Dr Matt Geary
Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology/Animal Behaviour, Programme Leader MRes Biological Sciences
Matt Geary is a Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology/Animal Behaviour within the School of Natural Sciences. Matt is the REF coordinator and research lead for the School and one of the Faculty Postgraduate Tutors. Matt chairs the School of Natural Sciences Research committee and is the programme leader for MRes Biological Sciences and MSc Wildlife Conservation.
Matt teaches on a range of subjects with a primary focus on conservation and ecology. He also teaches statistical and field methods related to these subjects. Matt teaches at all levels within the school of Natural Sciences and has experience in the design and validation of both programmes and modules.
Matt's focuses on the conservation of threatened species both in the UK and internationally. Matt's work focuses on optimising survey methods as well as using statistical and ecological models to identify vulnerable demographic features, investigate habitat associations and provide evidence-based advice for land managers and conservationists. Matt's primary focus is on bird conservation and he currently works on a number of critically endangered, endangered and vulnerable species. Matt also has experience in working on conservation projects involving mammals, amphibians and invertebrates.
For a full list of publications, including the most recent ones, read more.
Geary, M. Cooper, J.R. & Collar, N.J. 2022. Anthropogenic influences on habitat use by African Houbaras Chlamydotis undulata on Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Journal for Nature Conservation 68, 126231.
Matthews, N., Nixon, S., von Hardenberg, A., Isoke, S. & Geary, M. 2022. Targeting burrows improves detection in giant pangolin Smutsia gigantea camera trap surveys. Oryx, In press.
Peters, C.M., Geary, M., Nelson, H.P., Rusk, B. von Hardenberg, A. & Muir, A.P., 2022. Phylogenetic placement and life history trait imputation for Grenada Dove Leptotila wellsi. Bird Conservation International, 1-11. doi:10.1017/S0959270922000065.
Ball, R.J., Kitchiner, A., Davison, N.J., Brownlow, A., Berrow, S., McKeown, N.J., IJsseldijk, L.L., Geary, M., McDowall, I. and Muir, A.P., 2021. New haplotypes found in stranded long‐finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in the eastern North Atlantic and adjacent waters. Marine Mammal Science.
Fielding, A.H., Anderson, D., Benn, S., Dennis, R., Geary, M., Weston, E. and Whitfield, P. 2021. Responses of dispersing GPS-tagged Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) to multiple wind farms across Scotland. Ibis, 164(1), 102-117.
Fielding, A.H., Anderson, D., Benn, S., Dennis, R., Geary, M., Weston, E. and Whitfield, P. 2021. Non-territorial GPS-tagged golden eagles Aquila chrysaetos at two Scottish wind farms: avoidance influenced by preferred habitat distribution, wind speed and blade motion status. PloS ONE, 16(8), e0254159.
Geary, M., Brailsford, C.J., Hough, L.I., Baker, F., Guerrero, S., Leon, Y.M., Collar, N.J. and Marsden, S.J., 2021. Street-level green spaces support a key urban population of the threatened Hispaniolan parakeet Psittacara chloropterus. Urban Ecosystems.
Geary, M. and von Hardenberg, A., 2020. White-faced Darter distribution is associated with coniferous forests in Great Britain. Insect Conservation and Diversity
Phillips, S., Geary, M., Allmark, M., Bennett, S., Norman, K., Ball, R.J., Peters, C.M. and Muir, A.P., 2020. The importance of long-term genetic monitoring of reintroduced populations: inbreeding in the natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita). Herpetological Journal, 30(3).
Nelson, H.P., Devenish-Nelson, E.S., Rusk, B.L., Geary, M. and Lawrence, A.J., 2020. A review of tropical dry forest ecosystem service research in the Caribbean–gaps and policy-implications. Ecosystem Services, 43, p.101095.
Abrahams, C., Geary, M., 2020 Combining bioacoustics and occupancy modelling for improved monitoring of rare breeding bird populations. Ecological Indicators (112).
Nolan, R., Welsh, A., Geary, M., Hartley, M., Dempsey, A., Mono, J.C., Osei, D. & Stanley, C.R. 2019. Camera Traps Confirm the Presence of the White-naped Mangabey Cercocebus lunulatus in Cape Three Points Forest Reserve, Western Ghana, Primate conservation (33).
Davies, R., von Hardenberg, A. & Geary, M., 2018. Recapture rates and habitat associations of White-faced Darter Leucorhinnia dubia on Fenn's and Whixall Moss, Shropshire, UK Journal of the British Dragonfly Society 34 (2), 89-101.
Geary, M., Haworth, P.H. & Fielding, A.H. 2018. Hen harrier Circus cyaneus nest sites on the Isle of Mull are associated with habitat mosaics and constrained by topography, Bird Study, DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2017.142161.
Nelson, H.P., Devenish-Nelson, E.S., Rusk, B.L., Geary, M. & Lawrence, A.J., 2018. A call to action for climate change research on Caribbean dry forests. Regional Environmental Change, 18(5).
Geary, M., Fielding, A. H., McGowan, P. J. K. & Marsden, S.J., 2015. Scenario-Led Habitat Modelling of Land Use Change Impacts on Key Species. PloS one 10.
Geary, M., Fielding, A.H., Marsden, S.J., 2015. Both habitat change and local lek structure influence patterns of spatial loss and recovery in a black grouse population. Population Ecology 57, 421–431. doi:10.1007/s10144-015-0484-3.
Reiner, R.C., Geary, M., Atkinson, P.M., Smith, D.L., Gething, P.W., 2015. Seasonality of Plasmodium falciparum transmission: a systematic review. Malaria Journal 14, 343.
Wardrop, N.A., Geary, M., Osborne, P.E., Atkinson, P.M., 2014. Interpreting predictive maps of disease: highlighting the pitfalls of distribution models in epidemiology. Geospatial Health 9, 237–246.
Geary, M., Fielding, A. & Marsden, S.J., 2013. Designing mosaic landscapes for Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix using multi-scaled models. Ibis, 155: 792–803. doi: 10.1111/ibi.12090.
Geary, M., Fielding, A. H., & Marsden, S. J., 2012. The anatomy of population change in a black grouse population 1992-2008. Oecologia, (168), 73-81. doi:10.1007/s00442-011-2062-5.