2010-2011 Deputy Head School of Biomedical & Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth

2006-2010 Associate Head School of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth

1993- 2006

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Ecology

School of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth

2001-2002

Visiting Lecturer in Ecology, Biogeography Laboratory, Department of Ecology and Natural Resources, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City

1990-1993

Consultant Ecologist, Hunting Land & Environment Limited (now HTS Development Limited).

1993

PhD in plant ecology, University of Wales, Bangor. (The Páramo Vegetation of Ecuador: the Community Ecology, Dynamics and Productivity of Tropical Grasslands in the Andes)

1985

BSc (Hons) Biology, University of Wales, Bangor.

Professional membership

Fellow of the Society of Biology Member of the British Ecological Society

My work is mostly focused on biodiversity and conservation management in two distinct geographical areas: the Andes and European uplands. However, I started off my career as a marine biologist and I have also been involved in several projects on aquatic ecology. Before joining the University of Plymouth, I worked for four years as an environmental consultant and I appreciate the need for practical advice on biodiversity conservation.

Barnett AA, Silva WS, Shaw PJA & Ramsay PM 2015 'Inundation duration and vertical vegetation zonation: a preliminary description of the vegetation and structuring factors in borokotoh (hummock igapo), an overlooked, high-diversity, Amazonian vegetation association' NORDIC JOURNAL OF BOTANY 33, (5) 601-614 Author Site , DOI Peng Y, Lachmuth S, Gallegos SC, Kessler M, Ramsay PM, Renison D, Suarez R & Hensen I 2015 'Pleistocene climatic oscillations rather than recent human disturbance influence genetic diversity in one of the world's highest treeline species' AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 102, (10) 1676-1684 Author Site , DOI Peyre G, Balslev H, Marti D, Sklenar P, Ramsay P, Lozano P, Cuello N, Bussmann R, Cabrera O & Font X 2015 'VegParamo, a flora and vegetation database for the Andean paramo' PHYTOCOENOLOGIA 45, (1-2) 195-201 Author Site , DOI Ramsay PM 2014 'Giant rosette plant morphology as an indicator of recent fire history in Andean paramo grasslands' ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS 45, 37-44 Author Site , DOI Pitman RT, Mulvaney J, Ramsay PM, Jooste E & Swanepoel LH 2014 'Global Positioning System-located kills and faecal samples: a comparison of leopard dietary estimates' JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 292, (1) 18-24 Author Site , DOI García-Meneses PM & Ramsay PM 2014 'Puya hamata demography as an indicator of recent fire history in the páramo of El Ángel and Volcán Chiles, Ecuador-Colombia' Caldasia Pitman RT, Kilian PJ, Ramsay PM & Swanepoel LH 2013 'Foraging and habitat specialization by female leopards (Panthera pardus) in the Waterberg Mountains of South Africa' SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH 43, (2) 167-176 Author Site , DOI Garcia-Meneses PM & Ramsay PM 2012 'Pollinator response to within-patch spatial context determines reproductive output of a giant rosette plant' BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY 13, (6) 516-523 Author Site , DOI