Biography

Dr. Alan Feest has obtained a BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences (Ecology) from University of Exeter and then a PhD (Ecology of Myxogastrids) from University of Bristol which was continued as a Post-Doctoral Research. Currently he is working as Senior Research Fellow at Institute of Advanced Studies Queen’s Building, University of Bristol. Previously he was employed by the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food as Experimental Officer at the Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, Laboratory Technician in a soil chemistry laboratory, and Chief Technician at Midland Poultry Holdings Ltd, Head of Agricultural Sciences, Fakenham High School, Norfolk. He was received visiting researcher award from the British Council for a three month study period in Czechoslovakia, and awarded an accelerated progression for his work in the Department for Continuing Education. He successfully supervised more than 58 MSc students. He has published 5 international reports, 3 book chapters, 42 research articles in journals, and 16 papers in conference contributed as author/co-author. He is also serving as editor and reviewer for number of journals. He also received number of research grants.

Area of Interest:

Biomedical Sciences

100%

Biodiversity

62%

Ecology

90%

Environmental Management

75%

Microbiology

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
1

Chapters
0

Articles
32

Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

Feest, A., C. van Swaay and A. van Hinsberg, 2014. Nitrogen deposition and the reduction of butterfly biodiversity quality in the Netherlands. Ecol. Indicat., 39: 115-119.
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Stephenson, S.L. and A. Feest, 2012. Ecology of soil eumycetozoans. Acta Protozoologica, 51: 201-208.
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Feest, A., 2012. The utility of the streamlining European biodiversity indicators 2010 (SEBI 2010). Ecol. Indicat., 28: 16-21.
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Feest, A. and P. Cardoso, 2012. The comparison of site spider ''biodiversity quality'' in Portuguese protected areas. Ecol. Indicat., 14: 229-235.
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Drapeau, V., A. Feest and K. Hayward, 2012. Standardised biodiversity quality assessment: Lichens and bryophytes as bioindicators. Practice, 78: 33-38.
Petrakis, P.V., K. Spanos, A. Feest and E. Daskalakou, 2011. Phenols in leaves and bark of fagus sylvatica as determinants of insect occurrences. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 12: 2769-2782.
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Petrakis, P.V., K. Spanos and A. Feest, 2011. Insect biodiversity reduction of pinewoods in Southern Greece caused by the pine scale (Marchalina hellenica). For. Syst., 20: 27-41.
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Feest, A., M.D. Eyre and T.D. Aldred, 2011. Measuring carabid beetle biodiversity quality: An example of setting baseline biodiversity indices. Curr. Trends Ecol., 2: 11-23.
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Feest, A., I. Merrill and P. Aukett, 2011. Does botanical diversity in sewage treatment reed-bed sites enhance invertebrate biodiversity? Int. J. Ecol. 10.1155/2012/324295.
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Feest, A., C. van Swaay, T. Aldred and K. Jedamzik, 2011. The biodiversity quality of butterfly sites: A metadata assessment. Ecol. Indicat., 11: 669-675.
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Feest, A., T.D. Aldred and K. Jedamzik, 2010. Biodiversity quality: A paradigm for biodiversity. Ecol. Indicat., 10: 1077-1082.
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Spanos, K.A., A. Feest and P.V. Petrakis, 2009. Improving the assessment and monitoring of forest biodiversity. Manage. Environ. Qual., 20: 52-63.
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Feest, A., 2009. The biodiversity quality of forest macrofungi and forest management. Manage. Environ. Qual., 20: 21-32.
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Feest, A. and K. Spanos, 2009. An approach to measuring biodiversity and its use in analysing the effect of nitrogen deposition on woodland butterfly populations in the Netherlands. iForest, 2: 46-48.
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Duffey, E. and A. Feest, 2009. A comparative ecological study of the spider (Araneae) faunas of East Anglian fens, England: Regional differences and conservation. Arachnology, 14: 317-333.
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Toth, B.B. and A. Feest, 2007. A simple method to assess macrofungal sporocarp biomass for investigating ecological change. Botany, 85: 652-658.
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Feest, A., 2006. Establishing baseline indices for the quality of the biodiversity of restored habitats using a standardized sampling process. Restorat. Ecol., 14: 112-122.
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Feest, A. and K.O. Iwugo, 2006. Making reflection count. Eng. Edu., 1: 25-31.
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Iwugo, K.O., R.Y.G. Andoh and A. Feest, 2002. Cost-effective integrated drainage and wastewater management systems. Water Environ. J., 16: 53-57.
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Iwugo, K.O. and A. Feest, 2002. Reflective learning: A potent evaluation and development tool. Water Environ. Manage., 7: 6-8.
Iwugo, K.O., R.Y.G. Andoh and A. Feest, 2001. Cost effective urban drainage and wastewater management systems. Water, 21: 51-54.
Iwugo, K.O. and A. Feest, 2001. Reflective learning log: Concept and process. Water Environ. Manage., 6: 16-17.