Biography

Jake Snaddon’s research interests are in biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and ecosystem services, with particular reference to entomology, tropical forest and conservation. His current research focuses on two board topics: 1) the detection and monitoring of biodiversity and cryptic forest disturbance (hunting) using acoustic monitoring systems and 2) maintenance of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes, with the dual goal at managing forest conservation and sustainable intensification of agricultural practices. He teaches applied quantitative methods and ecology and conservation modules at undergraduate level and supervises undergraduate and masters projects across a board range of topics relating to biodiversity and conservation.

Selected Publications

• Bristow, T.G., McHugh, N.M., Heward, C.J., Jenkins, D.L., Newson, S.E. and Snaddon, J.L. (2022), Vocal individuality measures reveal spatial and temporal variation in roding behaviour in Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola). Ibis. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13176

• Pashkevich, M.D., Spear, D.M., Advento, A.D., Caliman, J-P., Foster, W.A., Luke, S.H., Naim, M., Ps, S., Snaddon, J.L., and Turner, E.C. (2022) Canopy and ground spiders are robust to changes in understory vegetation management practices in mature oil palm plantations (Riau, Indonesia). Basic and Applied Ecology  64, 120-133

• Katsis, L.K.D., Doncaster, C.P., and Snaddon, J.L. (2022) Automated detection of gunshots in tropical forests using convolutional neural networks. Ecological Indicators 141, 109128

• Ball, J., Hauck, J., Holland, R., Lovegrove, A., Snaddon, J.L., Taylor, G., and Peh, K. (2022) Analysing river water quality governance using participatory social network analysis in the River Test & River Itchen catchments, UK. People and Nature 4 (5), 1352-1368