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I'm Richard O'Rorke, a food-web ecologist with a focus on tackling problems in conservation through understanding “multi-trophic” systems. This involves looking at diverse feeding interactions: from microbes (bacteria, phage, fungi, unicellular and colonial Eukaryotes) to multicellular plants and animals. I work across a diverse range of marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. Understanding the structure of food webs throws light on community succession (species replacing other species), helps us und
I'm Richard O'Rorke, a food-web ecologist with a focus on tackling problems in conservation. This involves looking at diverse feeding interactions: from microbes (bacteria, phage, fungi, unicellular and colonial Eukaryotes) to multicellular plants and animals. Understanding the structure of food webs helps us understand how some species succeed others, why other species become invasive and helps us rescue and rehabilitate threatened ecosystems and landscapes.