Rebecca Brassey, BSc, MSc, AIEEM

 

Project Officer, Ecology Division

Email: rebecca.brassey@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Tel: +44 (0)131 445 2176
Tel direct: +44 (0)131 445 8716
Fax: +44 (0)131 445 5124

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

Rebecca joined Forest Research in February 2008, after working as an ecologist on protected species in Kent. Previous to this Rebecca has carried out research on an array of wildlife in Borneo, Tanzania and Australia. She studied Zoology at Royal Holloway, University of London and completed her Masters in Ecology, specialising in orangutan population density, at Bangor University.

Current role

Project Officer, Ecology Division

Researching red deer performance and health across Scotland.

Current programmes

• Impacts of large herbivores on woodlands
  Developing and testing a robust monitoring system designed to detect how the performance and health of deer populations respond to climate and land use changes.

Affiliations and achievements

• Member of the British Ecological Society
• Associate member of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management

Research areas

Deer performance and health, with emphasis on open hill red deer.