Dr Ian McFadden
Lecturer in Computational Ecology
School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
global ecology, artificial intelligence, computer vision, species interactions, community ecology, biogeography
Interests
Ian is currently interested in using computer vision and machine learning to study and conserve species interactions from local communities to the scale of the whole earth, among other things.You can learn more about his current and previous research, teaching and outreach at mcfaddenecology.com
Publications
2024
McFadden IR (2024). Futureproofing Europe’s forests. Nature Ecology & Evolution, Springer Nature vol. 8 (6), 1064-1065. 29-04-2024
Khaliq I, Rixen C, Zellweger F, Graham CH, Gossner MM, McFadden IR, Antão L, Brodersen J, Ghosh S, Pomati F, Seehausen O, Roth T, Sattler T, Supp SR, Riaz M, Zimmermann NE, Matthews B and Narwani A (2024). Warming underpins community turnover in temperate freshwater and terrestrial communities. Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 15 (1) 01-03-2024
2023
Coelho MTP, Barreto E, Rangel TF, Diniz-Filho JAF, Wüest RO, Bach W, Skeels A, McFadden IR, Roberts DW, Pellissier L, Zimmermann NE and Graham CH (2023). The geography of climate and the global patterns of species diversity. Nature, Springer Nature vol. 622 (7983), 537-544. 27-09-2023
Voskamp A, Fritz SA, Köcke V, Biber MF, Brockmeyer TN, Bertzky B, Forrest M, Goldstein A, Henderson S, Hickler T, Hof C, Kastner T, Lang S, Manning P, Mascia MB, McFadden IR, Niamir A, Noon M, O’Donnell B, Opel M, et al. (2023). Utilizing multi-objective decision support tools for protected area selection. One Earth, Elsevier vol. 6 (9), 1143-1156. 01-09-2023
Skeels A, Boschman LM, McFadden IR, Joyce EM, Hagen O, Jiménez Robles O, Bach W, Boussange V, Keggin T, Jetz W and Pellissier L (2023). Paleoenvironments shaped the exchange of terrestrial vertebrates across Wallace’s Line. Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) vol. 381 (6653), 86-92. 06-07-2023
Guevara EA, Bello C, Poveda C, McFadden IR, Schleuning M, Pellissier L and Graham CH (2023). Hummingbird community structure and nectar resources modulate the response of interspecific competition to forest conversion. Oecologia, Springer Nature vol. 201 (3), 761-770. 09-02-2023
2022
McFadden IR, Sendek A, Brosse M, Bach PM, Baity‐Jesi M, Bolliger J, Bollmann K, Brockerhoff EG, Donati G, Gebert F, Ghosh S, Ho H, Khaliq I, Lever JJ, Logar I, Moor H, Odermatt D, Pellissier L, de Queiroz LJ, Rixen C, et al. (2022). Linking human impacts to community processes in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. Ecology Letters, Wiley vol. 26 (2), 203-218. 22-12-2022
de Queiroz LJ, Doenz CJ, Altermatt F, Alther R, Borko Š, Brodersen J, Gossner MM, Graham C, Matthews B, McFadden IR, Pellissier L, Schmitt T, Selz OM, Villalba S, Rüber L, Zimmermann NE and Seehausen O (2022). Climate, immigration and speciation shape terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity in the European Alps. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 289 (1980) 10-08-2022
McFadden IR, Fritz SA, Zimmermann NE, Pellissier L, Kissling WD, Tobias JA, Schleuning M and Graham CH (2022). Global plant‐frugivore trait matching is shaped by climate and biogeographic history. Ecology Letters, Wiley vol. 25 (3), 686-696. 24-02-2022
2019
Kattge J, Bönisch G, Díaz S, Lavorel S, Prentice IC, Leadley P, Tautenhahn S, Werner GDA, Aakala T, Abedi M, Acosta ATR, Adamidis GC, Adamson K, Aiba M, Albert CH, Alcántara JM, C CA, Aleixo I, Ali H, Amiaud B, et al. (2019). TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology, Wiley vol. 26 (1), 119-188. 31-12-2019
McFadden IR, Sandel B, Tsirogiannis C, Morueta‐Holme N, Svenning J, Enquist BJ and Kraft NJB (2019). Temperature shapes opposing latitudinal gradients of plant taxonomic and phylogenetic β diversity. Ecology Letters, Wiley vol. 22 (7), 1126-1135. 07-05-2019
Fortunel C, McFadden IR, Valencia R and Kraft NJB (2019). Neither species geographic range size, climatic envelope, nor intraspecific leaf trait variability capture habitat specialization in a hyperdiverse Amazonian forest. Biotropica, Wiley vol. 51 (3), 304-310. 09-04-2019
McFadden IR, Bartlett MK, Wiegand T, Turner BL, Sack L, Valencia R and Kraft NJB (2019). Disentangling the functional trait correlates of spatial aggregation in tropical forest trees. Ecology, Wiley vol. 100 (3) 21-02-2019
2011
Estrada A, McFadden I and Butler R (2011). Beginning a Fourth Year of Tropical Conservation Science with OJS, a New Publishing Platform. Tropical Conservation Science, SAGE Publications vol. 4 (1), i-iii. 01-03-2011