Dr Anthony Lowney

Career Overview

I am a lecturer in Zoology with a focus on behavioural ecology, and an interest in positive interactions. I also have an interest in conservation, and this has led me to undertake research in The Gambia, the Philippines, South Africa, and Chad. I study the importance of ecosystem engineers to surrounding animal communities, and how this affects local biodiversity and how a complicated web of interactions allows predator and prey species to coexist. Back in the UK, I am keen to see how rewilding projects will unfold. Particularly, how the reintroduction of ecosystem engineers (e.g., beavers) may positively affect the rewilding process and particularly how they will affect species richness, diversity, and movement of already established species.