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My academic background originates in Physical Geography with a strong interest in Landscape Ecology. Traditionally, ecology sought to work in ‘natural’ areas free from human influence. Recently however, landscape ecology has emerged as scientists came to terms with the idea that there are few regions of the world remaining that cannot be considered MFLs. Landscape ecology asks questions of ecological structure and function, frequently considering the importance of human influence, and stresses the importance of space, scale, and feedbacks between spatial pattern and ecological process. It is from this origin that my particular 'interdisciplinary' research interests arise. |
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I am particularly interested in how computer modelling tools and techniques can be brought to bear on ecological questions arising from MFLs. The complex spatio-temporally contingent nature of MFLs frequently make them analytically intractable. In this case computer simulation models that make approximations and idealisations of the system become useful to improve understanding. Simulations help to overcome the large time and space scales involved in landscapes studies that often make empirical experimentation in the field virtually impossible (due to logistic, political and financial constraints). Experiments and scenarios can be run and tested in the 'would-be world' of the simulation environment that would not be possible in 'real world' environments and landscapes. Read my blog posts on Landscapes |
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