The Team

iDeer brings together an interdisciplinary team with collective expertise in woodland and deer ecology, conservation conflict, animal behaviour modelling, social science methods and web tool development. Solutions-focussed from the start, are working with stakeholders that are involved in woodland and/or deer management, including farmers, woodland managers, public forestry bodies, and conservation practitioners, to ensure that the iDeer tool will achieve its aim.

  • Dr Becks Spake (Principal Investigator) – Lecturer in Ecology, University of Reading
  • Dr Freya St John (Co-Investigator) – Reader in Conservation Science, Bangor University
  • Dr Graeme Shannon (Co-Investigator) – Lecturer in Zoology (Behaviour), Bangor University
  • Dr Elena Cini – Post-Doctoral Researcher, Bangor University
  • Prof Felix Eigenbrod (Co-Investigator) – Professor of Applied Spatial Ecology, University of  Southampton
  • Dr Chloe Bellamy (Co-Investigator) – Spatial Scientist, Forest Research
  • Dr Robin Gill (Co-Investigator) – Senior scientist, Vertebrate Ecology, Forest Research
  • Mr Paul Orsi (Partner) – Sylva Fiundation
  • Mr George Dennison (Partner) – Sylva Foundation
  • Dr Chris Nichols (Partner) – Conservation Evidence Manager, Woodland Trust
  • Mr Lee Oliver (Partner) – Project Manager, Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust
  • Dr Matthew Grainger (Collaborator) – Researcher, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
  • Dr Alastair Ward (Collaborator) – Associate Professor of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management, University of Leeds
  • Dr Alec Christie (Collaborator) – Henslow Research Fellow, University of Cambridge

 

 

 

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