Dr Farnon Ellwood
Teaching & Research Lectureship
Overview
As an entomologist specialising in community ecology, I am interested in the patterns and processes structuring natural and modified ecosystems. My work combines theoretical ecology with experiments to understand how the evolutionary relationships of tropical arthropods influence their ecological interactions. My field sites are in Danum Valley, an area of pristine tropical rainforest in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, and in the neighbouring oil palm plantations. My ultimate goal is to develop theoretical frameworks that can be used to conserve tropical biodiversity by informing sustainable management practices.
I am a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Royal Society of Biology, and the Higher Education Academy.
Education / academic qualifications
- BSc , Animal Science Newcastle University
- PhD , The Ecology and Diversity of the Animal Communities of a Rainforest Canopy Epiphyte. University of Cambridge
Research outputs (38)
- Published
A spatially implicit model fails to predict the structure of spatially explicit metacommunities under high dispersal
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Differential effects of vegetation and climate on termite diversity and damage
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Fungal phylogeny and plant functional traits structure plant–rhizosphere fungi networks in a subtropical forest
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review