Prof Thomas Meagher

Professor

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 463347/3364

Email

trm3@st-andrews.ac.uk

Research areas

Plant evolutionary biology, genealogical reconstruction and analysis (likelihood-based paternity and parentage analysis), quantitative genetics, sexual dimorphism, linkages between molecular variation and phenotypic evolution, ecological and genetic bases for population differentiation and speciation, conservation biology and biodiversity, risk assessment of gene flow and its consequences in genetically modified organisms, public understanding of science.

Selected publications

• Plotting a future for Amazonian canga vegetation in a campo rupestre context

  Zappi, D. C., Moro, M. F., Walker, B., Meagher, T., Viana, P. L., Mota, N. F. O., Watanabe, M. T. C. & Nic Lughadha, E., 5 Aug 2019, In : PLoS ONE. 14, 8, 19 p., e0219753.

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• Best practices for virtual participation in meetings: experiences from synthesis centers

  Hampton, S. E., Halpern, B. S., Winter, M., Balch, J. K., Parker, J. N., Baron, J. S., Palmer, M., Schildhauer, M. P., Bishop, P., Meagher, T. R. & Specht, A., 3 Jan 2017, In : The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 98, 1, p. 57-63 7 p.

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• Extinction risk and threats to plants

  Nic Lughadha, E., Canteiro, C., Bachman, S., Baines, D., Gardiner, L., Meagher, T. R., Rivers, M., Shuiteman, A., Williams, E. & Hargreaves, S., 2017, State of the World's Plants 2017. Willis, K. J. (ed.). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, p. 72-77 6 p. 11

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• Plant biodiversity drivers in Brazilian campos rupestres: insights from phylogenetic structure

  Zappi, D. C., Freire Moro, M., Meagher, T. R. & Nic Lughadha, E., 19 Dec 2017, In : Frontiers in Plant Science. 8, 15 p., 2141.

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• Synthesis centers as critical research infrastructure

  Baron, J., Specht, A., Garnier, E., Bishop, P., Campbell, A., Davis, F., Fady, B., Field, D., Gross, L., Guru, S., Halpern, B., Hampton, S., Leavitt, P., Meagher, T. R., Ometto, J., Parker, J., Price, R., Rawson, C., Rodrigo, A., Sheble, L. & Winter, M., Aug 2017, In : Bioscience. 67, 8, p. 750-759 10 p.

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• An improved method for qPCR detection of three Phytophthora spp. in forest and woodland soils in northern Britain

  Elliot, M., Schlenzig, A., Harris, C. M., Meagher, T. R. & Green, S., 2015, In : Forest Pathology. Early View, 3 p.

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• Disassortative mating prevails in style-dimorphic Narcissus papyraceus despite low reciprocity and compatibility of morphs

  Simón-Porcar, V. I., Meagher, T. R. & Arroyo, J., Sep 2015, In : Evolution. 69, 9, p. 2276?2288

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• Green plants in the red: a baseline global assessment for the IUCN Sampled Red List Index for Plants

  Brummitt, N., Bachman, S., Griffiths-Lee, J., Lutz, M., Moat, J., Farjon, A., Donaldson, J., Hilton-Taylor, C., Meagher, T. R., Albuquerque, S., Aletrari, E., Andrews, A. K., Atchison, G., Baloch, E., Barlozzini, B., Brunazzi, A., Carretero, J., Celesti, M., Chadburn, H., Ciafoni, E., Cockel, C., Coldwell, V., Concetti, B., Contu, S., Crook, V., Dyson, P., Gardiner, L., Ghanim, N., Greene, H., Groom, A., Harker, R., Hopkins, D., Khela, S., Lakeman-Fraser, P., Lindon, H., Lockwood, H., Loftu, C., Lombrici, D., Lopez-Poveda, L., Lyon, J., Malcolm-Tompkins, P., McGregor, K., Moreno, L., Murray, L., Nazar, K. & Nic Lughadha, E., 7 Aug 2015, In : PLoS One. 10, 8, 22 p., e0135152.

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• The role of edaphic environment and climate in structuring phylogenetic pattern in seasonally dry tropical plant communities

  Moro, M. F., Silva, I. A., Araújo, F. S. D., NIc Lughadha, E., Meagher, T. R. & Martins, F. R., 23 Mar 2015, In : PLoS One. 10, 3, 18 p., e0119166.

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• Do species conservation assessments capture genetic diversity?

  Rivers, M. C., Brummitt, N., Nic Lughadha, E. & Meagher, T. R., Dec 2014, In : Global Ecology and Conservation. 2, p. 81-87 7 p.

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