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Dr Richard Francksen, PhD

  • Senior Lecturer in Zoology
  • Institute of Science and Environment
  • Zoology
Dr Richard Francksen, PhD

Biography

I am a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for Zoology within the Institute of Science and Environment at the University of Cumbria.

Academic and research interests

I am an Applied Ecologist with a particular focus on Agro-Ecology, Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity Conservation and Human-Wildlife Conflicts.

Research supervision

I currently co-supervise three PhD students:

  • Nick Brodin, Newcastle University, diet and foraging patterns of little terns Sternula albifrons
  • Victoria Graves, SRUC, rewilding and moorland management impacts on small mammals
  • Danielle Robinson, Newcastle University, Fisher–shark interactions: A loss of support for the Maldives shark sanctuary from reef fishers whose livelihoods are affected by shark depredation

Publications

A full list of my publications can be found at https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=EVg_A4YAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra

  • Milazzo, Filippo; Francksen, Richard M; Zavattaro, Laura; Abdalla, Mohamed; Hejduk, Stanislav; Enri, Simone Ravetto; Pittarello, Marco; Price, Paul Newell; Schils, René LM; Smith, Pete. 2023. The role of grassland for erosion and flood mitigation in Europe: A meta-analysis. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment.  348. 108443.
  • Milazzo, Filippo; Francksen, Richard M; Abdalla, Mohamed; Ravetto Enri, Simone; Zavattaro, Laura; Pittarello, Marco; Hejduk, Stanislav; Newell-Price, Paul; Schils, René LM; Smith, Pete. 2023. An Overview of Permanent Grassland Grazing Management Practices and the Impacts on Principal Soil Quality Indicators            Agronomy. 13. 5. 1366.
  • Schils, René LM; Bufe, Conny; Rhymer, Caroline M; Francksen, Richard M; Klaus, Valentin H; Abdalla, Mohamed; Milazzo, Filippo; Lellei-Kovács, Eszter; ten Berge, Hein; Bertora, Chiara. 2022. Permanent grasslands in Europe: Land use change and intensification decrease their multifunctionality  Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 330. 107891
  • Schils, Rene LM; Bufe, Conny; Rhymer, Caroline; Francksen, Richard M; Klaus, Valentin H; Abdalla, Mohamed; Milazzo, Filippo; Lellei-Kovacs, Eszter; ten Berge, HFM; Bertora, Chiara. 2022. Delivery of ecosystem services from permanent grasslands in Europe: a systematic review. Grassland at the heart of circular and sustainable food systems. 274-276
  • Fazaa, Nadheer A; Ali, Abdulrahman B; AL-Jabinawi, Ahmad JM; Francksen, Richard; Whittingham, Mark J. 2022. Land use change in Baghdad City and assessment of the Jadriyah and Umm Al-Khanazeer Island Important Bird Area (IBA) from 1984 to 2020. Baghdad Science Journal. 19. 6 (Suppl.). 1471-1471
  • Robinson, Danielle; Newman, Steven P; Whittingham, Mark J; Francksen, Richard M; Adam, M Shiham; Stead, Selina M. 2022. Fisher–shark interactions: A loss of support for the Maldives shark sanctuary from reef fishers whose livelihoods are affected by shark depredation. Conservation Letters. 15. 6. e12912
  • Francksen, Richard M; Turnbull, Samantha; Rhymer, Caroline M; Hiron, Matthew; Bufe, Conny; Klaus, Valentin H; Newell-Price, Paul; Stewart, Gavin; Whittingham, Mark J. 2022. The Effects of Nitrogen Fertilisation on Plant Species Richness in European Permanent Grasslands: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Agronomy. 12. 2928.
  • Newell Price, P; Hadden, S; Rhymer, C; Francksen, R; Standen, J; Thorman, R; Dowers, J; Whittingham, M; Williams, J. 2021. Mechanical loosening of grasslands–a risk to ecosystem services or a restorative practice? Grassland at the heart of circular and sustainable food systems. 235
  • Klaus, Valentin H; Whittingham, Mark J; Báldi, András; Eggers, Sönke; Francksen, Richard M; Hiron, Matthew; Lellei-Kovács, Eszter; Rhymer, Caroline M; Buchmann, Nina. 2020. Do biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments inform stakeholders how to simultaneously conserve biodiversity and increase ecosystem service provisioning in grasslands? Biological Conservation. 245. 108552.
  • Francksen, RM; Aebischer, NJ; Ludwig, SC; Baines, D; Whittingham, MJ. 2019. Measures of predator diet alone may underestimate the collective impact on prey: Common buzzard Buteo buteo consumption of economically important red grouse Lagopus lagopus scotica. PLOS ONE. 14. 8. e0221404
  • Whittingham, Mark J; McKenzie, Ailsa J; Francksen, Richard M; Feige, David; Cadwallender, Tom; Grainger, Matthew; Fazaa, Nadheer; Rhymer, Caroline; Wilkinson, Catherine; Lloyd, Pauline. 2019.Offshore refuges support higher densities and show slower population declines of wintering Ruddy Turnstones Arenaria interpres. Bird Study. 66. 4. 431-440
  • Ludwig, Sonja C; McCluskie, Aly; Keane, Paula; Barlow, Catherine; Francksen, Richard M; Bubb, Damian; Roos, Staffan; Aebischer, Nicholas J; Baines, David. 2018. Diversionary feeding and nestling diet of Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus. Bird Study. 65. 4. 431-443.
  • Francksen, Richard M; Whittingham, Mark J; Ludwig, Sonja C; Roos, Staffan; Baines, David. 2017. Numerical and functional responses of Common Buzzards Buteo buteo to prey abundance on a Scottish grouse moor. Ibis. 159. 3. 541-553.
  • Francksen, Richard M; Whittingham, Mark J; Ludwig, Sonja C; Baines, David. 2016. Winter diet of Common Buzzards Buteo buteo on a Scottish grouse moor. Bird study. 63. 4. 525-532.
  • Francksen, Richard Michael. 2016. Exploring the impact of common buzzard Buteo buteo predation on red grouse Lagopus lagopus scotica. PhD Thesis. Newcastle University.
  • Francksen, Richard M; Whittingham, Mark J; Baines, David. 2016. Assessing prey provisioned to common buzzard buteo buteo chicks: a comparison of methods. Bird study. 63. 3. 303-310.

Recent external roles

PI on scoping study from Agri-Food for Net Zero+: Regenerative Agriculture and Net-Zero: mapping the evidence