Professor of Applied Ecology, University of Reading
Tom Oliver is Professor of Applied Ecology at the University of Reading, UK.
Tom is Research Division Leader for the Ecology and Evolution Division at the University of Reading, and sits on the European Environment Agency scientific committee. His research focuses on understanding the interactions between land use and climate change on biodiversity and the consequent impacts for ecosystem functions and services. A key aspect of this involves developing methods and tools to better quantify and communicate environmental risk to support environmental decision-making.
For more information please see staff web page here: https://www.reading.ac.uk/biologicalsciences/about/staff/t-oliver.aspx
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