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Overview

Stuart J. Marsden is affiliated with Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with specific expertise in Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Social Psychology, and Global and Planetary Change. This diverse range of subfields reflects a broad interdisciplinary approach within environmental and ecological studies.

The main topics covered by Marsden's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses, and Primate Behavior and Ecology.

Notable recent publications by Marsden include:

  • Acoustic indices perform better when applied at ecologically meaningful time and frequency scales, 2020, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • A roadmap to identifying and filling shortfalls in Neotropical ornithology, 2020, The Auk
  • Land Cover Dynamics and Mangrove Degradation in the Niger Delta Region, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Optimizing tropical forest bird surveys using passive acoustic monitoring and high temporal resolution sampling, 2021, Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • Characterizing bird-keeping user-groups on Java reveals distinct behaviours, profiles and potential for change, 2020, People and Nature

Marsden frequently publishes in specific venues, including:

  • Bird Conservation International
  • Oryx
  • Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • People and Nature
  • Biodiversity and Conservation

Their collaborative network includes several frequent co-authors:

  • Nigel Collar
  • Alexander Charles Lees
  • Christian Devenish
  • Martin Jones
  • Oliver Metcalf

Through these collaborations and publications, Marsden contributes to advancing understanding in several environmental and ecological issues, with a particular focus on avian ecology and monitoring techniques, habitat conservation, and the application of acoustic monitoring in biodiversity studies.

Best Publications

  • Estimating bird abundance : making methods work

    Stephen T. Buckland;Stuart J. Marsden;Rhys E. Green

  • Bird diversity and abundance in forest fragments and Eucalyptus plantations around an Atlantic forest reserve, Brazil

    Stuart J. Marsden;Mark Whiffin;Mauro Galetti

  • Estimation of parrot and hornbill densities using a point count distance sampling method

    Stuart J. Marsden

  • Biodiversity in small-scale tropical agroforests : a review of species richness and abundance shifts and the factors influencing them

    Ben R. Scales;Stuart J. Marsden

  • Bird surveys : expedition field techniques

    Colin J. Bibby;Martin Jones;Stuart Marsden

  • Factors influencing the abundance of parrots and hornbills in pristine and disturbed forests on New Britain, PNG

    Stuart J. Marsden;John D. Pilgrim

  • Adjusting count period strategies to improve the accuracy of forest bird abundance estimates from point transect distance sampling surveys

    David C. Lee;Stuart J. Marsden

  • Changes in Bird Abundance following Selective Logging on Seram, Indonesia

    Stuart J. Marsden

  • Acoustic indices perform better when applied at ecologically meaningful time and frequency scales

    Oliver C. Metcalf;Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow;Christian Devenish;Stuart Marsden

  • Population sizes, status and habitat associations of the restricted-range bird species of Sumba, Indonesia

    Martin J. Jones;Mark D. Linsley;Stuart J. Marsden

  • The nesting requirements of the parrots and hornbill of Sumba, Indonesia

    Stuart J. Marsden;Martin J. Jones

  • Parrot claylick distribution in South America: do patterns of where help answer the question why ?

    Alan T. K. Lee;Sunil Kumar;Donald J. Brightsmith;Stuart J. Marsden

  • Spatio-temporal dynamics of consumer demand driving the Asian Songbird Crisis

    Harry Marshall;Nigel J. Collar;Alexander C. Lees;Alexander C. Lees;Andrew Moss

  • A roadmap to identifying and filling shortfalls in Neotropical ornithology

    Alexander Charles Lees;Alexander Charles Lees;Kenneth V Rosenberg;Kenneth V Rosenberg;Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez;Stuart Marsden

  • Habitat associations of parrots on the Wallacean islands of Buru, Seram and Sumba

    Stuart Marsden;Alan Fielding

  • A technique for measuring the density and complexity of understorey vegetation in tropical forests

    Stuart J. Marsden;Alan H. Fielding;Claire Mead;M.Zakaria Hussin

  • Population densities of understorey birds across a habitat gradient in Palawan, Philippines: implications for conservation

    N.A.D. Mallari;N.J. Collar;D.C. Lee;P.J.K. McGowan

  • Bird community variation across Polylepis woodland fragments and matrix habitats: implications for biodiversity conservation within a high Andean landscape

    Huw Lloyd;Stuart J. Marsden

  • Parrot populations and habitat use in and around two lowland Atlantic forest reserves, Brazil

    Stuart J Marsden;Mark Whiffin;Lisa Sadgrove;Paulo Guimarães

  • The response of a New Guinean avifauna to conversion of forest to small-scale agriculture

    Stuart J. Marsden;Craig Thomas Symes;Andrew L. Mack

  • A new vertebrate for Europe: the discovery of a range‐restricted relict viper in the western Italian Alps

    Samuele Ghielmi;Michele Menegon;Stuart J. Marsden;Lorenzo Laddaga

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander C. Lees
Alexander C. Lees Manchester Metropolitan University
Jos Barlow
Jos Barlow Lancaster University
Erika Berenguer
Erika Berenguer University of Oxford
Joice Ferreira
Joice Ferreira Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Mauro Galetti
Mauro Galetti Sao Paulo State University
Paulo R. Guimarães
Paulo R. Guimarães Universidade de São Paulo
Rhys E. Green
Rhys E. Green University of Cambridge
Robert J. Fuller
Robert J. Fuller British Trust for Ornithology
Graeme M. Buchanan
Graeme M. Buchanan Cambridge Conservation Initative
John Hart
John Hart University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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