RESEARCH INTERESTS

I am interested in a variety of ecological questions which often have underlying application to conservation. I have a particular enthusiasm for islands, where complex ecological relationships can become reduceable and tractable. Of particular interest are population and behavioural biology questions relating to what makes species threatened or invasive, and how these trends can be reversed. I also work with macroecology questions related to biogeography such as species diversity and community composition, and in the application of genetic methods within an ecological context. My work often has a strong statistical modelling or analytical component.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

I am currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management at the University of California, Berkeley. My doctoral work was based in the Rodent Invasion Project research group at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, investigating invasion behaviour and genetics of introduced rats on islands. I then worked for one year in the Seabird Team of the ECOMAR Marine Ecology laboratory at the University of Réunion Island, France, focusing on seabird biology and multi-trophic interactions of introduced species. I am also involved adjunctly with the Behavioural and Conservation Ecology group at Lund University, Sweden, modelling the species richness and detectability of the Swedish avifauna.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS (full list)

• Russell, J. C.; Hasler, N.; Klette, R.; Rosenhahn, B. (2009) Automatic track recognition of footprints for identifying cryptic species. Ecology, 90 (7), 2007-2013 (with Dominion Post, NZ Herald and YouTube).
• Russell, J. C.; Abdelkrim, J.; Fewster, R. M. (2009) Early colonisation population structure of a Norway rat island invasion. Biological Invasions, 11 (7), 1557-1567.
• Russell, J. C.; MacKay, J. W. M.; Abdelkrim, J. (2009) Insular pest control within a metapopulation context. Biological Conservation, 142 (7), 1404-1410.
• Russell, J. C.; Lecomte, V.; Dumont, Y.; Le Corre, M. (2009) Intraguild predation and mesopredator release effect on long-lived prey. Ecological Modelling, 220 (8), 1098-1104.
• Russell, J. C.; Fewster, R. M. (2009) Evaluation of the linkage disequilibrium method for estimating effective population size. In: Thomson, D. L.; Cooch, E. G.; Conroy, M. J. (eds) Modeling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations. Environmental and Ecological Statistics Vol. 3. Springer, Berlin, pp. 291-320.
• Russell, J. C.; Beaven, B. M.; MacKay, J. W. B.; Towns, D. R.; Clout, M. N. (2008) Testing island biosecurity systems for invasive rats. Wildlife Research, 35 (3), 215-221.
• Clout, M. N.; Russell, J. C. (2008) The invasion ecology of mammals: a global perspective. Wildlife Research, 35 (3), 180-184.
• Howald, G.; Donlan, C. J.; Galván, J. P.; Russell, J. C.; Parkes, J.; Samaniego, A.; Wang, Y.; Veitch, C. R.; Genovesi, P.; Pascal, M.; Saunders, A.; Tershy, B. (2007) Invasive rodent eradication on islands. Conservation Biology, 21 (5), 1258-1268 & Supplementary Information.
• Russell, J. C.; Towns, D. T.; Anderson, S. H.; Clout, M. N. (2005) Intercepting the first rat ashore. Nature, 437 (7062), 1107 & Supplementary Information (with Nature Podcast, NY Times, National Public Radio (NPR), TV1 news and a childrens book The Amazing Adventures of Razza the Rat based on the story, featured in Conservation Magazine).
• Russell, J. C.; Clout, M. N. (2004) Modelling the distribution and interactions of introduced rodents on New Zealand offshore islands. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 13 (6), 497-507.
• Russell, J. C.; Clout, M. N.; McArdle B. H. (2004) Island biogeography and the species richness of introduced mammals on New Zealand offshore islands. Journal of Biogeography, 31 (4), 653-664.

FIELD EXPERIENCE

• Jul 2009 SEAPRE Expedition: Tetiaroa - 1 week (photos)
• Nov 2008 French Expedition: Ile Europa - 8 weeks (photos)
• Jul 2008 French Expedition: Ile Juan de Nova - 8 weeks (photos)
• Mar 2008 French Expedition: Ile Europa - 4 weeks (photos)
• Oct 2005 French Expedition: Ile Surprise - 3 weeks (photos)
• Dec 2001 Heritage Expedition: Subantarctic Islands - 2 weeks

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• 2003 Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) The World Conservation Union (IUCN)

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