Staff Profile:Dr Geoffrey Griffiths

Name:

Dr Geoffrey Griffiths

Job Title:

Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography

Responsibilities:

• Undergraduate Admissions Officer
• Undergraduate Teaching: Career Development Skills; GIS and Mapping; Biogeography and Ecosystems; Human and Physical Geography Fieldclass; Biodiversity and Conservation Field Class
• Masters Teaching: Urban Ecology, Hydrology & Hazards

Areas of Interest:

• Landscape and biodiversity
• GIS and habitat restoration
• Biodiversity of tropical forests
• Application of GIS techniques for habitat restoration
• Development of GIS/remote sensing techniques for predictive vegetation mapping: Brazil, Mediterranean
• Understanding relationship between landscape character and biodiversity
• Methods for evaluation of ecological quality

Research groups / Centres:

Human Environments Research Group

Key Facts:

Fellow of Royal Geographical Society, Member British Ecological Society, Secretary of International Association for Landscape Ecology (UK)

Publications:

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Jump to: 2012 | 2010 | 2009 | 2007 | 2006 | 2004 | 2003

Number of items: 12.

2012

• Paracchini, M.L., Capitani, C., Schmidt, A. M., Andersen, E., Wascher, D. M., Jones, P. J., Simoncini, R., Carvalho Ribeiro, S., Griffiths, G. H., Mortimer, S. R., Madeira, L., Loupa Ramos, I. and Pinto Correia, T. (2012) Measuring societal awareness of the rural agrarian landscape: indicators and scale issues. Scientific and Technical Research Series. 25192. Technical Report. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. pp130. ISBN 9789279228247 doi: 10.2788/81539

2010

• Gurney, S. D., Astin, T. R. and Griffiths, G. H. (2010) Origin and structure of Devensian depressions at Letton, Herefordshire. Mercian Geologist, 17 (3). pp. 181-184.

2009

• Khaznadar, M., Vogiatzakis, I. N. and Griffiths, G. H. (2009) Land degradation and vegetation distribution in Chott El Beida wetland, Algeria. Journal of Arid Environments, 73 (3). pp. 369-377. ISSN 0140-1963 doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.09.026

2007

• Strange, A. M., Griffiths, G. H., Hine, S., Young, K. and Holloway, G. J. (2007) Habitat associations of the Small Red Damselfly (Ceriagrion tenellum) (De Villiers) in heathland in southern England (Zygoptera : Coenagrionidae). Journal of Insect Conservation, 11 (3). pp. 241-249. ISSN 1366-638X doi: 10.1007/s10841-006-9041-x

2006

• Vogiatzakis, I. N. and Griffiths, G. H. (2006) A GIS-based empirical model for vegetation prediction in Lefka Ori, Crete. Plant Ecology, 184 (2). pp. 311-323. ISSN 1385-0237 doi: 10.1007/s11258-005-9075-2
• Vogiatzakis, I. N., Mannion, A. M. and Griffiths, G. H. (2006) Mediterranean ecosystems: problems and tools for conservation. Progress in Physical Geography, 30 (2). pp. 175-200. ISSN 0309-1333 doi: 10.1191/0309133306pp472ra

2004

• Griffiths, G. H., Strange, A. M., Warnock, S., Porter, J. R. and Burrows, C. (2004) Habitat re-creation and restoration at the landscape scale: woodlands in Wales. In: 12th Annual Conference of the International-Association-for-Landscape-Ecology, Cirencester, ENGLAND, pp. 248-254.
• Griffiths, G. H., Vogiatzakis, I.N., Marini, A. and Careddu, M.B. (2004) Identifying potential sites for cork oak habitat restoration in Sardinia (Phase 1). Project Report, ESEP Royal Society, pp35.
• Jeganathan, P., Green, R. E., Norris, K., Vogiatzakis, I. N., Bartsch, A., Wotton, S. R., Bowden, C. G. R., Griffiths, G. H., Pain, D. and Rahmani, A. R. (2004) Modelling habitat selection and distribution of the critically endangered Jerdon's courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus in scrub jungle: an application of a new tracking method. Journal of Applied Ecology, 41 (2). pp. 224-237. ISSN 0021-8901

2003

• Holloway, G. J., Griffiths, G. H. and Richardson, P. (2003) Conservation strategy maps: a tool to facilitate biodiversity action planning illustrated using the heath fritillary butterfly. Journal of Applied Ecology, 40 (2). pp. 413-421. ISSN 0021-8901 doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2003.00788.x
• Vogiatzakis, I. N., Griffiths, G. H. and Mannion, A. M. (2003) Environmental factors and vegetation composition, Lefka Ori Massif, Crete, S. Aegean. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 12 (2). pp. 131-146. ISSN 0960-7447
• Vogiatzakis, I. N., Malounis, A. and Griffiths, G. H. (2003) Predictive vegetation mapping in the Mediterranean context: Considerations and methodological issues. In: Corona, P., Kohl, M. and Marchetti, M. (eds.) ADVANCES IN FOREST INVENTORY FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT AND BIODIVERSITY MONITORING. FORESTRY SCIENCES , 76. Springer, pp. 361-374. ISBN 1-4020-1715-4

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Earlier Publications

McLure, J.T. and Griffiths, G.H. (2002) Historic landscape reconstruction and visualization, West Oxfordshire. Trans. GIS, 6, 1, 69-78.

Ferrier, G., White, K., Griffiths, G.H., Bryant, R. and Stefouli, M. (2002) The mapping of hydrothermal alteration zones on the island of Lesvos, Greece, using an integrated remote sensing dataset. International Journal of Remote Sensing 23, 341-356.

Refereed:

McLure JT & Griffiths, GH, (2002). Historic landscape reconstruction and visualization, West Oxfordshire, England. Transactions in GIS, 1 (6), 69-78.

Vogiatzakis, IN & Griffiths, GH, (2001). Vegetation-environment relationships in Lefka Ori (Crete, Greece): ordination results from montane-mediterranean and oro-mediterranean communities. Ecologia mediterranea 2(1), 15-32.

Vogiatzakis, I.N. & Griffiths, G.H., (2000). Predicting the distribution of plant communities in the Lefka Ori of Crete using GIS. Aspects of Applied Biology, 58, 357-362.

Griffiths, G.H. & Mather, P.M., (2000). Remote sensing & landscape ecology: landscape patterns & landscape change. International Journal of Remote Sensing 21, 2537-2539.

Griffiths, G.H., Lee, J. & Eversham, B.C., (2000). Landscape pattern & species richness; regional scale analysis from remote sensing. International Journal of Remote Sensing 21, 2685-2704.

Griffiths, G.H., Eversham, B.C. & Roy, D.B, (1999). Habitat quality and nature conservation in Great Britain: data sources & methods. Global Ecology & Biogeography 8, 329-345.

Conference proceedings & book chapters:

Griffiths, G.H. & Wooding, M.G., (1996) Temporal monitoring of soil moisture using ERS-1 SAR data. Hydrological Processes 10, 1127-1138.)

Green, R.E. & Griffiths, G.H., (1994). Use of preferred nesting habitat by stone curlews Burhinus oedicnemus in relation to vegetation structure. Jnl. Zoology., Lond, 233, 457-471.

Griffiths, G.H. (ed.), (1995). Landscape Ecology: Theory & Application. p. 210.

Wooding, M.G. & Griffiths, G.H., (1994). Crop discrimination using multi-temporal ERS-1 SAR data. In: Proc. Second ERS-1 Symposium, Hamburg, 51-56.

Griffiths, G.H, Smith, J.M., Veitch, N. & Aspinall, R., (1993). The ecological interpretation of satellite imagery with special reference to bird habitats. In: Haines-Young, R, Green, D.R. & Cousins, S.H. (eds.), Landscape Ecology and GIS. Taylor & Francis, 255-272.

Griffiths, G.H., Wooding M.G. & Blyth, K., (1993). Monitoring soil moisture in semi-arid areas with ERS-1. Earth Observation Quarterly, 42, 1-5.

Deane, G.C. & Griffiths G.H., (1991). Landscape change statistics in England & Wales, Monitoring Countryside Change by Remote Sensing & Sampling. Eds. WM Adams & LTC Budd, Packard, p.224.

Griffiths G.H. & Wooding M.G., (1988). Pattern analysis and the ecological interpretation of satellite imagery. Proc. IGARRS '88 Symposium, Edinburgh, 13-16 September. Ref. ESA SP-284, p. 917-921.

Qualifications:

MA (Cambridge) PhD (Aston)