Newcastle University

Biodiversity and Conservation

Current Projects

• Conservation of the Critically Endangered Djibouti francolin in Djibouti
  Project Leader(s): Houssein Rayaleh, Clive Bealey and Philip McGowan
• Declines and Conservation of Threatened Galliformes in the Himalayas
  Project Leader(s): Jonathon Dunn
• Evolution and Population Genetics in the Genus Tilia
  Project Leader(s): Prattana Phuekvilai
• Habitat use by Brent Goose at Holy Island, Northumberland.
  Project Leader(s): Ross Ahmed
• Human-driven changes in species' geographic ranges and their risk of extinction
  Project Leader(s): Goergina Mace (Imperial College), Richard Fuller (University of Queensland) and Philip McGowan
• Inter-genomic conflict in gynodioecy and its effects on molecular evolution of mitochondrial genomes
  Project Leader(s): Nick Levsen
• Management planning for Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Philippines
  Project Leader(s): Aldrin Mallari and Philip McGowan
• Managing habitat for the conservation of kestrels Falco tinnunculus on farmland.
  Project Leader(s): Claudia Garrett
• Physiological effects of global climate change on common British Marine invertebrates.
  Project Leader(s): Yaser Binnaser
• Predicting the Effects of Climate Change on Bird Demography
  Project Leader(s): Caroline Rhymer
• The Behavioural Ecology of the Giant Manta (Manta birostris) in the Central Maldives Atolls.
  Project Leader(s): Anne-Marie Kitchen-Wheeler
• The effect of wind farms on black grouse and other birds.
  Project Leader(s): Maria Zwart
• The impact of common buzzards (Buteo buteo) on red grouse (Lagopus lagopus) on Langholm moor.
  Project Leader(s): Richard Francksen
• The influence of habitat structure on farmland bird populations
  Project Leader(s): Dr Mark Whittingham