A5089259995- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Archaeological Research and Protection
- Study of Mite Species
- Genetic diversity and population structure
Queen Mary University of London
2017-2023
University College London
2021
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
1999
Abstract Poaching can have devastating impacts on animal and plant numbers, in many countries has reached crisis levels, with illegal hunters employing increasingly sophisticated techniques. We used data from an 8‐year study Savé Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, to show how geographic profiling—a mathematical technique originally developed criminology recently applied foraging epidemiology—can be adapted for use investigations of wildlife crime. The set contained information over 10,000...
Abstract The ring‐necked parakeet Psittacula krameri is one of the best‐known invasive species in UK. It also arguably whose origins as an have been subject greatest speculation, with explanations ranging from birds escaping set film ‘ African Queen ’ to animals being released Carnaby Street London by Jimi Hendrix 1960s. Here, we use geographic profiling – a statistical technique originally developed criminology prioritise large lists suspects typical cases serial crime such murder, rape and...
The alpine newt Ichthyosaura alpestris has achieved a widespread distribution as non-native (alien) species in Britain since its initial introduction over century ago, but the patterns of release and subsequent dispersal have never yet been collectively analysed. We employed multi-disciplinary combination methods, using geographic profiling to estimate likely number locations introductions, mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms investigate source primary including potential role pet trade. In...
Between September 1944 and March 1945, more than a thousand V-2 rockets struck Great Britain, causing 2,754 deaths. M.I.5 responded with an ingenious scheme to mislead the Germans so they would shorten range, missing Westminster docks. This is widely regarded as success, claims that M.P.I. moved eastwards by two miles week, saving 1,300 lives. Here, we use geographic profiling show this deception had little or no effect. Our results suggest aimed at single target form clusters of 30 km...
Geographic profiling, a mathematical model originally developed in criminology, is increasingly being used ecology and epidemiology. profiling boasts wide range of applications, such as finding source populations invasive species or breeding sites vectors infectious disease. The provides cost-effective approach for prioritizing search strategies locations does so via simple data the form positions each observation, individual sightings cases In doing so, however, classic geographic...
Central to spatial analysis of crime is the assumption that offender has visited locations analyzed. We show even if this incorrect, meaningful patterns can be identified. Using 390 from Sherlock Holmes stories, we geographic profiling (GP) ranks Conan Doyle in top 13 percent 2,678 historical figures London, despite fact at time writing he had not all sites. Restricting thirty authors contemporary with first, a hit score 2.8 (above Holmes's address 221b Baker Street). Finally, GP prioritizes...
Im Jahr 2002 wurde der Bestand in Niederrheinischen Bucht vom Aussterben bedrohten Ringelnatter im Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Gebiet „Knechtstedener Wald“ mit Hilfe von künstlichen Verstecken erfasst. Die registrierten Tiere wurden soweit möglich, fotografiert, gewogen und vermessen sowie Daten zur Temperatur, Bodenfeuchte Biotopstruktur erhoben. Künstliche Verstecke sind geeignet, Ringelnattern auch bei ungünstigen Witterungsbedingungen nachzuweisen.