BADGER

Dave Hodgson

Professor of Ecology


University of Exeter

I am a population biologist with broad interests in the dynamics of wild populations, the evolution of life histories, and the epidemiology of wildlife disease. I use statistical analysis, modelling and theory to explain patterns in population dynamics, endangerment and invasiveness, in nature. Armed with detailed demographic and genomic information, I lead this NERC-funded large project to help understand the genetic, demographic and ecological drivers of fluctuations in bovine tuberculosis prevalence in the Woodchester Park badger population.