Ward, Alastair - University of Hull - Department of Biology / Biomedical Sciences

个人简介

Senior Lecturer in Zoology (since 2015); University of Hull Head of Wildlife Research and Control Group (since 2009), Senior scientist (2007-2009), Higher Scientist (2003-2009); Animal & Plant Health Agency/AHVLA/Fera/CSL Scientific Advisor (2011-2012), secondment to Defra Teaching Fellow (2002-2003), Durham University Conservation & Information Officer (2001-2003); British Deer Society PhD (1997-2001); University of York MRes Ecology and Environmental Management (1996-1997); University of York BSc (Hons) Zoology (1990-1994) University of Glasgow

研究领域

I am an applied vertebrate ecologist, interested in researching novel, humane, sustainable solutions to problems arising between people and wildlife. I specialize in the ecology and management of wild deer and have also focused on the involvement of wildlife in the epidemiology of livestock diseases (badgers and bovine TB, wild boar and classical swine fever), biosecurity on farms and in aquatic environments, and mitigation of road impacts on protected species. I am particularly interested in accounting for and communicating uncertainty to ensure that decisions to rectify problems with wildlife are sufficiently informed. I work part-time at the University and part time at the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Wildlife Management Centre, where I manage a programme of wildlife research and operations delivery primarily for Defra.

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Ward A.I., Dendy J., & Cowan D.P. (2015) Mitigating impacts of roads on wildlife: an agenda for the conservation of priority European protected species in Great Britain. European Journal of Wildlife Research 61: 199-211. Palmer G., Stephens P.A., Ward A.I. & Willis S.G. (2015) Nationwide trophic cascades: changes in avian community structure driven by ungulates. Scientific Reports 5: 15601. Ward A.I & Smith G.C. (2012) Predicting the status of wild deer as hosts of Mycobacterium bovis infection in Britain. European Journal of Wildlife Research 58: 127-135. White P.C.L. & Ward A.I. (2010) Interdisciplinary approaches for the management of existing and emerging human-wildlife conflicts. Wildlife Research 37:623-629. Ward A.I., Smith G.C., Etherington T.R. & Delahay R.J. (2009) Estimating the risk of cattle exposure to TB by wild deer, relative to badgers in England and Wales. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 45: 1104-1120.