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Charles Marsh<\/strong><\/p>\n

Academic Qualifications<\/strong><\/p>\n

PhD in Tropical Ecology, Imperial College London, UK<\/p>\n

MRes in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, Imperial College London, UK<\/p>\n

BA in Biological Sciences, University of Oxford, UK<\/p>\n

Research areas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spatial ecology, community ecology,\u00a0biodiversity distributions, spatial scale, data-poor species<\/p>\n

Research interests<\/strong><\/p>\n

My research interests are primarily in the distributions of biodiversity and ecosystem function, and how they are affected by anthropogenic disturbance, particularly fragmentation and habitat modification, with an emphasis on community-level processes (e.g. alpha- and beta-diversity). I am particularly interested in the spatial scaling of these processes, and decoupling the effects of scales of observation from interpretations of spatial patterns of diversity. Much of this research involved the creation of new R packages and the development of novel analytical techniques, as well as generating automated high-performance computing workflows for processing biodiversity data.<\/p>\n

Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have a mix of field and computational experience, having completed postdocs and research fellowships at Yale University,\u00a0Oxford\u00a0University, the Natural History Museum of London and Leeds University. Fieldwork has included research across the Brazilian Amazon, Borneo, Madagascar and the Comoros Islands, although I no longer get to do as much as I would like.<\/p>\n

Selected publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n