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Dr ASHLEY LYONS

  • Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Biology
 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7204-063X

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    20172023

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    My research explores the impacts of ecological restoration, particularly through grazing management, on biodiversity and ecosystem services. I work with a range of taxonomic groups to answer ecological questions. I have a particular interest in upland landscapes and have quite the soft spot for calcareous grasslands.

    I completed my PhD titled The Impacts of Contrasting Grazing Management on Biodiversity in Upland Calcareous Grasslands at Edge Hill University in 2017. Following this I completed a postdoc where I produced the first ever management recommendations document to consider spider and carabid beetle conservation in upland calcareous grasslands. During this time I also spent a month as a visiting scientist at Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany, where I worked with the Agroecology group examining management of lowland calcareous grasslands.   

    In 2019 I joined Liverpool Hope University as a Lecturer in Ecology teaching on a range of MSc and BSc modules.

    In 2021 I took up the role of Conservation Scientist within the RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, being the only reserve based scientist in the organisation. During this time I led the establishment of a long term grazing experiment and developed the science work packages for a successful $4.1 million grant bid to the Endangered Landscapes Programme. During the role I led a team of research assisants and trained a flock of sheep to use the NoFence collar system.

    I rejoined EHU in 2023 as a Senior Lecturer in Ecology, maintaining strong research links with RSPB. 

    My research continues to explore impacts of habitat management on ecological restoration.

     

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    • 6 Article (journal)
    • 1 Commissioned report
    • 1 Review article

    • Grand challenges in entomology: Priorities for action in the coming decades

      Luke, S. H., Roy, H. E., Thomas, C. D., Tilley, L. A. N., Ward, S., Watt, A., Carnaghi, M., Jaworski, C. C., Tercel, M. P. T. G., Woodrow, C., Aown, S., Banfield-Zanin, J. A., Barnsley, S. L., Berger, I., Brown, M. J. F., Bull, J. C., Campbell, H., Carter, R. A. B., Charalambous, M. & Cole, L. J. & 31 others, Ebejer, M. J., Farrow, R. A., Fartyal, R. S., Grace, M., Highet, F., Hill, J. K., Hood, A. S. C., Kent, E. S., Krell, F. T., Leather, S. R., Leybourne, D. J., Littlewood, N. A., Lyons, A., Matthews, G., Mc Namara, L., Menéndez, R., Merrett, P., Mohammed, S., Murchie, A. K., Noble, M., Paiva, M. R., Pannell, M. J., Phon, C. K., Port, G., Powell, C., Rosell, S., Sconce, F., Shortall, C. R., Slade, E. M., Sutherland, J. P. & Dicks, L., 20 Mar 2023, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 16, 2, p. 173-189 17 p.

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      27 Citations (Scopus)
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    • Management of upland calcareous grasslands for target vascular plant community impacts upon abundance but not diversity of non‑target bryophytes

      LYONS, A., Turner, S. & ASHTON, P., 18 Mar 2022, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 31, 3, p. 1023-1036 14 p.

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      5 Citations (Scopus)

    • Local and landscape responses of biodiversity in calcareous grasslands

      Loos, J., Krauss, J., Lyons, A., Föst, S., Ohlendorf, C., Racky, S., Röder, M., Hudel, L., Herfert, V. & Tscharntke, T., 26 May 2021, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 30, 8-9, p. 2415-2432 18 p.

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    • Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management

      Downey, H., Amano, T., Cadotte, M., Cook, C. N., Cooke, S. J., Haddaway, N. R., Jones, J. P. G., Littlewood, N., Walsh, J. C., Abrahams, M. I., Adum, G., Akasaka, M., Alves, J. A., Antwis, R. E., Arellano, E. C., Axmacher, J., Barclay, H., Batty, L., Benítez-López, A. & Bennett, J. R. & 99 others, Berg, M. J., Bertolino, S., Biggs, D., Bolam, F. C., Bray, T., Brook, B. W., Bull, J. W., Burivalova, Z., Cabeza, M., Chauvenet, A. L. M., Christie, A. P., Cole, L., Cotton, A. J., Cotton, S., Cousins, S. A. O., Craven, D., Cresswell, W., Cusack, J. J., Dalrymple, S. E., Davies, Z. G., Diaz, A., Dodd, J. A., Felton, A., Fleishman, E., Gardner, C. J., Garside, R., Ghoddousi, A., Gilroy, J. J., Gill, D., Gill, J., Glew, L., Grainger, M., Sutherland, W., Grass, A., Greshon, S., Gundry, J., Hart, T., Hopkins, C., Howe, C., Johnson, A., Jones, K., Jordan, N., Kadoya, T., Kerhoas, D., Koricheva, J., Ming Lee, T., Lengyel, S., Livingstone, S., LYONS, A., McCabe, G., Millett, J., Stevens, C., Moolna, A., Mossman, H., Mukherjee, N., Munoz-Saez, A., Negroes, N., Norfolk, O., Osawa, T., Papworth, S., Park, K., Pellet, J., Phillott, A., Plotnik, J., Priatna, D., Ramos, A., Randall, N., Richards, R., Ritchie, E., Roberts, D., Rocha, R., Rodriguez, J. P., Sanderson, R., Sasaki, T., Savilaakso, S., Sayer, C., Sekercioglu, C., Senzaki, M., Smith, G., Smith, R., Soga, M., Soulsbury, C., Steer, M., Stewart, G., Strange, E. F., Suggitt, A., Thompson, R., Thompson, S., Thornhill, I., Trevelyan, R. J., Usieta, H. O., Venter, O., Webber, A., White, R., Whittingham, M., Wilby, A., Yarnell, R., Zamora-Gutierrez, V. & Sutherland, W., 25 Jan 2021, In: Ecological Solutions and Evidence. 2, 1, p. 1-11 e12032.

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    • Epigeal spider assemblage responses to vegetation structure under contrasting grazing management in upland calcareous grasslands

      Lyons, A., Ashton, P., Powell, I. & Oxbrough, A., Jan 2018, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 11, 4, p. 383-395 13 p.

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    • Cumbria Connect

      LYONS, A. (CoI), Ewing, S. (PI), Field, R. (CoI), Buckingham, D. (CoI), OXBROUGH, A. (PI) & FRY, E. (PI)

      1/10/22 → …

      Project: Research