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 )
From waste to compostable packaging: The environmental end-of-life impact of modified cellulosic films Theme(s): Aquatic/terrestrial/soil biogeochemistry Primary Supervisor: Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso <y.benitez-alfonso@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Biology)
Nurture versus nature in locusts – can we control their swarming behaviour? Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Climate Impacts, Evolution, palaeontology and biotic change, Physiology, development and ecological genetics, Population, community and behavioural ecology Primary Supervisor: Darron Cullen <d.cullen@hull.ac.uk> Institution: University of Hull (School of Natural Sciences)
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
Happy wound healing: investigating the effects of Prozac on fish skin wound healing Theme(s): Evolution, palaeontology and biotic change, Living World, Physiology, development and ecological genetics Primary Supervisor: Dr. Pedro Beltran-Alvarez <p.beltran-alvarez@hull.ac.uk> Institution: University of Hull (Centre for Biomedicine, Hull York Medical School)
Adaptation to extreme environmental change: Consequences of multiple stressors for species interactions and extinction risk Theme(s): Living World, Population, community and behavioural ecology Primary Supervisor: Steven Sait <s.m.sait@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Biology)
How does the keratinous beak of birds affect their functional performance? Theme(s): Evolution, palaeontology and biotic change, Living World Primary Supervisor: Jen Bright <j.bright@hull.ac.uk> Institution: University of Hull
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)
