Habitat loss and fragmentation reshape host-parasite eco-evolutionary dynamics

Intact landscapes dilute parasites and homogenise coevolutionary trajectories

Fragmented landscapes promote divergent coevolutionary dynamics, raising the risk of new parasite variants emerging

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“Drivers of complexity in ecosystem restoration” Waddell 2026 - Journal of Applied Ecology - besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We studied how landscape & community structure shape species persistence under habitat loss.

Heterogeneous landscapes = high persistence under random loss but highly vulnerable to spatially correlated loss

Mutualistic community nestedness boosts persistence! 🌺🐝

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Looking forward to the #BES2025 Annual Meeting next week!

If you're interested in restoration, food webs, landscapes and species recovery, join me for the session:

"Species interactions and recovery under global change" - Tuesday 16th - 5:30pm - Lammermuir 1

Geographic Mosaic Theory of Coevolution proposes that some environments are coevolutionary hotspots and others are coldspots.

We propose moving from binary classifications to a continuous gradient of coevolutionary temperature.

doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Restoration ultimately aims to recover complex ecological systems with many interdependent species at large scale

To understand the driving processes, we combined experiments & modelling

Finding a trade-off between species recovery and food-web complexity
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We’re offering a paid internship!

“Restoring for ecological recovery and resilience: a global approach”

Look for Internship 3 (also peruse the other internships) at:
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/CEH_Careers/...