Darren Moseley, BSc, PhD

Spatial Ecologist, Centre for Human and Ecological Sciences

Darren joined Forest Research in 2005 to work on Forest Habitat Networks in Scotland. Prior to this he studied forestry at Aberdeen University, completing his PhD on modelling the incidence and impact of a fungal pathogen of Scots pine trees and working on a European Union funded project Modelling Heterobasidion Infection in European Forests (MOHIEF).

Current role

Spatial Ecologist, Centre for Human and Ecological Sciences

Development and support of ecological networks to support biodiversity and delivery of ecosystem services at a range of spatial scales.  Assessment of greenspace networks management for social and biodiversity objectives.  Developing Integrated Habitat Networks within planning systems.  Scenario analysis and content analysis of precautionary information for managing zoonotic diseases.

Current programmes

• Land use and ecosystem services
  Development of critically-assessed spatially-explicit indicators to allow policymakers, forest managers and planners to map and understand the how the placement of woodland patches affects ecosystem service delivery.
• Integrated Habitat Networks
  Research on the implementation of Integrated Habitat Networks in Scotland.

Affiliations and achievements

• Member of the International Association of Landscape Ecologists
• Member of the British Ecological Society

Research areas

• Green networks for people
• Assessing how urban greenspace and Green Networks can be managed for multifunctional purposes to meet social and biodiversity objectives
• Developing Integrated Habitat Networks within planning systems
• Peri-urban deer - spatial analysis of deer-people interactions
• Assessing and communicating the risk of zoonotic diseases to countryside user.

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Main recent publications

Marzano, M., Moseley, D.G, Quine, C.P. and Barnett, J. (In review). Organisational intentions and responses: Presenting the risk of Lyme disease to countryside users. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management.

Quine, C. P., Barnett, J., Dobson, A. D. M., Marcu, A., Marzano, M., Moseley, D., O'Brien, L., Randolph, S. E., Taylor, J. L. and Uzzell, D. (2011). Frameworks for risk communication and disease management: the case of Lyme disease and countryside users. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. vol. 366 no. 1573 2010-2022.

Dandy, N., Ballantyne, S., Moseley, D., Gill, R., Peace, A. and Quine, C. (2011). Preferences for wildlife management methods among the peri-urban public in Scotland. European Journal of Wildlife Research, Volume 57, Issue 6 (2011), Page 1213-1221. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-011-0534-x]

Ambrose-Oji, B., Carter, C., Moseley, D., and Lawrence, A. (2011). UK Planning Systems: Integrating Woodlands and Trees. Centre for Human and Ecological Sciences, Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham, UK.

Dandy, N., Marzano, M., Moseley, D., Stewart, A., and Lawrence, A. (2011). Exploring the role of street trees in the improvement and expansion of green networks. Proceedings of the ICF Annual Conference, Trees, People and the Built Environment, 13th-14th April 2011.

Moseley, D.G. and Marzano, M. (2010). Green networks and people; new approaches to planning and delivery. Phase 1 – A review of research and practice in the analysis and planning of multi-functional green networks. Report to SNH, GCVGNP, FC Scotland. 61 pp.

Moseley, D.G. and Chetcuti, J. (2010). Fife Integrated Habitat Networks. Unpublished report to Fife Coast & Countryside Trust, Fife Council, Forestry Commission Scotland, and Scottish Natural Heritage, 55 pp.

Reed, M.S., Bonn, A., Slee, W., Beharry-Borg, N., Birch, J., Brown, I., Burtel, T.P., Chapman, D., Chapman, P.J., Clay, G.D., Cornell, S.J., Fraser, E.D.G., Glass, J.H., Holden, J., Hodgson, J.A., Hubacek, K., Irvine, B., Jin, N., Kirkby, M.J., Kunin, W.E., Moore, O., Moseley, D., Prell, C., Price, M.F., Quinn, C.H., Redpath, S., Reid, C., Stagl, S., Stringer, L.C., Termansen, M., Thorp, S., Towers, W., Worrall, F. (2009). The Future of the Uplands. Land Use Policy 26S (2009) S204–S216.

Moseley, D.G., Marzano, M., Quine, C. (2009). Animal disease risk in the countryside: providing appropriate information, avoiding alarm. In: Proceedings of Health and recreation in forest and Landscape, International Conference, April 1st to 3rd, 2009, Birmensdorf, Switzerland. Edited by Marcel Hunziker and Nicole Bauer.

Smith, M.A., Moseley, D.G., Chetcuti, J., De Ioanni, M. (2008). Glasgow Clyde Valley Integrated Habitat Networks. Unpublished report to Glasgow & Clyde Valley Green Network Partnership, 51 pp.

Watts, K., Quine, C., Ray, D., Eycott, A.E., Moseley, D.G., and Humphrey, J. W. (2008). Conserving biodiversity in fragmented landscapes: Recent approaches in UK forest planning and management. In:  “Long term sustainable plans and management actions” section of an IUFRO book on “Patterns and Processes in Forest Landscapes”.

Moseley, D.G. (2008). Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route Red Squirrel Habitat Network Analysis - A landscape-scale analysis of red squirrel habitat requirements and dispersal. Report to Jacobs Ltd., Edinburgh, 22 pp.

Moseley, D.G., Smith, M.A., Chetcuti, J. and De Ioanni, M. (2008). Falkirk Integrated Habitat Networks. Report to Falkirk Council, Forestry Commission Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage and Central Scotland Forest Trust, 55 pp.

Moseley, D.G., Martin, S., Humphrey, J.W., Edwards, D., Smith, M.A. and Eycott, A.E. (2008). Urban networks for people and biodiversity – form and function. Report to Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum For Environmental Research (SNIFFER). 82 pp.

Moseley, D.G. and Ray, D., Humphrey, J.W. and Watts, K. (2007). Forest Habitat Networks Scotland - Final Report July 2007 ^(PDF-4665K). Report to Forestry Commission Scotland and Scottish Natural Heritage. 71 pp.

Moseley, D.G., Worrell, R., Black, B., and Ray, D. (2007). A forest habitat network approach to directing native woodland restoration and expansion on the Argyll islands, Scotland. In:. 25 Years of Landscape Ecology: Scientific Principles in Practice. Proceedings of the 7th IALE World Congress, Wageningen, The Netherlands, July 2007. Eds: R.G.H. Bunce, R.H.G. Jongman, L. Hojas & S. Weel.

Eycott, A.E., Watts, K., Moseley, D.G. and Ray, D. (2007). Evaluating Biodiversity in Fragmented Landscapes: Use of Focal Species ^(PDF-3551K). Information Note 089, Forestry Commission, Edinburgh.

Moseley, D.G., Ray, D., and Watts, K. (2007). Improving Forest Habitat Networks with new woodland planting schemes. Forestry & British Timber, January 2007, p 14-18.

Moseley, D.G., Ray, D. and Bryce, J. (2006). A Forest Habitat Network for the Atlantic Oakwoods in Highland Region, Scotland. Botanical Journal of Scotland, 57(1&2), 197-209.