Dr Nigel Taylor
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2022–2026 Research Associate, University of Cambridge, UK
2021–2022 Ecological Consultant and Visiting Researcher, University of Cambridge, UK
2017–2021 Postdoctoral Researcher, Tour du Valat, France
2012–2016 PhD Ecology, University of Leeds, UK
Tutor, Lucy Cavendish College
Associate Editor, Wetlands Ecology and Management
Research
- Wetland biodiveristy and conservation
- Invasive alien species
- Evidence-based conservation
Key publications
Taylor NG, Morgan WH, Sutherland WJ & Christie AP (2026) On the evidence for evidence-based conservation. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 7, e70255
Taylor NG, Cutts V, Sutherland WJ & Smith RK (2026) Vegetation Conservation in Inland Aquatic Habitats: Global Evidence for the Effects of Interventions. Conservation Evidence Series Synopses. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Taylor NG, Häkkinen H, Butler JRA, Petrovan SO, Sutherland WJ & Pettorelli N (2024) Seabirds and climate change in North‐West Europe: identifying opportunities for an effective and efficient conservation response. Conservation Science and Practice, e13219
Cuthbert RN, Pattison Z, Taylor NG, Verbrugge L, Diagne C, Ahmed DA, Leroy B, Angulo E, Briski E, Capinha C, Catford JA, Dalu T, Essl F, Gozlan RE, Haubrock PJ, Kourantidou M, Kramer AM, Renault D, Wasserman RJ & Courchamp F (2021) Global economic costs of aquatic invasive alien species. Science of the Total Environment, 775, 145238
Taylor NG, Grillas P, Al Hreisha H, Balkız Ö, Borie M, Boutron O, Catita A, Champagnon J, Cherif S, Çiçek K, Costa LT, Dakki M, Fois M, Galewski T, Galli A, Georgiadis NM, Green AJ, Hermoso V, Kapedani R, Lange MA, Mateljak Z, Osta M, Papastergiadou E, Papazoglou C, Sabater S, Samraoui B, Samraoui F, Si Bachir A, Tankovic E, Thévenet M, Troya A & Sutherland WJ (2021) The future for Mediterranean wetlands: 50 key issues and 50 important conservation research questions. Regional Environmental Change, 21, Article 33
Taylor NG, Grillas P, Smith RK & Sutherland WJ (2021) Marsh and Swamp Conservation: Global Evidence for the Effects of Interventions to Conserve Marsh and Swamp Vegetation. Conservation Evidence Series Synopses. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Taylor NG, Grillas P & Sutherland WJ (2018) Peatland Conservation: Global Evidence for the Effects of Interventions to Conserve Peatland Vegetation. Synopses of Conservation Evidence Series. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Taylor NG & Dunn AM (2018) Predatory impacts of alien decapod Crustacea are predicted by functional responses and explained by differences in metabolic rate. Biological Invasions, 20, 2821–2837
Taylor NG & Dunn AM (2017) Size matters: predation of fish eggs and larvae by native and invasive amphipods. Biological Invasions, 19, 89–107
Full list of publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Eq3lJXEAAAAJ&hl=en
Teaching and supervision
ZM2 Conservation Science
ZL4 Applied Ecology