Dr Ian McFadden
Lecturer in Computational Ecology
School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Research
global ecology, artificial intelligence, computer vision, species interactions, community ecology, biogeography
Interests
Ian is currently interested in using computer vision and machine learning to study and conserve species interactions from local communities to the scale of the whole earth, among other things.
You can learn more about his current and previous research, teaching and outreach at mcfaddenecology.com
Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainability
2024
Futureproofing Europe’s forestsMcFadden IR
Nature Ecology & Evolution,
Springer Nature vol. 8 (6), 1064-1065.
29-04-2024 Warming underpins community turnover in temperate freshwater and terrestrial communitiesKhaliq I Rixen C Zellweger F Graham CH Gossner MM McFadden IR Antão L Brodersen J et al.
Nature Communications,
Springer Nature vol. 15 (1)
01-03-2024 2023
The geography of climate and the global patterns of species diversityCoelho MTP Barreto E Rangel TF Diniz-Filho JAF Wüest RO Bach W Skeels A McFadden IR et al.
Nature,
Springer Nature vol. 622 (7983), 537-544.
27-09-2023 Utilizing multi-objective decision support tools for protected area selectionVoskamp A Fritz SA Köcke V Biber MF Brockmeyer TN Bertzky B Forrest M Goldstein A et al.
One Earth,
Elsevier vol. 6 (9), 1143-1156.
01-09-2023 Paleoenvironments shaped the exchange of terrestrial vertebrates across Wallace’s LineSkeels A Boschman LM McFadden IR Joyce EM Hagen O Jiménez Robles O Bach W Boussange V et al.
Science,
American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 381 (6653), 86-92.
06-07-2023 Hummingbird community structure and nectar resources modulate the response of interspecific competition to forest conversionGuevara EA Bello C Poveda C McFadden IR Schleuning M Pellissier L Graham CH
Oecologia,
Springer Nature vol. 201 (3), 761-770.
09-02-2023 2022
Linking human impacts to community processes in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystemsMcFadden IR Sendek A Brosse M Bach PM Baity‐Jesi M Bolliger J Bollmann K Brockerhoff EG et al.
Ecology Letters,
Wiley vol. 26 (2), 203-218.
22-12-2022 Climate, immigration and speciation shape terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity in the European Alpsde Queiroz LJ Doenz CJ Altermatt F Alther R Borko Š Brodersen J Gossner MM Graham C et al.
Proceedings of The Royal Society B,
The Royal Society vol. 289 (1980)
10-08-2022 Global plant‐frugivore trait matching is shaped by climate and biogeographic historyMcFadden IR Fritz SA Zimmermann NE Pellissier L Kissling WD Tobias JA Schleuning M Graham CH
Ecology Letters,
Wiley vol. 25 (3), 686-696.
24-02-2022 2019
TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open accessKattge J Bönisch G Díaz S Lavorel S Prentice IC Leadley P Tautenhahn S Werner GDA et al.
Global Change Biology,
Wiley vol. 26 (1), 119-188.
31-12-2019 Temperature shapes opposing latitudinal gradients of plant taxonomic and phylogenetic β diversityMcFadden IR Sandel B Tsirogiannis C Morueta‐Holme N Svenning J Enquist BJ Kraft NJB
Ecology Letters,
Wiley vol. 22 (7), 1126-1135.
07-05-2019 Neither species geographic range size, climatic envelope, nor intraspecific leaf trait variability capture habitat specialization in a hyperdiverse Amazonian forestFortunel C McFadden IR Valencia R Kraft NJB
Biotropica,
Wiley vol. 51 (3), 304-310.
09-04-2019 Disentangling the functional trait correlates of spatial aggregation in tropical forest treesMcFadden IR Bartlett MK Wiegand T Turner BL Sack L Valencia R Kraft NJB
Ecology,
Wiley vol. 100 (3)
21-02-2019 2011
Beginning a Fourth Year of Tropical Conservation Science with OJS, a New Publishing PlatformEstrada A Butler R
Tropical Conservation Science,
Sage Publications vol. 4 (1), i-iii.
01-03-2011 
Linking human impacts to community processes in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystemsMcFadden IR Sendek A Brosse M Bach PM Baity-Jesi M Bolliger J Bollmann K Brockerhoff EG et al.
In
Authorea Utilizing multi-objective decision support tools for protected area selection In
Biorxiv Global plant-frugivore trait matching is shaped by climate and biogeographic history In
Biorxiv The interaction of climate history and evolution impacts alpine biodiversity assembly differently in freshwater and on land In
Biorxiv Global hotspots of recent and ancestral turnover in birds In
Research Square
Research Group
PhD Students
- Aimee Du Luart
Automating Species Interaction Classification in Marine And
