Edgar Turner

Edgar Turner is a Fellow at the University of Cambridge, affiliated with the School of Biological Sciences. His research focuses on ecology and conservation, particularly the interactions between long-term environmental change, agriculture, and ecosystem management. He explores how landscapes can be managed to sustain biodiversity and healthy ecosystems while supporting agricultural development. His work includes large-scale field experiments, field surveys, and the use of microclimate dataloggers. Turner's research also addresses mental health in relation to environmental and agricultural systems.

Edgar C Turner is a researcher in Conservation Biology, Entomology, and Ecology, with a focus on understanding the impacts of land-use change on biodiversity and ecosystem function. His work explores how deforestation, particularly the conversion of tropical forests to oil palm plantations, affects arthropod abundance, biomass, and functional diversity. He has contributed to large-scale ecological projects such as the PREDICTS database, which examines how human impacts influence terrestrial biodiversity. His research also addresses the biases in scientific studies of animal biodiversity, emphasizing the need for more comprehensive assessments in tropical regions and underrepresented taxa.