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Overview

Philip Riordan is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant body of work spanning several related subfields including Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Genetics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, as well as Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The main topics within Riordan's work cover a range of ecological and conservation issues. These include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Riordan has contributed to research published in a variety of scientific journals, notably the Journal of Resources and Ecology and Oryx, each featuring three of their publications. Other frequent publication venues include the Journal of Arid Environments, Ecology and Evolution, and Heredity.

Their recent papers illustrate a strong emphasis on the study of snow leopards and wildlife ecology in China, with highlighted works such as:

  • Meta-replication, sampling bias, and multi-scale model selection: A case study on snow leopard (Panthera uncia) in western China (2020, Ecology and Evolution)
  • Evidence of spatial genetic structure in a snow leopard population from Gansu, China (2021, Heredity)
  • TICKS PARASITIZING THE SPUR-THIGHED TORTOISE (TESTUDO GRAECA) POPULATION OF TUNISIA (2020, Journal of Wildlife Diseases)
  • The pikas of China: a review of current research priorities and challenges for conservation (2021, Integrative Zoology)
  • Landscape resistance to gene flow in a snow leopard population from Qilianshan National Park, Gansu, China (2023, Landscape Ecology)

Riordan collaborates frequently with several researchers. The most common coauthors include Kun Shi, Tania Gilbert, Marie Petretto, Luciano Atzeni, and Joseph P. Lambert, each contributing significantly to their joint research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Does organic farming reduce environmental impacts?--a meta-analysis of European research.

    H.L. Tuomisto;I.D. Hodge;P. Riordan;D.W. Macdonald

  • Experimental evidence for the interacting effects of forest edge, moisture and soil macrofauna on leaf litter decomposition

    Terhil Riutta;Eleanor M. Slade;Daniel P. Bebber;Michele E. Taylor

  • Culling-induced social perturbation in Eurasian badgers Meles meles and the management of TB in cattle: an analysis of a critical problem in applied ecology

    Stephen P Carter;Richard J Delahay;Graham C Smith;David W Macdonald

  • Optimizing the biodiversity gain from agri-environment schemes

    Thomas Merckx;Ruth E. Feber;Philip Riordan;Martin C. Townsend

  • Life-history traits and landscape characteristics predict macro-moth responses to forest fragmentation

    Eleanor M. Slade;Eleanor M. Slade;Thomas Merckx;Thomas Merckx;Terhil Riutta;Daniel P. Bebber

  • The dragonfly delusion: why it is essential to sample exuviae to avoid biased surveys

    Eva M. Raebel;Eva M. Raebel;Thomas Merckx;Philip Riordan;David W. Macdonald

  • Effect of field margins on moths depends on species mobility: Field-based evidence for landscape-scale conservation

    Thomas Merckx;Ruth E. Feber;Rebecca L. Dulieu;Martin C. Townsend

  • Human wildlife conflict involving large carnivores in Qilianshan, China and the minimal paw-print of snow leopards

    Justine Alexander;Pengju Chen;Peter Damerell;Wang Youkui

  • Biological hurdles to the control of TB in cattle: A test of two hypotheses concerning wildlife to explain the failure of control

    David W. Macdonald;Philip Riordan;Fiona Mathews

  • Shelter benefits less mobile moth species: The field-scale effect of hedgerow trees

    Thomas Merckx;Ruth E. Feber;Claire Mclaughlan;Nigel A.D. Bourn

  • Comparing energy balances, greenhouse gas balances and biodiversity impacts of contrasting farming systems with alternative land uses

    H.L. Tuomisto;I.D. Hodge;P. Riordan;D.W. Macdonald

  • Face Value: Towards Robust Estimates of Snow Leopard Densities

    Justine S. Alexander;Arjun M. Gopalaswamy;Kun Shi;Philip Riordan

  • Exploring a safe operating approach to weighting in life cycle impact assessment – a case study of organic, conventional and integrated farming systems

    H.L. Tuomisto;I.D. Hodge;P. Riordan;D.W. Macdonald

  • Predicting global population connectivity and targeting conservation action for snow leopard across its range

    Philip Riordan;Philip Riordan;Samuel A. Cushman;David Mallon;Kun Shi

  • Multi-scale effects of farmland management on dragonfly and damselfly assemblages of farmland ponds

    Eva M. Raebel;Eva M. Raebel;Thomas Merckx;Thomas Merckx;Ruth E. Feber;Philip Riordan

  • Habitat preferences and survival in wildlife reintroductions: an ecological trap in reintroduced grey partridges

    Elina M. Rantanen;Francis Buner;Philip Riordan;Nick Sotherton

  • Identifying high-quality pond habitats for Odonata in lowland England: implications for agri-environment schemes

    Eva M. Raebel;Eva M. Raebel;Thomas Merckx;Ruth E. Feber;Philip Riordan

  • Comparing global warming potential, energy use and land use of organic, conventional and integrated winter wheat production

    H.L. Tuomisto;I.D. Hodge;P. Riordan;D.W. Macdonald

  • Culling-induced changes in badger (Meles meles) behaviour, social organisation and the epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis.

    Philip Riordan;Richard John Delahay;Chris Cheeseman;Paul James Johnson

  • Unsupervised recognition of individual tigers and snow leopards from their footprints

    P. Riordan

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Macdonald
David W. Macdonald University of Oxford
Thomas Merckx
Thomas Merckx Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Eleanor M. Slade
Eleanor M. Slade Nanyang Technological University
Richard J. Delahay
Richard J. Delahay Animal and Plant Health Agency
Chris Newman
Chris Newman University of Oxford
David J. Thompson
David J. Thompson University of Liverpool
Alexandros Gasparatos
Alexandros Gasparatos University of Tokyo
Paul J. Johnson
Paul J. Johnson University of Oxford
Shunsuke Managi
Shunsuke Managi Kyushu University
Chris L. Cheeseman
Chris L. Cheeseman Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

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