Postgraduate Students
		MALCOLM BURGESS PhD Student Graduated 2008
		Career
		1995 - 1997 1996 - 1997 1998 - 2000 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 - 2008 Ranger, Yarner Wood, English Nature Field Assistant Mauritius kestrel project, Mauritius Field Assistant Echo Parakeet project, Mauritius Field Assistant Bristol University Mammal Group Zoo Keeper, London Zoo MSc Royal Holloway University of London, Population growth of the Edible dormouse in England Post-graduate Research Assistant, Avian Diversity Hotspot Consortium, Imperial College at Silwood Park PhD student, Centre for Agri-Environmental Research
		Research Interests Conservation biology: Species restoration, and consequent management, monitoring and patterns of population growth. The impacts of climatic change on populations of both introduced and endangered species Behavioural ecology: Population regulation, in particular habitat use and factors influencing breeding success Monitoring of bird populations. CÆR Projects Population mechanisms of a restored population of the Mauritius kestrel: the buffer effect, spatial patterns and modelling population persistence in a changing environment. Spatial heterogeneity: Spatial heterogeneity in habitat quality and dispersal – individual decisions and their population dynamic consequences Professional Qualifications ‘A’ Bird ringing licence holder Recent Publications Burgess, M.D., Nicoll, M.A.C., Jones, C.G. and Norris, K. (2008) Reduced dispersal reduces the strength of density-dependence in a tropical bird population. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, 275, 1209-1216. Hadfield, J.D., Burgess, M.D., Lord, M., Phillimore, A.B., Clegg, S.M. and Owens, I.P.F. (2006) Direct versus Indirect Sexual Selection: Genetic Basis of Colour, Size and Recruitment in a Wild Bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, 273, 1347-1353 Orme, C.D.L., Davies, R.G., Burgess, M., Eigenbrod, F., Pickup, N., Olsen, V.A., Webster, A.J., Ding, T-S., Rasmussen, P.C., Ridgely, R.S., Stattersfield, A.J., Bennett, P.M., Blackburn, T.M., Gaston, K.J. and Owens, I.P.F. (2005) Global hotspots of species richness are not congruent with endemism or threat. Nature 436, 1016-1019 Burgess, M., Morris, P., and Bright, P. (2003) Population dynamics of the Edible dormouse (Glis glis) in England. Acta Zoologica Hungaria, 49, 27-31.