A5058727595- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Forest Management and Policy
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
University of York
2016-2025
Cardiff University
2005-2011
University of California, Davis
2006
University of Auckland
2005
University of Bristol
1992-2003
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2002
Scottish Agricultural Science Agency
2000
University of Aberdeen
1995
University of East Anglia
1994
Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke) is a physically and economically devastating parasitic trematode whose rise in recent years has been attributed to climate change. Climate an impact on the free-living stages of parasite its intermediate host Lymnaea truncatula, with interactions between rainfall temperature having greatest influence transmission efficacy. There have number short term driven forecasts developed predict following season's infection risk, Ollerenshaw index being most widely...
Background The management of many pathogens, which are concern to humans and their livestock, is complicated by the pathogens' ability cross-infect multiple host species, including wildlife. This has major implications for such diseases, since dynamics infection dependent on rates both intra- inter-specific transmission. However, difficulty studying transmission networks in free-living populations means that relative opportunities versus disease have not previously been demonstrated...
Abstract We review the four major contemporary methods for estimating density of group‐living animals from line‐transect sampling: perpendicular modelling group centers, center measurable individuals, strip transects and animal–observer distance. The efficacy each method is evaluated to produce a simple selection guide. literature use field data Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. relevant all animals; however, examples are drawn primates. Perpendicular have better mathematical justification than...
Human–wildlife conflicts are increasing throughout the world, principally due to a combination of human population growth, increased pressure on land and natural resources climate change. Many human–wildlife stem from differences in objectives between various stakeholder groups, especially where wildlife question is resource that can be exploited for economic or cultural benefit, conservation at odds with growth development pressure. Conflicts exacerbated by an incomplete understanding their...
There is increasing appreciation of the benefits associated with exposure to natural environments. However, most evidence relates green space much less on blue space. Drawing data from a British survey adults, we describe characteristics visits and investigate whether reported in studies – physical activity, social interaction, psychological are evident respect We also examine importance nature people's sociodemographic predictors visit frequency location, received, visit. Social interaction...
1 The production of food for human consumption has led to an historical and global conflict with terrestrial carnivores, which in turn resulted the extinction or extirpation many species, although some have benefited. At present, carnivores affect by: (i) killing producers; and/or eating (ii) fish/shellfish; (iii) game/wildfowl; (iv) livestock; (v) damaging crops; (vi) transmitting diseases; (vii) through trophic interactions other species agricultural landscapes. Conversely, can themselves...
There is a limited understanding of the conditions under which payments for ecosystem services (PES) programmes achieve improvements in service (ES) flows, enhance natural resource sustainability or foster sustainable livelihoods. We used capital asset framework to evaluate PES terms their social, environmental, economic and institutional outcomes, focusing on efficiency, effectiveness equity trade-offs. found that schemes can provide positive conservation development outcomes with respect...
Invasive non-native species (INNS) endanger native biodiversity and are a major economic problem. The management of pathways to prevent their introduction establishment is key target in the Convention on Biological Diversity's Aichi targets for 2020. Freshwater environments particularly susceptible invasions as they exposed multiple pathways, including fish stocking release boat ballast water. Since many freshwater INNS aquatic pathogens can survive several days damp environments, there...
Observations on the behaviour and movements of 11 foxes from seven neigh-bouring groups in an urban area Bristol were combined with post-mortem data levels bite wounding throughout entire fox population to quantify importance encounters maintenance group cohesion territory, address social subordination hypothesis (Christian 1970) regarding dispersal behaviour. Inter-group uncommon almost always aggressive, occurred significantly more often winter months, when resident males trespassed into...