THE PROJECTS WE SUPPORT
As well as contributing to our values and the spirit of the Society, projects should also enhance and promote the health and sustainability of wild deer.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Menno de Jong, University of Durham
2018
J.Middleton, University of Brighton
2017
Dr Silvia Pérez-Espona, Anglia Ruskin University
2015
Gauthier, Irvine & Stephens, Durham University
2014
N. Aebischer, C. Wheatley & H Rose
2014
Benjamin J Pitcher, Elodie F Briefer and Alan G McElligott – Queen Mary University of London
2012
list of Supported Projects
- Artificial feeding of wild fallow deer (Dama dama) in a public park: causes, effects, and solutions. A non-invasive assessment of the effects of human interactions on stress in the male population – Dr Simone Ciuti, University College, Dublin, 2020
- The use of genomics to inform management of woodland roe deer populations in Scotland – Dr Silvia Perez-Espona, Royal(Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, 2020
- Using camera traps to quantify the effect of deer on woodland restoration - Dr Elisa Fuentes-Montemayor, Biological & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, 2020
- Development of a cost-effective protocol for MHC genotyping in red deer - Dr Silvia Perez-Espona, The University of Edinburgh, 2019
- Investigating evidence of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) in UK deer – Professor Matthew Baylis, 2019
- Safeguarding the welfare of park fallow deer: investigating how chronic stress and management strategies affect immunity and susceptibility to disease - Dr Simon Babayan, University of Glasgow, 2019
- Environmental and anthropogenic factors driving the movement and habitat utilisation of fallow deer - Dr Graeme Shannon, School of Biological Sciences, Bangor, 2018
- Conflict and coexistence: Improving the evidence base for adaptive management of people, livestock and wildlife - Dr Justin Irvine, James Hutton institute, Aberdeen, 2018
- The relative contribution of genetic drift and natural selection on founder populations of deer - Menno de Jong, University of Durham 2018
- Modelling the susceptibility of British deer to chronic wasting disease - Dr Fiona Houston, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, 2017
- Ecological determinants of Lyme borreliosis risk in the South Downs National Park and the potential for one-health based interventions - J.Middleton, University of Brighton 2017
- Deer, biodiversity management and ecotourism in the Hebrides - HM O’Neill, University of Durham 2016
- Genetic diversity in the Major Histocompatibility Complex in Scottish red deer - Dr Silvia Pérez-Espona, Anglia Ruskin University 2015
- Detecting changes in deer numbers in space & time - Gauthier, Irvine & Stephens, Durham University 2014
- Factors associated with shooting accuracy and wounding rate of four managed wild deer species in the UK - N. Aebischer, C. Wheatley & H Rose 2014
- Intrasexual selection drives sensitivity to pitch, formants and duration in the competitive calls of fallow bucks - Benjamin J Pitcher, Elodie F Briefer and Alan G McElligott – Queen Mary University of London 2012
