Scott Newey

Population Ecologist
E: scott.newey@hutton.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)344 928 5428 (*)

Scott is an applied ecologist with a strong interest in population ecology and management of wildlife populations. Combining large scale replicated field experiments, cross-sectional and modelling studies Scott’s research aims to understand how natural and anthropogenic factors effect population and community dynamics, and how wildlife populations can be sustainably managed. His current research interests are focused on understanding how management of the uplands affects biodiversity, the effects of land use and climate change on species distributions, wildlife population assessment, and development of novel monitoring tools using emerging digital technologies.

Scott is a Subject Editor for the journal Wildlife Biology, a member of Scotland's Morrland Forum, and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency's Scientific Committee for Wildlife Research.

Research

His current research includes:

  • The effects of land use change on species distributions
  • Understanding the effects of upland management on biodiversity
  • Population ecology, management, and population assessment of mountain hares

Other interests and recent projects include;

  • Investigating the effects of deer carcasses on upland food webs
  • Survey and scoping of wildcat priority areas
  • WiSE (Wireless Internet Sensing Environment)
  • Population ecology of mountain hares; the role of parasites and food availability on mountain hare population dynamics
  • FP7Hunt: Hunting for Sustainability
  • North Hunt: Sustainable Hunting Tourism
  • Compensatory population dynamics in a harvested mammal (Annabel Harrison – NERC CASE studentship).

Publications

Journals

Prior to appointment

  • Newey, S.J.; Thirgood, S.J.; Hudson, P.J. (2004) Do parasites influence condition and fecundity of female mountain hares?, Wildlife Biology, 10, 171-176.
  • Newey, S.J.; Thirgood, S.J. (2004) Parasite-mediated reduction in fecundity of mountain hares., Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 271(Suppl 6.) S413-S415.
  • Newey, S.J.; Bell, M.; Enthoven, S.; Thirgood, S.J. (2003) Can distance sampling and dung plots be used to assess the density of mountain hares Lepus timidus?, Wildlife Biology, 9, 185-192.
  • Newey, S.J.; Sillero-Zubiri, C. (eds.) (2002) Monitoring Ethiopian wolf populations: A field manual., Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Program, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Oxford University, UK. ISBN: 0-9529371-7-4
  • Newey, S.J.; Seed, R. (1994) The effects of the Braer oil spill on rocky intertidal communities, Shetland, UK., Marine Pollution Bulletin, 30, 274-280.

Books / chapters

  • Iason, G.; Newey, S. (2017) Mountain Hare (Lupus timidus)., In: Littlewood, N., Chapman, P., Francis, I., Roberts, G., Robinson, A. & Sideris, K. (eds.). Mammal Atlas of North-East Scotland and Cairngorms. NESBReC, Aberdeen, pp56-57. ISBN 978-1-5262-0669-5
  • Newey, S.; Iason, G.; Potts, J.; Fletcher, K. (2016) Developing monitoring methods for mountain hares to improve the evidence base for decision-making., In: Irvine, R.J. (ed.). Biodiversity and Upland Management. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, Chapter 5, pp12-13.
  • Irvine, R.J.; Lackova, P.; Newey, S. (2016) An assessment of the suitability of candidate wildcat conservation areas., In: Irvine, R.J. (ed.). Biodiversity and Upland Management. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, Chapter 2, pp6-7.
  • Newey, S., Mustin, K., Fielding, D. Irvine, J. Redpath, S. Arroyo, B., Bryce, R., Beja, P., Bunnefeld, N. (2016) Consequences of game bird management for non-game species: a European review and Scottish case study., In: Irvine, R.J. (ed.). Biodiversity and Upland Management. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, Chapter 1, pp4-5.
  • Fielding, D.; Newey, S.; Navarro, C.; Irvine, R.J. (2016) The impact of deer carcasses on soil nutrients and invertebrate communities., In: Irvine, R.J. (ed.) Biodiversity and Upland Management. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, Chapter 15, pp32-33.
  • Newey, S.; Fielding, D.; Irvine, R.J.; Van der Wal, R. (2016) The use of deer carcasses by avain and mammalian scavengers., In: Irvine, R.J. (ed.) Biodiversity and Upland Management. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, Chapter 16, pp34-56.

Technical / contract reports

Conference papers

  • Nazir, S.; Foarhurst, G.; Verdicchio, F.; van der Wal, R.; Newey, S. (2013) Resource monitoring with wireless sensor networks and satellite., DE2013: Open-Digital, Showcasing Digital Innovation, MediaCityUK, Salford, 4-6 November 2013.
  • Newey, S.; Mustin, K.; Bryce, R.; Fielding, D.; Daniel, B.; Bunnefeld, N.; Irvine, R.J. (2012) Bird diversity and game management in the Scottish Highlands, UK., International Conference on Hunting for Sustainability: Ecology, Economics and Society, Ciudad Real, Spain, 27-29 March 2012.
  • Harrison, A.; Newey, S.J.; Haydon, D.; Thirgood, S.J. (2010) Hunting of mountain hare in Scotland., Centre for Environmental and Marine Sciences Seminar Series, University of Hull, 14 April 2010.
  • Harrison, A.; Newey, S.J.; Haydon, D.T.; Thirgood, S.J. (2010) Dispersal of mountain hares in Scotland: the effects of harvesting., Mammal Society Annual Meeting, University of Bangor, UK, 26-28 March, 2010.
  • Harrison, A.; Newey, S.J.; Haydon, D.T.; Thirgood, S.J. (2010) Survival costs of dispersal in mountain hare leverets in Scotland, British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, University of Leeds, 7-9 September, 2010.
  • Harrison, A.; Newey, S.J.; Haydon, D.T.; Thirgood, S.J. (2010) Dispersal, survival and hunting of the Mountain hare in Scotland., The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Snowbird, Utah, USA, 2-6 October 2010.
  • Townsend, S.E.; Newey, S.J.; Thirgood, S.J.; Matthews, L.; Haydon, D.T. (2007) Modelling population cycles of Scottish mountain hares as determined by a gut parasite., Mathematical Biology Ph.D. Students Meeting, Ross Priory, 3 October 2007
  • Newey, S.J.; Allison, P.; Smith, A.; Graham, I.; Thirgood, S.J. (2007) The role of parasites and nutrition in driving unstable population dynamics in mountain hare Lepus timidus., International Union of Game Biologists XXVIII Congress, Uppsala, 13-18 August, 2007. Oral presentation.

Conference posters / abstracts

  • Iason, G.R.; Beaton, J.K.; Reid, S.; Ellis, C.; Finger, A.; Newey, S.; Irvine, J.; McLeod, J.; Gilbert, L.; Fielding, D.; Dagleish, D.; McInnes, C.; Artz, R.; Miller, P.; Gimona, A.; Poggio, L.; Eastwood, A.; Fisher, A.; Skuce, P. (2018) RESAS Strategic Research Programme: Biodiversity and Ecosystems., Posters presented at The Wild North East – Scotland’s Natural Gem, organised by North East Scotland Biodiversity Partnership, James Hutton Institute, 13 April 2018.
  • Nazir, S.; Fairhurst, G.; Verdicchio, F.; Learmonth, I.; Newey, S.; Irvine, J.; van der Wal, R. (2014) Remote environmental monitoring through wireless sensor network and satellite., Digital Conservation Conference 2014: An Interdisciplinary Event, University of Aberdeen, UK, 21-23 May 2014.
  • Newey, S.; Nazir, S.; Verdicchio, F.; Fairhurst, G.; Irvine, R.J.; van Der Wal, R. (2014) Wildlife monitoring using satellite and wireless sensor networks: Wireless Internet Sensing Environment (WISE)., Digital Conservation Conference 2014: An Interdisciplinary Event, University of Aberdeen, 21-23 May 2014.
  • Fielding, D.; Nazir, S.; Newey, S.; van der Wal, R.; Verdicchio, F.; Irvine, R.J.; Fairhurst, G. (2013) Wireless internet Sensing Environment (WiSE): Resource management using satellite and wireless sensor networks., New Technologies for Monitoring Biodiversity, Symposium, London Zoological Society, London, 16-17 May 2013. (Poster)
  • Rooke, T.; Newey, S.; Casaer, J.; Willebrand, T.; Lundvall, A. (2012) European Wildlife Network (EWN) of wildlife managers and researchers., 3rd European Congress of Conservation Biology, Glasgow, 28 August – 1 September 2012.
  • Harrison, A.; Newey, S.J.; Gilbert, L.; Haydon, D.T.; Thirgood, S.J. (2010) Culling hares to boost red grouse., Scottish Game Fair, Perth, 2-4 July, 2010. Poster as part of the MLURI’s stand.
  • Harrison, A.; Newey, S.J.; Thirgood, S.J.; Haydon, D.T. (2009) Natal dispersal or mountain hare leverets in Scotland: the effects of harvesting., British Ecological Society Annual Conference, University of Hertfordshire, 7-10 September 2009.
  • Harrison, A.; Newey, S.J.; Thirgood, S.J.; Haydon, D.T. (2009) Natal dispersal or mountain hare leverets in Scotland: the effects of harvesting., Populations under Pressure 2009, A Graduate Research Symposium in Applied Population Biology, Silwood Park, Imperial College London, UK, 26-28 May 2009.
    Natal dispersal or mountain hare leverets in Scotland: the effects of harvesting
    Annabel Harrison, Scott Newey, Simon Thirgood, Dan Haydon
  • Harrison, A.; Newey, S.J.; Thirgood, S.J.; Haydon, D.T. (2009) Natal dispersal or mountain hare leverets in Scotland: the effects of harvesting., Student Conference, Evidence Base for Environmental Management and Conservation, Stirling University, 6 April 2009.

    Annabel Harrison, Scott Newey, Simon Thirgood, Dan Haydon

  • Harrison, A.; Newey, S.J.; Thirgood, S.J.; Haydon, D.T. (2009) Natal dispersal of mountain hare leverets in Scotland: the effects of harvesting., Mammal Society Annual Meeting, The University of Winchester, 17-19 April 2009.
  • Townsend, S.E.; Newey, S.J.; Thirgood, S.J.; Matthews, L.; Haydon, D.T. (2008) Can parasites drive population cycles in mountain hares?, Royal Society of Edinburgh, June 2008.
  • Townsend, S.E.; Newey, S.J.; Thirgood, S.J.; Matthews, L.; Haydon, D.T. (2007) Could an intestinal parasite Trichostrongylus retortaeformis determine the population dynamics of the Scottish mountain hare Lepus timidus?, Mathematical Models in Evolution and Ecology, University of Sussex, 20-21 September 2007.
  • Townsend, S.E.; Newey, S.J.; Thirgood, S.J.; Haydon, D.T. (2007) Regulation and stability of a free-living host-parasite system: Population models of Trichostrongylus retortaeformis in mountain hares., Third Annual Graduate Conference in Ecology and Behaviour, Montpellier, France, 14 March 2007.
  • Newey, S.J.; Allison, P.; Thirgood, S.J.; Smith, A.; Graham, I. (2007) The use of PIT tag technology to assess individual use of supplementary feed., International Union of Game Biologists XXVIII Congress, Uppsala, 13-18 August 2007.