Joshua Twining

Postdoctoral Associate, Natural Resources and the Environment Section

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About

Quantitative/population ecologist with interests in developing theoretical and empirical methodologies to advance our understanding of biodiversity patterns, species coexistence, and species interactions to inform applied management of wildlife populations.

Education

PhD - Queen's University Belfast
mRes - Imperial College London
Bsc Hons - University of Birmingham

Recent Research

Twining, J.P., Kramer, D., Perkins, K., Fuller, A.K. (2024). Landscape-scale population trends in the occurrence and abundance of wildlife populations using long term camera-trapping data. Biological Conservation, 290: 110398.
Poudel, S., Twining, J.P., Ghimire, S.K., Stedman, R., Fuller, A.K. (2023). Drivers of leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) attack occurrence on humans in Nepal. People and Nature, 5(6):1-12.
Twining, J.P., Springer, V.L., Cooch, E.G., Fuller, A.K. (2023). Landscape-scale drivers of tayra abundance in the Ecuadorian Andes. Biodiversity and Conservation, 32: 2925-2942.
Reyne, M., Dicks, K., Flanagan, J., Nolan, P., Twining, J.P., Aubry, A., Emmerson, M., Marnell, F., Helyar, S., Reid. N. (2023). Landscape genetics identifies barriers to Natterjack toad metapopulation dispersal. Conservation Genetics, 24: 375-390.
Slade, A., White, A., Lurz, P.W.W., Shuttleworth, C., Tosh, D.G., Twining, J.P. (2023). Indirect effects of pine marten recovery result in benefits to native prey through suppression of an invasive species and a shared pathogen. Ecological Modelling, 476: 110216.

Contact Information

Fernow Hall 201

(607) 220-7547

jpt93 [at] cornell.edu

Joshua in the news

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News

February 13, 2024

Remote cameras capture insights into NY’s wildlife populations

With thousands of strategically placed cameras covering more than 27,000 square miles in central and western New York, Cornell biologists show that bobcat populations remain critically low.

Natural Resources and the Environment Section
Animals
Environment