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Department of Plant Sciences

 

Research Group

Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Biography

My PhD research will focus on assessing the impact of severe wildfires on global timber trade and timber production, with a view to evaluate the biodiversity impacts of wildfire-induced changes to global timber production systems. My previous work has focused on illuminating patterns of functional and phylogenetic diversity in CITES-documented global wildlife trade, revealing distinct spatial and temporal trends in the functional profile of wild-sourced and captive-bred reptile assemblages and identifying evolutionarily distinct terrestrial vertebrate species threatened by international trade that currently lack formal protection.

Previous Positions

2023 to 2024 - Research Assistant - University of Cambridge 

2023 - Research Assistant - University of Cambridge 

2022 to 2022 - Fieldwork Assistant - University of Oxford 

Qualifications

2023 - Masters in Biological Sciences - University of Sheffield

Key Publications

'Global dynamics of functional composition in CITES-traded reptiles', (2024), Ecological Application.

'Wildlife farming: Balancing economic and conservation interests in the face of illegal wildlife trade', (2024), People and Nature.
 

PhD Postgraduate Student
Dominic Meeks

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