Queen's University, Belfast
| Current Position | Professor of Invasion Ecology / Director of Queen’s Marine Laboratory |
| Telephone | +44 (0) 7787506623 |
| j.dick@qub.ac.uk | |
| Departments | School of Biological Sciences |
| ECR | No |
| Quadrat Core Themes | Biodiversity, Earth Systems, Environmental Management |
| Methods I Use | Bio / Geo / Chemical Analytical, Modelling |
| Profiles |
PUREKey Research Interests
- Prediction of invasive alien species impacts
- Eradication of invasive alien species
- Quantifying species interactions
- Fisheries sustainability
- Biological control of invasive and pest species
Recent Key Papers
- Cuthbert, R.N., Dalu, T., Wasserman, R.J., Mofu, L., Callaghan, A., Weyl, O.L.F. & Dick, J.T.A. (2018). Intermediate predator naïveté and sex-skewed vulnerability predict the impact of an invasive higher predator. Scientific Reports, 8:14282.
- Coughlan, N.E., Walsh, D.A., Caffrey, J.M., Davis, E., Lucy, F.E., Cuthbert, R.N. & Dick, J.T.A. (2018). Cold as Ice: a novel eradication and control method for invasive Asian clam, Corbicula fluminea, using pelleted dry ice. Management of Biological Invasions,
- Dick, J.T.A., et al. (2017). Invader Relative Impact Potential: a new metric to understand and predict the ecological impacts of existing, emerging and future invasive alien species. Journal of Applied Ecology, 54: 1259-1267
Summary Title of Current Studentships
- Managing invasive Asian Clam
- Biocontrol of mosquitoes with native predators
- Predicting invasive species impacts with functional responses
- Micoplastics effects on fisheries
- Invasive rainbow trout impacts
- Development of new metrics to predict invasive alien species
- QUADRAT DTP student Joshua Clarke: Predicting the Unpredictable: the role of eco-evolutionary experience in species interactions across taxa and habitats
