Joseph Wayman MZool, PhD

Joseph Wayman

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Post Doctoral Research Associate

Contact details

Joe Wayman studied Zoology at Bangor University before moving to the University of Birmingham for his PhD in Physical Geography, looking at changes in biodiversity through time and space. From 2021 – 2023 he also worked as a research associate on the project MEFA which aimed to use staring radar technology to track and monitor bird activity above the city of Birmingham. In 2023 he completed his PhD and started work on the IDEAL project under Nick Kettridge and Laura Graham, researching questions around moorland management within the UK and the impacts on biodiversity and wildfire risk.

Qualifications

  • 2023 - University of Birmingham / PhD in Physical Geography
  • 2017 - Bangor University / MZool (First Class Honours)

Teaching

Joe has extensive demonstrating experience and has supported teaching on multiple modules across several years in GEES as well as delivering lectures and assisting with fieldwork in a number of locations.

Other activities

Operation Wallacea: Acoustic monitoring project (2024 – Ongoing)

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Wayman, JP, Sadler, J, Martin, TE, Graham, L, White, HJ, Tobias, JA & Matthews, T 2024, 'Unravelling the complexities of biotic homogenization and heterogenization', Journal of Animal Ecology.

Matthews, T, Wayman, JP, Whittaker, RJ, Cardoso, P, Hume, JP, Sayol, F, Proios, K, Martin, TE, Baiser, B, Borges, PAV, Kubota, Y, dos Anjos, L, Tobias, JA, Filipa, S, Si, X, Ding, P, Mendenhall, CD, Sin, YCK, Rheindt, FE, Triantis, KA, Guilhaumon, F, Brotons, L, Battisti, C, Chu, O, Rigal, F & Watson, DM 2023, 'A global analysis of avian island diversity–area relationships in the Anthropocene', Ecology Letters, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 965-982. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14203

Haelewaters, D, Matthews, T, Wayman, JP, Cazabonne, J, Heyman, F, Quandt, CA & Martin, TE 2023, 'Biological knowledge shortfalls impede conservation efforts in poorly studied taxa: a case study of Laboulbeniomycetes', Journal of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14725

Jahangir, M, Griffiths, D, White, D, Donlan, G, Ren, X, Kannanthara, J, Singh, Y, Wayman, JP, Baker, CJ, Sadler, JP, Reynolds, J & Antoniou, M 2023, 'Development of a networked photonic‐enabled staring radar testbed for urban surveillance', IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation. https://doi.org/10.1049/rsn2.12524

Wayman, JP, Atkinson, G, Jahangir, M, White, D, Matthews, T, Antoniou, M, Reynolds, J & Sadler, J 2023, 'L-band radar quantifies major disturbance of birds by fireworks in an urban area.', Scientific Reports, vol. 13, no. 1, 12085. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39223-1

Wayman, JP, Sadler, JP, Pugh, TAM, Martin, TE, Tobias, JA & Matthews, TJ 2022, 'Assessing taxonomic and functional change in British breeding bird assemblages over time', Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 925-939. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13468

Rurangwa, L, Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J, Matthews, T, Niyigaba, P, Wayman, J, Tobias, JA & Whittaker, RJ 2021, 'Effects of land-use change on avian taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity in a tropical montane rainforest', Diversity and Distributions, vol. 27, no. 9, pp. 1732-1746. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13364

Wayman, JP, Sadler, JP, Pugh, TAM, Martin, TE, Tobias, JA & Matthews, TJ 2021, 'Identifying the drivers of spatial taxonomic and functional beta-diversity of British breeding birds', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 9, 620062. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.620062

Conference contribution

White, D, Jahangir, M, Wayman, JP, Reynolds, J, Sadler, J & Antoniou, M 2023, Bird and micro-drone spectral width and classification. in 2023 24th International Radar Symposium (IRS). Proceedings International Radar Symposium, IEEE, International Radar Symposium IRS 2023, Berlin, Germany, 24/05/23. https://doi.org/10.23919/IRS57608.2023.10172408

Jahangir, M, Atkinson, G, White, D, Griffiths, D, Ren, X, Wayman, JP, Baker, C, Sadler, J, Reynolds, J & Antoniou, M 2023, Networked staring radar testbed for urban surveillance: Status and preliminary results. in International Conference on Radar Systems (RADAR 2022). International Conference on Radar Systems, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), pp. 471-476, International Conference on Radar Systems (RADAR 2022), Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 24/10/22. https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2022.2363

Atkinson, G, Jahangir, M, White, D, Wayman, JP, Baker, C, Sadler, J, Reynolds, J & Antoniou, M 2023, The role of target signatures in bird-drone classification. in 2023 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf23)., 10149665, Proceedings of the IEEE Radar Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023 IEEE Radar Conference, RadarConf23, San Antonia, United States, 1/05/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/RadarConf2351548.2023.10149665

Review article

Matthews, T, Wayman, JP, Cardoso, P, Sayol, F, Hume, JP, Ulrich, W, Tobias, JA, Filipa, S, Thébaud, C, Martin, TE & Triantis, KA 2022, 'Threatened and extinct island endemic birds of the world: distribution, threats and functional diversity', Journal of Biogeography, vol. 49, no. 11, pp. 1920-1940. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14474

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