Stefanie Deinet

Research Assistant

Curriculum Vitae:

2009–present: Research Assistant, Indicators and Assessments Unit, Institute of Zoology.
2009: Research Intern, Living Planet Index, Institute of Zoology.
2007–2009: MSc Animal Behaviour, Manchester Metropolitan University.
1999–2002: BA Experimental Psychology, St. Catherine’s College, University of Oxford.
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Research Interests:

In my role as research assistant in the Indicators and Assessments Unit at the Institute of Zoology, I investigate global patterns of biodiversity over time through the application of the Living Planet Index (LPI). This index is an indicator of biodiversity, based on abundance trends of vertebrate species from around the world. Our database currently comprises over 11,000 population time series of around 2,700 mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian and fish species. While undeniably an excellent tool for communicating global trends to a wide audience, from scientists and policy makers to the general public, the LPI’s great strength lies in the potential for disaggregation of data on a regional or national level .

Since completing an internship on the project in 2009, I have contributed to global overviews of vertebrate abundance trends (Living Planet Report 2010 and 2012 ), regional reports ( European wildlife comeback and Arctic trends ), and analyses focusing on particular ecosystems ( Estuaries ) and taxa ( predicting mammal declines and Evolution Lost ). I am particularly interested in the challenge of disentangling underlying change from global trends, identifying the factors responsible, and applying this knowledge to future conservation.
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Publications

Deinet, S., Böhm, M., McRae, L., Price, V., Duncan, C., Offord, S. & Collen, B. (2013) Wildlife Comeback in Europe: An overview of changes in abundance and distribution of selected wildlife species in Europe for the period 1960-2010. Report submitted to the Rewilding Europe Initiative.

Collen, B., McRae, L., Loh J., Deinet, S., De Palma, A., Manley, R. & Baillie, J.E.M. (2013) Tracking changes in abundance: Living Planet Index. In: Collen, B., Pettorelli, N., Baillie, J.E.M. & Durant, S.M. (eds) Biodiversity Monitoring & Conservation: Bridging the gap between global commitment and local action. Wiley-Blackwell: Cambridge, U.K. (in press)

McRae, L., Böhm, M., Deinet, S., Gill, M. & Collen, B. (2012) The Arctic Species Trend Index: using vertebrate population trends to monitor the health of a rapidly changing ecosystem. Biodiversity, 13:144-156.

McRae, L., Collen, B., Hill, P., Deinet, S. & Loh, J. (2012) The Living Planet Index. In: R. Almond (ed) The Living Planet Report 2012. WWF International, Gland. Link

Eamer, J., Russell, D.E., McRae, L., Böhm, M., Deinet, S., Collen, B. & Gill, M.J. (2012) The Arctic Species Trend Index 2011: Update of the ASTI, an in-depth look at marine species, and development of spatial analysis techniques. CAFF Assessment Series No.9. Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna, Iceland. Link

McRae, L., Deinet, S., Gill, M. & Collen, B. (2012) Tracking trends in Arctic marine populations. CAFF Assessment Series No.8. Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna, Iceland. Link

Böhm, M., McRae, L., Deinet, S., Gill, M. & Collen, B. (2012) Arctic Species Trend Index 2012 – Tracking trends in Arctic vertebrate populations through space and time. CAFF Assessment Series No.7. Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna, Iceland. Link

Collen, B., McRae, L., Deinet, S., De Palma, A., Carranza, T., Cooper, N., Loh, J & Baillie, J.E.M. (2011) Predicting how populations decline to extinction. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 366: 2577-2586. Link

Deinet, S., McRae, L., De Palma, A., Manley, R., Loh, J. & Collen , B. (2010) The Living Planet Index for Global Estuarine Systems -Technical Report. Submitted to WWF Netherlands. Link

Loh, J., Collen, B., McRae, L., Deinet, S., De Palma, A., Manley, R. & Baillie, J.E.M. (2010) The Living Planet Index. In: R. Almond (ed) The Living Planet Report 2010. WWF International, Gland. Link