Professor Luca Borger

Professor

Biosciences

+44 (0) 1792 513112

l.borger@swansea.ac.uk

Academic Office - 137
First Floor
Wallace Building
Singleton Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8763-5997

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About

I am an ecologist, interested in quantitatively assessing environmental change impacts on local and global biodiversity and identifying the underlying individual- and community-level mechanistic processes (movement, traits, demography, interactions) to develop predictive models and derive policies for sustainable life on earth. I hold a Chair in Ecology and Biodiversity, am co-Director of the Centre for Biomathematics at Swansea University, and am the Chair/Secretary of the Movement Ecology Special Interest Group of the British Ecological Society. Before doing science I worked as professional free-lance musician (french horn – classical music and some jazz).

You might find my name written also as 'Luca Börger' or 'Luca Boerger' - it's always me.

Areas Of Expertise

Movement ecology
Behavioural ecology
Population ecology
Community ecology
Spatial ecology
Biodiversity
Natural resource management
Conservation

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

I currently teach the 2^nd year module BIO252 Ecological Data Analysis, which introduces students to the basics of analyzing ecological data, using the R Software Environment for Statistical Computing. Furthermore, every year I teach workshops on movement ecology, at Swansea University and abroad, for graduate students, postdocs, academics and practitioners. Other modules previously taught at Swansea University include: Trends in Science (MRes module), Literature Review (MSc/MRes module), Ecology of Marine Megafauna (3rd year module).

Research Collaborations

Publications

Research Highlights

Potts, J., Borger, L., Strickland, B., & Street, G. (2022). Assessing the predictive power of step selection functions: How social and environmental interactions affect animal space use. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 13(8), 1805-1818.
https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13904, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60414
Klappstein, N., Potts, J., Michelot, T., Borger, L., Pilfold, N., Lewis, M., & Derocher, A. (2022). Energy‐based step selection analysis: Modelling the energetic drivers of animal movement and habitat use. Journal of Animal Ecology, 91(5), 946-957.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13687, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59601
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13687
Wilson, R., Rose, K., Metcalfe, R., Holton, M., Redcliffe, J., Gunner, R., Borger, L., Loison, A., Jezek, M., Painter, M., Silovský, V., Marks, N., Garel, M., Toïgo, C., Marchand, P., Bennett, N., McNarry, M., Mackintosh, K., Brown, R., & SCANTLEBURY, D. (2021). Path tortuosity changes the transport cost paradigm in terrestrial animals. Ecography, 44(10)
https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05850, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57321
Hewison, A., Gaillard, J., Morellet, N., Cagnacci, F., Debeffe, L., Cargnelutti, B., Gehr, B., Kröschel, M., Heurich, M., Coulon, A., Kjellander, P., Borger, L., & Focardi, S. (2021). Sex differences in condition dependence of natal dispersal in a large herbivore: dispersal propensity and distance are decoupled. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288(1946), 20202947
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2947, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57809
Gunner, R., Holton, M., Scantlebury, M., Schalkwyk, O., English, H., Williams, H., Hopkins, P., Quintana, F., Gómez-Laich, A., Borger, L., Redcliffe, J., Yoda, K., Yamamoto, T., Ferreira, S., Govender, D., Viljoen, P., Bruns, A., Bell, S., Marks, N...., & Wilson, R. (2021). Dead-reckoning animal movements in R: a reappraisal using Gundog.Tracks. Animal Biotelemetry, 9(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-021-00245-z, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57810
Oshima, J., Jorge, M., Sobral-Souza, T., Borger, L., Keuroghlian, A., Peres, C., Vancine, M., Collen, B., & Ribeiro, M. (2021). Setting priority conservation management regions to reverse rapid range decline of a key neotropical forest ungulate. Global Ecology and Conservation, 31, e01796
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01796, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58056
Lempidakis, E., Ross, A., Borger, L., & Shepard, E. (2022). Airflow modelling predicts seabird breeding habitat across islands. Ecography, 2022(1)
https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05733, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58173
Palma, A., Hoskins, A., Gonzalez, R., Borger, L., Newbold, T., Sanchez-Ortiz, K., Ferrier, S., & Purvis, A. (2021). Annual changes in the Biodiversity Intactness Index in tropical and subtropical forest biomes, 2001–2012. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 20249
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98811-1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58313

All Research

Journal Articles

Wikelski, M., Quetting, M., Bates, J., Berger‐Wolf, T., Bohrer, G., Borger, L., Chapple, T., Crofoot, M., Davidson, S., Dechmann, D., Ellis‐Soto, D., Ellwood, E., Fiedler, W., Flack, A., Fruth, B., Franconi, N., Havmøller, R., Hirt, J., Hussey, N...., & Kays, R. (2024). Introducing a unique animal ID and digital life history museum for wildlife metadata. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 15(10), 1777-1788.
https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.14407, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67963
Painter, M., Silovský, V., Blanco, J., Holton, M., Faltusová, M., Wilson, R., Borger, L., Psotta, L., Ramos‐Almodovar, F., Estrada, L., Landler, L., Malkemper, P., Hart, V., & Ježek, M. (2024). Development of a multisensor biologging collar and analytical techniques to describe high‐resolution spatial behavior in free‐ranging terrestrial mammals. Ecology and Evolution, 14(9)
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70264, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67457
Weil, S., Gallien, L., Nicolaï, M., Lavergne, S., Borger, L., & Allen, W. (2023). Body size and life history shape the historical biogeography of tetrapods. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 7
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02150-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02150-5
Giroux, A., Ortega, Z., Attias, N., Desbiez, A., Valle, D., Borger, L., & Oliveira-Santos, L. (2023). Activity modulation and selection for forests help giant anteaters to cope with temperature changes. Animal Behaviour, 201, 191-209.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.04.008, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63545
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.04.008
Olejarz, A., Faltusová, M., Borger, L., Güldenpfennig, J., Jarský, V., Ježek, M., Mortlock, E., Silovský, V., & Podgórski, T. (2023). Worse sleep and increased energy expenditure yet no movement changes in sub-urban wild boar experiencing an influx of human visitors (anthropulse) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Science of The Total Environment, 879, 163106
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163106, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63062
Lustenhouwer, N., Moerman, F., Altermatt, F., Bassar, R., Bocedi, G., Bonte, D., Dey, S., Fronhofer, E., Rocha, É., Giometto, A., Lancaster, L., Prather, R., Saastamoinen, M., Travis, J., Urquhart, C., Weiss‐Lehman, C., Williams, J., Borger, L., & Berger, D. (2023). Experimental evolution of dispersal: Unifying theory, experiments and natural systems. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(6), 1113-1123.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13930, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63142
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13930
Carolli, M., Garcia De Leaniz, C., Jones, J., Belletti, B., Huđek, H., Pusch, M., Pandakov, P., Borger, L., & Bund, W. (2023). Impacts of existing and planned hydropower dams on river fragmentation in the Balkan Region. Science of The Total Environment, 871, 161940
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161940, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62476
Potts, J. & Borger, L. (2023). How to scale up from animal movement decisions to spatiotemporal patterns: An approach via step selection. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(1), 16-29.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13832, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62065
Nuijten, R., Katzner, T., Allen, A., Bijleveld, A., Boorsma, T., Borger, L., Cagnacci, F., Hart, T., Henley, M., Herren, R., Kok, E., Maree, B., Nebe, B., Shohami, D., Vogel, S., Walker, P., Heitkönig, I., & Milner‐Gulland, E. (2023). Priorities for translating goodwill between movement ecologists and conservation practitioners into effective collaboration. Conservation Science and Practice, 5(1)
https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12870, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62264
Potts, J., Borger, L., Strickland, B., & Street, G. (2022). Assessing the predictive power of step selection functions: How social and environmental interactions affect animal space use. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 13(8), 1805-1818.
https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13904, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60414
Weil, S., Gallien, L., Lavergne, S., Borger, L., Hassler, G., Nicolaï, M., & Allen, W. (2022). Chameleon biogeographic dispersal is associated with extreme life history strategies. Ecography, 2022(10)
https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06323, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60452
Courbin, N., Garel, M., Marchand, P., Duparc, A., Debeffe, L., Borger, L., & Loison, A. (2022). Interacting lethal and nonlethal human activities shape complex risk tolerance behaviors in a mountain herbivore. Ecological Applications, 32(7)
https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2640, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59562
Klappstein, N., Potts, J., Michelot, T., Borger, L., Pilfold, N., Lewis, M., & Derocher, A. (2022). Energy‐based step selection analysis: Modelling the energetic drivers of animal movement and habitat use. Journal of Animal Ecology, 91(5), 946-957.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13687, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59601
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13687
Dentinger, J., Borger, L., Holton, M., Jafari-Marandi, R., Norman, D., Smith, B., Oppenheimer, S., Strickland, B., Wilson, R., & Street, G. (2022). A probabilistic framework for behavioral identification from animal-borne accelerometers. Ecological Modelling, 464, 109818
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109818, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58741
Lempidakis, E., Ross, A., Borger, L., & Shepard, E. (2022). Airflow modelling predicts seabird breeding habitat across islands. Ecography, 2022(1)
https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05733, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58173
Bull, J., Jones, O., Borger, L., Franconi, N., Banga, R., Lock, K., & Stringell, T. (2021). Climate causes shifts in grey seal phenology by modifying age structure. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288(1964), 20212284
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2284, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58898
Darby, J., Grissac, S., Arneill, G., Pirotta, E., Waggitt, J., Borger, L., Shepard, E., Cabot, D., Owen, E., Bolton, M., Edwards, E., Thompson, P., Quinn, J., & Jessopp, M. (2021). Foraging distribution of breeding northern fulmars is predicted by commercial fisheries. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 679, 181-194.
https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13887, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57974
http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13887
Oshima, J., Jorge, M., Sobral-Souza, T., Borger, L., Keuroghlian, A., Peres, C., Vancine, M., Collen, B., & Ribeiro, M. (2021). Setting priority conservation management regions to reverse rapid range decline of a key neotropical forest ungulate. Global Ecology and Conservation, 31, e01796
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01796, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58056
Gunner, R., Holton, M., Scantlebury, D., Hopkins, P., Shepard, E., Fell, A., Garde, B., Quintana, F., Gómez-Laich, A., Yoda, K., Yamamoto, T., English, H., Ferreira, S., Govender, D., Viljoen, P., Bruns, A., Schalkwyk, O., Cole, N., Tatayah, V...., & Wilson, R. (2021). How often should dead-reckoned animal movement paths be corrected for drift?. Animal Biotelemetry, 9(1), 43
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-021-00265-9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58382
Palma, A., Hoskins, A., Gonzalez, R., Borger, L., Newbold, T., Sanchez-Ortiz, K., Ferrier, S., & Purvis, A. (2021). Annual changes in the Biodiversity Intactness Index in tropical and subtropical forest biomes, 2001–2012. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 20249
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98811-1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58313
Wilson, R., Rose, K., Metcalfe, R., Holton, M., Redcliffe, J., Gunner, R., Borger, L., Loison, A., Jezek, M., Painter, M., Silovský, V., Marks, N., Garel, M., Toïgo, C., Marchand, P., Bennett, N., McNarry, M., Mackintosh, K., Brown, R., & SCANTLEBURY, D. (2021). Path tortuosity changes the transport cost paradigm in terrestrial animals. Ecography, 44(10)
https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05850, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57321
Street, G., Potts, J., Borger, L., Beasley, J., Demarais, S., Fryxell, J., McLoughlin, P., Monteith, K., Prokopenko, C., Ribeiro, M., Rodgers, A., Strickland, B., Beest, F., Bernasconi, D., Beumer, L., Dharmarajan, G., Dwinnell, S., Keiter, D., Keuroghlian, A...., & Wal, E. (2021). Solving the sample size problem for resource selection functions. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12(12)
https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13701, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57807
Jones, P., Champneys, T., Vevers, J., Borger, L., Svendsen, J., Consuegra del Olmo, S., Jones, J., & Garcia De Leaniz, C. (2021). Selective effects of small barriers on river‐resident fish. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(7), 1487-1498.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13875, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57808
Gunner, R., Holton, M., Scantlebury, M., Schalkwyk, O., English, H., Williams, H., Hopkins, P., Quintana, F., Gómez-Laich, A., Borger, L., Redcliffe, J., Yoda, K., Yamamoto, T., Ferreira, S., Govender, D., Viljoen, P., Bruns, A., Bell, S., Marks, N...., & Wilson, R. (2021). Dead-reckoning animal movements in R: a reappraisal using Gundog.Tracks. Animal Biotelemetry, 9(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-021-00245-z, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57810
Garde, B., Wilson, R., Lempidakis, E., Borger, L., Portugal, S., Hedenström, A., Dell'Omo, G., Quetting, M., Wikelski, M., & Shepard, E. (2021). Fine-scale changes in speed and altitude suggest protean movements in homing pigeon flights. Royal Society Open Science, 8(5), 210130
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210130, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57206
Munden, R., Borger, L., Wilson, R., Redcliffe, J., Brown, R., Garel, M., & Potts, J. (2021). Why did the animal turn? Time‐varying step selection analysis for inference between observed turning‐points in high frequency data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12(5), 921-932.
https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13574, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57055
Rodriguez-Rey Gomez, M., Consuegra del Olmo, S., Borger, L., & Garcia De Leaniz, C. (2021). Boat ramps facilitate the dispersal of the highly invasive zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha). Biological Invasions, 23(5), 1487-1496.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02453-9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56108
Hewison, A., Gaillard, J., Morellet, N., Cagnacci, F., Debeffe, L., Cargnelutti, B., Gehr, B., Kröschel, M., Heurich, M., Coulon, A., Kjellander, P., Borger, L., & Focardi, S. (2021). Sex differences in condition dependence of natal dispersal in a large herbivore: dispersal propensity and distance are decoupled. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288(1946), 20202947
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2947, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57809
Jones, J., Belletti, B., Garcia De Leaniz, C., Jones, J., Bizzi, S., Borger, L., Segura, G., Castelletti, A., Bund, W., Aarestrup, K., Barry, J., Belka, K., Berkhuysen, A., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Bussettini, M., Carolli, M., Consuegra del Olmo, S., Dopico, E., Feierfeil, T...., & Zalewski, M. (2020). More than one million barriers fragment Europe’s rivers. Nature, 588(7838), 436-441.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-3005-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55914
Engbo, S., Bull, J., Borger, L., Stringell, T., Lock, K., Morgan, L., & Jones, O. (2020). Census data aggregation decisions can affect population‐level inference in heterogeneous populations. Ecology and Evolution, 10(14), 7487-7496.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6475, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56970
Wilson, R., Williams, H., Holton, M., Virgilio, A., Borger, L., Potts, J., Gunner, R., Arkwright, A., Fahlman, A., Bennett, N., Alagaili, A., Cole, N., Duarte, C., & Scantlebury, D. (2020). An “orientation sphere” visualization for examining animal head movements. Ecology and Evolution, 10(10), 4175-4514.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6197, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54373
Jones, P., Consuegra del Olmo, S., Borger, L., Jones, J., & Garcia De Leaniz, C. (2020). Impacts of artificial barriers on the connectivity and dispersal of vascular macrophytes in rivers: A critical review. Freshwater Biology
https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13493, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53828
Borger, L., Bijleveld, A., Fayet, A., Machovsky‐Capuska, G., Patrick, S., Street, G., & Wal, E. (2020). Biologging Special Feature. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89(1), 6-15.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13163, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53392
Jones, P., Svendsen, J., Borger, L., Champneys, T., Consuegra del Olmo, S., Jones, J., & Garcia De Leaniz, C. (2020). One size does not fit all: inter- and intraspecific variation in the swimming performance of contrasting freshwater fish. Conservation Physiology, 8(1)
https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaa126, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56112
Williams, H., Taylor, L., Benhamou, S., Bijleveld, A., Clay, T., Jeudi de Grissac, S., Demšar, U., English, H., Franconi, N., Gómez‐Laich, A., Griffiths, R., Kay, W., Morales, J., Potts, J., Rogerson, K., Rutz, C., Spelt, A., Trevail, A., Wilson, R., & Borger, L. (2020). Optimizing the use of biologgers for movement ecology research. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89(1), 186-206.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13094, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52870
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31424571/
Alotaibi, N., Kenyon, E., Cook, K., Borger, L., & Bull, J. (2019). Low genotypic diversity and long-term ecological decline in a spatially structured seagrass population. Scientific Reports, 9(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54828-1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53074
Morris, A., Borger, L., & Crooks, E. (2019). Individual Variability in Dispersal and Invasion Speed. Mathematics, 7(9), 795
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/math7090795, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52221
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/7/9/795
Kay, W., Naumann, D., Bowen, H., Withers, S., Evans, B., Wilson, R., Stringell, T., Bull, J., Hopkins, P., & Borger, L. (2019). Minimizing the impact of biologging devices: Using computational fluid dynamics for optimizing tag design and positioning. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10(8), 1222-1233.
https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13216, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50876
Jones, J., Borger, L., Tummers, J., Jones, P., Lucas, M., Kerr, J., Kemp, P., Bizzi, S., Consuegra del Olmo, S., Marcello, L., Vowles, A., Belletti, B., Verspoor, E., Bund, W., Gough, P., & Garcia De Leaniz, C. (2019). A comprehensive assessment of stream fragmentation in Great Britain. Science of The Total Environment, 673, 756-762.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.125, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50175
Rodríguez-Rey, M., Borger, L., Consuegra del Olmo, S., & Garcia De Leaniz, C. (2019). Improving Species Distribution Modelling of freshwater invasive species for management applications. PLOS ONE, 14(6), e0217896
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217896, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50928
Cole, E., Waggitt, J., Hedenstrom, A., Piano, M., Holton, M., Borger, L., & Shepard, E. (2019). The Ornithodolite as a tool to quantify animal space use and habitat selection; a case study with birds diving in tidal waters. Integrative Zoology
https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12327, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39334
Munden, R., Borger, L., Wilson, R., Redcliffe, J., Loison, A., Garel, M., & Potts, J. (2018). Making sense of ultrahigh-resolution movement data: A new algorithm for inferring sites of interest. Ecology and Evolution
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4721, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48121
Williams, H., King, A., Duriez, O., Borger, L., & Shepard, E. (2018). Social eavesdropping allows for a more risky gliding strategy by thermal-soaring birds. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 15(148), 20180578
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2018.0578, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44831
Potts, J., Borger, L., Scantlebury, D., Bennett, N., Alagaili, A., & Wilson, R. (2018). Finding turning-points in ultra-high-resolution animal movement data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9(10), 2091-2101.
https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13056, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48296
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/2041-210X.13056
Froy, H., Borger, L., Regan, C., Morris, A., Morris, S., Pilkington, J., Crawley, M., Clutton-Brock, T., Pemberton, J., & Nussey, D. (2018). Declining home range area predicts reduced late-life survival in two wild ungulate populations. Ecology Letters, 21(7), 1001-1009.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12965, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39543
Street, G., Avgar, T., & Borger, L. (2018). Net displacement and temporal scaling: Model fitting, interpretation and implementation. Methods in Ecology and Evolution
https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12978, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39319
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/2041-210X.12978
Cozzi, G., Maag, N., Borger, L., Clutton-Brock, T., & Ozgul, A. (2018). Socially informed dispersal in a territorial cooperative breeder. Journal of Animal Ecology
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12795, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38361
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.12795/full
Thomson, J., Borger, L., Christianen, M., Esteban, N., Laloë, J., Hays, G., & Esteban, N. (2017). Implications of location accuracy and data volume for home range estimation and fine-scale movement analysis: comparing Argos and Fastloc-GPS tracking data. Marine Biology, 164(10)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-017-3225-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35936
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-017-3225-7
Cornioley, T., Jenouvrier, S., Borger, L., Weimerskirch, H., & Ozgul, A. (2017). Fathers matter: male body mass affects life-history traits in a size-dimorphic seabird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1854), 20170397
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0397, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33667
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/284/1854/20170397
Provost, G., Gross, N., Borger, L., Deraison, H., Roncoroni, M., Badenhausser, I., & Koricheva, J. (2017). Trait-matching and mass effect determine the functional response of herbivore communities to land-use intensification. Functional Ecology
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12849, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33666
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12849/full
Gray, C., Hill, S., Newbold, T., Hudson, L., Borger, L., Contu, S., Hoskins, A., Ferrier, S., Purvis, A., & Scharlemann, J. (2016). Local biodiversity is higher inside than outside terrestrial protected areas worldwide. Nature Communications, 7(1), 12306
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12306, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29366
Tao, Y., Borger, L., & Hastings, A. (2016). Dynamic Range Size Analysis of Territorial Animals: An Optimality Approach. The American Naturalist, 188(4), 460-474.
https://doi.org/10.1086/688257, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28841
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/688257
Cornioley, T., Borger, L., Ozgul, A., Weimerskirch, H., & Gill, J. (2016). Impact of changing wind conditions on foraging and incubation success in male and female wandering albatrosses. Journal of Animal Ecology
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12552, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27102
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.12552/abstract
Grissac, S., Borger, L., Guitteaud, A., & Weimerskirch, H. (2016). Contrasting movement strategies among juvenile albatrosses and petrels. Scientific Reports, 6, 26103
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep26103, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27683
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep26103
Newbold, T., Hudson, L., Hill, S., Contu, S., Gray, C., Scharlemann, J., Borger, L., Phillips, H., Sheil, D., Lysenko, I., & Purvis, A. (2016). Global patterns of terrestrial assemblage turnover within and among land uses. Ecography
https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01932, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26959
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.01932/abstract
Borger, L. (2016). EDITORIAL: Stuck in motion? Reconnecting questions and tools in movement ecology. Journal of Animal Ecology, 85(1), 5-10.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12464, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26961
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.12464/full
De Palma, A., Kuhlmann, M., Roberts, S., Potts, S., Hudson, L., Lysenko, I., Borger, L., Newbold, T., & Purvis, A. (2015). Ecological traits affect the sensitivity of bees to land-use pressures in European agricultural landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12524, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22329
Beyer, H., Gurarie, E., Borger, L., Panzacchi, M., Basille, M., Herfindal, I., Moorter, B., Lele, S., Matthiopoulos, J., & Fryxell, J. (2015). ‘You shall not pass!’: quantifying barrier permeability and proximity avoidance by animals. Journal of Animal Ecology, 85(1), 43-53.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12275, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19059
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.12275/abstract
Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Borger, L., Quero, J., García-Gómez, M., Soriano, S., Maestre, F., & Gross, N. (2015). Traits of neighbouring plants and space limitation determine intraspecific trait variability in semi-arid shrublands. Journal of Ecology, 103(6), 1647-1657.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12480, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26956
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.12480/abstract
Henckel, L., Borger, L., Meiss, H., Gaba, S., & Bretagnolle, V. (2015). Organic fields sustain weed metacommunity dynamics in farmland landscapes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1808), 20150002-20150002.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22328
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1808/20150002.abstract
Valencia, E., Maestre, F., Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Quero, J., Tamme, R., Borger, L., García-Gómez, M., & Gross, N. (2015). Functional diversity enhances the resistance of ecosystem multifunctionality to aridity in Mediterranean drylands. New Phytologist, 206(2), 660-671.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13268, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20625
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.13268/abstract
Newbold, T., Hudson, L., Hill, S., Contu, S., Lysenko, I., Senior, R., Borger, L., Bennett, D., Choimes, A., Collen, B., Day, J., Palma, A., Díaz, S., Echeverria-Londoño, S., Edgar, M., Feldman, A., Garon, M., Harrison, M., Alhusseini, T...., & Purvis, A. (2015). Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity. Nature, 520(7545), 45-50.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14324, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20627
Cozzi, G., Borger, L., Hutter, P., Abegg, D., Beran, C., McNutt, J., & Ozgul, A. (2015). Effects of Trophy Hunting Leftovers on the Ranging Behaviour of Large Carnivores: A Case Study on Spotted Hyenas. PLOS ONE, 10(3), e0121471
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121471, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20626
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0121471
Marrec, R., Badenhausser, I., Bretagnolle, V., Borger, L., Roncoroni, M., Guillon, N., & Gauffre, B. (2015). Crop succession and habitat preferences drive the distribution and abundance of carabid beetles in an agricultural landscape. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 199, 282-289.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2014.10.005, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19057
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016788091400468X
Deraison, H., Badenhausser, I., Borger, L., & Gross, N. (2014). Herbivore effect traits and their impact on plant community biomass: an experimental test using grasshoppers. Functional Ecology, 29(5), 650-661.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12362, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19058
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12362/abstract
Borger, L. & Nudds, T. (2014). Fire, humans, and climate: modeling distribution dynamics of boreal forest waterbirds. Ecological Applications, 24(1), 121-141.
https://doi.org/10.1890/12-1683.1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16634
Wiebe, P., Fryxell, J., Thompson, I., Borger, L., & Baker, J. (2013). Do trappers understand marten habitat?. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 77(2), 379-391.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.471, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16628
Morellet, N., Bonenfant, C., Borger, L., Ossi, F., Cagnacci, F., Heurich, M., Kjellander, P., Linnell, J., Nicoloso, S., Sustr, P., Urbano, F., Mysterud, A., & Coulson, T. (2013). Seasonality, weather and climate affect home range size in roe deer across a wide latitudinal gradient within Europe. Journal of Animal Ecology, 82(6), 1326-1339.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12105, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16632
Gross, N., Borger, L., Duncan, R., Hulme, P., & Wilson, S. (2013). Functional differences between alien and native species: do biotic interactions determine the functional structure of highly invaded grasslands?. Functional Ecology, 27(5), 1262-1272.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12120, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16629
Gross, N., Borger, L., Soriano-Morales, S., Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Quero, J., García-Gómez, M., Valencia-Gómez, E., Maestre, F., & Schwinning, S. (2013). Uncovering multiscale effects of aridity and biotic interactions on the functional structure of Mediterranean shrublands. Journal of Ecology, 101(3), 637-649.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12063, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16630
Fridley, J., Grime, J., Huston, M., Pierce, S., Smart, S., Thompson, K., Borger, L., Brooker, R., Cerabolini, B., Gross, N., Liancourt, P., Michalet, R., & Bagousse-Pinguet, Y. (2012). Comment on "Productivity Is a Poor Predictor of Plant Species Richness". Science, 335(6075), 1441-1441.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1215042, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16624
Fieberg, J. & Borger, L. (2012). Could you please phrase “home range” as a question?. Journal of Mammalogy, 93(4), 890-902.
https://doi.org/10.1644/11-MAMM-S-172.1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16625
Singh, N., Borger, L., Dettki, H., Bunnefeld, N., & Ericsson, G. (2012). From migration to nomadism: movement variability in a northern ungulate across its latitudinal range. Ecological Applications, 22(7), 2007-2020.
https://doi.org/10.1890/12-0245.1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16626
Maire, V., Gross, N., Borger, L., Proulx, R., Wirth, C., Pontes, L., Soussana, J., & Louault, F. (2012). Habitat filtering and niche differentiation jointly explain species relative abundance within grassland communities along fertility and disturbance gradients. New Phytologist, 196(2), 497-509.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04287.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16627
Bunnefeld, N., Borger, L., Moorter, B., Rolandsen, C., Dettki, H., Solberg, E., & Ericsson, G. (2011). A model-driven approach to quantify migration patterns: individual, regional and yearly differences. Journal of Animal Ecology, 80(2), 466-476.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01776.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16622
Struve, J., Lorenzen, K., Blanchard, J., Borger, L., Bunnefeld, N., Edwards, C., Hortal, J., MacCall, A., Matthiopoulos, J., Moorter, B., Ozgul, A., Royer, F., Singh, N., Yesson, C., & Bernard, R. (2010). Lost in space? Searching for directions in the spatial modelling of individuals, populations and species ranges. Biology Letters, 6(5), 575-578.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0338, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16623
Moorter, B., Visscher, D., Benhamou, S., Borger, L., Boyce, M., & Gaillard, J. (2009). Memory keeps you at home: a mechanistic model for home range emergence. Oikos, 118(5), 641-652.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17003.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16621
Borger, L., Dalziel, B., & Fryxell, J. (2008). Are there general mechanisms of animal home range behaviour? A review and prospects for future research. Ecology Letters, 11(6), 637-650.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01182.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16620
Fryxell, J., Hazell, M., Borger, L., Dalziel, B., Haydon, D., Morales, J., McIntosh, T., & Rosatte, R. (2008). Multiple movement modes by large herbivores at multiple spatiotemporal scales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(49), 19114-19119.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0801737105, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15744
Bunnefeld, N., Borger, L., Nilsen, Erlend, B., Mathieu, B., Richard, H., H.G., E., Christiane, T., Jeroen, M., Marc, M., Jean-Michel, G., & E.J., M. (2007). Coming out of the ivory tower: how to ensure that ecological modelling research remains practical and applied. Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, 38(4), 64-66.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16633
Franconi, N., Borger, L., Franconi, N., Ferretti, F., Meschi, F., Michele, G., Gantz, A., & Coulson, T. (2006). An Integrated Approach to Identify Spatiotemporal and Individual‐Level Determinants of Animal Home Range Size. The American Naturalist, 168(4), 471-485.
https://doi.org/10.1086/507883, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16619
Franconi, N., Borger, L., FRANCONI, N., MICHELE, G., GANTZ, A., MESCHI, F., MANICA, A., LOVARI, S., & COULSON, T. (2006). Effects of sampling regime on the mean and variance of home range size estimates. Journal of Animal Ecology, 75(6), 1393-1405.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01164.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16618
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01164.x

Book Chapters

Borger, L., Horne, J., Fieberg, J., Rachlow, J., Calabrese, J., & Fleming, C. (2020). Animal Home Ranges: Concepts, Uses and Estimation. Population Ecology in Practice Wiley-Blackwell
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53478
https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Population+Ecology+in+Practice-p-9780470674147
De Palma, A., Sanchez-Ortiz, K., Martin, P., Chadwick, , A., Gilbert, G., Bates, A., Borger, L., Contu, S., Hill, S., & Purvis, A. (2018). Challenges With Inferring How Land-Use Affects Terrestrial Biodiversity: Study Design, Time, Space and Synthesis. Next Generation Biomonitoring: Part 1 (pp. 163-199). Academic Press
https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2017.12.004, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39320
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065250417300296
Purvis, A., Newbold, T., Palma, A., Contu, S., Hill, S., Sanchez-Ortiz, K., Phillips, H., Hudson, L., Lysenko, I., Borger, L., & Scharlemann, J. (2018). Modelling and Projecting the Response of Local Terrestrial Biodiversity Worldwide to Land Use and Related Pressures: The PREDICTS Project. Next Generation Biomonitoring: Part 1 (pp. 201-241). Academic Press
https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2017.12.003, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39321
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065250417300284
Borger, L. & Fryxell, J. (2012). Quantifying individual differences in dispersal using net squared displacement. Dispersal Ecology and Evolution (pp. 222-230). Oxford University Press
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16636
http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199608898.do
Borger, L., Matthiopoulos, J., Holdo, R., Morales, J., Couzin, I., & McCauley, E. (2011). Migration quantified: Constructing models and linking them with data. Animal Migration: A Synthesis. (pp. 111-128). Oxford University Press
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16635
http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199568994.do

Supervision

Identifying state from gait using tri-accelerometry tags (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Rory Wilson
Movement Ecology and Conservation Psychology of Adder in Wales (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Ed Pope
Ecology of sea turtles in the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean. (awarded 2024)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Nicole Esteban
The role of species' traits in dispersal across scales - from deep past understanding to present-day processes. (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr William Allen
Environmental and individual-level drivers of movements and space use in three ungulate species Déterminants environnementaux et individuels des mouvements et de l'utilisation de l'espace chez trois espèces d'ongulés sauvages. (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Rowan Brown
Investigating the potential impact on native flora and fauna of a non-native macropod, the Red-necked wallaby (Notamcropus rufogriseus), on the Isle of Man. (current)

MRes

Other supervisor: Dr Aisling Devine
Monitoring movement patterns in choughs (awarded 2023)

MRes

Other supervisor: Prof Emily Shepard
Scenario planning for pangolin conservation (awarded 2023)

MRes

Taught Modules

BIO114 Animal Diversity and Behaviour

This 20 credit module is divided into two sections and broadly introduces students to the diversity of animal groups, and the study of animal behaviour. The first half of lectures will consider the taxonomy and physiology of organisms within the animal kingdom, and will provide students with a broad understanding of all animal life, from single celled protozoa through to megafauna such as the blue whale and concluding with human evolution. The second half of lectures will consider the evolutionary pressures that drive animal behaviour and give rise to the behavioural adaptations witnessed across the animal kingdom today, from foraging and learning, to anti-predatory mechanisms and migration. During this module, students will develop their understanding of animal classification, interrelationships and evolution, and will gain valuable practical experience of animal biology. A sister module, BIO114C, will provide the same content but delivered via the medium of Welsh.
BIO308 Movement ecology

This module will examine why, how, where and when organisms move. The lectures will draw on first principles of animal movement in order to examine the costs and benefits of different movement strategies and how they apply to animals from aphids to eagles. While the module will refer to movement in a wide variety of animals, many core elements of behavioural ecology have been developed using birds as model organisms. Consequently, several key module themes are explored using birds as examples. Movement will be examined over a range of spatial and temporal scales, as recorded using some of the very latest technologies.

Career History

Professor, Chair in Ecology and Biodiversity, Department of Biosciences, Swansea University

2017 - Present
Associate Professor, Department of Biosciences, Swansea University

2013 - 2017
INRA Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Ecology, Agrocampus Ouest, INRA Rennes, France.

2012 - 2013
INRA Postdoctoral Research Fellow, USC1339, CEBC, Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, INRA, France

2011 - 2012
CNRS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CEBC Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372, CNRS, France

2010 - 2011
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Canada.

2008 - 2010
FESC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Canada

2008 - 2010
Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Canada

2006 - 2008
PhD student, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK

2003 - 2006
visiting PhD student, Centre for Population Biology at Silwood Park, Imperial College London, UK

2004 - 2006
Graduate Researcher, Department of Ethology, Ecology and Evolution, University of Siena, Italy

2003 - 2005

Other Roles

co-Director, Centre for Biomathematics, Swansea University

2015 - Present
Chair/Secretary, Movement Ecology Special Interest Group, British Ecological Society

2016 - Present
Associate Editor, Journal of Animal Ecology, British Ecological Society

2012 - Present
Associate Editor, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, British Ecological Society

2013 - Present
Member, NERC Peer Review College, NERC

2017 - Present
Member, Review College, British Ecological Society

2013 - Present
Grenoble-Swansea Strategic Partnership Delivery Group, Swansea University

2016 - Present
Postgraduate Research (PGR) Scholarships Sub-Committee Member, Swansea University

2018 - Present
College of Science Postgraduate Research (PGR) Committee Member, Swansea University

2018 - Present
College of Science Research Ethics Committee Member, Swansea University

2016 - Present
Biosciences Research Ethics Committee Member, Department of Biosciences, Swansea University

2016 - Present
Deputy Director, Research Institute in Ethics and Law, Swansea University

2016 - 2019
University Research Ethics & Governance committee Member, Swansea University

2016 - 2019
Steering Group, University Research Integrity Framework, Swansea University

2015 - 2016
Biosciences Departmental Seminar Series Organiser, Swantalks - Department of Biosciences, Swansea University

2013 - 2020
BES Publications Committee Member, British Ecological Society

2018 - Present
Review Editor, Endangered Species Research

2008 - 2020

Professor Luca Borger

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Supervision

Identifying state from gait using tri-accelerometry tags (current)

Movement Ecology and Conservation Psychology of Adder in Wales (current)

Ecology of sea turtles in the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean. (awarded 2024)

The role of species' traits in dispersal across scales - from deep past understanding to present-day processes. (awarded 2023)

Environmental and individual-level drivers of movements and space use in three ungulate species Déterminants environnementaux et individuels des mouvements et de l'utilisation de l'espace chez trois espèces d'ongulés sauvages. (awarded 2023)

Investigating the potential impact on native flora and fauna of a non-native macropod, the Red-necked wallaby (Notamcropus rufogriseus), on the Isle of Man. (current)

Monitoring movement patterns in choughs (awarded 2023)

Scenario planning for pangolin conservation (awarded 2023)

Taught Modules

BIO114 Animal Diversity and Behaviour

BIO308 Movement ecology

Career History

Professor, Chair in Ecology and Biodiversity, Department of Biosciences, Swansea University

Associate Professor, Department of Biosciences, Swansea University

INRA Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Ecology, Agrocampus Ouest, INRA Rennes, France.

INRA Postdoctoral Research Fellow, USC1339, CEBC, Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, INRA, France

CNRS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CEBC Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372, CNRS, France

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Canada.

FESC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Canada

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Canada

PhD student, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK

visiting PhD student, Centre for Population Biology at Silwood Park, Imperial College London, UK

Graduate Researcher, Department of Ethology, Ecology and Evolution, University of Siena, Italy

Other Roles

co-Director, Centre for Biomathematics, Swansea University

Chair/Secretary, Movement Ecology Special Interest Group, British Ecological Society

Associate Editor, Journal of Animal Ecology, British Ecological Society

Associate Editor, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, British Ecological Society

Member, NERC Peer Review College, NERC

Member, Review College, British Ecological Society

Grenoble-Swansea Strategic Partnership Delivery Group, Swansea University

Postgraduate Research (PGR) Scholarships Sub-Committee Member, Swansea University

College of Science Postgraduate Research (PGR) Committee Member, Swansea University

College of Science Research Ethics Committee Member, Swansea University

Biosciences Research Ethics Committee Member, Department of Biosciences, Swansea University

Deputy Director, Research Institute in Ethics and Law, Swansea University

University Research Ethics & Governance committee Member, Swansea University

Steering Group, University Research Integrity Framework, Swansea University

Biosciences Departmental Seminar Series Organiser, Swantalks - Department of Biosciences, Swansea University

BES Publications Committee Member, British Ecological Society

Review Editor, Endangered Species Research