A5014233436- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Cassava research and cyanide
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Banana Cultivation and Research
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Biological Control of Invasive Species
- Law, AI, and Intellectual Property
- Delphi Technique in Research
Conservation Leadership Programme
2016-2023
University of Cambridge
2016-2023
St Mary's University College
2019-2022
University of the Basque Country
2022
University of Leeds
2013-2014
Abstract Monitoring the impacts of anthropogenic threats and interventions to mitigate these is key understanding how best conserve biodiversity. Ecologists use many different study designs monitor such impacts. Simpler lacking controls (e.g. Before–After (BA) After) or pre‐impact data Control–Impact (CI)) are considered be less robust than more complex Control‐Impact (BACI) Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs)). However, we lack quantitative estimates much accurate simpler in ecology....
The widely held assumption that any important scientific information would be available in English underlies the underuse of non-English-language science across disciplines. However, is expected to bring unique and valuable information, especially disciplines where evidence patchy, for emergent issues synthesising an urgent challenge. Yet such contribution communities application rarely quantified. Here, we show studies provide crucial informing global biodiversity conservation. By screening...
Conservation agriculture is widely promoted across sub-Saharan Africa as a sustainable farming practice that enhances adaptive capacity to climate change. The interactions between stress, management, and soil are critical understanding the of conservation agriculture. Yet syntheses date have largely neglected climate, especially effects extreme heat. For sub-tropics tropics, we use meta-regression, in combination with global datasets, test four hypotheses: (1) relative yield performance...
Abstract Efforts to tackle the current biodiversity crisis need be as efficient and effective possible given chronic underfunding. To inform decision‐makers of most conservation actions, it is important identify biases gaps in literature prioritize future evidence generation. We used Conservation Evidence database assess state global that tests actions for amphibians birds. For studies database, we investigated their spatial taxonomic extent distribution across biomes, effectiveness metrics,...
Evidence-based conservation relies on reliable and relevant evidence. Practitioners often prefer locally studies whose results are more likely to be transferable the context of planned interventions. To quantify availability evidence for amphibian bird we reviewed Conservation Evidence, a database quantitative tests Studies were geographically clustered, few conducted found in Western sub-Saharan Africa, Russia, South East Asia, Eastern America. Globally there extremely low densities per...
Cover crops are considered to be beneficial for multiple ecosystem services, and they have been widely promoted through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in EU Farm Bill Conservation Title Programs, such as Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), USA. However, it can difficult decide whether effects of cover on some services likely outweigh their harmful other thus should by agricultural policy specific situations. We used meta-analysis quantify five (food production, climate...
Conservation conflict takes place where food production imposes a cost on wildlife conservation and vice versa. Where does impose the maximum production, by opposing intensification expansion of farmland? confer benefit wildlife, buffering connecting protected areas with habitable permeable matrix crop non-crop habitat? Our aim was to map costs benefits versus thus propose conceptual framework for systematic planning in agricultural landscapes.World-wide.To quantify these benefits, we used...
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Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is a staple crop that important for food security in the tropics. However, cassava farming can have severe environmental impacts, such as habitat destruction and soil degradation, if it not carefully managed. Therefore, wide range of agricultural outcomes should be considered when practices are recommended "good practices". We propose systematic map research on their impacts yield, quality, profitability, soil, water, wildlife, pathogens, pests, weeds, other...
Food insecurity is a major world problem, with ca. 870 million people in the being chronically undernourished. Most of these live tropical, developing regions and rely on smallholder farming for food security. Solving problem thought to depend, part, managing ecosystem services, such as pollination crops biological control crop pests, enhance or maintain production. Our knowledge regarding regulating services smallholder-farmed (or dualistic) landscapes limited whilst has been focus...
Abstract Background Meta-analysis is often used to make generalisations across all available evidence at the global scale. But how can these be for evidence-based decision making local scale, if not perceived relevant decisions? We show an interactive method of meta-analysis—dynamic meta-analysis—can assess relevance evidence. Results developed Metadataset ( www.metadataset.com ) as a proof-of-concept dynamic meta-analysis. Using Metadataset, we filtered and weighted, results recalculated,...
Abstract Small mammals, such as small rodents (Rodentia: Muroidea) and shrews (Insectivora: Soricidae), present particular challenges in camera trap surveys. Their size is often insufficient to trigger infra-red sensors, whilst resultant images may be of inadequate quality for species identification. The conventional survey method live-trapping, can both labour-intensive detrimental animal welfare. Here, we describe a using traps monitoring mammals. We show that by attaching the baited...
Generation of mouse models for COVID-19 pathogenesis is keen interest as they would allow efficient investigation disease mechanisms, well providing a vaccine and drug development platform. However, the current transgenic hACE2 ...The classical manifestation pulmonary infection. After host cell entry via human angiotensin–converting enzyme II (hACE2), severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus can infect epithelial cells, ...
Abstract In 2008, a group of conservation scientists compiled list 100 priority questions for the world's biodiversity. However, now almost decade later, no one has yet published study gauging how much progress been made in addressing these high‐priority peer‐reviewed literature. We took first step toward reexamining to identify key knowledge gaps that remain. Through combination questionnaire and literature review, we evaluated each question on basis 2 criteria: relevance effort. defined...
Multiple national and international trends drivers are radically changing what biological security means for the United Kingdom (UK). New technologies present novel opportunities challenges, globalisation has created new pathways increased speed, volume routes by which organisms can spread. The UK Biological Security Strategy (2018) acknowledges importance of research on in UK. Given breadth potential research, a targeted agenda identifying questions most critical to effective coordinated...
The use of systematic reviews to collate and summarise evidence is considered one the great intellectual achievements recent times. Evidence synthesis has had far-reaching impacts helped inform decision-making in multiple fields. However, it also faces three problems: (i) cannot be relevant everyone, hampering decision-making, (ii) conflicting review are often produced, (iii) can become out-of-date rapidly. Here we present a solution these problems that term 'dynamic meta-analysis.' With...
Agricultural management practices have impacts not only on crops and livestock, but also soil, water, wildlife, ecosystem services. research provides evidence about these impacts, it is unclear how this should be used to make decisions. Two methods are widely in decision making: synthesis analysis. However, a system of evidence-based making that integrates two has yet been established. Moreover, the standard narrow focus (e.g., effects one practice), analysis wide comparative effectiveness...
This study focuses on tribe Gilliesieae (Amaryllidaceae, Allioideae), which stand out because of their karyotype diversity, constituting a textbook example Robertsonian translocations (RTs), in chromosomes fuse or break at the centromere. Polyploidy (i.e. whole genome duplication, WGD) is also common tribe, hence making particularly suitable for investigating two major processes evolution an integrated way. Our phylogenetic reconstruction supported subtribe classification, Gilliesiinae and...
Abstract In the past century, oil palm has developed from a sustenance crop in West Africa to major global agricultural commodity, with substantial impacts on biodiversity, environment, society, and livelihoods. Although industry contributes local national economies across tropics, there are significant concerns about negative effects of cultivation biodiversity ecosystem functioning, as well communities farmers. There is growing awareness need for managing landscapes more sustainably,...
Abstract The widely held assumption that any important scientific information would be available in English underlies the underuse of non-English-language science across disciplines. However, is expected to bring unique and valuable information, especially disciplines where evidence patchy, for emergent issues synthesising an urgent challenge. Yet such contribution communities application rarely quantified. Here we show studies provide crucial informing global biodiversity conservation. By...