Professor Dylan Childs

School of Biosciences

Professor of Population Ecology, School Director of Education

Director of Education

d.childs@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4313
C206, Alfred Denny Building

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Professor Dylan Childs
School of Biosciences
C206
Alfred Denny Building
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
Profile
  • Professor, Chair in Population Biology (2022-present)
  • Lecturer, Sheffield University (2016-2022)
  • NERC Research Fellow, Sheffield University (2008-2016)
  • Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Sheffield University (2006-2008)
  • Welcome Funded PDRA, Sheffield University (2005-2006)
  • Equities Trader, Circe Trading (2003-2005)
  • PhD Population Biology, Imperial College (1999-2003)
Research interests

I am a population biologist with interests at both the pure and applied ends of the spectrum. I follow an interdisciplinary approach, developing data-driven models to understand population dynamics and natural selection in laboratory and free-living animal and plant populations. I am particularly keen to understand how demographic, environmental and ecological processes interact to influence these processes. I also develop theory and methods for modelling and analysis of structured populations.

Publications

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Books

  • Beckerman AP, Petchey OL & Childs DZ (2017) Getting Started with R: An Introduction for Biologists. Oxford University Press.
  • Ellner SP, Childs DZ & Rees M (2016) Data-driven Modelling of Structured Populations: A Practical Guide to the Integral Projection Model. Springer.

Journal articles

  • Sze JS, Childs DZ, Carrasco LR, Fernández‐Llamazares Á, Garnett ST & Edwards DP (2024) . Global Change Biology, 30(1).
  • Cordes LS, Blumstein DT, Armitage KB, CaraDonna PJ, Childs DZ, Gerber BD, Martin JGA, Oli MK & Ozgul A (2020) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(30), 18119-18126.
  • Griffiths JI, Childs DZ, Bassar RD, Coulson T, Reznick DN & Rees M (2020) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 117(29), 17068-17073.
  • Jackson J, Mar KU, Htut W, Childs DZ & Lummaa V (2020) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 89(10), 2268-2278.
  • Comont D, Lowe C, Hull R, Crook L, Hicks HL, Onkokesung N, Beffa R, Childs DZ, Edwards R, Freckleton RP & Neve P (2020) . Nature Communications, 11(1), ---.
  • Paniw M, Childs DZ, Armitage KB, Blumstein DT, Martin JGA, Oli MK & Ozgul A (2020) . Ecology Letters, 23(4), 588-597.
  • Varah A, Ahodo K, Coutts SR, Hicks HL, Comont D, Crook L, Hull R, Neve P, Childs DZ, Freckleton RP & Norris K (2020) . Nature Sustainability, 3(1), 63-71.
  • Hindle BJ, Pilkington JG, Pemberton JM & Childs DZ (2019) . Global Change Biology, 25(10), 3282-3293.
  • Comont D, Hicks H, Crook L, Hull R, Cocciantelli E, Hadfield J, Childs D, Freckleton R & Neve P (2019) . New Phytologist, 223(3), 1584-1594.
  • Jackson J, Childs DZ, Mar KU, Htut W & Lummaa V (2019) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286(1899).
  • Hindle BJ, Rees M, Sheppard AW, Quintana-Ascencio PF, Menges ES & Childs DZ (2018) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9(11), 2283-2293.
  • Maldonado-Chaparro AA, Blumstein DT, Armitage KB & Childs DZ (2018) . Ecology Letters, 21(11), 1693-1703.
  • Salguero-Gomez R, Violle C, Gimenez O & Childs D (2018) . Functional Ecology, 32(6), 1424-1435.
  • Hicks HL, Comont D, Coutts SR, Crook L, Hull R, Norris K, Neve P, Childs DZ & Freckleton RP (2018) . Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2, 529-536.
  • Griffiths JI, Petchey OL, Pennekamp F & Childs DZ (2018) . Functional Ecology, 32(2), 496-508.
  • Freckleton RP, Hicks HL, Comont D, Crook L, Hull R, Neve P & Childs DZ (2018) . Pest Management Science, 74(10), 2287-2295.
  • Booton RD, Iwasa Y, Marshall JAR & Childs DZ (2017) . Journal of Theoretical Biology, 420, 213-219.
  • Childs DZ, Sheldon BC & Rees M (2016) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 85(2), 329-342.
  • Bassar RD, Childs DZ, Rees M, Tuljapurkar S, Reznick DN & Coulson T (2016) . Ecology Letters, 19(3), 268-278.
  • Metcalf CJE, Graham AL, Martinez-Bakker M & Childs DZ (2016) . Journal of Animal Ecology , 85(2), 343-355.
  • Metcalf CJE, Ellner SP, Childs DZ, Salguero-Gómez R, Merow C, McMahon SM, Jongejans E & Rees M (2015) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 6(9), 1007-1017.
  • Griffiths JI, Warren PH & Childs DZ (2015) . Oikos, 124(4), 458-468.
  • Rees M, Childs DZ & Ellner SP (2014) . J Anim Ecol, 83(3), 528-545.
  • Rees M, Childs DZ & Freckleton RP (2012) . Journal of Ecology, 100(3), 577-585.
  • Coulson T, Tuljapurkar S & Childs DZ (2010) . Journal of Animal Ecology.
  • Ozgul A, Childs DZ, Oli MK, Armitage KB, Blumstein DT, Olson LE, Tuljapurkar S & Coulson T (2010) . NATURE, 466(7305), 482-U5.

All publications

Books

  • Petchey OL, Beckerman AP, Cooper N & Childs DZ (2021) . Oxford University PressOxford.
  • Beckerman A, Childs D & Petchey O (2017) . Oxford University Press.
  • Beckerman AP, Petchey OL & Childs DZ (2017) Getting Started with R: An Introduction for Biologists. Oxford University Press.
  • Ellner SP, Childs DZ & Rees M (2016) Data-driven Modelling of Structured Populations: A Practical Guide to the Integral Projection Model. Springer.

Journal articles

  • Cerini F, Jackson J, O'Brien D, Childs DZ & Clements CF (2025) . Ecology, 106(9).
  • Baudraz MEA, Childs D, Kelly R, Smith AL, Villellas J, Andrzejak M, Bachelot B, Benedek LK, Blomberg SP, Bodis J , Brearley FQ et al (2025) . Journal of Ecology.
  • Bliard L, Martin JS, Paniw M, Blumstein DT, Martin JGA, Pemberton JM, Nussey DH, Childs DZ & Ozgul A (2025) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(3), 379-393.
  • Goodsell RM, Coutts S, Oxford W, Hicks H, Comont D, Freckleton RP & Childs DZ (2024) . Remote Sensing, 16(24).
  • Compagnoni A, Childs D, Knight TM & Salguero‐Gómez R (2024) . Ecology and Evolution, 14(10).
  • Pakeman RJ, Stevenson I, Pilkington J, Bal X, Pemberton J, Fenton A, Childs D, Crawley M & Nussey D (2024) . Oikos, 2024(12).
  • Harrington NE, Kottara A, Cagney K, Shepherd MJ, Grimsey EM, Fu T, Hull RC, Chong CE, Baker KS, Childs DZ , Fothergill JL et al (2024) . Journal of Infection, 89(5), 106275-106275.
  • Lewis TC, Gutierrez Vargas I, Beckerman AP & Childs DZ (2024) . Bioacoustics, 33(4), 311-331.
  • Dean AD, Childs DZ, Corripio‐Miyar Y, Evans M, Hayward A, Kenyon F, McNally L, McNeilly TN, Pakeman RJ, Sweeny AR , Nussey DH et al (2024) . Ecology and Evolution, 14(6).
  • Bliard L, Paniw M, Childs DZ & Ozgul A (2024) . The American Naturalist, 203(6), 681-694.
  • Johnson TF, Beckerman AP, Childs DZ, Webb TJ, Evans KL, Griffiths CA, Capdevila P, Clements CF, Besson M, Gregory RD , Thomas GH et al (2024) . Nature, 628, 788-794.
  • Varah A, Ahodo K, Childs DZ, Comont D, Crook L, Freckleton RP, Goodsell R, Hicks HL, Hull R, Neve P & Norris K (2024) . Scientific Reports, 14(1).
  • Goodsell RM, Comont D, Hicks H, Lambert J, Hull R, Crook L, Fraccaro P, Reusch K, Freckleton RP & Childs DZ (2024) . Journal of Applied Ecology, 61(5), 1109-1126.
  • Brooks GC, Chandler HC, Jiao Y, Childs DZ & Haas CA (2024) . Population Ecology, 66(3), 184-195.
  • Sze JS, Childs DZ, Carrasco LR, Fernández‐Llamazares Á, Garnett ST & Edwards DP (2024) . Global Change Biology, 30(1).
  • Lewis TC, Vargas IG, Vredenbregt C, Jimenez M, Hatchwell B, Beckerman AP & Childs DZ (2024) . Ibis, 166(2), 518-533.
  • Sweeny AR, Lemon H, Ibrahim A, Watt KA, Wilson K, Childs DZ, Nussey DH, Free A & McNally L (2023) . mSystems, 8(4).
  • Gascoigne SJL, Rolph S, Sankey D, Nidadavolu N, Pičman ASS, Hernández CM, Philpott MER, Salam A, Bernard C, Fenollosa E , Lee YJ et al (2023) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14(8), 2065-2083.
  • Durant EK, Hoysted G, Howard N, Sait S, Childs D, Johnson D & Field K (2023) . Current Biology, 33(12), 2566-2573.
  • Hindle BJ, Quintana‐Ascencio PF, Menges ES & Childs DZ (2023) . Journal of Ecology, 111(8), 1749-1761.
  • Sze JS, Childs DZ, Carrasco LR & Edwards DP (2022) . Current Biology, 32(22), 4949-4956.
  • Hayward AD, Behnke JM, Childs DZ, Corripio-Miyar Y, Fenton A, Fraser MD, Kenyon F, McNeilly TN, Pakeman RJ, Pedersen AB , Pemberton JM et al (2022) . Parasitology, 149(13), 1749-1759.
  • Fraccaro P, Butt J, Edwards B, Freckleton RP, Childs DZ, Reusch K & Comont D (2022) . Remote Sensing, 14(17).
  • Hansson EM, Childs DZ & Beckerman AP (2022) . PLoS ONE, 17(7).
  • Levin SC, Evers S, Potter T, Peña Guerrero M, Childs DZ, Compagnoni A, Knight TM & Salguero‐Gómez R (2022) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 13(9), 1923-1929.
  • Comont D, MacGregor DR, Crook L, Hull R, Nguyen L, Freckleton RP, Childs DZ & Neve P (2022) . Pest Management Science, 78(7), 3039-3050.
  • Ellner SP, Adler PB, Childs DZ, Hooker G, Miller TEX & Rees M (2022) . Ecology, 103(10).
  • Sze JS, Carrasco LR, Childs D & Edwards DP (2022) . Nature Sustainability, 5(2), 123-130.
  • Busana M, Childs DZ, Burke TA, Komdeur J, Richardson DS & Dugdale HL (2022) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 91(1), 224-240.
  • Levin SC, Childs DZ, Compagnoni A, Evers S, Knight TM & Salguero‐Gómez R (2021) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12(10), 1826-1834.
  • Villellas J, Ehrlén J, Crone EE, Csergő AM, Garcia MB, Laine A, Roach DA, Salguero‐Gómez R, Wardle GM, Childs DZ , Elderd BD et al (2021) . Ecology Letters, 24(11), 2378-2393.
  • Nebel C, Sumasgutner P, Rodseth E, Ingle RA, Childs DZ, Curtis‐Scott O & Amar A (2021) . Journal of Zoology, 315(2), 123-130.
  • Paniw M, James TD, Ruth Archer C, Römer G, Levin S, Compagnoni A, Che‐Castaldo J, Bennett JM, Mooney A, Childs DZ , Ozgul A et al (2021) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(6), 1398-1407.
  • Goodsell RM, Childs DZ, Spencer M, Coutts S, Vergnon R, Swinfield T, Queenborough SA & Freckleton RP (2021) . Ecological Monographs, 91(3).
  • Compagnoni A, Levin S, Childs DZ, Harpole S, Paniw M, Römer G, Burns JH, Che-Castaldo J, Rüger N, Kunstler G , Bennett JM et al (2021) . Nature Communications, 12(1).
  • Boots M, Childs D, Crossmore J, Tidbury H & Rudolf V (2021) . Ecology Letters, 24(6), 1187-1192.
  • Coutts SR, Quintana‐Ascencio PF, Menges ES, Salguero‐Gómez R & Childs DZ (2021) . Ecology, 102(4).
  • Hicks H, Lambert J, Pywell R, Hulmes L, Hulmes S, Walker K, Childs DZ & Freckleton RP (2021) . Pest Management Science, 77(6), 2726-2736.
  • Samplonius JM, Atkinson A, Hassall C, Keogan K, Thackeray SJ, Assmann JJ, Burgess MD, Johansson J, Macphie KH, Pearce-Higgins JW , Simmonds EG et al (2021) . Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5(2), 155-164.
  • Layton‐Matthews K, Grøtan V, Hansen BB, Loonen MJJE, Fuglei E & Childs DZ (2021) . Ecology Letters, 24(2), 227-238.
  • Kunstler G, Guyennon A, Ratcliffe S, Rüger N, Ruiz‐Benito P, Childs DZ, Dahlgren J, Lehtonen A, Thuiller W, Wirth C , Zavala MA et al (2021) . Journal of Ecology, 109(2), 1041-1054.
  • James TD, Salguero‐Gómez R, Jones OR, Childs DZ & Beckerman AP (2021) . Conservation Biology, 35(4), 1210-1221.
  • Comont D, Lowe C, Hull R, Crook L, Hicks HL, Onkokesung N, Beffa R, Childs DZ, Edwards R, Freckleton RP & Neve P (2020) . Nature Communications, 11(1).
  • Cordes LS, Blumstein DT, Armitage KB, CaraDonna PJ, Childs DZ, Gerber BD, Martin JGA, Oli MK & Ozgul A (2020) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(30), 18119-18126.
  • Griffiths JI, Childs DZ, Bassar RD, Coulson T, Reznick DN & Rees M (2020) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 117(29), 17068-17073.
  • Jackson J, Mar KU, Htut W, Childs DZ & Lummaa V (2020) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 89(10), 2268-2278.
  • Comont D, Lowe C, Hull R, Crook L, Hicks HL, Onkokesung N, Beffa R, Childs DZ, Edwards R, Freckleton RP & Neve P (2020) . Nature Communications, 11(1), ---.
  • Lynsdale CL, Mon NO, Franco Dos Santos DJ, Aung HH, Nyein UK, Htut W, Childs D & Lummaa V (2020) . Scientific Reports, 10(1).
  • Paniw M, Childs DZ, Armitage KB, Blumstein DT, Martin JGA, Oli MK & Ozgul A (2020) . Ecology Letters, 23(4), 588-597.
  • Edmondson JL, Childs DZ, Dobson MC, Gaston KJ, Warren PH & Leake JR (2020) . Science of The Total Environment, 705.
  • Smith AL, Hodkinson TR, Villellas J, Catford JA, Csergő AM, Blomberg SP, Crone EE, Ehrlén J, Garcia MB, Laine A-L , Roach DA et al (2020) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(8), 4218-4227.
  • Varah A, Ahodo K, Coutts SR, Hicks HL, Comont D, Crook L, Hull R, Neve P, Childs DZ, Freckleton RP & Norris K (2020) . Nature Sustainability, 3(1), 63-71.
  • Che-Castaldo J, Jones OR, Kendall BE, Burns JH, Childs DZ, Ezard THG, Hernandez-Yanez H, Hodgson DJ, Jongejans E, Knight T , Merow C et al (2020) . Ecological Modelling, 416.
  • Hindle BJ, Pilkington JG, Pemberton JM & Childs DZ (2019) . Global Change Biology, 25(10), 3282-3293.
  • Comont D, Hicks H, Crook L, Hull R, Cocciantelli E, Hadfield J, Childs D, Freckleton R & Neve P (2019) . New Phytologist, 223(3), 1584-1594.
  • Lambert JPT, Childs DZ & Freckleton RP (2019) . Pest Management Science, 75(8), 2283-2294.
  • Booton RD, Iwasa Y & Childs DZ (2019) . Oikos, 128(5), 7298-740.
  • Jackson J, Childs DZ, Mar KU, Htut W & Lummaa V (2019) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286(1899).
  • Hindle BJ, Rees M, Sheppard AW, Quintana-Ascencio PF, Menges ES & Childs DZ (2018) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9(11), 2283-2293.
  • Maldonado-Chaparro AA, Blumstein DT, Armitage KB & Childs DZ (2018) . Ecology Letters, 21(11), 1693-1703.
  • Bearup DJ, Childs DZ & Freckleton RP (2018) . Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 33(8), 565-568.
  • Neve P, Barney JN, Buckley Y, Cousens RD, Graham S, Jordan NR, Lawton-Rauh A, Liebman M, Mesgaran MB, Schut M , Shaw J et al (2018) . Weed Research, 58(4), 250-258.
  • Salguero-Gomez R, Violle C, Gimenez O & Childs D (2018) . Functional Ecology, 32(6), 1424-1435.
  • Booton RD, Yamaguchi R, Marshall JAR, Childs DZ & Iwasa Y (2018) . Journal of Theoretical Biology, 445, 120-127.
  • Heather FJ, Childs DZ, Darnaude AM & Blanchard JL (2018) . PLoS ONE, 13(5).
  • Hicks HL, Comont D, Coutts SR, Crook L, Hull R, Norris K, Neve P, Childs DZ & Freckleton RP (2018) . Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2, 529-536.
  • Griffiths JI, Petchey OL, Pennekamp F & Childs DZ (2018) . Functional Ecology, 32(2), 496-508.
  • Lambert JPT, Hicks HL, Childs DZ & Freckleton RP (2018) . Weed Research, 58(1), 35-45.
  • Freckleton RP, Hicks HL, Comont D, Crook L, Hull R, Neve P & Childs DZ (2018) . Pest Management Science, 74(10), 2287-2295.
  • Booton RD, Iwasa Y, Marshall JAR & Childs DZ (2017) . Journal of Theoretical Biology, 420, 213-219.
  • Jordan N, Schut M, Graham S, Barney JN, Childs DZ, Christensen S, Cousens RD, Davis AS, Eizenberg H, Ervin DE , Fernandez-Quintanilla C et al (2016) . Weed Research, 56(5), 345-358.
  • Liebman M, Baraibar B, Buckley Y, Childs D, Christensen S, Cousens R, Eizenberg H, Heijting S, Loddo D, Merotto A , Renton M et al (2016) . Ecological Applications, 26(5), 1352-1369.
  • Childs DZ, Sheldon BC & Rees M (2016) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 85(2), 329-342.
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Bergland AO (2016) . Current Biology, 26(4), R161-R164.
  • Bassar RD, Childs DZ, Rees M, Tuljapurkar S, Reznick DN & Coulson T (2016) . Ecology Letters, 19(3), 268-278.
  • Metcalf CJE, Graham AL, Martinez-Bakker M & Childs DZ (2016) . Journal of Animal Ecology , 85(2), 343-355.
  • Metcalf CJE, Ellner SP, Childs DZ, Salguero-Gómez R, Merow C, McMahon SM, Jongejans E & Rees M (2015) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 6(9), 1007-1017.
  • Petchey OL, Pontarp M, Massie TM, Kefi S, Ozgul A, Weilenmann M, Palamara GM, Altermatt F, Matthews B, Levine JM , Childs DZ et al (2015) . Ecology Letters, 18(7), 597-611.
  • Griffiths JI, Warren PH & Childs DZ (2015) . Oikos, 124(4), 458-468.
  • Palamara GM, Childs DZ, Clements CF, Petchey OL, Plebani M & Smith MJ (2014) . Ecology and Evolution, 4(24), 4736-4750.
  • Rees M, Childs DZ & Ellner SP (2014) . J Anim Ecol, 83(3), 528-545.
  • Merow C, Dahlgren JP, Metcalf CJE, Childs DZ, Evans MEK, Jongejans E, Record S, Rees M, Salguero-Gómez R & Mcmahon SM (2014) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(2), 99-110.
  • Wood MJ, Davies AS, Hellgren O, Cornwallis CK, Perrins CM, Sheldon BC & Childs DZ (2013) . Journal of Avian Biology.
  • Fisher JP, Phoenix GK, Childs DZ, Press MC, Smith SW, Pilkington MG & Cameron DD (2013) . New Phytol, 198(1), 222-231.
  • Rees M, Childs DZ & Freckleton RP (2012) . Journal of Ecology, 100(3), 577-585.
  • Coulson T, Tuljapurkar S & Childs DZ (2010) . Journal of Animal Ecology.
  • Ozgul A, Childs DZ, Oli MK, Armitage KB, Blumstein DT, Olson LE, Tuljapurkar S & Coulson T (2010) . NATURE, 466(7305), 482-U5.
  • Childs DZ, Metcalf CJE & Rees M (2010) . Proc Biol Sci, 277(1697), 3055-3064.
  • Rees M, Jessica C, Metcalf E & Childs DZ (2010) . Proc Biol Sci, 277(1685), 1149-1151.
  • Childs DZ & Boots M (2010) . J R Soc Interface, 7(43), 309-319.
  • Boots M, Childs D, Reuman DC & Mealor M (2009) . Curr Biol, 19(19), 1660-1664.
  • Rees M, Metcalf CJE & Childs DZ (2009) . ISR J ECOL EVOL, 55(3), 227-231.
  • Metcalf CJE, Rose KE, Childs DZ, Sheppard AW, Grubb PJ & Rees M (2008) . P NATL ACAD SCI USA, 105(30), 10466-10470.
  • Coulson T, Ezard THG, Pelletier F, Tavecchia G, Stenseth NC, Childs DZ, Pilkington JG, Pemberton JM, Kruuk LEB, Clutton-Brock TH & Crawley MJ (2008) Estimating the functional form for the density dependence from life history data. ECOLOGY, 89(6), 1661-1674.
  • Childs DZ, Bonsall MB & Rees M (2004) . Journal of Theoretical Biology, 227(1), 13-23.
  • Rees M, Childs DZ, Rose KE & Grubb PJ (2004) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 271(1538), 471-475.
  • Childs DZ, Rees M, Rose KE, Grubb PJ & Ellner SP (2004) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 271(1537), 425-434.
  • Childs DZ, Rees M, Rose KE, Grubb PJ & Ellner SP (2003) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 270(1526), 1829-1838.
  • Radcliffe P, Hirata D, Childs D, Vardy L & Toda T (1998) . Molecular Biology of the Cell, 9(7), 1757-1771.
  • Cerini F, Childs DZ & Clements CF () . Nature Ecology & Evolution, 7(3), 320-331.

Book chapters

  • González EJ, Childs DZ, Quintana-Ascencio PF & Salguero-Gómez R (2021) , Demographic Methods across the Tree of Life (pp. 181-196). Oxford University PressOxford
  • Hayward AD, Garnier R, Childs DZ, Grenfell BT, Watt KA, Pilkington JG, Pemberton JM & Graham AL (2019) , Wildlife Disease Ecology (pp. 91-128). Cambridge University Press
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Petchey OL (2017) , Getting Started with R (pp. 79-92). Oxford University Press
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Petchey OL (2017) , Getting Started with R (pp. 93-130). Oxford University Press
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Petchey OL (2017) , Getting Started with R (pp. 203-218). Oxford University Press
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Petchey OL (2017) , Getting Started with R (pp. 219-222). Oxford University Press
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Petchey OL (2017) , Getting Started with R (pp. 131-166). Oxford University Press
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Petchey OL (2017) , Getting Started with R (pp. 167-202). Oxford University Press
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Petchey OL (2017) , Getting Started with R (pp. 35-56). Oxford University Press
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Petchey OL (2017) , Getting Started with R (pp. 57-78). Oxford University Press
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Petchey OL (2017) Getting Started with R An Introduction for Biologists Second Edition Preface, GETTING STARTED WITH R: AN INTRODUCTION FOR BIOLOGISTS, 2ND EDITION (pp. IX-XVIII).
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Petchey OL (2017) Getting and Getting Acquainted with R, GETTING STARTED WITH R: AN INTRODUCTION FOR BIOLOGISTS, 2ND EDITION (pp. 1-34).

Preprints

  • Hansson EM, Walker HJ, Childs DZ & Beckerman AP (2025) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Hansson EM, Childs DZ & Beckerman AP (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Hansson EM, Childs DZ & Beckerman AP (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Cerini F, Jackson J, Childs DZ & Clements CF (2023) , Wiley.
  • Varah A, Ahodo K, Childs DZ, Comont D, Crook L, Freckleton RP, Goodsell R, Hicks HL, Hull R, Neve P & Norris K (2023) , CABI Publishing.
  • Gascoigne SJL, Rolph S, Sankey D, Nidadavolu N, Pičman ASS, Hernández CM, Philpott MER, Salam A, Bernard C, Fenollosa E , Lee YJ et al (2023) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Lewis TC, Gutiérrez Vargas I, Vredenbregt C, Jimenez M, Hatchwell B, Beckerman AP & Childs DZ (2023) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Lewis TC, Vargas IG, Beckerman AP & Childs DZ (2022) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Lewis TC, Vargas IG, Williams S, Beckerman AP & Childs DZ (2022) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Johnson TF, Beckerman AP, Childs DZ, Griffiths CA, Capdevila P, Clements CF, Besson M, Gregory RD, Delmas E, Thomas G , Evans K et al (2022) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Cerini F, Childs DZ & Clements CF (2022) , Wiley.
  • Hayward AD, Behnke JM, Childs DZ, Corripio-Miyar Y, Fenton A, Fraser MD, Kenyon F, McNeilly TN, Pakeman RJ, Pedersen AB , Pemberton JM et al (2022) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Hansson EM, Childs DZ & Beckerman AP (2022) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Compagnoni A, Childs D, Knight TM & Gómez RS (2022) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Levin SC, Evers S, Potter T, Guerrero MP, Childs DZ, Compagnoni A, Knight TM & Salguero-Gómez R (2022) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Villellas J, Ehrlén J, Crone E, Csergő A, Garcia M, Laine A-L, Roach D, Salguero-Gomez R, Wardle G, Childs D , Elderd B et al (2021) , Wiley.
  • Sweeny AR, Lemon HE, Ibrahim A, Watt KA, Wilson K, Childs DZ, Nussey DH, Free A & McNally L (2020) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Compagnoni A, Levin S, Childs DZ, Harpole S, Paniw M, Römer G, Burns JH, Che-Castaldo J, Rüger N, Kunstler G , Bennett JM et al (2020) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Samplonius J, Atkinson A, Hassall C, Keogan K, Thackeray S, Assmann J, Burgess M, Johansson J, Macphie K & Pearce-Higgins J (2020) , California Digital Library (CDL).
  • Kunstler G, Guyennon A, Ratcliffe S, Rüger N, Ruiz-Benito P, Childs DZ, Dahlgren J, Lehtonen A, Thuiller W, Wirth C , Zavala MA et al (2019) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Paniw M, Childs D, Armitage KB, Blumstein DT, Martin J, Oli MK & Ozgul A (2019) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Hindle BJ, Rees M, Sheppard AW, Quintana-Ascencio PF, Menges ES & Childs DZ (2017) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Petchey OL, Pontarp M, Massie TM, Kéfi S, Ozgul A, Weilenmann M, Palamara GM, Altermatt F, Matthews B, Levine JM , Childs DZ et al (2015) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Levin SC, Childs DZ, Compagnoni A, Evers S, Knight TM & Salguero-Gómez R () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Research group

PhD students

  • Simran Aujla
  • Ross Booton
  • Robert Goodsell (with Professor R Freckleton)
  • Erika Hansson (with Dr AP Beckerman)
  • Bethan Hindle (with Dr AP Beckerman)
  • John Jackson (with Dr V Lummaa)
  • James Lambert (with Professor R Freckleton)
  • Simon Rolph (with Professor R Freckleton and Dr R Salguero-Gomez)

Postdoctoral Researchers

  • Alison Parton
  • Dr Shaun Coutts
Teaching activities

My approach to teaching and supervision of students is to convey my enthusiasm for population biology and evolutionary ecology, and to use research-led, biologically interesting examples to give students a thorough grounding in key concepts. I strongly believe that learning the basic tools for independent research is essential for undergraduate students, and I always encourage my students to try new methods of data analysis and quantitative reasoning. I am a fellow of the Higher Education Academy, having completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching.

I have led the devlopment of the new data science strand of our curriculum. At level 1, I co-ordinate the introduction to exploratory data analysis component of  (Skills for Biologists 1). In this course we introduce students to the R programming language, a cutting edge data visualisation and statistical analysis environment. We build on this knowledge in  (Data Analysis), using R to explore the principles of environmental design and analysis of biological data. I also contribute to  (Evolutionary Ecology).

My part of the course focuses on the evolution of host-parasite interactions and the mechanisms of life history evolution in stochastic environments. At the postgraduate level, I co-teach our Advanced Biological Analysis module (), a week long intensive training module for MBiolSci, MRes and PhD students. This module introduces advanced statistical tools and a workflow for presenting the results of research. I also supervise level 3 () and masters ( and our MRes) Projects. These projects reflect my broad interests in how ecological processes shape natural selection and population dynamics. Students interested in these research areas are welcome to contact me to discuss project ideas.