Professor A.S. Pullin - Staff Profile

Professor Andrew Pullin
Professor in Evidence-based Conservation

Thoday Building, room G1

Email: a.s.pullin@bangor.ac.uk

Tel: 01248 382444 (from U.K.)
+44 1248 382444 (International)

Fax: 01248 354997 (from U.K.)
+44 1248 354997 (International)

Responsibilities within SENRGY/BU

Member of the Research Committee

Research Interests

My research seeks to improve effectiveness of conservation and environmental management interventions by providing objective scientific evidence for the development of both policy and practice. Through collaboration and funding from UK Government Agencies I established a Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation (CEBC, www.cebc.bangor.ac.uk) in 2003 with the goal of supporting decision making in conservation and environmental management through the production and dissemination of systematic reviews on the effectiveness of management and policy interventions. With support from a wide range of organizations in the environmental and academic sectors the ‘Collaboration for Environmental Evidence’ (www.environmentalevidence.org), which is coordinated through the CEBC, now acts as both a source of evidence and coordinator of a fast-growing collaborative network undertaking systematic reviews.

Websites

Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation

Collaboration for Environmental Evidence

Society for Conservation Biology

Recent Publications

Bowler, D.E., Buyung-Ali, L.M., Healey, J.R., Jones, J.P.G., Knight, T.M. and Pullin, A.S. (2012) Does community forest management provide global environmental benefit and improve local welfare? . Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 10: 29-36.

Jones, J.P.G., Collen, B., Baxter, P., Bubb, P., Illian, J., Katzner, T., Keane, A., Loh, J., Macdonald-Madden, E., Nicholson, E., Possingham, H., Pereira, H.M., Pullin, A., Ruiz-Gutierrez, V., Rodrigues, A., Sommerville, M. and Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2011) The why, what and how of global biodiversity indicators beyond 2010. Conservation Biology 25: 450-457.

Bowler, D.E., Buyung-Ali, L.M., Healey, J.R., Jones, J.P.G., Knight, T. and Pullin, A.S. (2010) The evidence base for community forest management as a mechanism for supplying global environmental benefits and improving local welfare. Environmental Evidence www.environmentalevidence.org/SR48.html

Bussell, J., Jones, D.L., Healey, J.R. and Pullin, A.S. (2010) How do draining and re-wetting affect carbon stores and greenhouse gas fluxes in peat soils? Environmental Evidence www.environmentalevidence.org/SR49.html

Smith, R., Pullin, A., Stewart, G. and Sutherland, W. (2010) Effectiveness of predator removal for enhancing bird populations. Conservation Biology 24: 820-829.

Newton, A.C., Stewart, G.B., Myers, G., Diaz, A., Lake, S., Bullock, J.M. and Pullin, A.S. (2009) Impacts of grazing on lowland heathland in north-west Europe. Biological Conservation 142: 935-947.

Pullin, A.S., Baldi, A., Can, O.E., Dieterich, M., Kati, V., Livoreil, B., Lovei, G., Mihok, B., Nevin, O., Selva, N. and Sousa-Pinto, I. (2009) Conservation focus on Europe: major conservation policy issues that need to be informed by conservation science. Conservation Biology 23: 818-824.

Pullin, A.S. and Knight, T.M. (2009) Doing more good than harm: building an evidence-base for conservation and environmental management. Biological Conservation 142: 931-934.

Pullin, A.S., Knight, T.M. and Watkinson, A.R. (2009) Linking reductionist science and holistic policy using systematic reviews: unpacking environmental policy questions to construct an evidence-based framework. Journal of Applied Ecology 46: 970-975.

Stewart, G.B., Bayliss, H.R., Showler, D.A., Sutherland, W.J. and Pullin, A.S. (2009) Effectiveness of engineered in-stream structure mitigation measures to increase salmonid abundance: a systematic review. Ecological Applications 19: 931-941.

Sutherland, W.J., Adams, W.M., Aronson, R.B., Aveling, R., Blackburn, T.M., Broad, S., Ceballos, G., Cote, I.M., Cowling, R.M., Da Fonseca, G.A.B., Dinerstein, E., Ferraro, P.J., Fleishman, E., Gascon, C., Hunter, M., Hutton, J., Kareiva, P., Kuria, A., MacDonald, D.W., MacKinnon, K., Madgwick, F.J., Mascia, M.B., McNeely, J., Milner-Gulland, E.J., Moon, S., Morley, C.G., Nelson, S., Osborn, D., Pai, M., Parsons, E.C.M., Peck, L.S., Possingham, H., Prior, S.V., Pullin, A.S., Rands, M.R.W., Ranganathan, J., Redford, K.H., Rodriguez, J.P., Seymour, F., Sobel, J., Sodhi, N.S., Stott, A., Vance-Borland, K. and Watkinson, A.R. (2009) One hundred questions of importance to the conservation of global biological diversity. Conservation Biology 23: 557-567.

Zografou, K., Sfenthourakis, S., Pullin, A. and Kati, V. (2009) On the surrogate value of red-listed butterflies for butterflies and grasshoppers: a case study in Grammos site of Natura 2000, Greece. Journal of Insect Conservation 13: 505-514.

Bussell, J.A., Jones, D., Healey, J. and Pullin, A.S. (2008) How do draining and re-wetting affect carbon stores and greenhouse gas fluxes in peat soils? Moors for the Future Annual Meeting: Living Upland Landscapes, Loosehill Hall, Peak District.

Davies, Z.G., Tyler, C., Stewart, G.B. and Pullin, A.S. (2008) Are current management recommendations for saproxylic invertebrates effective? A systematic review. Biodiversity and Conservation 17: 209-234.

Kumar, V.M.S., Taylor, E.W., Pullin, A.S. and Abe, A.S. (2008) Genetic diversity of reptiles: a case study. KP Publishers, Coventry, UK

Martínez-Abraín, A., Crespo, J., Jiménez, J., Pullin, A.S., Stewart, G.B. and Oro, D. (2008) Friend or foe: societal shifts from intense persecution to active conservation of top predators. Ardeola 55: 111-119.

Roberts, P.D. and Pullin, A.S. (2008) The effectiveness of management interventions for the control of Spartina species: a systematic review and data analysis. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 18: 592-618.

Stewart, G.B., Cox, E.S., Le Duc, M.G., Pakeman, R.J., Pullin, A.S. and Marrs, R.H. (2008) Control of Pteridium aquilinum: meta-analysis of a multi-site study in the UK. Annals of Botany 101: 957-970.

Stewart, G.B. and Pullin, A.S. (2008) The relative importance of grazing stock type and grazing intensity for conservation of mesotropic 'old meadow' pasture. Journal for Nature Conservation 16: 175-185.

Sutherland, W.J., Bailey, M.J., Bainbridge, I.P., Brereton, T., Dick, J.T.A., Drewitt, J., Dulvy, N.K., Dusic, N.R., Freckleton, R.P., Gaston, K.J., Gilder, P.M., Green, R.E., Heathwaite, L., Johnson, S.M., Macdonald, D.W., Mitchell, R., Osborn, D., Owen, R.P., Pretty, J., Prior, S.V., Prosser, H., Pullin, A.S., Rose, P., Stott, A., Tew, T., Thomas, C.D., Thompson, D.B.A., Vickery, J.A., Walker, M., Walmsley, C., Warrington, S., Watkinson, A.R., Williams, R.J., Woodroffe, R. and Woodroof, H.J. (2008) Future novel threats and opportunities facing UK biodiversity identified by horizon scanning. Journal of Applied Ecology 45: 821-833.

Davies, Z.G. and Pullin, A.S. (2007) Are hedgerows effective corridors between fragments of woodland habitat? An evidence-based approach. Landscape Ecology 22: 333-351.

Newton, A., Stewart, G.B., Diaz, A., Golicher, D. and Pullin, A.S. (2007) Bayesian belief networks as a tool for evidence-based conservation management. Journal of Nature Conservation 15: 144-160.

Roberts, P.D. and Pullin, A.S. (2007) The effectiveness of management interventions used to control ragwort species. Environmental Management 39: 691-706.

Stewart, G.B., Pullin, A.S. and Coles, C.F. (2007) Poor evidence-base for assessment of windfarm impacts on birds. Environmental Conservation 34: 1-11.

Stewart, G.B., Pullin, A.S. and Tyler, C. (2007) The effectiveness of asulam for bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) control in the UK: a meta-analysis. Environmental Management 40: 747-760.

Pullin, A.S. and Stewart, G.B. (2006) Guidelines for systematic review in conservation and environmental management. Conservation Biology 20: 1647-1656.

Roberts, P.D., Stewart, G.B. and Pullin, A.S. (2006) Are review articles a reliable source of evidence to support conservation and environmental management? A comparison with medicine. Biological Conservation 132: 409-423.

Sutherland, W.J., Armstrong-Brown, S., Armsworth, P.R., Brereton, T., Brickland, J., Campbell, C.D., Chamberlain, D.E., Cooke, A.I., Dulvy, N.K., Dusic, N.R., Fitton, M., Freckleton, R.P., Godfray, H.C.J., Grout, N., Harvey, H.J., Hedley, C., Hopkins, J.J., Kift, N.B., Kirby, J., Kunin, W.E., Macdonald, D.W., Marker, B., Naura, M., Neale, A.R., Oliver, T., Osborn, D., Pullin, A.S., Shardlow, M.E.A., Showler, D.A., Smith, P.L., Smithers, R.J., Solandt, J.L., Spencer, J., Spray, C.J., Thomas, C.D., Thompson, J., Webb, S.E., Yalden, D.W. and Watkinson, A.R. (2006) The identification of 100 ecological questions of high policy relevance in the UK. Journal of Applied Ecology 43: 617-627.

Tyler, C., Pullin, A.S. and Stewart, G.B. (2006) Effectiveness of management interventions to control invasion by Rhododendron ponticum. Environmental Management 37: 513-522.