During a BSc in Zoology at the University of Bristol I realised that my interest lay in people and places rather than understanding the compound eye of a small fly. I developed a strong interest in the conservation of tropical forests whilst gaining field experience in Indonesia and East Africa. I came to Norwich for an MSc in Applied Ecology and Conservation in 2003, which led me to the Brazilian Amazon for the first time. Transects surveys were joined by interviews with hunters during a Forest Livelihoods Fellowship with the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) in 2005. I am currently doing my PhD at the University of East Anglia and am investigating the conservation of hunted vertebrates in Brazilian Amazonia. My research focuses on 1) The effects of habitat change in Amazonian landscapes for hunting patterns and wildlife, 2) The causes of human movements within landscapes, especially in relation to migration and riverine settlement patterns. I am interested in the potential consequences of these changes for the conservation of large mammals and birds.
Selected publications
Parry, L. and J. Kirathe. 2003. Kidnaps and adoptions. SWARA. March 2003:17.
Parry, L., J. Barlow, and C. A. Peres. 2007. Large-vertebrate assemblages of primary and secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23:653–662.
Barlow, J., T. A. Gardner, I. S. Araujo, A. B. Bonaldo, J. E. Costa, M. C. Esposito, L. V. Ferreira, J. Hawes, M. I. M. Hernandez, R. N. Leite, N. F. Lo-Man-Hung, J. R. Malcolm, M. B. Martins, L. A. M. Mestre, A. L. Nunes-Gutjahr, W. L. Overal, L. Parry, S. L. Peters, M. A. Ribeiro-Junior, C. da Silva Motta, M. N. F. da Silva, and C. A. Peres. 2007. Quantifying the biodiversity value of tropical primary, secondary and plantation forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 104 (47): 18555-18560
Gardner, T. A., J. Barlow, L. Parry, and C. A. Peres. 2007. Predicting the Uncertain Future of Tropical Forest Species in a Data Vacuum. . Biotropica 39:25-30.
Gardner, T. A., J. Barlow, I. S. Araujo, T. C. S. Avila-Pires, A. B. Bonaldo, J. E. Costa, M. C. Esposito, L. V. Ferreira, J. Hawes, M. I. M. Hernandez, M. Hoogmoed, R. N. Leite, N. F. Lo-Man-Hung, J. R. Malcolm, M. B. Martins, L. A. M. Mestre, R. Miranda-Santos, A. L. Nunes-Gutjahr, W. L. Overal, L. Parry, S. L. Peters, M. A. Ribeiro-Junior, M. N. F. da Silva, C. da Silva Motta, and C. Peres. 2007. The cost-effectiveness of biodiversity surveys in tropical forests. Ecology Letters 11:139-150
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