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I am currently employed as a Senior Lecturer in Ecology at Manchester Metropolitan University.
2008-2012: PhD, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Title: Effects of experimental disturbance on multi-taxa assemblages and traits: conservation implication in a forest-open landscape mosaic.
2004-2007: BSc in Ecology (1st Class), School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Awarded the Michael Graham Prize for Best Conservation Final Year Project 2006-2007
May 2014 – December 2015: Postdoctoral Researcher, Durham University
Jun 2013 – Jan 2014: Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Cork, Ireland
Oct 2012 – Mar 2013: Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Associate Tutor, University of East Anglia
My research interests concentrate on theoretical and applied community ecology with a particular focus on landscape scale research. I have a specific interest in using species communities and species traits to examine conservation issues and have recently been investigating ecosystem functions and their relationships with biodiversity. To date my research has focused on the following areas:
- Landscape connectivity and fragmentation
- Forestry ecology
- Relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem services
- Biodiversity response to landscape change
- Community assembly patterns
- Invertebrate behaviour
SM. Pedley, PM. Dolman (2014). Multi-taxa trait and functional responses to physical disturbance. Journal of Animal Ecology. 83(6), pp.1542-1552.
Y. Ji, L. Ashton, SM. Pedley, DP. Edwards, Y. Tang, et al. A. Nakamura, R. Kitching, PM. Dolman, P. Woodcock, FA. Edwards, TH. Larsen, WW. Hsu, S. Benedick, KC. Hamer, DS. Wilcove, C. Bruce, X. Wang, T. Levi, M. Lott, BC. Emerson, DW. Yu. (2013). Reliable, verifiable and efficient monitoring of biodiversity via metabarcoding. Ecol Lett. 16(10), pp.1245-1257.
SM. Pedley, AMA. Franco, T. Pankhurst, PM. Dolman (2013). Physical disturbance enhances ecological networks for heathland biota: A multiple taxa experiment. Biological Conservation. 160, pp.173-182.
P. Wolstenholme, SM. Pedley (2021). Permeability of commercial landscapes: integrating plantation forest trackways into ecological networks. Landscape Ecology. 36, pp.1459-1474.
SM. Pedley, A. Oxbrough, RD. Martin, S. Irwin, TC. Kelly, et al. J. O'Halloran. (2016). Can ground-based assessments of forest biodiversity reflect the biological condition of canopy assemblages?. Forest Ecology and Management. 359, pp.190-198.
SM. Pedley, PM. Dolman (2014). Multi-taxa trait and functional responses to physical disturbance. Journal of Animal Ecology. 83(6), pp.1542-1552.
S. Irwin, SM. Pedley, L. Coote, AC. Dietzsch, MW. Wilson, et al. A. Oxbrough, O. Sweeney, KM. Moore, R. Martin, DL. Kelly, FJG. Mitchell, TC. Kelly, J. O'Halloran. (2014). The value of plantation forests for plant, invertebrate and bird diversity and the potential for cross-taxon surrogacy. Biodiversity and Conservation. 23(3), pp.697-714.
SM. Pedley, RD. Martin, A. Oxbrough, S. Irwin, TC. Kelly, et al. J. O'Halloran. (2014). Commercial spruce plantations support a limited. canopy fauna: Evidence from a multi taxa comparison of native and plantation forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 314, pp.172-182.
Y. Ji, L. Ashton, SM. Pedley, DP. Edwards, Y. Tang, et al. A. Nakamura, R. Kitching, PM. Dolman, P. Woodcock, FA. Edwards, TH. Larsen, WW. Hsu, S. Benedick, KC. Hamer, DS. Wilcove, C. Bruce, X. Wang, T. Levi, M. Lott, BC. Emerson, DW. Yu. (2013). Reliable, verifiable and efficient monitoring of biodiversity via metabarcoding. Ecol Lett. 16(10), pp.1245-1257.
SM. Pedley, AMA. Franco, T. Pankhurst, PM. Dolman (2013). Physical disturbance enhances ecological networks for heathland biota: A multiple taxa experiment. Biological Conservation. 160, pp.173-182.