Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research overview
My research focuses on long-term human-environment interactions and their implications for biodiversity and conservation, and how we deal with biocultural legacies in contemporary environmental management. Current and recent projects include: methods for tracking the role of large herbivores as ecosystem drivers, valuing intact tropical peatlands, and textiles as biocultural heritage.
Better understanding between palaeoecology and ecology is central to my interests. To support this I co-chair the British Ecological Society Palaeoecology Group, and set up the informal Palaeoenvironmental and Archaeological Sciences Scotland (PALASS) Network to connect researchers working in and on Scottish environments.
Teaching activity
My main teaching responsibilities:
- Second year environmental geography (GG2014) and biodiversity and sustainable development (SD2006)
- Third year environmental/physical geography research methods and residential fieldtrip (GG3211, GG3213)
- Dissertation supervision
- MSc Sustainable Development contributor (GD5802)
- School study abroad officer
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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What drives biodiversity patterns? Using long-term multidisciplinary data to discern centennial-scale change
Woodbridge, J., Fyfe, R., Smith, D., Pelling, R., de Vareilles, A., Batchelor, C. R., Bevan, A. & Davies, A., 19 Dec 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Ecology. Early ViewResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile30 Citations (Scopus)8 Downloads (Pure) -
Eco-epidemiological uncertainties of emerging plant diseases: the challenge of predicting Xylella fastidiosa dynamics in novel environments
Occhibove, F., Chapman, D. S., Mastin, A. J., Parnell, S. S. R., Agstner, B., Mato-Amboage, R., Jones, G., Dunn, M., Pollard, C. R. J., Robinson, J. S., Marzano, M., Davies, A. L., White, R. M., Fearne, A. & White, S. M., 29 Oct 2020, In: Phytopathology. 110, 11, p. 1740-1750 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open AccessFile13 Citations (Scopus)10 Downloads (Pure) -
A systematic review of methods for studying the impacts of outdoor recreation on terrestrial wildlife
Marion, S., Davies, A., Demsar, U., Irvine, J., Stephens, P. & Long, J., Jun 2020, In: Global Ecology and Conservation. 22, e00917.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open AccessFile28 Citations (Scopus)7 Downloads (Pure) -
Dung fungi as an indicator of large herbivore dynamics in peatlands
Davies, A. L., Dec 2019, In: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 271, 104108.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile24 Citations (Scopus)9 Downloads (Pure) -
The application of resilience concepts in palaeoecology
Davies, A. L., Streeter, R. T., Lawson, I. T., Roucoux, K. H. & Hiles, W., 1 Sept 2018, In: The Holocene. 28, 9, p. 1523-1534 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open AccessFile24 Citations (Scopus)6 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Foundations for the Future: Learning from the Past, 2007-2010
Davies, A. (Creator), UK Data Service, 2019
Dataset
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Geochemical and physical property data for sediment cores extracted from Loch Sunart Scotland
Smeaton, C. (Creator), Austin, W. E. N. (Creator), Davies, A. L. (Creator), Baltzar, A. (Creator), Abell, R. E. (Creator) & Howe, J. A. (Creator), British Geological Survey, 8 Nov 2016
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoveryMetadata/13607031.html
Dataset
Projects
- 7 Finished
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Making museums productive spaces for climate adaptation: a Peruvian and Guatemalan exchange
Davies, A. (PI), Brown, K. E. (PI), Laurie, N. (PI), Valdez, A. (Other), Palacios, M. C. (Other) & Calle, O. (Other)
University of St Andrews Impact & Innovation Fund
3/10/22 → 31/03/23
Project: Standard
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Oil Exploitation and Peatlands: Oil exploitation and peatlands in indigenous territories: the impacts of oil at the extractive frontier in the Peruvian Amazon
Davies, A. (PI), Lawson, I. T. (CoI) & Roucoux, K. (CoI)
1/12/20 → 1/05/21
Project: Standard
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SFC GCRF 2020-21 Consolidator - AD: Biocultural heritage and community voice in Amazonia
Davies, A. (PI) & Roucoux, K. (CoI)
7/10/20 → 31/07/21
Project: Standard
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Timothy Stojanovic - SFC GCRF 19/20: Community Capabilities and Marine Protected Area Governance: Scaling up and Capacity development
Stojanovic, T. (PI), Davies, A. (CoI) & Dornelas, M. (CoI)
1/08/19 → 31/12/20
Project: Standard
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Capacity building to value intact tropic: Capacity Building to Value Intact Tropical Peatlands.
Davies, A. (PI)
20/03/19 → 30/06/19
Project: Standard
Activities
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Girls in STEM - Dundee Science Centre
Roucoux, K. (Participant) & Davies, A. (Participant)
8 Mar 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a public festival/exhibition/event
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Impact lunch completing impact related activities on PURE
Okafor-Yarwood, I. (Participant) & Davies, A. (Chair)
22 Feb 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a conference
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Climate change, conservation and palaeoecology
Davies, A. (Speaker)
2 Nov 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Counting sheep: new insights into herbivore dynamics in Atlantic heathlands
Davies, A. (Speaker)
2 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation
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British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2022
Davies, A. (Chair) & Roucoux, K. (Chair)
19 Dec 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a workshop, seminar, course
Prizes
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British Ecological Society Outreach Grant
Cole, L. (Recipient), Roucoux, K. (Recipient) & Davies, A. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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Sunday Times Article - Glorious Mud
Smeaton, C., Austin, W. E. N. & Davies, A. L.
19/11/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Relating to Research