Holly Niven

email: h.niven.1@research.gla.ac.uk

 

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0009-0004-6437-2185

Research title: Developing the theory of disturbances in metapopulations: applications to seabirds and renewables

Research Summary

Research Interests 

I am a quantitative ecologist interested in using modelling for applied conservation benefits. I am particularly interested in understanding drivers of population dynamics (e.g. climate change, anthropogenic disturbances) and the ramifications for population viability in an uncertain future. 

Current Research

  • Estimating biologically realistic home ranges in colonial animals for improved accuracy and transferability
  • Impacts of climate on the metapopulation dynamics of a Northeast Atlantic seabird across two centuries
  • Modelling capercaillie population dynamics in Scotland: drivers, viability, evaluating proposed conservation measures 

Also see:

https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohvm/staff/index.html/staffcontact/person/4edeece38496

Supervisors

Additional Information

Education 

2020-2021 MSc in Quantitative Methods in Biodiversity, Conservation and Epidemiology - University of Glasgow

2017-2020 BSc in Mathematics and Physics - University of St Andrews

Professional Bodies

British Ecological Society Member 


Holly Niven