A5101783150- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Sports Performance and Training
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Marine and fisheries research
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
Nottingham Trent University
2008-2025
Twitter (United States)
2024
Western Sydney University
2020-2024
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
2024
Barre Town Middle and Elementary School
2022
Keele University
2020-2021
University of Brighton
2011-2020
The Football Association
2020
Environment Canterbury
1997-2012
University of Exeter
2005-2008
Urbanization is one of the major forms habitat alteration occurring at present time. Although this typically deleterious to biodiversity, some species flourish within these human-modified landscapes, potentially leading negative and/or positive interactions between people and wildlife. Hence, up-to-date assessment urban wildlife populations important for developing appropriate management strategies. Surveying limited by land partition private ownership, rendering many common survey...
Children nowadays, particularly in urban areas, are more disconnected from nature than ever before, leading to a large-scale “extinction of experience” with the natural world. Yet there many potential benefits children interacting first-hand, including via outdoor learning opportunities. Urban environmental education programmes typically aim increase awareness and knowledge local biodiversity promote positive attitudes behaviour towards environment. However, limited research has been...
Abstract Accurately quantifying species’ area requirements is a prerequisite for effective area‐based conservation. This typically involves collecting tracking data on species of interest and then conducting home‐range analyses. Problematically, autocorrelation in can result space needs being severely underestimated. Based the previous work, we hypothesized magnitude underestimation varies with body mass, relationship that could have serious conservation implications. To evaluate this...
Conservation and management of brown hyaenas (Hyaena brunnea) is hampered by a lack information on abundance distribution, which difficult labour-intensive to obtain. However, occupancy surveys offer potentially efficient robust means assessing hyaena populations. We evaluate the efficacy camera trapping for estimating occupancy, effect environmental variables lures detection probability. estimated population density in Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa, at 2.8/100 km2, 1.0...
The M W7.1 Darfield (Canterbury) earthquake on 4 September 2010 generated widespread hydrological effects ranging from near-instantaneous coseismic liquefaction and changes of groundwater levels in boreholes, to more sustained (days weeks) post-seismic spring flow, river discharge piezometric levels, longer term shifts level one year after the earthquake. Groundwater responses include local increases >20 m around Greendale Fault, particularly deep aquifers (>80 m), whereas decreases occurred...
Groups of cardinals, Richmondena cardinalis, hand-reared from the age 5 to 8 days developed some simple sounds used by wild adults in their songs, but not two- or three-parted sounds. Although reared three groups: together a room, singly sound-isolation boxes, and four exposed recorded cardinal songs at 7 months, all isolates comparable songs. Observations on young field captivity indicate that much learning occurs during cardinal's first summer, also following February March.
This study examined the utility of a range approaches used to develop player-dependent speed zones in time-motion analysis (TMA), determining dose-response (internal load) daily football training. Daily external (10 Hz GPS) and internal load (heart rate metrics, ratings perceived exertion [RPE], wellness ratings) measures were tracked for 22 International women's players during 21-day training camp. High-speed (HSR) very high running (VHSR) determined according arbitrary thresholds, as well...
Objectives: This study aims to develop generic velocity thresholds for the analysis of external load data collected in international women’s football matches.Methods: Doppler-derived recordings instantaneous and acceleration were (10 Hz GPS) from 27 female players during 52 matches between 2012 2015. Data examined with k-means, Gaussian mixture model (GMM), Spectral Clustering methods identify four zones, each completed half match-play (277 observations). was also performed 4 different...
Objective This study examined the role of physical qualities and match performances in distinguishing between elite performance levels women’s football.Methods Over a two-season period (2016–2017), league-wide was conducted which external loads were collected all players (n = 220) competing National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) USA. During first week each pre-season, standing broad jump, 30 m sprint, 30–15 intermittent fitness test under standardized conditions. In competitive league fixture...
Purpose: This preliminary study examined the influence of estimated menstrual-cycle (MC) phase on responses to soccer matches and training sessions in preparation for during FIFA ( Fédération internationale de football association ) Women’s World Cup 2019. Methods: Twenty outfield players representing a national team were tracked over 45-day period. External (10-Hz global positioning system; total distance covered at high-metabolic power [≥20 W·kg −1 ]) internal load measures (minutes ≥80%...
ABSTRACT Dietary analyses utilising visual methods to identify stomach and faecal contents have shown that urban red foxes ( Vulpes vulpes ) in Britain consume human‐derived (anthropogenic) food varying degrees. Anthropogenic foods been implicated poor health outcomes for synanthropic species them; therefore, it is important examine the degree of such British fox diet. We analysed carbon (δ 13 C) nitrogen 15 N) stable isotope ratios whiskers collected from 93 across determine: (1) if...
Abstract We collected 270 female Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) in southern Ontario 1976 to determine ovarian and oviducal growth during the breeding season 188 cowbirds 1977 estimate clutch size interval between clutches. Ovaries oviducts grew rapidly April, reached early May, remained at this size, without regression clutches, until end of July. then regressed by July weighed about same as those April. The averaged 4.0-4.6 eggs, similar sizes nonparasitic icterids. It varied...
Vulture restaurants are used worldwide as a conservation tool to provide threatened vultures with source of supplementary carrion free from anthropogenic contaminants such poisons and veterinary drugs. While the impacts feeding sites on ecosystem scavenging community dynamics have been investigated in Europe, no information is currently available for southern Africa. This study presents evidence that providing stimulated an increase local abundance two species mammalian carnivores, brown...
Interactions between apex and mesopredators their impacts on prey populations have been well documented, while the influence of predators such as lions carrion availability subsequent at lower trophic levels are not fully understood. Here we assess dietary overlap two sympatric carnivores (brown hyaena, Parahyaena brunnea, black-backed jackal, Canis mesomelas) in neighbouring reserves with without (lions, Panthera leo, wild dog, Lycaon pictus). We investigate whether facilitate niche...
Abstract Abundance and density are vital metrics for assessing a species’ conservation status developing effective management strategies. Remote‐sensing cameras being used increasingly as part of citizen science projects to monitor wildlife, but current methodologies densities pose challenges when animals not individually recognizable. We investigated the use camera traps Random Encounter Model ( REM ) estimating West European hedgehogs Erinaceus europaeus within framework. evaluated...
Abstract Question: What are the effects of grazing abandonment on vegetation composition Estonian coastal wetlands? Location: Vormsi Island and Silma Nature Reserve in western Estonia, Europe. Methods: Local knowledge field reconnaissance were used to identify current historical management levels wetland sites within west study area. Nine sites, with varying histories, selected comprising an area 287 ha. A total 198 quadrats taken from 43 distinct patches five sites. TWINSPAN analysis was...