Rowntree JK and Preziosi RF (2020) ‘Mating system variation in neotropical black mangrove, Avicennia germinans, at three spatial scales towards an expanding northern distributional limit, ESTUARINE, COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE [106754]

Sarah is a postdoctoral research associate who works alongside Jane Hill and is based in LCAB.

• Williams SH, Scriven SA-L, Burslem DFRP, Hill JK, Reynolds G, Agama AL. Kugan F, Maycock CR, Khoo E, Hastie AYL, Sagau JB, Nilus R, Pereira JT, Tsen SLT, Lee LY, Juiling S, Hodgson J, Cole LES, Asner GP, Evans LJ and Brodie JF (2019) ‘Incorporating connectivity into conservation planning for optimal representation of multiple species and ecosystem services’ CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 34 (4):934-942

Lindsay’s research focuses on human-environment relationships, and she is a member of LCAB’s Research Strategy Group.

• Ward C, Stringer LC, Warren-Thomas E, Agus F, Crowson M, Hamer K, Hariyadi B, Kartika WD, Lucey J, McClean C, Nurida NL, Petorelli N, Pratiwi E, Saad A, Andriyani R, Ariani T, Sriwahyuni H, Hill JK (2021) ‘Smallholder perceptions of land restoration activities: rewetting tropical peatland oil palm areas in Sumatra, Indonesia’. REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE 21(1)
• van den Elsen E, Stringer LC, de Ita C, Hessel R, Kefi S, Schneider F, Bautista S, Garcia Mayor A, Baudena M, Rietkerk M,  Valdecantos A,  Vallejo VR, Geeson N,  Brandt J, Fleskens L,  Hemerik L,  Panagos P,  Valente S,  Keizer JJ, Schwilch G,  Jucker Riva M, Sietz D,  Christoforou MA, Hadjimitsis DG,  Papoutsa C, Quaranta G,  Salvia R,  Tsanis I,  Daliakopoulos IN,  Claringbould H and De Ruiter PC (2020) ‘Advances in understanding and managing catastrophic shifts in Mediterranean ecosystems’. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 8: 323
• Archer E, Dziba L, Mulongoy JK, Maoela A, Walters M, Biggs R, Cormier-Salem MC, DeClerck F, Diaw MC, Dunham A, Failler P, Gordon C, Harhash KA, Kasisi R, Kizito F, Nyingi W, Oguge O, Osman Elasha B, Stringer LC, Tito de Morais L, Assogbadjo A, Egoh B, Halmy M, Heubach K, Mensah A, Pereira L and Sitas N (2020) ‘Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on the African continent – what is changing, and what are our options’. ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT [100558] Available online Aug 2020
• Loan NTN, Tan DV, Tran TTH, Quang NH, Hue LTV, Nga PTT, Quinn CH, Carrie RH, Stringer LC and Hackney C (2020) ‘Comparison of several secondary metabolite and elemental ion contents of leaves from Kandelia obovate and Sonneratia caseolaris forests located in the Red River Delta’. ACADEMIA JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY 42(4) 87-99
• Singh RK, Singh A, Kumar S, Sheoran P, Sharma DK, Stringer LC, Quinn CH, A Kumar and Singh D (2020) ‘Perceived Climate Variability and Compounding Stressors: Implications for Risks to Livelihoods of Smallholder Indian Farmers’. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 66: 826–844
• Lopez Porras G, Stringer LC and Quinn CH (2020) ‘Building dryland resilience: three principles for adaptive water governance’ ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 177 [106770]
• Quang NH, Quinn CH, Stringer LC, Carrie R, Hackney CR, Hue LTV, Tan DV and Nga PTT (2020) ‘Multi-decadal changes in mangrove extent, age and species in the Red River estuaries of Viet Nam’. REMOTE SENSING 12 (14): 2289
• Lu H, Yan Y, Zhu J, Jin T, Liu G, Wu G, Stringer LC and Dallimer M (2020) ‘Spatiotemporal water yield variations and influencing factors in the Lhasa River Basin, Tibetan Plateau’. WATER 12(5): 1498
• Favretto N, Afionis S, Stringer LC, Dougill AJ, Quinn CH and Ranarijaona HLT (2020) ‘Delivering climate-development co-benefits through multi-stakeholder forestry projects in Madagascar: opportunities and challenges’. LAND 9(5), 157
• Ward CFM, Stringer LC, Warren-Thomas E, Agus, F, Hamer K, Pettorelli N, Hariyadi B, Hodgson J, Kartika W, Lucey J, McClean C, Nurida NL, Saad A and Hill JK (2020) ‘Wading through the swamp: what does tropical peatland restoration mean to national level stakeholders in Indonesia?’ RESTORATION ECOLOGY 28(4) 817-827
• Hill JK, Lopes M, Frison P-L, Crowson M, Warren-Thomas EM, Hariyadi B, Kartika WD, Agus F, Hamer KC, Stringer LC and Pettorelli N (2020) ‘Improving the accuracy of land cover classification in cloud persistent areas using optical and radar satellite image time series’. METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 11(4):532-541

Chris works to understand the biological and human processes that give rise to species being successful, the ways that people exploit them, and the ways that successful species exploit humans.  He is Director of LCAB.

• Riascos JM, Hopfe C and Thomas CD (2020) ‘The energy flow through coastal Anthropocene biotas’. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 18:11-12.
• Suggitt AJ, Lister DG and Thomas CD. Reply to Le Roux et al. CURRENT BIOLOGY 30 (9):R391-R392.
• Thomas CD (2020) ‘The development of Anthropocene biotas’. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B 375:20190113.
• Auffret AG and Thomas CD (2020) ‘Synergistic and antagonistic effects of land use and non‐native species on community responses to climate change’. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 25 (12):4303–4314.
• Minter M, Dasmahapatra KK, Thomas CD, Morecroft MD, Tonhasca A, Schmitt T, Siozios S and Hill JK (2020) ‘Past, current, and potential future distributions of unique genetic diversity in a cold-adapted mountain butterfly’ ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 10:11155–11168
• Rija AA, Critchlow R, Thomas CD, Beale CM (2020) ‘Global extent and drivers of mammal population declines in protected areas under illegal hunting pressure’. PLoS ONE. 15(8):1-14. e0227163.
• Stride GL, Thomas C, Benedick S, Hodgson JA, Jelling A, Senior MJM and Hill JK (2019) ‘Divergent tree seedling communities indicate different trajectories of change among rainforest remnants’. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS 25 (11):1751-1762
• MacGregor CJ, Williams J, Bell J, Thomas C (2019) ‘Moth biomass increases and decreases over 50 years in Britain’ NATURE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 3:1645-1649
• Padovani R, Salisbury A, Bostock H, Roy DB and Thomas CD (2019) ‘Introduced plants as novel Anthropocene habitats for insects’. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 26 (2): 1-18.
• Suggitt AJ, Lister DG and Thomas CD (2019). Widespread effects of climate change on local plant diversity. CURRENT BIOLOGY 29 (17):2912-2918.e2.

Mark’s research focuses on plant population and community responses to environmental change, and he is a member of LCAB’s Research Strategy Group.

• Vellend M, Thompson JR, Danneyrolles V, Rousseu F (2020) ‘Changes in landscape‐scale tree biodiversity in the north‐eastern USA since European settlement’ GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, 00: 1– 8
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• Vellend M (2019) ‘The Behavioral Economics of Biodiversity Conservation Scientists’ PHILOSOPHICAL TOPICS, 47 (1): 219-237
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Lizzie uses experimental, observational and quantitative techniques to understand the causes and consequences of human caused alterations to plant communities and is an LCAB Associate.

• Wandrag EM, Bates SE, Barret L, Catford JA, Thrall PH, van der Putten WH and Duncan, RP (2020). ‘Phylogenetic signals and predictability in plant-soil feedbacks’. NEW PHYTOLOGIST, 228 (4): 1440-1449.
• Wandrag EM, Birnbaum C, Klock ME, Barrett L and Thrall, PH (2020). ‘Availability of soil mutualists may not limit Acacia invasion but could increase the impact of Acacia on native soil communities’. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY, 57 (4): 786-793.
• Smith AL, Hodkinson TR, The PlantPopNet Consortium (incl. Wandrag EM) and Buckley YM (2020) ‘Global gene flow releases plants from environmental constraints on genetic diversity’. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 117 (8): 4218-4227.
• O’Reilly-Nugent A, Wandrag EM, Catford JA, Gruber B, Driscoll D and Duncan RP (2020) ‘Measuring impact: joint-species modelling of invaded plant communities’ JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 108 (2): 449-459.
• Bates SB, Wandrag EM and Duncan RP (2020) ‘Calculating the uncertainty associated with log response ratios in plant-soil feedback studies’ PLANT ECOLOGY 221: 829-836

Caroline is an LCAB funded postdoctoral working on the relationships between socio-economic inequalities and the environment.

• Ward C, Stringer LC, Warren-Thomas E, Agus F, Crowson M, Hamer K, Hariyadi B, Kartika WD, Lucey J, McClean C, Nurida NL, Petorelli N, Pratiwi E, Saad A, Andriyani R, Ariani T, Sriwahyuni H, Hill JK (2021) ‘Smallholder perceptions of land restoration activities: rewetting tropical peatland oil palm areas in Sumatra, Indonesia’. REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE 21(1)
• Ward CFM, Stringer LC, Warren-Thomas E, Agus, F, Hamer K, Pettorelli N, Hariyadi B, Hodgson J, Kartika W, Lucey J, McClean C, Nurida NL, Saad A and Hill JK (2020) ‘Wading through the swamp: what does tropical peatland restoration mean to national level stakeholders in Indonesia?’ RESTORATION ECOLOGY 28(4) 817-827

Chris’ research encompasses environmental science, ecology, mathematics and economics and he is a member of LCAB’s Research Strategy Group.

• Durán AP, Green JMH, West C, Visconti P, Burgess ND, Virah‐Sawmy M and Balmford A (2020)  ‘A practical approach to measuring the biodiversity impacts of land conversion’ METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 11: 910– 921 https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13427 
• dos Reis TNP, Meyfroidt P, zu Ermgassen EKHJ, West C, Gardner T, Bager S, Croft S, Lathuillière MJ and Godar J (2020) ‘Understanding the Stickiness of Commodity Supply Chains Is Key to Improving Their Sustainability’ ONE EARTH 3(1) 100-115 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.06.012
  
• zu Ermgassen EKHJ, Ayre B, Godar J, Bastos Lima MG, Bauch S, Garrett R, Green J, Lathuillière MJ, Löfgren P, MacFarquhar C, Meyfroidt P, Suavet C, West C and Gardner T (2020) ‘Using supply chain data to monitor zero deforestation commitments: an assessment of progress in the Brazilian soy sector’ ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS 15 (3) https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6497
  
• Green JMH, Croft S, Durán AP, Balmford AP, Burgess ND, Fick S, Gardner TA, Godar J, Suavet C, Virah-Sawmy M, Young LE and West C (2019) ‘Linking global drivers of agricultural trade to on-the-ground impacts on biodiversity’ PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 116 (46) 23202-23208 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1905618116

Jamie’s research involves applying a variety of computational and mathematical techniques to interesting problems, mostly in Biology and he is an LCAB Associate.

• Sorenson MES, Wood AJ, Minter EJA, Lowe CD, Cameron DD and Brockhurst MA (2020) 'Comparison of independent evolutionary origins reveals both convergence and divergence in the metabolic mechanisms of symbiosis', CURRENT BIOLOGY 30 (2): 328-334