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
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainability
2024
Futureproofing Europe’s forestsMcFadden IR Nature Ecology & Evolution,
Springer Nature vol. 8 (6), 1064-1065.
29-04-2024Warming underpins community turnover in temperate freshwater and terrestrial communitiesKhaliq 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
Nature Communications,
Springer Nature vol. 15 (1)
01-03-2024 2023
The geography of climate and the global patterns of species diversityCoelho 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
Nature,
Springer Nature vol. 622 (7983), 537-544.
27-09-2023 Utilizing multi-objective decision support tools for protected area selectionVoskamp 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. One Earth,
Elsevier vol. 6 (9), 1143-1156.
01-09-2023 Paleoenvironments shaped the exchange of terrestrial vertebrates across Wallace’s LineSkeels A, Boschman LM,
McFadden IR, Joyce EM, Hagen O, Jiménez Robles O, Bach W, Boussange V, Keggin T, Jetz W and Pellissier L
Science,
American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 381 (6653), 86-92.
06-07-2023 Hummingbird community structure and nectar resources modulate the response of interspecific competition to forest conversionGuevara EA, Bello C, Poveda C,
McFadden IR, Schleuning M, Pellissier L and Graham CH
Oecologia,
Springer Nature vol. 201 (3), 761-770.
09-02-2023 2022
Linking human impacts to community processes in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystemsMcFadden 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. Ecology Letters,
Wiley vol. 26 (2), 203-218.
22-12-2022 Climate, immigration and speciation shape terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity in the European Alpsde 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
Proceedings of The Royal Society B,
The Royal Society vol. 289 (1980)
10-08-2022 Global plant‐frugivore trait matching is shaped by climate and biogeographic historyMcFadden IR, Fritz SA, Zimmermann NE, Pellissier L, Kissling WD, Tobias JA, Schleuning M and Graham CH
Ecology Letters,
Wiley vol. 25 (3), 686-696.
24-02-2022 2019
TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open accessKattge 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. Global Change Biology,
Wiley vol. 26 (1), 119-188.
31-12-2019 Temperature shapes opposing latitudinal gradients of plant taxonomic and phylogenetic β diversityMcFadden IR, Sandel B, Tsirogiannis C, Morueta‐Holme N, Svenning J, Enquist BJ and Kraft NJB
Ecology Letters,
Wiley vol. 22 (7), 1126-1135.
07-05-2019 Neither species geographic range size, climatic envelope, nor intraspecific leaf trait variability capture habitat specialization in a hyperdiverse Amazonian forestFortunel C,
McFadden IR, Valencia R and Kraft NJB
Biotropica,
Wiley vol. 51 (3), 304-310.
09-04-2019 Disentangling the functional trait correlates of spatial aggregation in tropical forest treesMcFadden IR, Bartlett MK, Wiegand T, Turner BL, Sack L, Valencia R and Kraft NJB
Ecology,
Wiley vol. 100 (3)
21-02-2019 2011
Beginning a Fourth Year of Tropical Conservation Science with OJS, a New Publishing PlatformEstrada A,
McFadden I and Butler R
Tropical Conservation Science,
Sage Publications vol. 4 (1), i-iii.
01-03-2011
