Anne Magurran

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Anne Elizabeth Magurran CBE FRSE (born 1955) is a British Professor of ecology at University of St Andrews in Scotland. [1] She is the author of several books [1] [2] [3] [4] on measuring biological diversity, and the importance for quantifying biodiversity for conservation. She has won numerous awards and honors, is regularly consulted for global assessments and analyses of biodiversity and conservation [2] and her research is often highlighted by journalists. [5] [6]

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Magurran has worked with Robert May and other leading biologists, including Helder Queiroz, whom she advised. Her research projects often focus are on tropical freshwater fish communities - specifically the Trinidadian guppy- in the Neotropics and India. [7]

Research and career

Magurran completed her PhD at the University of Ulster on the biological diversity of native woodlands in Ireland. [8] She then went on to complete postdoctoral work at Bangor University and the University of Oxford. Throughout her career she has used fish communities to study biodiversity, the evolution of biodiversity, and on the role of predation in the evolution of social behaviour. She is now a professor at the University of St Andrews, where she is the university's most cited female scientist. [9] Globally, she is the second most cited female ecologist [10] and evolutionary biologist. [11] She is an international counselor and advisor on issues of conservation related to biodiversity and engaged in the UN Convention on Biological Diversity [12] and in the World Economic Forum in 2018. [2] [13]

Magurran was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to biodiversity. [14]

Selected awards and honours

Selected publications

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Magurran, Anne E. (2004). Measuring Biological Diversity. Wiley. ISBN   9780632056330.
  3. ↑ Magurran, Anne E.; McGill, Brian J. (18 November 2010). Biological Diversity: Frontiers in Measurement and Assessment. OUP Oxford. ISBN   9780199580668.
  4. 1 2 Magurran, Anne E.; Britain), Royal Society (Great (1999). Evolution of Biological Diversity. pp. R545-6. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2010.05.016. ISBN   9780198503040. PMID   20641176. S2CID   37059779.{{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
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  7. 1 2 Magurran, Anne E. (25 August 2005). Evolutionary Ecology: The Trinidadian Guppy. OUP Oxford. ISBN   9780198527855.
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