Jeremy Froidevaux

I am a conservation biologist with broad interests in wildlife ecology and conservation. I use emerging technologies to conduct my research which mainly focuses on assessing the effectiveness of conservation measures to enhance biodiversity, investigating the effects of habitat management and land-use changes on biodiversity at multiple spatial scales and evaluating and optimizing monitoring protocols for endangered species.

My PhD thesis regarded the contributions of agri-environment schemes to the conservation of bats and arthropods in European farmland habitats. I was awarded the Vincent Weir Scientific Award in 2017 for a significant contribution to research on the conservation biology of bats. I collaborated during my PhD on several projects, including the effects of organic-transitional agriculture on bats in Cyprus, the ecology of Mauritian flying fox and its impact on commercial fruit farms, and the impacts of solar farm development on bats in the UK.

My current postdoctoral research project is part of the EU funded “CERES project” (Connectivity of forest and riparian ecosystems; www.ceres-sudoe.eu) in which I assess the effects of spatial and temporal continuity of mosaic forest landscapes on bat and moth communities in France and Portugal.