Jeremy Smith

Research Ecologist

Jez uses statistical models to understand patterns and trends in data from a variety of BTO surveys such as the Nest Record Scheme and BirdTrack.

Interests & Responsibilities

With a background in population ecology and the impacts of climate change Jez is interested in understanding the interactions between individuals and the environment and how that changes a populations abundance. Jez spends much of his time working in open source software (R) and learning new techniques to apply whether they be statistical, GIS-related or a new language to use within R.

Qualifications

Other Publications

Vafidis, J.O., Smith, J.A. & Thomas, R.J. 2023. Climate Change and Insectivore Ecology. In eLS, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd (Ed.). https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0028030

Medeiros Mirra, R., Vafidis, J.O., Smith, J.A. & Thomas, R.J. Teaching Data Analysis to Life Scientists Using “R” Statistical Software: Challenges, Opportunities, and Effective Methods in Farnell, D., Medeiros Mirra, R. 2023. Teaching Biostatistics in Medicine and Allied Health Sciences Springer 167-187 ISBN 3031260090

Evans, M.N., Waller, S., Müller, C.T., Goossens, B., Smith, J.A., Bakar, M.S.A. & Kille, P. 2022. The price of persistence: Assessing the drivers and health implications of metal levels in indicator carnivores inhabiting an agriculturally fragmented landscape. Environmental Research 207: 112216

Caravaggi, A., Bayley, S., Facey, R.J., de la Hera, I., Shewring, M.P. & Smith, J.A. 2022. The long and short of it: converting between maximum and minimum tarsus measurements in passerine birds. Ringing and Migration 36(1): 9-17

Bishop, N., Dalrymple, T., Smith, J.A., Facey, R.J., & Caravaggi, A. 2021. Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta responses to predator activity at Newport Wetland Nature Reserve. Birds in Wales 18: 44-52

Facey, R.J., Vafidis, J.O., Smith, J.A., Vaughan, I.P. & Thomas, R.J. 2020. Contrasting sensitivity of nestling and fledgling Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica body mass to local weather conditions. Ibis 162: 1163-1174

Schmidt, W., Smith, J.A, & Thomas, R.J. 2019. R code for the development of short-term predictions of E.coli and biotoxins in shellfish. Aquaculture Environment Interactions 10:173–185

Schwartz, A., Brooks, L., Vafidis, J.O., Smith, J.A., & Thomas, R.J. 2018. Scavenging of dead songbird chicks by a Tawny Owl Strix aluco. British Birds 111:479-482

Smith, J.A., Brooks, L., Coyne, S., Slater, F. & Thomas, R.J. 2018. Nocturnal calling by a Pied Flycatcher on arrival in breeding habitat during spring migration. British Birds 111(7):359

Burgess, M.D., Smith, K.W., Evans, K.L., Leech, D., Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Branston C.J., Briggs, K., Clark, J.R., du Feu, C.R., Lewthwaite, K., Nager, R.G., Sheldon, B.C. Smith, J.A., Whytock, R.C., Willis, S.G. & Phillimore, A.B. 2018. Tritrophic phenological match–mismatch in space and time. Nat Ecol Evol 2:970–975

Thomas, R.J., Lello, J., Medeiros, R., Pollard, A., Robinson, P., Seward, A., Smith, J.A., Vafidis, J.O. & Vaughan I.P. 2017. Data Analysis with R Statistical Software: A Guidebook for Scientists. Eco-Explore CIC