Alison Hester
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Alison Hester FRSB | |
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| Alma mater | King's College London (BSc), University of Aberdeen (PhD) |
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| Institutions | CSIRO, James Hutton Institute |
Alison Hester is an ecologist in the UK, she is Professor at the James Hutton Institute in Dundee, Scotland and is an expert in the effects of land management on biodiversity[1].
Education and career
Hester was educated at Kings College London, she then did a PhD at the University of Aberdeen and was a Royal Society Postdoctoral Fellow at CSIRO Western Australia[1].
Her research looks at natural resource management and effects on biodiversity; her work has raised awareness of issues affecting woodland such as habitat fragmentation and invasive species such as bracken[2], and has shown that it is important to consider cultural context in land management for example the management of moorland for grouse shooting[3].
Books
Chapter 5 Threatened Habitats: Marginal Vegetation in Upland Areas, with Rob Brooker, in Biodiversity Under Threat, edited by R E Hester, R M Harrison, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2007[4].
Chapter 9 Plant traits, Browsing and Grazing Herbivores, and Vegetation Dynamics, with Christina Skarpe, in The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing, edited by Gordon, Iain J., Prins, Herbert H.T., published by Springer in 2008[5].
Awards and honours
- Gave the British Ecological Society's '12 Months in Ecology' plenary lecture at their 2016 Annual Meeting[6]
- Recognised by Visit Aberdeenshire for bringing an academic conference to North East Scotland thus supporting the local economy[7].
- Awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in 2019[8].
- Chair of the Natural Capital Initiative[9].
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology[10].
References
- ^ a b "Professor Alison Hester | Ecological Sciences | The James Hutton Institute". www.hutton.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Leake, Mark Macaskill and Jonathan. "Scots forests face fern ultimatum". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "What Will Become of Scotland's Moors?". Magazine. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Biodiversity Under Threat. 12 July 2007. ISBN 978-0-85404-251-7.
- ^ Gordon, Iain J.; Prins, Herbert H. T., eds. (2008). The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing. Ecological Studies. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-540-72421-6.
- ^ "Annual Meeting Plenary Speaker: Alison Hester". British Ecological Society. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Reporter. "Academics recognised for helping create economic boost". Press and Journal. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "RSGS Honorary Fellowship for Professor Alison Hester | The James Hutton Institute". www.hutton.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Wholegrain, Wholegrain. "Secretariat". Natural Capital Initiative. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "2019 Annual Conference Speakers | European Forest Institute". www.efi.int. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
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