Warren, Philip H, Professor

Professor Philip H Warren

BSc, DPhil

School of Biosciences

Emeritus Professor

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

E213, Alfred Denny Building

Full contact details

Professor Philip H Warren
School of Biosciences
E213
Alfred Denny Building
Western Bank
91ֱ��
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 91ֱ�� (1989-2007)
Reader in Ecology, Animal and Plant Sciences, University of 91ֱ�� (2008-2012)
Professor of Ecology, School of Biosciences, University of 91ֱ�� (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 ...

Publications

Show: Featured publications All publications

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) . J Theor Biol, 279(1), 169-171.
Worsfold NT, Warren PH & Petchey OL (2009) . OIKOS, 118(9), 1319-1326.
Loram A, Thompson K, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2008) . J VEG SCI, 19(3), 321-U67.
Petchey OL, Beckerman AP, Riede JO & Warren PH (2008) . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 105(11), 4191-4196.
Fuller RA, Warren PH, Armsworth PR, Barbosa O & Gaston KJ (2008) . 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) .

Journal articles

Dobson MC, Edmondson JL & Warren PH (2020) . Landscape and Urban Planning, 199, 103803-103803.
Richards DR, Moggridge HL, Warren PH & Maltby L (2020) . 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) . Scientific Reports, 10(1).
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) . Nature Food, 1, 155-159.
Richards DR, Moggridge HL, Warren PH & Maltby L (2020) . Wetlands Ecology and Management.
Edmondson JL, Childs DZ, Dobson MC, Gaston KJ, Warren PH & Leake JR (2020) . Science of The Total Environment, 705.
Hough IM, Warren PH & Shucksmith JD (2019) . Ecological Indicators, 106.
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) . Ecological Applications, 29(6).
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) . Landscape and Urban Planning, 189, 382-395.
Ersoy E, Jorgensen A & Warren PH (2019) . Landscape Research, 44(8), 922-936.
Ersoy E, Jorgensen A & Warren PH (2019) . Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 40, 308-322.
Hoyle H, Norton B, Dunnett N, Richards JP, Russell JM & Warren P (2018) . Landscape and Urban Planning, 180, 103-113.
Richards DR, Moggridge HL, Maltby L & Warren PH (2018) . Basic and Applied Ecology, 29, 32-43.
Tsai C-W, Young T, Warren PH & Maltby L (2017) . Applied Geography, 87, 106-114.
Hoyle H, Jorgensen A, Warren P, Dunnett N & Evans K (2017) . Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 25, 139-149.
O'Sullivan OS, Holt AR, Warren PH & Evans KL (2017) . Journal of Environmental Management, 191, 162-171.
Richards DR, Warren PH, Maltby L & Moggridge HL (2017) . Ecosystem Services, 24, 138-146.
Anderson D, Moggridge H, Shucksmith J & Warren P (2017) . River Research and Applications, 33(2), 202-213.
Norton BA, Evans KL & Warren PH (2016) . Current Landscape Ecology Reports, 1(4), 178-192.
Grafius DR, Corstanje R, Warren PH, Evans KL, Hancock S & Harris JA (2016) . Landscape Ecology, 31(7), 1509-1522.
Tsai C-W, Young T, Warren PH & Maltby L (2016) . Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 16, 95-102.
Holt AR, Mears M, Maltby L & Warren P (2015) . Ecosystem Services, 16, 33-46.
Richards DR, Warren PH, Moggridge HL & Maltby L (2015) . Ecosystem Services, 15, 113-121.
Griffiths JI, Warren PH & Childs DZ (2015) . Oikos, 124(4), 458-468.
Dallimer M, Davies ZG, Diaz-Porras DF, Irvine KN, Maltby L, Warren PH, Armsworth PR & Gaston KJ (2015) . Global Environmental Change, 31, 307-317.
Ersoy E, Jorgensen A & Warren PH (2015) Measuring the spatial structure of urban land uses. The case of 91ֱ��, UK. Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology, 16(1), 393-401.
Anderson D, Moggridge H, Warren P & Shucksmith J (2015) . Water and Environment Journal, 29(2), 268-276.
Richards DR, Maltby L, Moggridge HL & Warren PH (2014) . 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) . Conservation Biology, 28(2), 404-413.
Clements CF, Warren PH, Collen B, Blackburn T, Worsfold N & Petchey O (2013) . Ecology and Evolution, 3(16), 5201-5208.
Rouquette JR, Dallimer M, Armsworth PR, Gaston KJ, Maltby L & Warren PH (2013) . Diversity and Distributions, 19(11), 1429-1439.
Clements CF, Worsfold NT, Warren PH, Collen B, Clark N, Blackburn TM & Petchey OL (2013) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 82(2), 345-354.
Dallimer M, Rouquette JR, Skinner AMJ, Armsworth PR, Maltby LM, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2012) . 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) . BIOSCIENCE, 62(1), 47-55.
Loram A, Warren P, Thompson K & Gaston K (2011) . 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) . OIKOS, 120(4), 493-502.
Petchey OL, Beckerman AP, Riede JO & Warren PH (2011) . J Theor Biol, 279(1), 169-171.
Thierry A, Beckerman AP, Warren PH, Williams RJ, Cole AJ & Petchey OL (2011) . Basic and Applied Ecology, 12(7), 562-570.
Paetzold A, Warren PH & Maltby LL (2010) . ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY, 7(3), 273-281.
Smith RM, Thompson K, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2010) . BIOL CONSERV, 143(4), 873-882.
(2009) . Oikos, 118(11), 1760-1760.
Worsfold NT, Warren PH & Petchey OL (2009) . 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) . J ANIM ECOL, 78(1), 253-269.
Loram A, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2008) . Environ Manage, 42(3), 361-376.
Loram A, Thompson K, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2008) . J VEG SCI, 19(3), 321-U67.
Petchey OL, Beckerman AP, Riede JO & Warren PH (2008) . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 105(11), 4191-4196.
Davies RG, Barbosa O, Fuller RA, Tratalos J, Burke N, Lewis D, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2008) . Urban Ecosystems, 11(3), 269-287.
Fuller RA, Warren PH, Armsworth PR, Barbosa O & Gaston KJ (2008) . DIVERS DISTRIB, 14(1), 131-137.
Tratalos J, Fuller RA, Warren PH, Davies RG & Gaston KJ (2007) . LANDSCAPE URBAN PLAN, 83(4), 308-317.
Fuller RA, Irvine KN, Devine-Wright P, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2007) . Biol Lett, 3(4), 390-394.
Fuller RA, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2007) . Biol Lett, 3(4), 368-370.
Loram A, Tratalos J, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2007) . 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) . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 103(37), 13745-13749.
Smith RM, Warren PH, Thompson K & Gaston KJ (2006) . BIODIVERS CONSERV, 15(8), 2415-2438.
Smith RM, Gaston KJ, Warren PH & Thompson K (2006) . BIODIVERS CONSERV, 15(8), 2515-2545.
Smith RM, Thompson K, Hodgson JG, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2006) . 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) , 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) , 179-197.
Gaston KJ, Warren PH, Thompson K & Smith RM (2005) . BIODIVERS CONSERV, 14(14), 3327-3349.
Woodward G, Ebenman B, Emmerson M, Montoya JM, Olesen JM, Valido A & Warren PH (2005) . TRENDS ECOL EVOL, 20(7), 402-409.
Scholes L, Warren PH & Beckerman AP (2005) . ECOL LETT, 8(7), 730-738.
Thompson K, Colsell S, Carpenter J, Smith RM, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2005) . SEED SCI RES, 15(2), 133-141.
Smith RM, Gaston KJ, Warren PH & Thompson K (2005) . LANDSCAPE ECOL, 20(2), 235-253.
Gaston KJ, Smith RM, Thompson K & Warren PH (2005) . BIODIVERS CONSERV, 14(2), 395-413.
Evans KL, Warren PH & Gaston KJ (2005) . 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) . 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.
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) . 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) . 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) . 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) . AMERICAN NATURALIST, 136(5), 689-700.
WARREN PH (1989) . OIKOS, 55(3), 299-311.
LAWTON JH & WARREN PH (1989) . TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 4(2), 50-50.
LAWTON JH & WARREN PH (1988) . 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) . OECOLOGIA, 74(2), 231-235.
Dallimer M, Davies Z, Irvine K, Maltby L, Warren P, Gaston K & Armsworth P () . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11(8), 7977-7992.
J. Gaston K, H. Warren P, Thompson K & M. Smith R () . Biodiversity and Conservation.

Chapters

Woodward G, Blanchard J, Lauridsen RB, Edwards FK, Jones JI, Figueroa D, Warren PH & Petchey OL (2010) , Integrative Ecology: From Molecules to Ecosystems (pp. 211-266). Elsevier
Fuller RA, Tratalos J, Warren PH, Davies RG, Pępkowska A & Gaston KJ (2008) , 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) , 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) , Dynamic Food Webs (pp. 128-136).
Woodward G, Ebenman B, Emmerson MC, Montoya JM, Olesen JM, Valido A & Warren PH (2005) , 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) , Dynamic Food Webs (pp. xi-xviii). Elsevier
Maltby L, Paetzold A & Warren P () , Ecology of Industrial Pollution (pp. 327-344). Cambridge University Press
Smith RM, Warren PH, Thompson K & Gaston KJ () , Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation (pp. 75-98). Springer Netherlands
Smith RM, Gaston KJ, Warren PH & Thompson K () , 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

I also have involvement with various ecologically related activities in the local area. These include being on the board of Trustees for the (2011-2017 - vice-chair for part of that time), and on the steering groups for projects run by the Trust, including the HLF funded project (2016-2018), which produced a State of Nature report for 91ֱ��, and the 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 (91ֱ�� City Council) which reviews and oversees the designation and monitoring of the 250+ Local Wildlife Sites in the area, and on the 91ֱ�� Crayfish Action Group.