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| Name |
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| Dr Ilya Maclean |
| Position |
| Research Ecologist, Wetlands and Coastal Ecology Unit |
| Role |
| I am principally responsible for undertaking research contracts
examining the causes of changes in the abundance of waterbirds. |
| Qualifications |
BSc (Hons) Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia,
1994-1999
PhD Biodiversity conservation of East African wetlands, University
of East Anglia, 2001-2005 |
| Research Interests/Responsibilities |
| My post entails undertaking a fairly broad spectrum
of short-term research projects. Recent work includes, examining
the causes of diving duck declines in Northern Ireland, producing
an advisory strategy for DEFRA to allow the effects of climate
change to be incorporated into wetland conservation policy and
publication of the online database detailing waterbird population
changes in the UK’s protected areas. |
| Other Information |
| - |
| Selected Publications |
- Maclean, I.M.D., Austin, G.E., Rehfisch, M.M., Blew, J.,
Crowe, O., Delany, S., Devos, K., Deceuninck, B., Günther,
K., Laursen, K., van Roomen, M. & Wahl, J. (in press)
Global warming causes rapid changes in the distribution
and abundance of birds in winter. Global Change Biology.
- Robinson, R.A., Crick, H.Q.P., Learmonth, J.A., Maclean,
I.M.D., Thomas, C.D., Bairlein, F., Forchhammer, M.C., Francis,
C.M., Gill, J.A., Godley, B.J., Harwood, J., Hays, G.C.,
Huntley, B., Hutson, A.M., Pierce, G.J., Rehfisch, M.M.,
Sims, D.W., Santos, M.B., Sparks, T.H., Stroud, D.A. &
Visser, M.E. (in press) Travelling through a warming world:
climate change and migratory species. Endangered Species
Research.
- Maclean, I.M.D., Austin, G.E., Mellan, H.J. & Girling,
T. (2008) WeBS Alerts 2004/2005 (Release 2): Changes in
numbers of wintering waterbirds in the United Kingdom, its
Constituent Countries, Special Protection Areas (SPAs) and
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). BTO Research
Report No. 492 to the WeBS partnership. BTO, Thetford. Available:
http://www.bto.org/webs/alerts.
- Atkinson, P.W., Austin, G.E., Baillie, S.R., Rehfisch,
M.M., Baker, H., Cranswick, P., Kershaw, M., Robinson, J.,
Langston, R., Stroud, D.A., van Turnhout, C. & Maclean,
I.M.D. (2006) Raising ‘alerts’ for changes in
waterbird numbers: the effects of missing data, population
variability and count period on the interpretation of long-term
survey data in the UK. Biological Conservation,
130: 549-559.
- Maclean, I.M.D., Hassall, M., Boar, R.R. & Lake, I.
(2006). Effects of disturbance and habitat loss on papyrus-dwelling
passerines. Biological Conservation, 131: 349-358.
- Maclean, I.M.D., Hassall, M., Boar, R.R. & Nasirwa,
O. (2003). Effects of habitat degradation on avian guilds
in East African papyrus Cyperus papyrus L. swamps.
Bird Conservation International, 13: 283-297.
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| Contact Details |
Email:
Telephone:
Fax:
Postal address: |
01842 750050
01842 750030
British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery, Thetford, IP24 2PU,
UK. |
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