Gilljam, David - Swansea University - Department of Biosciences

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I’m an ecologist with a background in computer engineering that have found my perfect scientific niche within the field of theoretical ecology. I have a broad interest in the ecological and evolutionary processes that governs the ‘tangled bank’ and underpins the ‘balance of nature’ of natural ecosystems. In my research I focus on the effects of environmental variation and within- and between species interactions on the dynamics, stability and functioning of ecological networks. Currently, I’m a NERC-funded postdoc at Swansea University working together with Mike Fowler (Swansea) and Steve Sait (Leeds University). We study a host-parasitoid system and combine theoretical and experimental approaches to investigate the effects of environmental variation on the ecology and evolution of insect-natural enemy interactions. Areas of Expertise The dynamics and stability of ecological networks Environmental stochasticity Host-parasitoid systems Computer programming

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Gilljam, D., Curtsdotter, A. & Ebenman, B. (2015). Adaptive rewiring aggravates the effects of species loss in ecosystems. Nature Communications 6, 8412 https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa30905 doi:10.1038/ncomms9412 Gilljam, D., Thierry, A., Edwards, F., Figueroa, D., Ibbotson, A., Jones, J., Lauridsen, R., Petchey, O., Woodward, G. & Ebenman, B. (2011) Seeing Double: Size-Based and Taxonomic Views of Food Web Structure. In Volume 45 of Advances in ecological research - The Role of Body Size in Multispecies Systems. (pp. 67-133). Academic Press. https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa30906 Gilljam, D. (2016). Structure and Stability of Ecological Networks : The role of dynamic dimensionality and species variability in resource use. (Doctoral Thesis). Linköping, Sweden: Linköping University. http://liu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A894638&dswid=-4122 https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa30904