Best practice in data analysis and understanding biases in data
Ecosystem monitoring and assessment
Developing effective priorities for conservation
Spatial analysis and conservation
Wildlife trade
Tools for sustainable development, mainstreaming sustainability policy across sectors and using data to ensure metrics are accurate
Current Research
Targets and trade-offs for biodiversity and climate targets
Converting policy targets into implementable tools
Understanding species use of space and implications for management and conservation
What does OneHealth mean for ecosystem management and how can it be applied
Best practice for data-use, identifying and overcoming data bias
Mapping targets for conservation across scales
Bat ecology, evolution and priority assessment tools
Wildlife trade and implications for species survival and risk
New tools for monitoring diversity across space and time
Fellowships
Postdoctoral position: OneHealth approaches to landscape management based on species and ecosystem health
Postdoctoral position (may be taken): Evolution and biogeography of Rhinolophid bats in Asia
PhD fellowship: Modelling and mapping species responses to environmental changes
PhD fellowship: New conservation tools for processing biodiversity data using deep learning
PhD fellowship: Bats in urban landscapes, how does distribution vary across space, time and conditions
Publications and News
Hughes, A.C. (2021) Understanding the dimensions of wildlife trade-a Primer. Current Biology. 31(19), R1218-R1224.
Hughes, A. C., Marshall, B., & Strine, C. (2021). Gaps in global wildlife trade monitoring leave amphibians vulnerable. eLife. https://elifesciences.org/articles/70086
Yang., B., Zhou., F., Hughes., A.C* (2021) Ecological Redlines provide a mechanism to maximize conservation gains in Mainland Southeast Asia. OneEarth. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.09.010
Zhu L., Hughes, A.C.*, Zhao, X.Q., Zhou, L.J, Ma, K.P., Shen, X.L., Li, S., Liu., M.Z, Watson, J. (2021). Regional scalable priorities for national biodiversity and carbon conservation planning in Asia. Science Advances. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abe4261
Zhou, H., Ji, J., Chen, X., Bi, Y., Li, J., Hu, T., ... & Hughes, A.C.*+, Holmes, E., Shi, W. (2021). Identification of novel bat coronaviruses sheds light on the evolutionary origins of SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses. Cell. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.06.008
Hughes A. C., M. C. Orr, K. P. Ma, M. J. Costello, J. Waller, P. Provoost, C.D. Zhu, H. Qiao (2021) Sampling biases shape our view of the natural world. Ecography. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05926
Hughes, A.C., Orr, M.C., Qinmin, Y., Qiao, H., (2021) Effectively and accurately mapping global biodiversity patterns for different regions and taxa. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 30, 1375–1388
Hughes, A.C*., Qiao, H., Orr, M.C. (2021) Extinction targets are not SMART (Specific, Measurable, Ambitious, Realistic, and Timebound). Bioscience. 71. 115 – 118.
Orr, M.C., Hughes, A.C.*, Chesters, D., Pickering, J., Zhu, C.D., Ascher, J.S. (2021) Global patterns of bee distribution. Current Biology. 31. 451 – 458.e4.
