Anthropogenic stressors and freshwater ecosystems; the impact of plastic pollution, climate change and invasive alien species on invertebrate behaviour and community structure. Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Population, community and behavioural ecology Primary Supervisor: Professor Alison M. Dunn <a.dunn@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (Biology )
Assessing the impacts of floodplain rehabilitation on fish population dynamics: a novel approach using conventional fish surveys, biotelemetry and biochemical analysis Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Living World, Population, community and behavioural ecology Primary Supervisor: Andy Nunn <a.d.nunn@hull.ac.uk> Institution: University of Hull
Rooting the Northern Forest: soil and woodland dynamics across northern England Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Living World, Palaeoenvironments and palaeontology Primary Supervisor: Dr M Jane Bunting <m.j.bunting@hull.ac.uk> Institution: University of Hull (School of Environmental Science)
Eco-evo dynamics of ranavirus infection in UK amphibian communities Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation Primary Supervisor: Rob Knell <r.j.knell@hull.ac.uk> Institution: University of Hull
How can population genomics help in the conservation of the endangered white-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes)? Theme(s): Physiology, development and ecological genetics Primary Supervisor: Alison Dunn
Reproduction in a warming world – investigating climate change and fertility in important insects Theme(s): Population, community and behavioural ecology Primary Supervisor: Prof Amanda Bretman <a.j.bretman@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Biology)
Metacommunity dynamics, land-use strategies, and ecosystem services Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation Primary Supervisor: David Williams <d.r.williams@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Science for policy and policy for science at the frontier of conservation biology Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation Primary Supervisor: Prof George Holmes <G.Holmes@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment)
An experimental approach to mitigating hippo human conflict Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Population, community and behavioural ecology Primary Supervisor: Dr Lochran Traill <l.traill@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Biology)
Radar aeroecology: monitoring birds, bats and bugs with radar Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Atmospheric Physics, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Meteorology, Population, community and behavioural ecology Primary Supervisor: Dr Christopher Hassall <C.Hassall@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Biology)