
Dr Chris Clements
BSc, PhD
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Current positions
- Associate Professor in EcologySchool of Biological Sciences
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Research interests
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
- Seabird resilience- Principal Investigator- Managing organisational unitSchool of Biological Sciences- Dates- 01/05/2024 to 30/04/2027 
- Timeline to collapse: a holistic view of population loss- Principal Investigator- Managing organisational unitSchool of Biological Sciences- Dates- 01/01/2021 to 31/12/2023 
- 8080: APS Highlight 2019 (NERC via Sheffield)- Principal Investigator- Managing organisational unitSchool of Biological Sciences- Dates- 13/02/2020 to 12/02/2024 
- Automating the collection of multi-species high-dimensional data to test and develop ecological theory- Principal Investigator- Managing organisational unitSchool of Biological Sciences- Dates- 15/10/2019 to 14/10/2020 
Thesis supervisions
- Allometric scaling of the extinction vortex- Supervisors
- Investigating configuration, connectivity and conservation goals to understand nature reserve design- Supervisors
- Body size and latitude predict the presence of multiple stressors in global vertebrate populations- Supervisors
- Restoring the 3D structure of tropical ecosystems – how important is tree diversity?- Supervisors
- The effectiveness of wildlife corridors in theory and in practice- Supervisors
- Do marine protected areas increase fishery yield? A study using experimental microcosms and protist populations.- Supervisors
- Complexity and regime shifts- Supervisors
- “In hot water”- Supervisors
- The Effect of Heterogeneity and Spatiotemporal Autocorrelation of Temperature Change on Metacommunity Diversity- Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
15/09/2025Multivariate signals of population collapse in a high‐throughput ecological experiment
Ecology
Opportunities and challenges for monitoring terrestrial biodiversity in the robotics age
Nature Ecology & Evolution
Stability metrics behave predictably across data qualities but are sensitive to community size
Biological Conservation
Contribution of microcosm experiments to conservation science
Conservation Biology
Isolation limits spring pollination in a UK fragmented landscape
PLOS ONE




