Dr Richard A. Fuller

Graduated in Zoology from the University of Bristol (1994). Worked at an international relief and development agency for a couple of years, then obtained a Masters from Imperial College, London (1998). Several fieldwork contracts were held with the British Trust for Ornithology and a contract from the World Pheasant Association to compile global IUCN status surveys for several bird groups. Obtained a PhD in avian foraging ecology from the University of Durham (2003) and began working as a Post-doctoral Research Associate at Sheffield in 2004.

Project: Valuing open space: Ecological sustainability of urban spaces

Research interests:

• structure and function of urban ecosystems
• dynamics of geographic ranges
• systematic conservation planning for Galliformes
• ecology and conservation of threatened African Galliformes
• bird survey techniques

Publications

Gaston, K.J. & Fuller, R.A. in press. Commonness, population depletion, and
conservation biology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution.

Fuller, R.A., Irvine, K.N., Devine-Wright, P., Warren, P.H. & Gaston, K.J. 2007.
Psychological benefits of greenspace increase with biodiversity. Biology
Letters 3, 390–394.

Fuller, R.A., Warren, P.H. & Gaston, K.J. 2007. Daytime noise predicts nocturnal
singing in urban robins. Biology Letters 3, 368–370.

Tratalos, J., Fuller, R.A., Evans, K.L., Davies, R.G, Newson, S.E., Greenwood,
J.J.D. & Gaston, K.J. in press. Bird densities are associated with household
densities. Global Change Biology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01390.x

Gaston, K.J., Fuller, R.A., Loram, A., MacDonald, C., Power, S. & Dempsey, N. in
press. Urban domestic gardens (XI): Variation in urban wildlife gardening in
the UK. Biodiversity & Conservation doi 10.1007/s10531-007-9174-6

Barbosa, O, Tratalos, J.A., Armsworth, P.R., Davies, R.G., Fuller, R.A.,
Johnson, P. & Gaston, K.J. in press. Who benefits from access to green space? A
case study from Sheffield, UK. Landscape and Urban Planning
doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.04.004

Tratalos, J., Fuller, R.A., Warren, P.H., Davies, R.G. & Gaston, K.J. in press.
Urban form, biodiversity potential and ecosystem services. Landscape and Urban
Planning doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.05.003

Gaston, K.J. & Fuller, R.A. 2007. Biodiversity and extinction: Losing the common
and the widespread. Progress in Physical Geography 31, 213–225.

Atkinson, P.W., Fuller, R.A., Gillings, S. & Vickery, J.A. 2006. Counting birds
on farmland habitats in winter. Bird Study 53, 303–309.

McGowan, P. & Fuller, R.A. 2006. Is the current protected area system adequate
to support viable populations of forest Galliformes in eastern Asia? Acta
Zoologica Sinica 52, 196–198.

Burton, N.H.K., Fuller, R.A. & Eaton, M.A. 2005. Between-year changes in the
wintering sites of Ruddy Turnstones Arenaria interpres: a response to
diminished food resources? Bulletin of the Wader Study Group 107, 36–39.

Ssemmanda, R. & Fuller, R.A. 2005. Assessing the status of Handsome Francolin
Francolinus nobilis in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, western Uganda.
Scopus 25, 41–50.

Bearhop, S., Adams, C., Waldron, S., Fuller, R.A. & Macleod, H. 2004.
Determining trophic niche width: A novel approach using stable isotope
analysis. Journal of Animal Ecology 73, 1007–1012.

Fuller, R.A., McGowan, P.J.K., Carroll, J.P., Dekker, R.W.R.J. & Garson, P.J.
2003. What does IUCN species action planning contribute to the conservation
process? Biological Conservation 112, 343–349.

Erritzøe, J. & Fuller, R.A. 1999. Sex differences in winter distribution of
Long-eared Owls (Asio otus) in Denmark and neighbouring countries. Vogelwarte
40, 80–87.

BOOK CHAPTERS, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

Brooks, D.M. & Fuller, R.A. 2006. Biology and conservation of cracids. In:
Brooks, D.M. (ed.) Conserving Cracids: The most threatened family of birds in
the Americas. Houston, USA. Miscellaneous Publications of The Houston Museum of
Natural Science No. 6. pp 9–21.

Fuller, R.A. & Browne, S.B. (eds) 2005. Galliformes 2004. Proceedings of the 3rd
International Galliformes Symposium, Dehra Dun and Corbett National Park,
India, 5th-10th April 2004. 256 pp.

Fuller, R.A. 2001. A phylogenetic hypothesis for the pheasants (Phasianinae)
using behavioural and ecological characters. Proceedings of the Seventh
International Galliformes Symposium, Kathmandu, 25th-27th September 2000, pp
146–157.

Fuller, R.A. & Garson, P.J. (eds) 2000. Pheasants: Status survey and
conservation action plan 2000–2004. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge,
UK.

Fuller, R.A., Carroll, J.P. & McGowan, P.J.K. (eds) 2000. Partridges, quails,
francolins, snowcocks, guineafowl and turkeys: Status survey and conservation
action plan 2000–2004. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Dekker, R.W.R.J., Fuller, R.A. & Baker, G.C. (eds) 2000. Megapodes: Status survey and conservation action plan 2000–2004. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

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