Professor Robin Pakeman

Robin is a plant ecologist based at the James Hutton Institute. His research focuses on the management and functioning of biodiversity in a range of Scottish Ecosystems and he currently leads a workpackage, Functioning of Species, Habitats and Ecosystems, as part of the Scottish Government funded research programme on Environment - Land Use and Rural Stewardship.

His current research covers the following areas:

• The role of plant functional traits in ecosystem function,
• Long-term land use and biodiversity change on the Machair,
• Prioritisation of species and habitats for conservation,
• Upland management for biodiversity, and
• The impact of tree regeneration on moorland biodiversity.