2009-09-22 11:00:53
Dr Thomas Merckx
Postdoctoral Researcher
I joined WildCRU in 2005, shortly after finishing my PhD at the University of Antwerp on the impact of habitat fragmentation on movement behaviour in the Speckled Wood butterfly. Before that, I studied movements and habitat-use of two grassland butterfly species for a Masters thesis at the University of Leuven.
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Research Interests
Conservation Biology, Behavioural Ecology (especially movement ecology), and Evolutionary Ecology of Lepidoptera (moths & butterflies)
Projects
Landscape-scale conservation of moth populations in agricultural landscapesPublications
Effect of Field Margins on Moths Depends on Species Mobility: Field-Based Evidence for Landscape-Scale ConservationOptimizing the Biodiversity Gain from Agri-Environment Schemes
The Upper Thames Project - Farming for Moths
Using Mark-Release-Recapture to Investigate Habitat Use in a Range of Common Macro-Moth Species
Pale Shining Brown Polia Bombycina (Hufn.) (Lep.: Noctuidae) Re-Discovered in Oxfordshire in 2005 and 2006 - a Nationally Significant Population of a UK Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Species
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