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Personal profile
Biography
An ecosystem ecologist interested in how environmental change affects plant, animal and microbial communities. Using knowledge gained from fundamental research into organisms' responses to environmental changes I aim to improve our management of degraded ecosystems
Roles and responsibilities
Research associate.
Setting up and analysis of field and glasshouse experiments that examine the response of ecosystems and their constituent parts to environmental change. Mathematical modelling of ecosystem responses taking into account biodiversity.
Field, mathematical, and statistical skills.
Setting up and analysis of field and glasshouse experiments that examine the response of ecosystems and their constituent parts to environmental change. Mathematical modelling of ecosystem responses taking into account biodiversity.
Field, mathematical, and statistical skills.
Future research
Continued investigations into how environmental change will affect ecosystem function and service provision.
Funding overview
2003 - 2006: BBSRC PhD Scholarship
2007 : JSPS Fellowship
2009 : NERC CPB Workshop organisation funds
2007 : JSPS Fellowship
2009 : NERC CPB Workshop organisation funds
Previous positions
Jan 08 - Apr 08: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Ryukoku University
2008-2010: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Tasmania
2008-2010: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Tasmania
Current projects
Research Associate in Richard Hobbs' ERIE Research Group; project title:
Intervention ecology: managing ecosystems in the 21st Century
Intervention ecology: managing ecosystems in the 21st Century
Industrial relevance
Restoration of degraded land
Research
In chronological order:
Mathematical model of the coupled cycles of nitrogen and phosphorus in ecosystems, focusing on the response of phosphorus to increased availability of nitrogen.
How to remove phosphorus from ecosystems to promote plant species richness.
Responses of ecosystems to carbon dioxide increases and climate changes.
How biodiversity mediates environmental changes.
Restoration of ecosystem function to degraded land.
Mathematical model of the coupled cycles of nitrogen and phosphorus in ecosystems, focusing on the response of phosphorus to increased availability of nitrogen.
How to remove phosphorus from ecosystems to promote plant species richness.
Responses of ecosystems to carbon dioxide increases and climate changes.
How biodiversity mediates environmental changes.
Restoration of ecosystem function to degraded land.
Languages
English
Limited French
Limited French
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research expertise keywords
- Nutrient cycling (particularly nitrogen and phosphorus)
- Restoration ecology
- Grassland ecology
- Analytical modelling
- Plant ecology
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Cattle grazing exclusion and precipitation are key factors associated with early-stage tree carbon productivity in reforested Andean montane forests
Marín, F., Báez, S., Palomeque, X., Bauters, M., Perring, M. P., Overtoom, N., Tamargo, E., León-Yánez, S. & Verbeeck, H., 1 Jul 2025, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 587, p. 1-9 9 p., 122752.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Environmental drivers of planted seedling performance in a Zambian Miombo woodland restoration area
Maes, S. L., Beers y Moreno, C., Perring, M. P. & Muys, B., 7 Jun 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: New Forests. 56, 4, 20 p., 43.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Negative effects of forest edges and canopy opening on moth communities
Vangansbeke, P., De Smedt, P., Mestdagh, C., Govaert, S., Meeussen, C., Vanneste, T., Bonte, D., Calders, K., Lenoir, J., Spicher, F., Ponette, Q., Blondeel, H., DeCock, E., De Pauw, K., De Schuyter, W., Dhiedt, E., Perring, M. P., Sanczuk, P., Van Den Berge, S. & De Frenne, P., Jun 2025, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 585, 10 p., 122661.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Trade-offs among restored ecosystem functions are context-dependent in Mediterranean-type regions
Fiedler, S., Perring, M. P., Monteiro, J. A., Branquinho, C., Buzhdygan, O., Cavieres, L. A., Cleland, E. E., Cortina-Segarra, J., Grünzweig, J. M., Holm, J. A., Irob, K., Keenan, T. F., Köbel, M., Maestre, F. T., Pagel, J., Rodríguez-Ramírez, N., Ruiz-Benito, P., Schurr, F. M., Sheffer, E. & Valencia, E. & 1 others, , 17 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Ecography. 16 p., e07609.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A trait-based modelling approach towards dynamic predictions of understorey communities in temperate forests
Landuyt, D., Blondeel, H., Lorer, E., Perring, M. P., Steppe, K. & Verheyen, K., Dec 2024, In: Ecological Modelling. 498, 110873.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Datasets
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Stem diameter inventories within stands of environmental or mallee plantings or natural regeneration
Paul, K. (Creator), Roxburgh, S. (Creator), Larmour, J. (Creator), Davies, M. (Contributor), England, J. (Contributor), Peck, A. (Creator), Hagger, V. (Creator), Perring, M. (Creator), Lowson, C. (Contributor), Read, Z. (Creator), Lewis, T. (Creator), Hobbs, T. (Creator), Ritson, P. (Creator), Wilson, B. (Creator), Ryan, J. (Creator), Fairman, T. (Contributor), Butler, D. (Creator), Brooksbank, K. (Contributor), Hobbs, R. (Creator), Bennett, R. (Creator) & Carter, J. (Creator), CSIRO Publishing, 18 Jan 2020
DOI: 10.25919/5e22d0822a48b, https://data.csiro.au/collections/#collection/CIcsiro:42098v2/DItrue and one more link, https://doi.org/10.25919%2F5e22d0822a48b (show fewer)
Dataset
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Environmental Plantings for Soil Carbon Sequestration on Farms
Perring, M. (Investigator 01) & Hobbs, R. (Investigator 02)
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Australia)
1/07/12 → 30/06/13
Project: Research
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Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystem function Mediated by Biodiversity
Perring, M. (Investigator 01) & Cramer, W. (Investigator 02)
1/01/11 → 31/12/11
Project: Research