Professor Philip H Warren

BSc, DPhil

School of Biosciences

Emeritus Professor

p.warren@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0031

E213, Alfred Denny Building

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Professor Philip H Warren
School of Biosciences
E213
Alfred Denny Building
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN

Profile

Career

BSc University of Wales, Aberystwyth (1985)
DPhil University of York (1985-1988)
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of York (1988-1989)
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Imperial College London (1989)
Lecturer & Senior Lecturer, Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield (1989-2007)
Reader in Ecology, Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield (2008-2012)
Professor of Ecology, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield (2012-present)

Research interests

My research is concerned with understanding the structure and function of communities and ecosystems, and the interactions humans have with them. This research considers fundamental questions about biodiversity and how it is maintained, including:

How are ecological networks, such as food webs, structured and what are the consequences for their function?
How is local diversity affected by environmental factors such as habitat structure and energy input?
What are the assembly rules which determine community development?
How is local community structure affected by dispersal between communities across a landscape?

... and more 'applied' questions to do with the ways in humans affect, and are affected by, the environments in which we live and the ecosystem processes upon which we depend. For example:

Can provision of more, diverse, or specific types of, greenspace in urban areas enhance biodiversity, human wellbeing and environmental sustainability?
How can we most effectively maintain, or increase, wetland habitats in agricultural and urban areas to support biodiversity and provide better ecosystem services?
What are the constraints on, and potential of, small scale food production in urban (and other) areas for wellbeing, food security, and biodiversity?
How do we define the quality or state of an ecological system, and what are the implications for community restoration?

These questions are all are broadly concerned with how, and if, we can make a more sustainable future for humans, and the remarkable ecosystems of which we are part and upon which we depend. As with most of the major environmental challenges we face, tackling such questions does not just involve ecology, but requires interdisciplinary collaboration with such areas as engineering, social science, economics, planning and psychology.

Websites for some current and past projects:

And stretching interdisciplinarity yet further ...

Plastics: redefining single use

Publications

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Featured publications

Journal articles

Paetzold A, Smith M, Warren PH & Maltby L (2011) Environmental impact propagated by cross-system subsidy: Chronic stream pollution controls riparian spider populations. ECOLOGY, 92(9), 1711-1716.
Petchey OL, Beckerman AP, Riede JO & Warren PH (2011) Fit, efficiency, and biology: some thoughts on judging food web models.. J Theor Biol, 279(1), 169-171. View this article in WRRO
Worsfold NT, Warren PH & Petchey OL (2009) Context-dependent effects of predator removal from experimental microcosm communities. OIKOS, 118(9), 1319-1326.
Loram A, Thompson K, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2008) Urban domestic gardens (XII): The richness and composition of the flora in five UK cities. J VEG SCI, 19(3), 321-U67.
Petchey OL, Beckerman AP, Riede JO & Warren PH (2008) Size, foraging, and food web structure.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 105(11), 4191-4196. View this article in WRRO
Fuller RA, Warren PH, Armsworth PR, Barbosa O & Gaston KJ (2008) Garden bird feeding predicts the structure of urban avian assemblages. DIVERS DISTRIB, 14(1), 131-137.

All publications

Books

Woodward G, Blanchard J, Lauridsen RB, Edwards FK, Jones JI, Figueroa D, Warren PH & Petchey OL (2010) Individual-Based Food Webs: Species Identity, Body Size and Sampling Effects.

Journal articles

Dobson MC, Edmondson JL & Warren PH (2020) Urban food cultivation in the United Kingdom: Quantifying loss of allotment land and identifying potential for restoration. Landscape and Urban Planning, 199, 103803-103803.
Richards DR, Moggridge HL, Warren PH & Maltby L (2020) Correction to: Impacts of hydrological restoration on lowland river floodplain plant communities. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 28(3), 419-419.
Grafius DR, Edmondson JL, Norton BA, Clark R, Mears M, Leake JR, Corstanje R, Harris JA & Warren PH (2020) Estimating food production in an urban landscape. Scientific Reports, 10(1). View this article in WRRO
Edmondson J, Cunningham H, Densley Tingley D, Dobson M, Grafius D, Leake J, McHugh N, Nickles J, Phoenix G, Ryan A , Stovin V et al (2020) The hidden potential of urban horticulture. Nature Food, 1, 155-159. View this article in WRRO
Richards DR, Moggridge HL, Warren PH & Maltby L (2020) Impacts of hydrological restoration on lowland river floodplain plant communities. Wetlands Ecology and Management. View this article in WRRO
Edmondson JL, Childs DZ, Dobson MC, Gaston KJ, Warren PH & Leake JR (2020) Feeding a city – Leicester as a case study of the importance of allotments for horticultural production in the UK. Science of The Total Environment, 705. View this article in WRRO
Hough IM, Warren PH & Shucksmith JD (2019) Designing an environmental flow framework for impounded river systems through modelling of invertebrate habitat quality. Ecological Indicators, 106. View this article in WRRO
Norton BA, Bending GD, Clark R, Corstanje R, Dunnett N, Evans KL, Grafius DR, Gravestock E, Grice SM, Harris JA , Hilton S et al (2019) Urban meadows as an alternative to short mown grassland : effects of composition and height on biodiversity. Ecological Applications, 29(6). View this article in WRRO
Grafius DR, Corstanje R, Warren PH, Evans KL, Norton BA, Siriwardena GM, Pescott OL, Plummer KE, Mears M, Zawadzka J , Richards JP et al (2019) Using GIS-linked Bayesian Belief Networks as a tool for modelling urban biodiversity. Landscape and Urban Planning, 189, 382-395. View this article in WRRO
Ersoy E, Jorgensen A & Warren PH (2019) Green and ecological networks in Sheffield, UK. Landscape Research, 44(8), 922-936.
Ersoy E, Jorgensen A & Warren PH (2019) Identifying multispecies connectivity corridors and the spatial pattern of the landscape. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 40, 308-322.
Hoyle H, Norton B, Dunnett N, Richards JP, Russell JM & Warren P (2018) Plant species or flower colour diversity? Identifying the drivers of public and invertebrate response to designed annual meadows. Landscape and Urban Planning, 180, 103-113. View this article in WRRO
Richards DR, Moggridge HL, Maltby L & Warren PH (2018) Impacts of habitat heterogeneity on the provision of multiple ecosystem services in a temperate floodplain. Basic and Applied Ecology, 29, 32-43. View this article in WRRO
Tsai C-W, Young T, Warren PH & Maltby L (2017) Riparian thermal conditions across a mixed rural and urban landscape. Applied Geography, 87, 106-114. View this article in WRRO
Hoyle H, Jorgensen A, Warren P, Dunnett N & Evans K (2017) “Not in their front yard” The opportunities and challenges of introducing perennial urban meadows: A local authority stakeholder perspective. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 25, 139-149. View this article in WRRO
O'Sullivan OS, Holt AR, Warren PH & Evans KL (2017) Optimising UK urban road verge contributions to biodiversity and ecosystem services with cost-effective management. Journal of Environmental Management, 191, 162-171. View this article in WRRO
Richards DR, Warren PH, Maltby L & Moggridge HL (2017) Awareness of greater numbers of ecosystem services affects preferences for floodplain management. Ecosystem Services, 24, 138-146. View this article in WRRO
Anderson D, Moggridge H, Shucksmith J & Warren P (2017) Quantifying the Impact of Water Abstraction for Low Head ‘Run of the River’ Hydropower on Localized River Channel Hydraulics and Benthic Macroinvertebrates. River Research and Applications, 33(2), 202-213. View this article in WRRO
Norton BA, Evans KL & Warren PH (2016) Urban biodiversity and landscape ecology: patterns, processes and planning. Current Landscape Ecology Reports, 1(4), 178-192. View this article in WRRO
Grafius DR, Corstanje R, Warren PH, Evans KL, Hancock S & Harris JA (2016) The impact of land use/land cover scale on modelling urban ecosystem services. Landscape Ecology, 31(7), 1509-1522. View this article in WRRO
Tsai C-W, Young T, Warren PH & Maltby L (2016) Phenological responses of ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) to riparian thermal conditions. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 16, 95-102.
Holt AR, Mears M, Maltby L & Warren P (2015) Understanding spatial patterns in the production of multiple urban ecosystem services. Ecosystem Services, 16, 33-46. View this article in WRRO
Richards DR, Warren PH, Moggridge HL & Maltby L (2015) Spatial variation in the impact of dragonflies and debris on recreational ecosystem services in a floodplain wetland. Ecosystem Services, 15, 113-121. View this article in WRRO
Griffiths JI, Warren PH & Childs DZ (2015) Multiple environmental changes interact to modify species dynamics and invasion rates. Oikos, 124(4), 458-468.
Dallimer M, Davies ZG, Diaz-Porras DF, Irvine KN, Maltby L, Warren PH, Armsworth PR & Gaston KJ (2015) Historical influences on the current provision of multiple ecosystem services. Global Environmental Change, 31, 307-317. View this article in WRRO
Ersoy E, Jorgensen A & Warren PH (2015) Measuring the spatial structure of urban land uses. The case of Sheffield, UK. Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology, 16(1), 393-401.
Anderson D, Moggridge H, Warren P & Shucksmith J (2015) The impacts of ‘run-of-river’ hydropower on the physical and ecological condition of rivers. Water and Environment Journal, 29(2), 268-276. View this article in WRRO
Richards DR, Maltby L, Moggridge HL & Warren PH (2014) European water voles in a reconnected lowland river floodplain: habitat preferences and distribution patterns following the restoration of flooding. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 22(5), 539-549.
Dallimer M, Tinch D, Hanley N, Irvine KN, Rouquette JR, Warren PH, Maltby L, Gaston KJ & Armsworth PR (2014) Quantifying preferences for the natural world using monetary and nonmonetary assessments of value. Conservation Biology, 28(2), 404-413. View this article in WRRO
Clements CF, Warren PH, Collen B, Blackburn T, Worsfold N & Petchey O (2013) Interactions between assembly order and temperature can alter both short- and long-term community composition. Ecology and Evolution, 3(16), 5201-5208. View this article in WRRO
Rouquette JR, Dallimer M, Armsworth PR, Gaston KJ, Maltby L & Warren PH (2013) Species turnover and geographic distance in an urban river network. Diversity and Distributions, 19(11), 1429-1439. View this article in WRRO
Clements CF, Worsfold NT, Warren PH, Collen B, Clark N, Blackburn TM & Petchey OL (2013) Experimentally testing the accuracy of an extinction estimator: Solow's optimal linear estimation model. Journal of Animal Ecology, 82(2), 345-354.
Dallimer M, Rouquette JR, Skinner AMJ, Armsworth PR, Maltby LM, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2012) Contrasting patterns in species richness of birds, butterflies and plants along riparian corridors in an urban landscape. Diversity and Distributions, 18(8), 742-753.
Dallimer M, Irvine KN, Skinner AMJ, Davies ZG, Rouquette JR, Maltby LL, Warren PH, Armsworth PR & Gaston KJ (2012) Biodiversity and the Feel-Good Factor: Understanding Associations between Self-Reported Human Well-being and Species Richness. BIOSCIENCE, 62(1), 47-55.
Loram A, Warren P, Thompson K & Gaston K (2011) Urban Domestic Gardens: The Effects of Human Interventions on Garden Composition. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, 48(4), 808-824.
Paetzold A, Smith M, Warren PH & Maltby L (2011) Environmental impact propagated by cross-system subsidy: Chronic stream pollution controls riparian spider populations. ECOLOGY, 92(9), 1711-1716.
Thierry A, Petchey OL, Beckerman AP, Warren PH & Williams RJ (2011) The consequences of size dependent foraging for food web topology. OIKOS, 120(4), 493-502.
Petchey OL, Beckerman AP, Riede JO & Warren PH (2011) Fit, efficiency, and biology: some thoughts on judging food web models.. J Theor Biol, 279(1), 169-171. View this article in WRRO
Thierry A, Beckerman AP, Warren PH, Williams RJ, Cole AJ & Petchey OL (2011) Adaptive foraging and the rewiring of size-structured food webs following extinctions. Basic and Applied Ecology, 12(7), 562-570.
Paetzold A, Warren PH & Maltby LL (2010) A framework for assessing ecological quality based on ecosystem services. ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY, 7(3), 273-281.
Smith RM, Thompson K, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2010) Urban domestic gardens (XIII): Composition of the bryophyte and lichen floras, and determinants of species richness. BIOL CONSERV, 143(4), 873-882.
(2009) Erratum. Oikos, 118(11), 1760-1760.
Worsfold NT, Warren PH & Petchey OL (2009) Context-dependent effects of predator removal from experimental microcosm communities. OIKOS, 118(9), 1319-1326.
Ings TC, Montoya JM, Bascompte J, Bluthgen N, Brown L, Dormann CF, Edwards F, Figueroa D, Jacob U, Jones JI , Lauridsen RB et al (2009) Ecological networks - beyond food webs. J ANIM ECOL, 78(1), 253-269.
Loram A, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2008) Urban domestic gardens (XIV): the characteristics of gardens in five cities.. Environ Manage, 42(3), 361-376.
Loram A, Thompson K, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2008) Urban domestic gardens (XII): The richness and composition of the flora in five UK cities. J VEG SCI, 19(3), 321-U67.
Petchey OL, Beckerman AP, Riede JO & Warren PH (2008) Size, foraging, and food web structure.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 105(11), 4191-4196. View this article in WRRO
Davies RG, Barbosa O, Fuller RA, Tratalos J, Burke N, Lewis D, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2008) City-wide relationships between green spaces, urban land use and topography. Urban Ecosystems, 11(3), 269-287.
Fuller RA, Warren PH, Armsworth PR, Barbosa O & Gaston KJ (2008) Garden bird feeding predicts the structure of urban avian assemblages. DIVERS DISTRIB, 14(1), 131-137.
Tratalos J, Fuller RA, Warren PH, Davies RG & Gaston KJ (2007) Urban form, biodiversity potential and ecosystem services. LANDSCAPE URBAN PLAN, 83(4), 308-317.
Fuller RA, Irvine KN, Devine-Wright P, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2007) Psychological benefits of greenspace increase with biodiversity.. Biol Lett, 3(4), 390-394.
Fuller RA, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2007) Daytime noise predicts nocturnal singing in urban robins.. Biol Lett, 3(4), 368-370.
Loram A, Tratalos J, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2007) Urban domestic gardens (X): the extent & structure of the resource in five major cities. LANDSCAPE ECOL, 22(4), 601-615.
Gaston KJ, Cush P, Ferguson S, Frost P, Gaston S, Knight D, Loram A, Smith RM, Thompson K & Warren PH (2007) Urban domestic gardens: improving their contributions to biodiversity and ecosystem services. British Wildlife, February, 171-177.
Gaston KJ, Cush P, Ferguson S, Frost P, Gaston S, Knight D, Loram A, Smith RM, Thompson K & Warren PH (2007) Improving the contribution of urban gardens for wildlife: Some guiding propositions. British Wildlife, 18(3), 171-177.
Beckerman AP, Petchey OL & Warren PH (2006) Foraging biology predicts food web complexity.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 103(37), 13745-13749.
Smith RM, Warren PH, Thompson K & Gaston KJ (2006) Urban domestic gardens (VI): environmental correlates of invertebrate species richness. BIODIVERS CONSERV, 15(8), 2415-2438.
Smith RM, Gaston KJ, Warren PH & Thompson K (2006) Urban domestic gardens (VIII): environmental correlates of invertebrate abundance. BIODIVERS CONSERV, 15(8), 2515-2545.
Smith RM, Thompson K, Hodgson JG, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2006) Urban domestic gardens (IX): Composition and richness of the vascular plant flora, and implications for native biodiversity. BIOL CONSERV, 129(3), 312-322.
Warren PH & Weatherby AJ (2006) Energy input and species diversity patterns in microcosms. OIKOS, 113(2), 314-324.
Warren PH, Law R & Weatherby AJ (2006) Invasion biology as a community process: Messages from microbial microcosms, 343-367.
Brose U, Jonsson T, Berlow EL, Warren P, Banasek-Richter C, Bersier LF, Blanchard JL, Brey T, Carpenter SR, Blandenier MFC , Cushing L et al (2006) Consumer-resource body-size relationships in natural food webs. ECOLOGY, 87(10), 2411-2417.
Woodward G, Ebenman B, Emmerson MC, Montoya JM, Olesen JM, Valido A & Warren PH (2005) Body Size Determinants of the Structure and Dynamics of Ecological Networks: Scaling from the Individual to the Ecosystem, 179-197.
Gaston KJ, Warren PH, Thompson K & Smith RM (2005) Urban domestic gardens (IV): The extent of the resource and its associated features. BIODIVERS CONSERV, 14(14), 3327-3349.
Woodward G, Ebenman B, Emmerson M, Montoya JM, Olesen JM, Valido A & Warren PH (2005) Body size in ecological networks. TRENDS ECOL EVOL, 20(7), 402-409.
Scholes L, Warren PH & Beckerman AP (2005) The combined effects of energy and disturbance on species richness in protist microcosms. ECOL LETT, 8(7), 730-738.
Thompson K, Colsell S, Carpenter J, Smith RM, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2005) Urban domestic gardens (VII): a preliminary survey of soil seed banks. SEED SCI RES, 15(2), 133-141.
Smith RM, Gaston KJ, Warren PH & Thompson K (2005) Urban domestic gardens (V): relationships between landcover composition, housing and landscape. LANDSCAPE ECOL, 20(2), 235-253.
Gaston KJ, Smith RM, Thompson K & Warren PH (2005) Urban domestic gardens (II): experimental tests of methods for increasing biodiversity. BIODIVERS CONSERV, 14(2), 395-413.
Evans KL, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2005) Species-energy relationships at the macroecological scale: a review of the mechanisms.. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc, 80(1), 1-25.
Evans KL, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2005) Does energy availability influence classical patterns of spatial variation in exotic species richness?. GLOBAL ECOL BIOGEOGR, 14(1), 57-65.
Holt AR, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2004) The importance of habitat heterogeneity, biotic interactions and dispersal in abundance-occupancy relationships. J ANIM ECOL, 73(5), 841-851.
Thompson K, Hodgson JG, Smith RM, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2004) Urban domestic gardens (III): Composition and diversity of lawn floras. J VEG SCI, 15(3), 373-378.
Petchey OL, Downing AL, Mittelbach GG, Persson L, Steiner CF, Warren PH & Woodward G (2004) Species loss and the structure and functioning of multitrophic aquatic systems. OIKOS, 104(3), 467-478.
Gaston KJ, Smith RM, Thompson K & Warren PH (2004) Gardens and wildlife - The BUGS project. British Wildlife, 16(1), 1-9.
Wong DCL, Maltby L, Whittle D, Warren P & Dorn PB (2004) Spatial and temporal variability in the structure of invertebrate assemblages in control stream mesocosms.. Water Res, 38(1), 128-138.
Warren PH, Law R & Weatherby AJ (2003) Mapping the assembly of protist communities in microcosms. ECOLOGY, 84(4), 1001-1011. View this article in WRRO
Thompson K, Austin KC, Smith RM, Warren PH, Angold PG & Gaston KJ (2003) Urban domestic gardens (I): Putting small-scale plant diversity in context. J VEG SCI, 14(1), 71-78.
Wong DCL, Whittle D, Maltby L & Warren P (2003) Multivariate analyses of invertebrate community responses to a C12-15 AE-3S anionic surfactant in stream mesocosms.. Aquat Toxicol, 62(2), 105-117.
Holt AR, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2002) The importance of biotic interactions in abundance-occupancy relationships. J ANIM ECOL, 71(5), 846-854.
Briers RA & Warren PH (2000) Population turnover and habitat dynamics in Notonecta (Hemiptera : Notonectidae) metapopulations. OECOLOGIA, 123(2), 216-222.
Law R, Weatherby AJ & Warren PH (2000) On the invasibility of persistent protist communities. OIKOS, 88(2), 319-326.
Briers RA & Warren PH (1999) Competition between the nymphs of two regionally co-occurring species of Notonecta (Hemiptera : Notonectidae). FRESHWATER BIOL, 42(1), 11-20.
Warren PH, Rotherham I, Eades P, Wright S & Howe P (1999) The macrophyte and invertebrate communities of dewponds, with particular reference to the method of pond construction. Peak District Journal of Archaeology and Natural History, 1, 27-33.
Loder N, Gaston KJ, Warren PH & Arnold HR (1998) Body size and feeding specificity: macrolepidoptera in Britain. BIOL J LINN SOC, 63(1), 121-139.
Weatherby AJ, Warren PH & Law R (1998) Coexistence and collapse: an experimental investigation of the persistent communities of a protist species pool. J ANIM ECOL, 67(4), 554-566.
Warren PH & Gaston KJ (1997) Interspecific abundance-occupancy relationships: A test of mechanisms using microcosms. J ANIM ECOL, 66(5), 730-742.
Gaston KJ & Warren PH (1997) Interspecific abundance-occupancy relationships and the effects of disturbance: a test using microcosms. OECOLOGIA, 112(1), 112-117.
Spencer M & Warren PH (1996) The effects of energy input, immigration and habitat size on food web structure: A microcosm experiment. OECOLOGIA, 108(4), 764-770.
Warren PH (1996) Dispersal and destruction in a multiple habitat system: An experimental approach using protist communities. OIKOS, 77(2), 317-325.
Spencer M & Warren PH (1996) The effects of habitat size and productivity on food web structure in small aquatic microcosms. OIKOS, 75(3), 419-430.
Warren PH & Spencer M (1996) Community and food-web responses to the manipulation of energy input and disturbance in small ponds. OIKOS, 75(3), 407-418.
Warren PH (1996) The effects of between-habitat dispersal rate on protist communities and metacommunities in microcosms at two spatial scales. OECOLOGIA, 105(1), 132-140.
WARREN PH (1995) ESTIMATING MORPHOLOGICALLY DETERMINED CONNECTANCE AND STRUCTURE FOR FOOD WEBS OF FRESH-WATER INVERTEBRATES. FRESHWATER BIOL, 33(2), 213-221.
WARREN PH (1994) MAKING CONNECTIONS IN FOOD WEBS. TRENDS ECOL EVOL, 9(4), 136-141.
COHEN JE, BEAVER RA, COUSINS SH, DEANGELIS DL, GOLDWASSER L, HEONG KL, HOLT RD, KOHN AJ, LAWTON JH, MARTINEZ N , OMALLEY R et al (1993) IMPROVING FOOD WEBS. ECOLOGY, 74(1), 252-258.
WARREN PH (1993) INSECT HERBIVORY ON WATER MINT - YOU CANT GET THERE FROM HERE. ECOGRAPHY, 16(1), 11-15.
Warren PH & Gaston KJ (1992) Predator-prey ratios: a special case of a general pattern?. Philosophical Transactions - Royal Society of London, B, 338(1284), 113-130.
GASTON KJ, WARREN PH & HAMMOND PM (1992) PREDATOR - NON-PREDATOR RATIOS IN BEETLE ASSEMBLAGES. OECOLOGIA, 90(3), 417-421.
WARREN PH (1990) VARIATION IN FOOD-WEB STRUCTURE - THE DETERMINANTS OF CONNECTANCE. AMERICAN NATURALIST, 136(5), 689-700.
WARREN PH (1989) SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION IN THE STRUCTURE OF A FRESH-WATER FOOD WEB. OIKOS, 55(3), 299-311.
LAWTON JH & WARREN PH (1989) PATTERNS IN FOOD WEBS - REPLY. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 4(2), 50-50.
LAWTON JH & WARREN PH (1988) STATIC AND DYNAMIC EXPLANATIONS FOR PATTERNS IN FOOD WEBS. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 3(9), 242-245.
Warren PH (1988) Larval overwintering in Lestes sponsa (Hans.) (Zygoptera: Lestidae). Notulae Odonatologia, 3, 15-16.
WARREN PH & LAWTON JH (1987) INVERTEBRATE PREDATOR-PREY BODY SIZE RELATIONSHIPS - AN EXPLANATION FOR UPPER-TRIANGULAR FOOD WEBS AND PATTERNS IN FOOD WEB STRUCTURE. OECOLOGIA, 74(2), 231-235.
Dallimer M, Davies Z, Irvine K, Maltby L, Warren P, Gaston K & Armsworth P () What Personal and Environmental Factors Determine Frequency of Urban Greenspace Use?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11(8), 7977-7992.
J. Gaston K, H. Warren P, Thompson K & M. Smith R () Urban domestic gardens (IV): the extent of the resource and its associated features. Biodiversity and Conservation.

Chapters

Woodward G, Blanchard J, Lauridsen RB, Edwards FK, Jones JI, Figueroa D, Warren PH & Petchey OL (2010) Individual-Based Food Webs, Integrative Ecology: From Molecules to Ecosystems (pp. 211-266). Elsevier
Fuller RA, Tratalos J, Warren PH, Davies RG, Pępkowska A & Gaston KJ (2008) Environment and Biodiversity, Future City (pp. 75-103). Springer Netherlands
Irvine KN, Fuller RA, Devine-Wright P, Tratalos J, Payne SR, Warren PH, Lomas KJ & Gaston KJ (2008) Ecological and Psychological Value of Urban Green Space, Future City (pp. 215-237). Springer Netherlands
Woodward G & Warren PH (2007) Body size and predatory interactions in freshwaters: scaling from individuals to communities In Edmonds-Brown R, Raffaelli D & Hildrew A (Ed.), Body size in aquatic communities Cambridge University Press
Warren PH (2006) Wearing Elton's Wellingtons: Why Body Size Still Matters in Food Webs, Dynamic Food Webs (pp. 128-136).
Woodward G, Ebenman B, Emmerson MC, Montoya JM, Olesen JM, Valido A & Warren PH (2005) BODY SIZE DETERMINANTS OF THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS, Dynamic Food Webs (pp. 179-197). Elsevier
Arrington DA, Attree K, Baird DJ, Banaŝek-Richter C, Beisner BE, Bengtsson J, Benstead JP, Berg MP, Berlow EL, Bersier L-F , Bjornstad O et al (2005) CONTRIBUTORS, Dynamic Food Webs (pp. xi-xviii). Elsevier
Maltby L, Paetzold A & Warren P () Sustaining industrial activity and ecological quality: the potential role of an ecosystem services approach, Ecology of Industrial Pollution (pp. 327-344). Cambridge University Press
Smith RM, Warren PH, Thompson K & Gaston KJ () Urban domestic gardens (VI): environmental correlates of invertebrate species richness, Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation (pp. 75-98). Springer Netherlands
Smith RM, Gaston KJ, Warren PH & Thompson K () Urban domestic gardens (VIII): environmental correlates of invertebrate abundance, Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation (pp. 175-205). Springer Netherlands

Research group

PhD Research Students

Olivia Richardson: Living highways: biodiversity and ecosystem services in urban roadside greenspace (jointly with Dr Karl Evans, and Amey)
Ian Hough: Meeting ecological flow objectives for the WFD in heavily modified water bodies (jointly with Dr James Shucksmith (Civil and Structural Engineering) and United Utilities)
Vanessa Berrie: The ethics of conservation and the concept of natural capital (based at the University of York, jointly with Prof Piran White (Environment Dept, York) and Dr Steve Holland (Philosophy Dept, York))
Miriam Dobson: People, plants and places: understanding the ingredients of urban food production (jointly with Dr Jill Edmondson)

Teaching interests: I am interested in the development and use of IT to support teaching and assessment in ways that increase the scope and effectiveness of teaching. This has included the development of online course material to enable independent study and distance learning, and online assessment methods, for courses on data analysis and on ecological identification skills. This development work has been supported by grants from the University Learning and Teaching Development Fund (2002, 2008).

Teaching activities

Positions

Programme director for the Ecology & Conservation Biology degree
Senate Award Fellow (2010)
APS Teaching Committee
APS Student-staff committee coordinator
APS VLE (Blackboard) representative

Courses

APS131 Ecological Identification Skills
APS245 Freshwater Ecology Field Course
APS348 The Ecology of Landscapes

Other Teaching

I supervise Level 1 and Level 2 tutorial groups, undergraduate research projects at Level 3 (BSc) and Level 4 (MBiolSci), and postgraduate projects (MRes, MSc).

Professional activities and memberships

Member of the editorial board of Journal of Animal Ecology (1999-2006) and Associate Editor (2006-2012)
Advisory Editor for Environmental Conservation
Series Editor for the Ecological Reviews book series (British Ecol. Soc & Cambridge Univ. Press)
Editorial Board Landscape Research
Member of the Council of the British Ecological Society (2003-2006)
Member of BES Publications Committee (2003-present)
Member of the ESF Network: International Advancement of Community Ecology Theory (2001-2004)
Member of the Freshwater Biological Association Data and Information Services Advisory Group (2011-2017)
Member: Periodic Review of Teaching panel: Biological Sciences, University of Southampton (2013)
External examiner - University of Lincoln (BSc Biology) (2012-2016)
External examiner - Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University (MSc Conservation and Biodiversity / MSc Food Security) (2017-2021)

Other activities

Lead reviewer for the APS Research Ethics Committee
Coordinator for the Ecology and Conservation Research Cluster and member of the Research Committee in APS
Member of the Carbon Neutral University Network

I also have involvement with various ecologically related activities in the local area. These include being on the board of Trustees for the Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust (2011-2017 - vice-chair for part of that time), and on the steering groups for projects run by the Trust, including the HLF funded Nature Counts project (2016-2018), which produced a State of Nature report for Sheffield, and the Data for Nature project (2018-2020), developing systematic plans for nature reserve and wildlife monitoring in the SRWT area. In addition I represent the University on the Local Wildlife Sites Partnership (Sheffield City Council) which reviews and oversees the designation and monitoring of the 250+ Local Wildlife Sites in the area, and on the Sheffield Crayfish Action Group.