Darren Moseley, BSc, PhD

Spatial ecologist, Ecology Division

Email: darren.moseley@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Tel: +44 (0)131 445 2176
Tel direct: +44 (0)131 445 6952
Fax: +44 (0)131 445 5124

Address:
Forest Research
Northern Research Station
Roslin
Midlothian EH25 9SY
UK

Darren joined Forest Research in 2005 to work on Forest Habitat Networks in Scotland. Prior to this he studied forestry at Aberdeen University, completing his PhD on modelling the incidence and impact of a fungal pathogen of Scots pine trees and working on a European Union funded project Modelling Heterobasidion Infection in European Forests (MOHIEF).

Current role

Spatial ecologist, Ecology Division

Development and support of habitat network research and implementation at various geographic scales. Development of urban green networks for people and biodiversity.

Current programmes

Landscape ecology
Development of urban green networks and the use of greenspace.
Habitat networks
Research on the implementation of Forest Habitat Networks in Scotland.

Affiliations and achievements

Member of the International Association of Landscape Ecologists
Member of the British Ecological Society

Research areas

Urban networks
Assessing how urban greenspace can be managed for social and biodiversity objectives
Habitat networks
Developing integrated habitat networks within planning systems
Peri-urban deer
Spatial analysis of deer-people interactions
Assessing and communicating the risk of zoonotic diseases to countryside user.

Main recent publications

Watts, K., Quine, C., Ray, D., Eycott, A.E., Moseley, D.G., and Humphrey, J. W. (in prep.). Conserving biodiversity in fragmented landscapes: Recent approaches in UK forest planning and management. In: “Long term sustainable plans and management actions” section of an IUFRO book on “Patterns and Processes in Forest Landscapes”.

Moseley, D.G. (2008). Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route Red Squirrel Habitat Network Analysis - A landscape-scale analysis of red squirrel habitat requirements and dispersal. Report to Jacobs Ltd., Edinburgh, 22 pp.

Moseley, D.G., Smith, M.A., Chetcuti, J. and De Ioanni, M. (2008). Falkirk Integrated Habitat Networks. Report to Falkirk Council, Forestry Commission Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage and Central Scotland Forest Trust, 55 pp.

Moseley, D.G., Martin, S., Humphrey, J.W., Edwards, D., Smith, M.A. and Eycott, A.E. (2008). Urban networks for people and biodiversity – form and function. Report to Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum For Environmental Research (SNIFFER). 82 pp.

Moseley, D.G. and Ray, D., Humphrey, J.W. and Watts, K. (2007). Forest Habitat Networks Scotland - Final Report July 2007 ^(PDF-4665K). Report to Forestry Commission Scotland and Scottish Natural Heritage. 71 pp.

Moseley, D.G., Worrell, R., Black, B., and Ray, D. (2007). A forest habitat network approach to directing native woodland restoration and expansion on the Argyll islands, Scotland. In:. 25 Years of Landscape Ecology: Scientific Principles in Practice. Proceedings of the 7th IALE World Congress, Wageningen, The Netherlands, July 2007. Eds: R.G.H. Bunce, R.H.G. Jongman, L. Hojas & S. Weel.

Eycott, A.E., Watts, K., Moseley, D.G. and Ray, D. (2007). Evaluating Biodiversity in Fragmented Landscapes: Use of Focal Species ^(PDF-3551K). Information Note 089, Forestry Commission, Edinburgh.

Moseley, D.G., Ray, D., and Watts, K. (2007). Improving Forest Habitat Networks with new woodland planting schemes. Forestry & British Timber, January 2007, p 14-18.

Moseley, D.G., Ray, D. and Bryce, J. (2006). A Forest Habitat Network for the Atlantic Oakwoods in Highland Region, Scotland. Botanical Journal of Scotland, 57(1&2), 197-209.

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