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Bernard Devereux BA MA PhD

University Lecturer and Member of Sidney Sussex College

Interested in the application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) to environmental problems, with special reference to computational methods.

Biography

Career:

• 1977-1978: University of Manchester in the North West Industry Research Unit
• 1978-2000: Computer Officer, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
• 2001-present: University Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Qualifications

• BA University of Nottingham
• PhD University of Nottingham

Research

GIS and Remote Sensing in Landscape Ecology

Publications

Refereed Journals

• Devereux B.J. and Amable, G.S. (2005), LiDAR data: the new source for height information, Images and Information, 18-20.
• Devereux, B., Amable, G., Crow, P., and Cliff, A., (2005), The potential of airborne LiDAR for detection of archaeological features under woodland canopies Antiquity, 79,305, 660.
• Devereux, B., Devereux, L., and Lindsay, C., (2005), Integrating transport and Planning: A new approach, Civil Engineering, Institute of Chartered Engineers, 158, 4-11.
• Fuller, R.M., Devereux, B., Gillings, S., Amable, G., Hill, R., (2005), Indices of bird-habitat preference from field surveys of birds and remote sensing of land cover: a study of South Eastern England with wider implications for conservation and biodiversity assessment, Global Ecology and Biogeography, 14, 223-239.
• Allen, H., Randall, R., Amable G., Devereux, B. (2006) The impact of changing olive cultivation practices on the ground flora of olive groves in the Messara and Psiloritis regions,Crete, Greece. Land Degradation & Development, Volume 17, Issue 3, 2006. Pages 249-273
• Arnold, N.S., Rees, W.G., Devereux, B.J. and Amable, G.S. (2006). Evaluating the potential of high-resolution airborne LiDAR data in glaciology. International Journal of Remote Sensing 27, 1233-1251.
• Gitas, I. And Devereux, B.J. (2006), The role of topographic correction in mapping recently burned Mediterranean forest areas from LANDSAT TM images, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Volume 27, Number 1 / 10 January, 41-54.
• Crow, P., Benham, S., Devereux, B.J and Amable G.S, (2007), Woodland vegetation and its implications for archaeological survey using LiDAR, Forestry, Volume 80, 3, 241-252.
• Fuller, R., Devereux, B.J., Gillings, S., Hill, R. and Amable, G.,(2006), Bird distributions relative to remotely sensed habitats in Great Britain: Towards a framework for national modelling, Journal of Environmental Management Volume 84, Issue 4, 586-605.
• Smit, I.P.J., Grant, C.C., and Devereux, B.J. (2007), Do artificial waterholes influence the way herbivores use the landscape? Herbivore distribution patterns around rivers and artificial surface water sources in a large African savanna park. Biological. Conservation, 136(1):85-99.
• Devereux, B.J., Amable, G.S., Crow, P., (2008), Visualisation of LiDAR terrain models for archaeological feature detection, Antiquity, 82:316, 470-479.

Selected conference papers and posters

• Devereux, B.J and Amable G.S. (Editors), (2006)*, Understanding a changing world, Integrated approaches to monitoring, measuring and modelling the environment, Proceedings of the Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Society Annual Conference, Cambridge, 5-8 September 2006.
• Kugler, Z., Barsi, A. & Devereux, B. (2006), Digital terrain modelling using photogrammetry and lidar to support hydraulic modelling in urban areas, Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Society Annual Conference, Cambridge, 5-8 September 2006
• Devereux, B.J., Amable, G.S., Allen, H.D. and Randall, R. (2005) Randall Spatial patterns in the structure of semi-natural vegetation communities on the slopes of Mt. Psiloritis in South Central Crete. RGS-IBG Annual International Conference. London, 31 August - 2 September, 2005
• Amable, G.S., Devereux, B.J., Allen, H.D., Randall, R. and Cockerell T.F. (2005) Application of Airborne LiDAR data in Mapping the Structure of Deciduous Woodland Communities in Woodwalton Fen Nature Reserve, England. Second Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society. Washington, DC, 5-9 January, 2005.
• Devereux, B.J., Amable, G.S., Allen, H.D. and Randall, R. (2005) *, Spatial patterns in the structure of semi-natural vegetation communities on the slopes of Mt. Psiloritis, Crete; Measuring and Monitoring the Vegetative Environment through Laser Scanning, UK Laser Scanning Special Interest Group, University of Nottingham – one day seminar.

Teaching

• Geographical Tripos (Undergraduate level)
• MPhil in Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing

External activities

• International Association of Landscape Ecologists
• UK Remote Sensing Society