Rob Freckleton

Professor of Population Biology
Animal and Plant Sciences
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom

Academician Plant Sciences
Biography

(2012-present) Director of Research and Innovation, Faculty of Science, University of Sheffield (2006–2012) Royal Society University Research Fellow and Professor of Population Biology, Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield (2004–2006) Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Oxford (2002–2004) Departmental Lecturer, University of Oxford (2000–2002) Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oxford (1998–2000) Postdoctoral Researcher, University of East Anglia

Research Intrest

My research focuses on modelling population and community dynamics. I am particularly interested in large scale population dynamics, although have a range of interests, including: Plant population ecology, modelling plant populations, modelling weed populations. Evolutionary ecology, phylogenetic comparative methodology and its application to ecological problems. Theoretical ecology, statistical methodology.

List of Publications
Clarke M, Thomas GH, Freckleton RP. Trait evolution in adaptive radiations: modeling and measuring interspecific competition on phylogenies. The American Naturalist. 2017 Feb 1;189(2):121-37.
Dorken ME, Freckleton RP, Pannell JR. Small‐scale and regional spatial dynamics of an annual plant with contrasting sexual systems. Journal of Ecology. 2017 Jan 1.
Vergnon R, Ooi MK, Freckleton RP. Complex Relationships between Competing Guilds along Large-Scale Environmental Gradients. The American Naturalist. 2017 Apr 1;189(4):407-21.
Edwards DP, Lim F, James RH, Pearce CR, Scholes J, Freckleton RP, Beerling DJ. Climate change mitigation: potential benefits and pitfalls of enhanced rock weathering in tropical agriculture. Biology Letters. 2017 Apr 1;13(4):20160715.