Aletta Bonn
Research Manager
Moors for the Future Partnership, Peak District National Park
aletta.bonn@peakdistrict.gov.uk

Research within the Moors for the Future Partnership focuses on building a sustainability baseline for the moorlands with regards to biodiversity, landscape and access & recreation. We investigate upland patterns and processes by collation of existing data within a GIS (Geographic Information System) and the Moorland Centre library, initiation of extensive surveys & mapping and data analyses. The sustainability baseline will inform efficient conservation, land use and recreation planning.
We have established an active Moorland Research Forum with annual conferences, workshops and a grant scheme to facilitate and foster cross disciplinary upland research in collaboration with universities and other organisations.

Background

2000 PhD in conservation biology, University of Braunschweig, Germany
'Conservation biology of invertebrates in floodplains'

2001-2003 Postdoctoral research associate, Sheffield University, UK
(Biodiversity and Macroecology, BIOME, KJ Gaston)
'Reserve selection using environmental and species data'

Peer reviewed publications

• Holden, J., L.Shotbolt, A.Bonn, T.P. Burt, P.J. Chapman, A.J. Dougill, E.D.G. Fraser, K. Hubacek, B. Irvine, M.J. Kirkby, M.S. Reed, C. Prell, S. Stagl, L.C. Stringer, A. Turner & F.Worrall (in review). Changing environmental conditions in the UK’s moorlands: a review.
• Gaston, K.J., K. Charman, S. Jackson, P.R. Armsworth, A. Bonn, R.A. Briers, C.S.Q. Callaghan, R. Catchpole, J. Hopkins, W. E. Kunin, J. Latham, P: Opdam, R. Stoneman, D.A. Stroud & R. Tratt 2006. The ecological effectiveness of protected areas: The United Kingdom. Biological Conservation, 132, 76-87.
• Bonn, A. & K..J. Gaston 2005. Capturing biodiversity: selecting priority areas for conservation using different criteria. Biodiversity and Conservation, 14, 1083–1100.
• Bonn, A, D. Storch, K.J. Gaston 2004. Structure of the species-energy relationship. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 271, 1685–1691.
• Bonn, A., A.S.L. Rodrigues & K.J.Gaston 2002. Threatened and endemic species: are they good indicators of patterns of biodiversity on a national scale? Ecology Letters 5, 733-741.
• Bonn, A., K. Hagen & D. Wohlgemuth-von Reiche 2002. The significance of flood regimes for carabid beetle and spider communities in riparian habitats - a comparison of three major rivers in Germany. River Research and Applications 18, 43-64.
• Antvogel, H. & A. Bonn 2001. Environmental parameters and microspatial distribution of insects: an example from carabids in an alluvial forest. Ecography 24, 470-482.
• Bonn, A. & B. Schröder 2001. Habitat models and their transfer for single species and multi species groups: a case study of carabids in an alluvial forest. Ecography 24, 483-496.
• Bonn, A. 2000. Flight activity of carabid beetles on a river margin in relation to fluctuating water levels. In Natural history and applied ecology of carabid beetles (ed. P. Brandmayr, G. Lövei, T. Brandmayr, A. Casale & A. Vigna Taglianti), pp. 147-160. Sofia: Pensoft.
• Bonn, A. & T. Ziesche 2000. Auswirkung von Uferbaumaßnahmen auf die Carabidenfauna eines Flusses. Folgen von Buhnensanierung und Steinschüttungen am Beispiel der Elbe. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 32, 242-249.
• Bonn, A. & M. Kleinwächter 1999. Microhabitat distribution of spider and ground beetle assemblages (Araneae, Carabidae) on frequently inundated river banks of the River Elbe. Zeitschrift für Ökologie und Naturschutz 8, 109-123.
• Bonn, A., M. Gasse, J. Rolff & A. Martens 1996. Increased fluctuating asymmetry (FA) in the damselfly Coenagrion puella correlated with ectoparasitic water mites: implications for FA theory. Oecologia 108, 596-598.