Magurran, Anne E., 1955-

Anne Elizabeth Magurran (born 1955) is a British Professor of ecology at University of St Andrews in Scotland. She is the author of several books on measuring biological diversity, and the importance for quantifying biodiversity for conservation. She has won numerous awards and honors, is regularly consulted for global assessments and analyses of biodiversity and conservation and her research is often highlighted by journalists. Magurran has worked with Robert May and other leading biologists, including Helder Queiroz, whom she advised. Her research projects often focus on tropical freshwater fish communities - specifically the Trinidadian guppy- in the Neotropics and India.