Category Archives: Fieldwork

How birds can help farms and forests in the Philippines

Posted on 19th July 2024 by Marion

Brilliant PhD candidate Jelaine Gan has been developing some cool comics, in collaboration with Jessica Stutman. Printed for engagement with local communities in her field study sites (pdf: in Filipino , in English). The work highlights the functional role of … Continue reading →

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Trees on farms – agroforestry research at Newcastle University

Posted on 18th July 2024 by Marion

Since a couple of years, we have been following the establishment of our agroforestry trial plot, Cockle Park (Agriculture Facilities | School of Natural and Environmental Sciences | Newcastle University (ncl.ac.uk)), A mixture of tree lines comprising poplar and willow … Continue reading →

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Highlighting our recent work on agroforestry adoption in the north of England.

Posted on 17th September 2022 by Marion

Agroforestry – Press Office – Newcastle University (ncl.ac.uk)

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Four UG students in Peru

Posted on 6th September 2019 by Marion

Four group members (UG students at NU) recently ventured into the untouched forests of Peru Manu NP to look for jaguars with camera traps, analyse vegetation indicators of disturbance and measure spatial point patterns in fig tree species. Thank you … Continue reading →

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Laura won prestigious award

Posted on 27th April 2018 by Marion

Our PhD student Laura won the prestigious National Geographic Early Career Grant to support her research on road impacts on amphibians and mammals in rainforests. Congratulations!

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From the field #South_Africa

Posted on 27th April 2018 by Marion

Funded by the Royal Society, I was travelling to Southern Africa to do measure & map quality of crop and non-crop habitats. Yes, that’s right. I have started to venture beyond the forest/woodland/shrub/savannah edge and into that thing called matrix … Continue reading →

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Alexander is still in Costa Rica

Posted on 2nd August 2017 by Marion

Alexander’s work on fungal infection prevalence among amphibians and how it varies (or not) with habitat type and condition is well under way. He has been tracking through remote forests and wetlands in Costa Rica taking skin swabs from tiny … Continue reading →

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Royal Society funds pilot project in Mozambique

Posted on 2nd August 2017 by Marion

We have received brilliant news. The Royal Society awarded us a grant of 11,805 GBP, which allowed us to buy essential equipment (including a thermal imaging camera, a full-frame digital camera with fish-eye lens and a NDVI camera) and to run a … Continue reading →

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