Staff Profile

I am a Research Associate in the Ecology Group of the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences. I am an Applied Ecologist with a particular focus on Agro-Ecology, Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity Conservation and Human Wildlife Conflicts.

My publications can be found at https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=EVg_A4YAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra 

I currently work on the Horizon-2020 'Super-G' Project (Sustainable Permanent Grasslands) seeking to understand how management and conversion of permanent grasslands in Europe impacts biodiversity and trade-offs in Ecosystem Service delivery.

I also work on the DEFRA funded 'Understanding the impacts, benefits and trade-offs of mob grazing'.

I currently supervise 2 PhD students at Newcastle University. 

• Articles

  • Schils RLM, Bufe C, Rhymer CM, Francksen RM, Klaus VH, Abdalla M, Milazzo F, Lellei-Kovacs E, Berge HT, Bertora C, Chodkiewicz A, Damatirca C, Feigenwinter I, Fernandez-Rebollo P, Ghiasi S, Hejduk S, Hiron M, Janicka M, Pellaton R, Smith KE, Thorman R, Vanwalleghem T, Williams J, Zavattaro L, Kampen J, Derkx R, Smith P, Whittingham MJ, Buchmann N, Price JPN. Permanent grasslands in Europe: Land use change and intensification decrease their multifunctionality. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 2022, 330, 107891.
  • Fazaa NA, Ali AB, AL-Jabinawi AJM, Francksen R, Whittingham MJ. Land use change in Baghdad City and assessment of the Jadriyah and Umm Al-Khanazeer Island Important Bird Area (IBA) from 1984 to 2020. Baghdad Science Journal 2022, 19(6), 1471-1486.
  • Whittingham MJ, McKenzie AJ, Francksen RM, Feige D, Cadwallender T, Grainger M, Fazaa N, Rhymer C, Wilkinson C, Lloyd P, Smurthwaite B, Percival SM, Morris-Hale T, Rawcliffe C, Dewson C, Woods S, Stewart GB, Oughton E. Offshore refuges support higher densities and show slower population declines of wintering Ruddy Turnstones Arenaria interpres: a response. Bird Study 2020, 67(2), 264-267.
  • Klaus VH, Whittingham MJ, Baldi A, Eggers S, Francksen RM, Hiron M, Lellei-Kovacs E, Rhymer CM, Buchmann N. Do biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments inform stakeholders how to simultaneously conserve biodiversity and increase ecosystem service provisioning in grasslands?. Biological Conservation 2020, 245, 108552.
  • Whittingham MJ, McKenzie AJ, Francksen RM, Feige D, Cadwallender T, Grainger M, Fazaa N, Rhymer C, Wilkinson C, Lloyd P, Smurthwaite B, Percival SM, Morris-Hale T, Rawcliffe C, Dewson C, Woods S, Stewart GB, Oughton E. Offshore refuges support higher densities and show slower population declines of wintering Ruddy Turnstones Arenaria interpres. Bird Study 2019, 66(4), 431-440.
  • Francksen RM, Aebischer NJ, Ludwig SC, Baines D, Whittingham MJ. Measures of predator diet alone may underestimate the collective impact on prey: Common buzzard Buteo buteo consumption of economically important red grouse Lagopus lagopus scotica. PLoS ONE 2019, 14(8), e0221404.
  • Francksen RM, Whittingham MJ, Ludwig SC, Roos S, Baines D. Numerical and functional responses of Common Buzzards Buteo buteo to prey abundance on a Scottish grouse moor. Ibis 2017, 159(3), 541-553.
  • Francksen RM, Whittingham MJ, Ludwig SC, Baines D. Winter diet of Common Buzzards Buteo buteo on a Scottish grouse moor. Bird Study 2016, 63(4), 525-532.
  • Francksen RM, Whittingham MJ, Baines D. Assessing prey provisioned to Common Buzzard Buteo buteo chicks: a comparison of methods. Bird Study 2016, 63(3), 303-310.

• Letter

  • Robinson D, Newman SP, Whittingham MJ, Francksen RM, Adam MS, Stead SM. Fisher–shark interactions: A loss of support for the Maldives shark sanctuary from reef fishers whose livelihoods are affected by shark depredation. Conservation Letters 2022, 15(6), e12912.

• Review

  • Francksen RM, Turnbull S, Rhymer CM, Hiron M, Bufe C, Klaus VH, Newell-Price P, Stewart G, Whittingham MJ. The Effects of Nitrogen Fertilisation on Plant Species Richness in European Permanent Grasslands: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Agronomy 2022, 12(12), 2928.