Dr Stewart White
- Senior Lecturer (Life Sciences Animal Biology)
- Honorary Curator National Nest Reference Collection (Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery Division)
telephone:
01413302505
email:
Stewart.White@glasgow.ac.uk
R514 Level 5, MVLS School of Life Science, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ
Research interests
Research Interests
Ecology of neotropical rainforest birds
With the increasing pressures being put on the rainforests it is essential that as much information as possible is gathered about the organisms which inhabit these areas. I took part in a long-term capture-recapture study of birds in the Northern Range Mountains of Trinidad between 1988 and 1996 and conducted a smaller study in the south of the island between 1999 and 2001. I hope to return to the island in the near future to follow -up the two studies.
I am currently conducting capture-recapture studies of birds at two locations in Ecuador, one in cloud forest at Otonga Reserve in the Cotopaxi Region, the other in varzea and terre-firme forest at Sumaco National Reserve in the Oriente Region. The Sumaco Reserve has never previously been studied and as well as the capture-recapture study I am conducting a basic census of the area using a combination of mist netting, observation and sound recording.
Ecology of the Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus The ring ouzel is a little studied species of migratory upland thrush, which in many areas of its range is in decline. My colleague David Arthur of the Tay Ringing Group has been studying a population of the birds in Glenesk since the 1980's. Numbers in the Glenesk population have been stable over the study period and we are attempting to identify the factors that have allowed this stability.
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Damselfly foraging behaviour
Dragonflies and damselflies are large, spectacular insects and amongst the most ancient of flying insects. The larval stages are voracious and aggressive aquatic predators demonstrating many complex interactions with conspecifics and other organisms. I study these interactions in laboratory conditions by manipulating factors such as diet and presence or absence of other organisms.
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- Cataloguing Loch Lomond Ecological Research
Glasgow Natural History Society
2018 - 2020
- Water vole conservation
Glasgow City Council
2017 - 2017
- Bird Transmission Lyme Disease
Glasgow Natural History Society
2016 - 2017
- Water Vole Survey
Glasgow City Council
2016 - 2017
- Research in the ecology of fossorial water voles in Glasgow's East End
Glasgow Natural History Society
2014 - 2018
- The factors affecting the status of the Bearded Tit, Panurus biarmicus, population in the Tay Reedbeds, Scotland
The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
2012 - 2012
- A canopy bird mist-netting in Payamino, Ecuador
The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
2011 - 2011
Supervision
- Hay, Michelle
Development of a novel ancient pathogen DNA protocol to aid in identifying and understanding the impact of vector-borne diseases in relation to Viking movements and migrations circa 800 – 1000 AD - McCaskill, Michael
Understanding the Urban Ecology of Badgers in Scotland