• Hazel Dormouse Species Conservation Strategy Pilot Project

    Hazel dormice populations are experiencing ongoing declines, having reduced by 72% between 1993-2014. This is believed to be due to a loss and degradation of suitable habitats, reductions in traditional forestry methods such as coppicing, potentially exacerbated by… Read More

  • Gamebird management and Lyme Disease

    Lyme disease is the most prevalent vector-borne disease in the Northern hemisphere; currently more than 1500 cases are recorded in the UK each year. Evidence suggests that Pheasants are competent hosts for the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato,… Read More

  • Hazel Dormouse Conservation

    Our research in this area focuses on understanding the status of hazel dormouse populations in the UK, their habitat needs, and how these fit within wider woodland conservation. We are also investigating the implications of climate for dormouse… Read More

  • Wildcat Conservation

    The European wildcat, Felis silvestris silvestris, is the UK’s last remaining native felid. After many years of persecution and habitat loss, this subspecies is no longer present in England and Wales. Without intervention, this pattern could repeat itself in Scotland, rendering the wildcat locally extinct in Britain.

  • Project Archive: Impacts and management of starlings on dairy farms

    I: Excluding starlings from cattle feed using a novel acoustic deterrent. Starlings cause significant economic damage at dairy farms by consuming and contaminating cattle feed. Farmers suffer impacts through loss of feed, reduced milk yields, and veterinary bills… Read More

  • Project Archive: Domestic Dogs & Guinea Worm

    Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis, is set to become the second human disease in history to be eradicated. In 1986 the disease burdened millions of people in 21 countries throughout Africa and Asia, today the disease is only present… Read More

  • Domestic Dogs & Guinea Worm

    Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis, is set to become the second human disease in history to be eradicated. In 1986 the disease burdened millions of people in 21 countries throughout Africa and Asia, today the disease is only present… Read More

  • Project Archive: Badger Social Networks & Bovine Tuberculosis

    European badgers in the UK are a primary wildlife reservoir of Mycobacterium bovis, the bacterium that cause bovine tuberculosis (bTB). As a result understanding how badger ecology and behaviour might shape disease spread in badger populations and influence… Read More

  • Badger Social Networks & Bovine Tuberculosis

    European badgers in the UK are a primary wildlife reservoir of Mycobacterium bovis, the bacterium that cause bovine tuberculosis (bTB). As a result understanding how badger ecology and behaviour might shape disease spread in badger populations and influence… Read More

  • Project Archive: Cats, Cat Owners & Wildlife

    Domestic cats have rich historical and cultural associations with human societies, and today they are second only to dogs as the UK’s most popular pet. They provide millions of people with companionship and are also kept for their skills as pest-controllers. However, the same hunting prowess that makes cats helpful allies can also be a problem, and owned, ‘outdoor’ cats kill many wild animals every year. Read More

  • Cats, Cat Owners & Wildlife

    Domestic cats have rich historical and cultural associations with human societies, and today they are second only to dogs as the UK’s most popular pet. They provide millions of people with companionship and are also kept for their skills as pest-controllers. However, the same hunting prowess that makes cats helpful allies can also be a problem, and owned, ‘outdoor’ cats kill many wild animals every year. Read More

  • Project Archive: Cattle Networks & Bovine Tuberculosis

    Networks are ubiquitous in human lives and this is no different for domestic and wild animals. Social networks exist between animals within a farm and trade networks exist between farms. There are also local connections with wildlife and neighbouring farms.… Read More

  • Cattle Networks & Bovine Tuberculosis

    Networks are ubiquitous in human lives and this is no different for domestic and wild animals. Social networks exist between animals within a farm and trade networks exist between farms. There are also local connections with wildlife and neighbouring farms.… Read More

  • Project Archive: Pine Marten Recovery Project

    The pine marten (Martes martes) is a native species to Britain. Although once common, it suffered population declines in the 19th and early 20th century due to habitat loss and predator control. Now protected, this species has begun… Read More

  • Pine Marten Recovery Project

    The pine marten (Martes martes) is a native species to Britain. Although once common, it suffered population declines in the 19th and early 20th century due to habitat loss and predator control. Now protected, this species has begun… Read More

  • Project Archive: Threats to Migratory Swans

    Migratory swans face many threats on their epic long-distance journeys. The endangered Northwest European Bewick’s swan (Cygnus columbianus bewickii), may travel over 11 countries on its migration between the Russian Arctic and Europe and faces persecution from illegal… Read More

  • Threats to Migratory Swans

    Migratory swans face many threats on their epic long-distance journeys. The endangered Northwest European Bewick’s swan (Cygnus columbianus bewickii), may travel over 11 countries on its migration between the Russian Arctic and Europe and faces persecution from illegal… Read More

  • Project Archive: Recovery of Polecats in Britain

    Other the last one hundred years the polecat has been recovering its former range following a catastrophic decline in the nineteenth century. In this interdisciplinary project Katie Sainsbury is investigating the contemporary anthropogenic processes… Read More

  • Recovery of Polecats in Britain

    Other the last one hundred years the polecat has been recovering its former range following a catastrophic decline in the nineteenth century. In this interdisciplinary project Katie Sainsbury is investigating the contemporary anthropogenic processes… Read More

  • Project Archive: Buzzards & Released Gamebirds

    Across Europe, the common buzzard Buteo buteo is considered to have a negative impact on game species. This is particularly true in the UK where a rapid increase in buzzard range and abundance, coupled with declining returns of harvested gamebirds,… Read More

  • Buzzards & Released Gamebirds

    Across Europe, the common buzzard Buteo buteo is considered to have a negative impact on game species. This is particularly true in the UK where a rapid increase in buzzard range and abundance, coupled with declining returns of harvested gamebirds,… Read More

  • Project Archive: Managing Introduced and Invasive Species

    I: Individual Specialisation in Established Biological Invasions Invasive species represent an increasing global issue with huge biological and economic costs and consequences. As a result, substantial attention and resources have been channelled into invasive species control; but there… Read More

  • Managing Introduced Species

    The surveillance and control of introduced species has become an increasingly important, yet often controversial, form of environmental management. Dr Sarah Crowley’s PhD research examined the causes and consequences of social conflicts in introduced species management, and investigated… Read More

  • Hazel Dormouse Conservation

    Our research in this area focuses on understanding the status of hazel dormouse populations in the UK, the habitat needs of the Hazel Dormouse, and how these fit within wider woodland conservation. The hazel dormouse is in decline… Read More

  • Project Archive: Tasmanian Devil Ecology

    Olivia Bell’s research aims to investigate the impact of Tasmanian devil declines on the diet and trophic ecology of the four Tasmanian mammalian predator species: the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus), eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)… Read More

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