Isabelle Durance
Reader
School of Biosciences
University of Wales Cardiff
United Kingdom
Biography
Isabelle Durance Following a degree in Natural Sciences and a Masters in Engineering (Ingenieur Agronome, Agrotech Paris), She worked in Research & Development in an industrial context (Danone Belgium). I then embarked on a PhD in Landscape Ecology working in Ukraine and France, and developed Her research increasingly using freshwater ecosystems as a model during a 10 year lectureship in France (Rouen). With the support of the Daphne Jackson charity, a charity established to help women back into science, She obtained 3 independent research fellowships after her career break, before being recently awarded a senior lectureship in Cardiff School of Biosciences.
Research Interest
Her current research focuses on three key areas: the role of river biodiversity in sustaining key ecosystem services, the role of landscape processes in driving freshwater ecosystems, the impact of global changes on freshwater ecosystems.
Publications
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Jackson MC, Weyl OL, Altermatt F, Durance I, Friberg N, Dumbrell AJ, Piggott JJ, Tiegs SD, Tockner K, Krug CB, Leadley PW. Chapter Twelve-Recommendations for the Next Generation of Global Freshwater Biological Monitoring Tools. Advances in Ecological Research. 2016 Dec 31;55:615-36.
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Hildrew AG, Durance I, Statzner B. Persistence in the longitudinal distribution of lotic insects in a changing climate: a tale of two rivers. Science of the Total Environment. 2017 Jan 1;574:1294-304.
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Small N, Munday M, Durance I. The challenge of valuing ecosystem services that have no material benefits. Global Environmental Change. 2017 May 31;44:57-67.
