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Martin Dallimer

In 2001, I obtained my PhD from the University of Edinburgh, studying the population genetics and migration patterns of the red-billed quelea in southern Africa. After working for Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), I returned to Africa to study the avifauna of São Tomé and Príncipe. Following short-term molecular ecology post-docs in Aberdeen and New Orleans, I spent two years in environmental consultancy and a year at The Game Conservancy Trust in northern Scotland. I joined BIOME in April 2006.

Current Project:

URSULA: Urban River Corridors and Sustainable Living Agendas

Previous Project:

A landscape-scale analysis of the sustainability of the hill farming economy and impact of farm production decisions on upland landscapes and biodiversity

Research Interests

Land-use change and its impact on biodiversity in temperate and tropical systems
Integration of socio-economic data into biodiversity conservation
Upland Ecology in the UK
Conservation of the avifauna in the Gulf of Guinea
Ecology of the Red-billed quelea

Publications

Acs S, Hanley N, Dallimer M, Robertson P, Wilson P, Gaston KJ, Armsworth PR. In Press. The effect of decoupling on marginal agricultural systems: implications for farm incomes, land use and upland ecology. Land Use Policy.

King T, Dallimer M. In Press. The fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) of the Lesio-Louna Reserve, Bateke Plateau, Republic of Congo. Mammalia

Dallimer M, Melo M. In Press. Rapid decline of the endemic giant land snail Archachatina bicarinata on the island of Príncipe, Gulf of Guinea. Oryx.

Dallimer M, King T, Atkinson RJ. 2009. Pervasive threats within a protected area: conserving the endemic birds of São Tomé, West Africa. Animal Conservation: 12, 209-219.

Dallimer M, Acs S, Hanley N, Wilson P, Gaston KJ, Armsworth PR. 2009. What explains property-level variation in avian diversity? Taking an inter-disciplinary approach. Journal of Applied Ecology: 46, 647-656.

Dallimer M, Acs S, Tinch D, Hanley N, Southall HR, Gaston KJ, Armsworth PR. 2009. 100 years of change: examining agriculture, habitat change and stakeholder perceptions through the twentieth century. Journal of Applied Ecology: 46, 334-343.

Dallimer M, King T. 2008. Habitat preferences of the forest birds on the island of Príncipe, Gulf of Guinea. African Journal of Ecology: 46, 258-266.

Dallimer M, Jones PJ. 2007. An estimation of the rate of reproductive cheating in the red-billed Quelea. Ostrich: 78, 637-639.

Durrant KL, Reed JL, Jones PJ, Dallimer M, Cheke RA, McWilliam AN, Fleischer RC. 2007. Variation in haematozoan parasitism at local and landscape levels in the red-billed quelea. Journal of Avian Biology: 38, 662-671.

Dallimer M, King T, Cope D, Borge Jiana, M. 2006. Estimating the density of the fruit bat Eidolon helvum on the island of Príncipe, Gulf of Guinea. Mammalia: 2006, 48-51.

Stien A, Dallimer M, Irvine RJ, Halvorsen O, Langvatn R, Albon SD, Dallas JF. 2005. Sex ratio variation in gastrointestinal nematodes; density dependence and implications for estimates of species composition. Parasitology: 130, 99-107.

Cheke RA, Jones PJ, Dallimer M, Green SV. 2003. Armoured bush cricket attacks on nestling red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea). Ostrich: 74, 135.

Dallimer M, Jones PJ, Pemberton JM, Cheke RA. 2003. Lack of genetic and plumage differentiation across a migratory divide in the red-billed quelea in southern Africa. Molecular Ecology: 12, 334-345.

Dallimer M, Jones PJ. 2002. Migration orientation behaviour of the red-billed quelea. Journal of Avian Biology: 33, 89-94.

Dallimer M, Blackburn C, Jones PJ, Pemberton JM. 2002. Genetic evidence for male-biased dispersal in the red-billed quelea Quelea quelea. Molecular Ecology: 11, 529-533.

Jones PJ, Dallimer M, Cheke RA, Mundy PJ. 2002. Are there two subspecies of quelea in southern Africa? Ostrich: 73, 36-42.

Dallimer M. 1999. Cross-species amplification success of avian microsatellites in the red-billed quelea Quelea quelea. Molecular Ecology: 8, 695-697.

Workshops, Book Chapters and Conference Proceedings

Tinch D, Hanley N, Dallimer M, Posen P, Acs S, Gaston KJ, Armsworth PR. 2009. Historical perspectives on the development of multi-functional landscapes: a case study from the UK uplands. In: Multi-functional Rural Land Management: Economics and Policies (eds: F Brouwer, M van der Heide), pp 275-294. Earthscan, London, UK. ISBN: 9781844075775.

Acs S, Dallimer M, Hanley N, Armsworth PR .2008.Impacts of policy reform on hill farm incomes in the UK. Bulletin of the Szent Istvan University 2008, Special Issue part 1.

Acs S, Hanley N, Dallimer M, Robertson P , Gaston KJ, Armsworth PR .2008. Impacts of policy reform on sustainability of hill farming in the UK by means of bio-economic modelling. 107th EAAE Seminar "Modelling of Agricultural and Rural Development Policies". Sevilla, Spain.

Jones PJ, Cheke RA, Mundy PJ, Dallimer M, Venn JF. 2000 Quelea populations and forecasting based in southern Africa. Workshop on Research Priorities for Migrant Pests of Agriculture in Southern Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa, 24–26 March 1999 (eds: RA Cheke, LJ Rosenberg, ME Kieser), pp. 139–150. Natural Resources Institute, Chatham, London, UK.

Species Notes and Records

Melo M, Dallimer M. In Press. Is there an undiscovered endemic scops owl on Príncipe? Malimbus.

Dallimer M, Melo M. 2008. Recent Reports: São Tomé and Príncipe. Bulletin of the African Bird Club: 15, 274.

King T, Dallimer M. 2008. Low altitude sightings of the Gulf of Guinea Thrush on the island of Príncipe. Malimbus: 30, 77-81

Dallimer M, Cosgrove P, Cosgrove R, French V. 2005. New records for the wedge tailed sabrewing and the blue-black grosbeak in Cusuco National Park, Honduras. Cotinga: 24, 108-109.

King T, Tyler S, Dallimer M. 2004. Timing of moult and new species records of birds in the Lesio-Louna Reserve, Republic of Congo. Malimbus: 26, 1-10.

Dallimer M, King T, Leitão P. 2003. New sightings of the São Tomé grosbeak Neospiza concolor. Bulletin of the African Bird Club: 10, 23-25.

Dallimer M, King T, Atkinson RJ. 2003. A high altitude sighting of the São Tomé short-tail Amaurocichla bocagei. Malimbus: 25, 101-103.

King T, Dallimer M. 2003. A long night of male fruit bats on the island of Príncipe, Gulf of Guinea. Bat Research News: 44, 31-32.

King T, Dallimer M. 2003. Habitat use, daily activity, moult and morphometrics of the birds of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bulletin of the African Bird Club: 10, 84-93.

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Email: m.dallimer@sheffield.ac.uk