Dr Justin Irvine

Research Interests

My research focuses on understanding the impact of free-ranging herbivores on the habitats they graze. This requires both an understanding of population dynamics and of the socio-economic drivers that affect herbivore management. Current work focuses on the role of upland herbivores in the transmission of disease and investigates how competitive interactions between upland herbivores may determine herbivore habitat and range use and the consequences for natural heritage impacts. In addition, I am developing an interdisciplinary approach to tackle the management of natural resources and recently secured RELU funding for a project entitled "Collaborative frameworks in land management: A case study on integrated deer management" which has brought together a range of stakeholders and researchers relevant to deer management

Justin's highlighted publications

• Collaborative frameworks in land management: a case study on integrated deer management., Irvine, R.J.; Fiorini, S.; Yearley, S.; McLeod, J.E..; Turner, A.; Armstrong, H.; van der Wal, R.; Macmillan, D.C.; Mayle, B.; O'Brien, L..; White, R.M.; Dandy, N.; Philip, S.; White, P.C.L., (2010) End of Award Report for the Rural Economy and Land Use Programme. Reference Number 224-25-0014. Submitted to Economic and Social Research Council, Swindon.

Justin's most recent publications

• Is there a cost of parasites to caribou?, Hughes, J.; Albon, S.D.; Irvine, R.J.; Woodin, S., (2009) Parasitology, 136, 253-265.

• Managing wild deer in Scotland: Linking science and practice to resolve grazing conflicts., Irvine, R.J., (2009) Sino-German Tibetan Rangeland Ecosystem Research Symposium Langzhou University, China, 20-26 July 2009

• Retreat from the hills: consequences for biodiversity., Irvine, R.J.; Albon, S.D., (2009) Forestry Commission and Scottish Natural Heritage, Silvan House Corstorphine, Edinburgh. Drop in poster session.

• Climate change and red deer population trends., Irvine, R.J.; Albon, S.D., (2009) Deer Commission for Scotland, Birnam Arts and Conference Centre, Birnam, Perthshire, 30th March 2009.

• Can managers inform models? Integrating local knowledge into models of red deer habitat use., Irvine, R.J.; Fiorini, S.; McLeod, J.; Turner, A.; Van der Wal, R.; Armstrong, H.; Yearley, S.; White, P.C.L., (2009) Journal of Applied Ecology, 46, 344-352.

• Developing adaptive frameworks for resolving hunting and conservation conflicts: the role of participatory GIS. Human-wildlife conflict resolution., Irvine, R.J.; White, R.; et al., (2009) The Mammal Society's Autumn Symposium, The Meeting Rooms, The Zoological Society of London, London Zoo, 20th-21st November 2009.

• On the virtues of collaboration: addressing the conflicts in wild deer management., Irvine, R.J.; van der Wal, R.; et al., (2009) Environmental Sustainability, 1st Annual ACES Symposium, Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, 27th February 2009.

• Collaborative frameworks in land management: A case study on integrated deer management., Mayle, B.; Irvine, R.J.; Armstrong, H.; Dandy, N.; Fiorini, S.; Gill, R.; MacMillan, D.; O'Brien, E.; Phillip, S.; Ross, L.; Smart, J.; van der Wal, R.; White, P.; White, R.; Yearley, S., (2009) RELU Newsletter, No.5

• Evaluating capture stress and its effects on reproductive success in Svalbard reindeer., Omsjoe, E.H.; Stien, A.; Irvine, RJ.; Albon, S.D.; Dahl, E.; Thoresen, S.I.; Rustad, E.; Ropstad, E. , (2009) Canadian Journal of Zoology, 87, 73-85.

• Managing conflicting goals in the uplands: consequences for biodiversity., Redpath, S.M.; Albon, S.D.; Irvine, R.J., (2009) Scotland's Changing Rural Biodiversity: Policy and Action Needs, Edinburgh Consortium for Rural Research, Battleby, Perth.