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Professor Andrew Hector is a community ecologist at the University of Oxford, affiliated with Linacre College and the Department of Biology. His research focuses on biodiversity loss and its impacts on ecosystem stability, functioning, and ecological services. He leads the Sabah Biodiversity Experiment in Borneo, examining forest regeneration through enrichment planting, and contributes to the NERC Human-modified Tropical Forests programme, including the SAFE project on forest fragmentation. He is also part of the global Nutrient Network studying nitrogen enrichment effects on grassland biodiversity. His work integrates statistical analysis to address ecological questions.
Key affiliations include roles as Co-director of 'Plants for the 21st Century' and leadership in major collaborative research initiatives. Contact addresses are listed at the Department of Biology on Mansfield Road and South Parks Road, Oxford.
Research themes emphasize tropical forest conservation, grassland ecology, and quantitative ecological methods. His contributions span field experiments, global networks, and statistical frameworks to advance ecological understanding under human-driven environmental changes.
