Welcome to the Conservation Ecology Research Group! We are a group of researchers based at Durham University, in Durham, United Kingdom. Our work ranges from the evolutionary ecology of individual behaviour to global biogeographic patterns, usually with an applied focus. 
RECENT NEWS 
  • New paper by Nicolás on the differential preference of agricultural landscapes by taruka and feral donkeys in high Andean deserts during the dry season is now out.

  • The School of Biology at Durham University is looking to appoint a fixed term teaching associate in mathematical ecology. For more information see here or email Stephen Willis.

  • Fancy joining CEG? Graduates from Australia, The Bahamas, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Cyprus, Malta, and New Zealand may be eligible for a Commonwealth Studentship.  If you want to work with CEG on areas of mutual interest get in touch ASAP (deadline is 17 June).
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  • Congratulations to Michelle Gibson on being awarded a Birds South Australia Conservation Fund research grant of AUD $3000 to help with the cost of her third and final field season. For more information on her PhD project and the work she has been doing on Australian birds check out her page here! 

  • Congratulations to Naiara O'Mahony for being awarded her PhD for her thesis on "The effects of climate change on the global migration ecology of birds"!  Naiara tackled some very thorny problems to do with explaining the current distribution of migrant birds, and predicting how that might change in the future (given the location of suitable climate space, some areas of which might not currently be used by the species).  We look forward to seeing Naiara's work on these issues in print before too long!

  • A new paper by Phil, Steve and many collaborators (both national and international) has been published in the journal Science.  The paper isolates the impacts of climate change on common breeding birds in Europe and the USA, and shows them to be strong and consistent between the two areas.  More on the paper can be found here.
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