Dr Rebecca (Becks) Spake BSc, PhD

Research Fellow in Applied Biogeography

I am an ecologist with keen interests in forest biodiversity, ecosystem services, land use and conservation.

The scale problem: Understanding the relationships between pattern and process, “the essence of science” (Levins, 1992), explicitly or implicitly incorporates scale into the process of identifying research objectives (Gibson et al. 2000).

 

 

Work history

2016 - Present: Research Fellow in applied biogeography, University of Southampton.

2016:   Post-doctoral researcher in ecosystem service modelling, University of Southampton.

2012-2016:      Ph.D., University of Southampton. Thesis title: “Evaluation of strategies for conserving biodiversity in temperate and boreal forests”

2008-2011:      B.Sc. Zoology (First Class Hons.), University of Southampton. Dissertation title: “Density estimation of jaguars and spatio-temporal interactions with pumas in a wildlife corridor”