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Prof Ilya Maclean

Professor of Global Change Biology

i.m.d.maclean@exeter.ac.uk

01326 255968

Environment and Sustainability Institute 1.27d

Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK

Overview

I am an applied ecologist broadly interested in understanding how humans have changed the biological world, and how we might protect and enhance the world’s remaining biodiversity. I have a particular interest in using ecological theory to make smart decisions about how to do this. I am committed to finding practical solutions to environmental problems and work closely with researchers in other disciplines and local, national and international policy-makers and practitioners to achieve this.

You can view my Google Scholar account here.

Qualifications

2005 PhD Ecology and Socio-Economics (UEA)
1998 BSc in Environmental Sciences (UEA)

Career

2023 to present. Professor of Global Change Biology at University of Exeter

2019 to 2023 Associate Professor of Global Change Biology at University of Exeter

2016 to 2019 Senior Lecturer in Natural Environment, University of Exeter

2012 to 2016 Lecturer in Natural Environment, University of Exeter

2009 to 2012 Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Exeter

2008 to 2009 Senior Research Ecologist, British Trust for Ornithology

2004 to 2008 Research Ecologist, British Trust for Ornithology

Research group links

Research

Research interests

Climate change and microclimate

Most studies of climate biology rely on data derived from standard weather stations, but conditions measured by weather stations differ vastly from those that eroganisms experience in nature. This discrepancy is a major source of uncertainty in studies of climate impacts. My research group has pioneered the development of microclimate models for application in biological research. This has included the development of software and tools for modelling microclimate and fine-scale hydrology and work demonstrating that microclimate significantly moderates perceived responses to climate change, alters crop-pest disease risk and dictates where high-value crops can be grown. We are studying how knowledge of microclimate can be used to adapt conservation and agriculture to climate change.

Adapting landscape-scale conservation to the twenty-first century

Landscape-scale conservationists typically advocate creating bigger and better areas for wildlife, improved connectivity among sites, and a greater number of sites in total. In reality conservation resources are finite, and one can rarely do all. We conduct both extensive and intensive studies of the trade-offs between these strategies and what they mean for conservation responses to accelerating environmental change. We use a combination of theoretical modelling and rigorous field assessment to come up with practical conservation solutions and work closely with policymakers and practitioners to implement these. Our work spans a plethora of ecological systems, including butterflies in temperate heathlands, birds in tropical wetland and plants in temperate grassland and savanna.

The problem of scale in Ecology

Scale is often considered a central problem in ecology, marrying basic and applied ecology. It is surprising, therefore, that the implications of scale are often ignored when assessing how biodiversity is responding to environmental change. Our work has shown that predicted range shifts in response to climate, for example, are drastically altered if fine-scale climate data are used to make predictions. Almost always species can find suitable climate without having to traverse large distances over hostile habitat. Estimates of observed distribution changes are equally susceptible to problems of scale. If distributions are mapped on a coarse-resolution grid, the extinction of many local populations must occur before a grid cell is deemed empty; thus, declines are likely to be underestimated. We are studying the implications of this problem and devising ways in which fine-scale data can be incorporated into large-scale studies.

I am particularly interested in applied research and am the Director of Impact (Biology, Penryn Campus) and Impact Lead (Environment and Sustainability Institute).

Publications

Journal articles

Gardner AS, Maclean IMD, Gaston KJ (In Press). Climatic predictors of species distributions neglect biophysiologically meaningful variables. Diversity and Distributions

Jones R, Bourn NAD, Maclean IMD, Wilson RJ (In Press). Landscape-scale dynamics of a threatened species respond to local-scale conservation management. Oikos Abstract.

Maclean IMD, Hopkins JJ, Bennie J, Lawson CR, Wilson RJ (In Press). Microclimates buffer plant community responses to climate change. Global Ecology and Biogeography: a journal of macroecology Abstract.

Rhodes M, Bennie J, Spalding A, ffrench-Constant R, Maclean I (In Press). Recent advances in the remote sensing of insects. Biological Reviews

Baker DJ, Maclean IMD, Gaston KJ (2024). Effective strategies for correcting spatial sampling bias in species distribution models without independent test data. Diversity and Distributions, 30(3). Abstract.

Kemppinen J, Lembrechts JJ, Van Meerbeek K, Carnicer J, Chardon NI, Kardol P, Lenoir J, Liu D, Maclean I, Pergl J, et al (2024). Microclimate, an important part of ecology and biogeography. Global Ecology and Biogeography Abstract.

Kolstela J, Aakala T, Maclean I, Niittynen P, Kemppinen J, Luoto M, Rissanen T, Tyystjärvi V, Gregow H, Vapalahti O, et al (2024). Revealing fine-scale variability in boreal forest temperatures using a mechanistic microclimate model. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 350, 109995-109995.

Gardner AS, Maclean IMD, Rodríguez-Muñoz R, Hopwood PE, Mills K, Wotherspoon R, Tregenza T (2024). The relationship between the body and air temperature in a terrestrial ectotherm. Ecol Evol, 14(2). Abstract. Author URL.

Haesen S, Lembrechts JJ, De Frenne P, Lenoir J, Aalto J, Ashcroft MB, Kopecký M, Luoto M, Maclean I, Nijs I, et al (2023). <scp>ForestClim</scp>—Bioclimatic variables for microclimate temperatures of European forests. Global Change Biology, 29(11), 2886-2892. Abstract.

Ma L, Conradie SR, Crawford CL, Gardner AS, Kearney MR, Maclean IMD, McKechnie AE, Mi C-R, Senior RA, Wilcove DS, et al (2023). Author Correction: Global patterns of climate change impacts on desert bird communities. Nature Communications, 14(1).

Rantanen M, Kämäräinen M, Niittynen P, Phoenix GK, Lenoir J, Maclean I, Luoto M, Aalto J (2023). Bioclimatic atlas of the terrestrial Arctic. Scientific Data, 10(1). Abstract.

Peña‐Aguilera P, Schmidt NM, Stewart L, Parisy B, van der Wal R, Lindman L, Vesterinen EJ, Maclean IMD, Kankaanpää T, Wirta H, et al (2023). Consistent imprints of elevation, soil temperature and moisture on plant and arthropod communities across two subarctic landscapes. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 16(5), 684-700. Abstract.

Ma L, Conradie SR, Crawford CL, Gardner AS, Kearney MR, Maclean IMD, McKechnie AE, Mi C-R, Senior RA, Wilcove DS, et al (2023). Global patterns of climate change impacts on desert bird communities. Nature Communications, 14(1). Abstract.

Maclean IMD, Early R (2023). Macroclimate data overestimate range shifts of plants in response to climate change. Nature Climate Change, 13(5), 484-490.

Maclean I, Early R (2023). Macroclimate data overestimate range shifts of plants in response to climate change. Nature Climate Change

Jones R, Wilson RJ, Bourn NAD, Maclean IMD (2023). Patchy range retractions in response to climate change and implications for terrestrial species conservation. Landscape Ecology, 38(12), 3003-3025. Abstract.

Jones R, Wilson RJ, Bourn NAD, Maclean IMD (2023). Patchy range retractions in response to climate change and implications for terrestrial species conservation. LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY Author URL.

Gardner AS, Baker DJ, Mosedale JR, Gaston KJ, Maclean IMD (2023). The effectiveness of UK protected areas in preventing local extinctions. Conservation Letters, 16(6). Abstract.

Gardner AS, Trew BT, Maclean IMD, Sharma MD, Gaston KJ (2023). Wilderness areas under threat from global redistribution of agriculture. Curr Biol, 33(21), 4721-4726.e2. Abstract. Author URL.

Klinges DH, Duffy JP, Kearney MR, Maclean IMD (2022). <scp>mcera5</scp>: Driving microclimate models with ERA5 global gridded climate data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 13(7), 1402-1411. Abstract.

Stewart JE, Maclean IMD, Trujillo G, Bridle J, Wilson RJ (2022). Climate-driven variation in biotic interactions provides a narrow and variable window of opportunity for an insect herbivore at its ecological margin. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377(1848). Abstract.

Baker DJ, Maclean IMD, Goodall M, Gaston KJ (2022). Correlations between spatial sampling biases and environmental niches affect species distribution models. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31(6), 1038-1050. Abstract.

Lembrechts JJ, van den Hoogen J, Aalto J, Ashcroft MB, De Frenne P, Kemppinen J, Kopecký M, Luoto M, Maclean IMD, Crowther TW, et al (2022). Global maps of soil temperature. Glob Chang Biol, 28(9), 3110-3144. Abstract. Author URL.

Briscoe NJ, Morris SD, Mathewson PD, Buckley LB, Jusup M, Levy O, Maclean IMD, Pincebourde S, Riddell EA, Roberts JA, et al (2022). Mechanistic forecasts of species responses to climate change: the promise of biophysical ecology. Global Change Biology, 29(6), 1451-1470. Abstract.

Turner RK, Maclean IMD (2022). Microclimate‐driven trends in spring‐emergence phenology in a temperate reptile (<i>Vipera berus</i>): Evidence for a potential “climate trap”?. Ecology and Evolution, 12(2). Abstract.

Trew BT, Early R, Duffy JP, Chown SL, Maclean I (2022). Using near-ground leaf temperatures alters the projected climate change impacts on the historical range of a floristic biodiversity hotspot. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS, 28(6), 1282-1297. Author URL.

Gardner AS, Gaston KJ, Maclean IMD (2021). Accounting for inter-annual variability alters long-term estimates of climate suitability. JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY, 48(8), 1960-1971. Author URL.

Gardner AS, Gaston KJ, Maclean IMD (2021). Combining qualitative and quantitative methodology to assess prospects for novel crops in a warming climate. Agricultural Systems, 190 Abstract.

Donaldson L, Bennie JJ, Wilson RJ, Maclean IMD (2021). Designing effective protected area networks for multiple species. Biological Conservation, 258 Abstract.

Duffy JP, Anderson K, Fawcett D, Curtis RJ, Maclean IMD (2021). Drones provide spatial and volumetric data to deliver new insights into microclimate modelling. Landscape Ecology, 36(3), 685-702. Abstract.

Baker DJ, Dickson CR, Bergstrom DM, Whinam J, Maclean IMD, McGeoch MA (2021). Evaluating models for predicting microclimates across sparsely vegetated and topographically diverse ecosystems. Diversity and Distributions, 27(11), 2093-2103. Abstract.

Gardner AS, Maclean IMD, Gaston KJ, Bütikofer L (2021). Forecasting future crop suitability with microclimate data. Agricultural Systems, 190 Abstract.

Haesen S, Lembrechts JJ, De Frenne P, Lenoir J, Aalto J, Ashcroft MB, Kopecký M, Luoto M, Maclean I, Nijs I, et al (2021). ForestTemp – Sub‐canopy microclimate temperatures of European forests. Global Change Biology, 27(23), 6307-6319. Abstract.

Stewart JE, Maclean IMD, Edney AJ, Bridle J, Wilson RJ (2021). Microclimate and resource quality determine resource use in a range-expanding herbivore. Biology Letters, 17(8). Abstract.

Baker DJ, Dickson CR, Bergstrom DM, Whinam J, Maclean IMD, McGeoch MA (2021). Microclimates can be accurately predicted across ecologically important remote ecosystems. Abstract.

Maclean IMD, Klinges DH (2021). Microclimc: a mechanistic model of above, below and within-canopy microclimate. Ecological Modelling, 451 Abstract.

Maclean IMD, Duffy JP, Haesen S, Govaert S, De Frenne P, Vanneste T, Lenoir J, Lembrechts JJ, Rhodes MW, Van Meerbeek K, et al (2021). On the measurement of microclimate. METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 12(8), 1397-1410. Author URL.

Trew BT, Maclean IMD (2021). Vulnerability of global biodiversity hotspots to climate change. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(4), 768-783. Abstract.

Kearney MR, Gillingham PK, Bramer I, Duffy JP, Maclean IMD (2020). A method for computing hourly, historical, terrain-corrected microclimate anywhere on earth. METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 11(1), 38-43. Author URL.

Gardner AS, Maclean IMD, Gaston KJ (2020). A new system to classify global climate zones based on plant physiology and using high temporal resolution climate data. JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY, 47(10), 2091-2101. Author URL.

Massimino D, Beale CM, Suggitt AJ, Crick HQP, Macgregor NA, Carroll MJ, Maclean IMD, Pearce-Higgins JW (2020). Can microclimate offer refuge to an upland bird species under climate change?. Landscape Ecology, 35(9), 1907-1922.

Cox DTC, Maclean IMD, Gardner AS, Gaston KJ (2020). Global variation in diurnal asymmetry in temperature, cloud cover, specific humidity and precipitation and its association with leaf area index. Global Change Biology, 26(12), 7099-7111. Abstract.

Maclean IMD (2020). Predicting future climate at high spatial and temporal resolution. Glob Chang Biol, 26(2), 1003-1011. Abstract. Author URL.

Donaldson L, Bennie JJ, Wilson RJ, Maclean IMD (2020). Quantifying Resistance and Resilience to Local Extinction to Identify Priority Sites for the Conservation of Papyrus‐Endemic Birds. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 101(1).

Lembrechts JJ, Aalto J, Ashcroft MB, De Frenne P, Kopecký M, Lenoir J, Luoto M, Maclean IMD, Roupsard O, Fuentes-Lillo E, et al (2020). SoilTemp: a global database of near-surface temperature. Glob Chang Biol, 26(11), 6616-6629. Abstract. Author URL.

Baker DJ, Maclean IMD, Goodall M, Gaston KJ (2020). Species distribution modelling is needed to support ecological impact assessments. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(1), 21-26. Abstract.

Bütikofer L, Anderson K, Bebber DP, Bennie JJ, Early RI, Maclean IMD (2020). The problem of scale in predicting biological responses to climate. Global Change Biology, 26(12), 6657-6666. Abstract.

Fox R, Bourn NAD, Dennis EB, Heafield RT, Maclean IMD, Wilson RJ (2019). Opinions of citizen scientists on open access to UK butterfly and moth occurrence data. Biodiversity and Conservation, 28(12), 3321-3341. Abstract.

Donaldson L, Bennie JJ, Wilson RJ, Maclean IMD (2019). Quantifying resistance and resilience to local extinction for conservation prioritization. Ecol Appl, 29(8). Abstract. Author URL.

Suggitt AJ, Wilson RJ, Isaac NJB, Beale CM, Auffret AG, August T, Bennie JJ, Crick HQP, Duffield S, Fox R, et al (2018). Extinction risk from climate change is reduced by microclimatic buffering. Nature Climate Change, 8(8), 713-717.

Maclean IMD, Mosedale J, Bennie J (2018). Microclima: an R package for modelling meso- and microclimate. Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Woodhouse E, Ratcliffe J, Andersen R, Suggitt A, Maclean I, Payne R (2017). A Modest Addendum to the English Sediment Core Meta-Database. Open Quaternary, 3(1).

Suggitt AJ, Platts PJ, Barata IM, Bennie JJ, Burgess MD, Bystriakova N, Duffield S, Ewing SR, Gillingham PK, Harper AB, et al (2017). Conducting robust ecological analyses with climate data. Oikos, 126(11), 1533-1541. Abstract.

Devine AP, McDonald RA, Quaife T, Maclean IMD (2017). Determinants of woody encroachment and cover in African savannas. Oecologia, 183(4), 939-951. Abstract. Author URL.

Maclean IMD, Suggitt AJ, Wilson RJ, Duffy JP, Bennie JJ (2017). Fine-scale climate change: modelling spatial variation in biologically meaningful rates of warming. Glob Chang Biol, 23(1), 256-268. Abstract. Author URL.

Donaldson L, Wilson RJ, Maclean IMD (2017). Old concepts, new challenges: adapting landscape-scale conservation to the twenty-first century. Biodiversity and Conservation, 26(3), 527-552. Abstract.

Mosedale JR, Abernethy KE, Smart RE, Wilson RJ, Maclean IMD (2016). Climate change impacts and adaptive strategies: lessons from the grapevine. Glob Chang Biol, 22(11), 3814-3828. Abstract. Author URL.

Upson R, Williams JJ, Wilkinson TP, Clubbe CP, Maclean IMD, McAdam JH, Moat JF (2016). Potential impacts of climate change on native plant distributions in the Falkland Islands. PLoS ONE, 11(11). Abstract.

Donaldson L, Woodhead AJ, Wilson RJ, Maclean IMD (2016). Subsistence use of papyrus is compatible with wetland bird conservation. Biological Conservation, 201, 414-422.

Greenwood O, Mossman HL, Suggitt AJ, Curtis RJ, Maclean IMD (2016). Using in situ management to conserve biodiversity under climate change. Journal of Applied Ecology Abstract.

Suggitt AJ, Jones RT, Caseldine CJ, Huntley B, Stewart JR, Brooks SJ, Brown E, Fletcher D, Gillingham PK, Larwood J, et al (2015). A meta-database of Holocene sediment cores for England. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 24(6), 743-747. Abstract.

Suggitt AJ, Jones RT, Caseldine CJ, Huntley B, Stewart JR, Brooks SJ, Brown E, Fletcher D, Gillingham PK, Larwood J, et al (2015). A reply to ‘A meta-database of Holocene sediment cores for England: missing data’ (Tooley 2015). Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 24(6), 753-754.

Mosedale J, Wilson RJ, Maclean IMD (2015). Climate Change and Crop Exposure to Adverse Weather: Changes to Frost Risk and Grapevine Flowering Conditions. PLOS ONE, 10(10). Abstract.

Suggitt AJ, Wilson RJ, August TA, Fox R, Isaac NJB, Macgregor NA, Morecroft MD, Maclean IMD (2015). Microclimate affects landscape level persistence in the British Lepidoptera. Journal of Insect Conservation, 19(2), 237-253. Abstract.

Devine AP, Stott I, Mcdonald RA, Maclean IMD (2015). Woody cover in wet and dry African savannas after six decades of experimental fires. Journal of Ecology

Suggitt AJ, Wilson RJ, August TA, Fox R, Isaac NJB, Macgregor NA, Morecroft MD, Maclean IMD (2014). Microclimate affects landscape level persistence in the British Lepidoptera. Journal of Insect Conservation Abstract.

Suggitt A, Hodgson J, Maclean I, Macgregor N, Bennie J, Hopkins J (2014). Microclimate, climate change and wildlife conservation. British Wildlife, 25(3), 162-168.

Maclean IMD, Bird JP, Hassall M (2014). Papyrus swamp drainage and the conservation status of their avifauna. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 22(2), 115-127. Abstract.

Maclean IM, Inger R, Booth CG, Embling CB, Grecian WJ, Heymans JJ, Plummer K, Shackshaft M, Sparling C, Wilson B, et al (2014). Resolving issues with environmental impact assessment of marine renewable energy installations. Frontiers in Marine Science, 1(75).

Bennie J, Wilson RJ, Maclean IMD, Suggitt AJ (2014). Seeing the woods for the trees - when is microclimate important in species distribution models?. Global Change Biology, 20(9), 2699-2700.

Maclean IMD, Rehfisch MM, Skov H, Thaxter CB (2013). Evaluating the statistical power of detecting changes in the abundance of seabirds at sea. Ibis, 155(1), 113-126. Abstract.

Maclean IMD, Bird JP, Hassall M (2013). Papyrus swamp drainage and the conservation status of their avifauna. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 1-13.

Maclean IMD, Bennie JJ, Scott AJ, Wilson RJ (2012). A high-resolution model of soil and surface water conditions. Ecological Modelling, 237-238, 109-119. Abstract.

Maclean IMD, Rehfisch MM, Skov H, Thaxter CB (2012). Evaluating the statistical power of detecting changes in the abundance of seabirds at sea. Ibis

Valle S, Boitani L, Maclean IMD (2012). Seasonal changes in abundances of waterbirds at Sabaki River Mouth (Malindi, Kenya), a key stopover site on the West Asian-East African Flyway. Ostrich, 83(1), 19-26. Abstract.

Maclean IMD, Bray J, Andrews D, Mlawila L, Kitaluta K, Jonas T (2012). The status and habitat preferences of birds associated with coastal forest and grassland in southern Tanzania. Bulletin of the African Bird Club, 19(2), 144-159.

Maclean IMD, Bray J, Andrews D, Mlawila L, Kitaluta K, Timothy J (2012). The status and habitat-preferences of birds associated with coastal forest and miombo in Kilwa District, Tanzania. Bulletin of the African Bird Club, 19(2), 144-159. Abstract.

Maclean IMD, Boar RR, Lugo C (2011). A review of the relative merits of conserving, using or draining papyrus swamps. Environmental Management, 47(2), 218-229.

Maclean IMD, Wilson RJ, Hassall M (2011). Predicting changes in the abundance of African wetland birds by incorporating abundance-occupancy relationships into habitat association models. Diversity and Distributions, 17, 480-490.

Maclean IMD, Wilson RJ (2011). Recent ecological responses to climate change support predictions of high extinction risk. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108, 12337-12342.

Wilson RJ, Maclean IMD (2011). Recent evidence for the climate change threat to Lepidoptera and other insects. Journal of Insect Conservation, 15, 259-268.

Atkinson PW, Maclean IM, Clark NA (2010). Impacts of shellfisheries and nutrient inputs on waterbird communities in the Wash, England. Journal of Applied Ecology, 47(1), 191-199. Abstract.

Robinson RA, Crick HQP, Learmonth JA, Maclean IMD, Thomas CD, Bairlein F, Forchhammer MC, Francis CM, Gill JA, Godley BJ, et al (2009). Travelling through a warming world - climate change and migratory species. Endangered Species Research, 7, 87-99.

Maclean IMD, Austin GE (2009). Waterbirds, climate change and wildlife conservation in Britain. British Wildlife, 20(4), 250-256.

Maclean IMD, Austin GE, Rehfisch MM, Blew J, Crowe O, Delany S, Devos K, Deceuninck B, Günther K, Laursen K, et al (2008). Climate change causes rapid changes in the distribution and site abundance of birds in winter. Global Change Biology, 14(11), 2489-2500. Abstract.

Robinson RA, Crick HQP, Learmonth JA, Maclean IMD, Thomas CD, Bairlein F, Forchhammer MC, Francis CM, Gill JA, Godley BJ, et al (2008). Travelling through a warming world: climate change and migratory species. Endangered Species Research, 7(2), 87-99. Abstract.

Maclean IMD, Austin GE (2007). Wetland Bird Survey Alerts. Bird Populations, 8, 177-180.

Maclean IMD, Austin GE, Rehfisch MM (2006). Are responses to climate change temperature dependent? Population changes in over-wintering migratory shorebirds. JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY, 147(5), 26-26. Author URL.

Maclean IMD, Hassall M, Boar RR, Lake IR (2006). Effects of disturbance and habitat loss on papyrus-dwelling passerines. Biological Conservation, 131(3), 349-358. Abstract.

Atkinson PW, Austin GW, Rehfisch MM, Baker H, Cranswick P, Kershaw M, Robinson J, Langston RHW, Stroud DA, Van Turnhout C, et al (2006). Identifying declines in waterbirds: the effects of missing data, population variability and count period on the interpretation of long-term survey data. BIOL CONSERV, 130(4), 549-559. Abstract.

Maclean IMD, Hassall M, Boar R, Nasirwa O (2003). Effects of habitat degradation on avian guilds in East African papyrus <i>Cyperus papyrus</i> swamps. BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, 13(4), 283-297. Author URL.

Maclean IMD, Tinch R, Hassall M, Boar R (2003). Social and economic use of wetland resources: a case study from lake Bunyonyi, Uganda. Working Paper - Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment(1), 1-20. Abstract.

Maclean IMD, Musina J, Nalianya N, Mahood S, Martin R, Byaruhanga A (2003). Systematics, distribution and vocalization of papyrus yellow warbler Chloropeta gracilirostris. Bulletin of the African Bird Club, 10(2), 94-100.

Maclean IMD, Tinch R, Hassall M, Boar R (2003). Towards optimal use of tropical wetlands: an economic valuation of goods derived from papyrus swamps in southwest Uganda. Working Paper - Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment(1), 1-20. Abstract.

Chapters

Hemming D, Duffy J, Kaye N, Maclean I (2021). Vegetation-climate interactions: into the tick zone. In (Ed) Climate, ticks and disease, CABI Publishing, 8-17.

Bramer I, Anderson BJ, Bennie J, Bladon AJ, De Frenne P, Hemming D, Hill RA, Kearney MR, Körner C, Korstjens AH, et al (2018). Advances in Monitoring and Modelling Climate at Ecologically Relevant Scales. In (Ed) Advances in Ecological Research, 101-161. Abstract.

Bramer I, Anderson BJ, Bennie J, Bladon AJ, De Frenne P, Hemming D, Hill RA, Kearney MR, Körner C, Korstjens AH, et al (2018). Chapter Three Advances in Monitoring and Modelling Climate at Ecologically Relevant Scales. In (Ed) Next Generation Biomonitoring: Part 1, Elsevier, 101-161.

Maclean IMD (2014). Climate change and conservation of waders. In (Ed) Coastal Conservation, Cambridge University Press (CUP), 265-286.

Wilson RJ, Maclean IMD (2010). Recent evidence for the climate change threat to Lepidoptera and other insects. In (Ed) Lepidoptera Conservation in a Changing World, Springer Nature, 103-112.

Conferences

Austin GE, Maclean IMD, Arkinson PW, Rehfisch MM (2007). The UK waterbirds alerts system. Waterbirds around the World.

Reports

Turner R, Poznansky F, Smirthwaite N, Blundell A, Benson D, Gaston K, Hamshar J, Maclean I, Wills J, Yan X, et al (2020). Towards a sustainable Cornwall: State of the Doughnut. Penryn, Cornwall, Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter. 71 pages. Abstract.

External Engagement and Impact

Committee/panel activities

Expert panel member for UK Government Biodiversity 2020 climate change evaluation (2018 to present)

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership Board Member (2017 to present)

External examiner for MSc Conservation Ecology, Oxford Brookes (2016 to present)

British Ornithologists Union Grant Committee Member (2016 to present)

Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly advisory board (2014 to present)

External Assessor for Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong (201t to present)

Cornwall Wildlife Trust Strategy Committee (2014 to 2017)

External Reviewer for BirdLife International’s Conservation Leadership Programme (2009 to 2015)

Editorial responsibilities

Editorial Board, Ornis Fennica (2007 to 2014)

Invited lectures

2018 Eden Project

2018 European Congress of Conservation Biology

2018 University of Sheffield

2016 UK Climate Change Adaptation Programme

2016 Cornwall Wildlife Trust

2016 Falmouth Aquarium

2015 University of Reading

2012 Aspen Global Change Institute

2012 INTECOL International Wetlands Conference

2010 Helford Voluntary Marine Conservation Area Group

2009 University of East Anglia

2009 African Bird Club

2008 Welsh Ornithologists Union

2008 Plenary Lecture, University of Lisbon

2007 British Wind Energy Association

Media Coverage

My work regularly results in media coverage in both print and broadcast media. Examples include:

Novel crops and climate change in the Independent and Times

Subtropical climates in Cornwall in the Daily Mail (the comments section is good for a laugh)

Extinction risk and climate change in the Independent and Time Magazine

Teaching

MSc Conservation Science and Policy (programme director)

Modules

2023/24

BIOM4049 - Biodiversity and Conservation

Supervision / Group

Research Fellows

Jonathan Mosedale
Luca BÃ�Â¼tikofer
James Duffy

Postdoctoral researchers

Robin Curtis

Postgraduate researchers

Richard Fox
Alexandra Gardner
Martin Goodall
Rachel Jones
James Stewart
Brittany Trew

Alumni

Aisling Devine (PhD, 2012-2016)
Lynda Donaldson (PhD, 2014-2018)
Owen Greenwood (MSc by Research, 2016-2018)
Calum Laver (MSc by Research, 2016-2018)
Andrew Suggitt (Research Fellow, 2012-2016)

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