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Range shifting in response to environmental change
Modelling dispersal and its demographic consequences
Development and application of individual-based simulation models
Current Research
The main focus of my current research involves modelling the dispersal of organisms (mostly animals) and its consequences in terms of demographics and functional connectivity between populations in fragmented landscapes.
Principally, I use spatially explicit individual-based simulation models to address these issues. In particular, I have been involved in the development of the Stochastic Movement Simulator (SMS), a simple algorithm for representing movement on a cell-based cost surface subject to limited perceptual range, and RangeShifter, a modelling platform which combines a number of demographic and dispersal models (including SMS).
I am now developing RangShifter further to apply it to the adaptive management of non-native invasive species, with particular focus on species in Latin America.
CONTAIN: Optimising the long-term management of invasive alien species using adaptive management
Lambin, X., Burslem, D., Caplat, P., Cornulier, T., Gabriella, D., Fasola, L., Fidelis, A., Garcia-Diaz, P., Langdon, B., Linardaki, E., Montti, L., Moyano, J., Nuñez, M. A., Palmer, S. C., Pauchard, A., Phimister, E., Pizarro, J. C., Powell, P., Raffo, E., Rodríguez-Jorquera, I. A., Roesler, I., Tomasevic, J. A., Travis, J. M., Verdugo, C.
Integrating an individual-based model with approximate Bayesian computation to predict the invasion of a freshwater fish provides insights into dispersal and range expansion dynamics
Dominguez Almela, V., Palmer, S. C., Gillingham, P. K., Travis, J. M., Britton, J. R.
Breeding bird species diversity across gradients of land use from forest to agriculture in Europe
Koivula, M. J., Chamberlain, D. E., Fuller, R. J., Palmer, S. C., Bankovics, A., Bracken, F., Bolger, T., de Juana, E., Montadert, M., Neves, R., Rufino, R., Sallent, A., da Silva, L. L., Leitão, P. J., Steffen, M., Watt, A. D.
Early engagement of stakeholders with individual-based modelling can inform research for improving invasive species management: the round goby as a case study
Samson, E., Hirsch, P. E., Palmer, S. C. F., Behrens, J. W., Brodin, T., Travis, J. M. J.