Anne_E._Magurran
Anne Elizabeth Magurran CBE FRSE (born 1955) is a British Professor of ecology at University of St Andrews in Scotland.[1] She is the author of several books[1][2][3][4] on measuring biological diversity, and the importance for quantifying biodiversity for conservation. She has won numerous awards and honors, is regularly consulted for global assessments and analyses of biodiversity and conservation[2] and her research is often highlighted by journalists.[5][6]
Magurran has worked with Robert May and other leading biologists, including Helder Queiroz, whom she advised. Her research projects often focus are on tropical freshwater fish communities - specifically the Trinidadian guppy- in the Neotropics and India.[7]