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Dr Kelvin Peh

Assoc Professor of Conservation Science

Research interests

  • Kelvin Peh鈥檚 interests range from forest ecology to urban wildlife in respect of diversity and distribution. He is interested in all areas of wildlife-human conflicts and wildlife ecology in human-dominated landscapes, and in the application of his research results to the conservation/management of biological resources.
  • Tropical Forest Ecology 鈥 Kelvin鈥檚 work on monodominance in tropical tree-dominated systems - has helped rekindle scientific interest in this fascinating, yet relatively unexplored phenomenon in tropical forests. He is the principal editor of the 鈥淩outledge Handbook of Forest Ecology Second Edition鈥, published by Routledge under its 鈥淓arthscan鈥 imprint on 7 October 2024 (available at www.routledge.com/9781032348384).
  • Ecosystem Services 鈥 Kelvin is best known for his leading role in the development of TESSA (Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment). TESSA v3.0, published on 31 Oct 2022, is now available at https://www.birdlife.org/tessa-tools/. For the impacts of TESSA, see: https://bit.ly/4ccpken. He continues working on this ecosystem service assessment project to develop and test novel tools for rapidly assessing the net impact of site-based conservation on the provision of ecosystem services. This project runs in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, BirdLife International, Tropical Biology Association, Anglia Ruskin University and UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Currently, he is leading the ecosystem service task team of the Asian Development Bank鈥檚 Regional Flyway Initiative.

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Email: K.Peh@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4367

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