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 <[email protected]> Institution: University of Leeds (Biology )
Early warning signals of drought-induced tree mortality in Amazon forests Theme(s): Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning Primary Supervisor: David Galbraith <[email protected]>
Disentangling Responses of boreal ecosystems to climate change Theme(s): Aquatic/terrestrial/soil biogeochemistry, Climate Impacts, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Hydrology Primary Supervisor: Manuel Gloor <[email protected]> Institution: School of Geography, University of Leeds
Himalayan glacier retreat: impacts on river ecosystems Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Aquatic/terrestrial/soil biogeochemistry, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Glacial/Cryosphere, Hydrology, Population, community and behavioural ecology Primary Supervisor: Prof Lee Brown <[email protected]> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Geography)
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 <[email protected]> Institution: University of Hull (School of Environmental Science)
Lava-ignited wildfires dynamics and emissions Theme(s): Air Quality, Atmosphere and Climate, Earth Processes, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Living World, Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics Primary Supervisor: Dr Evgenia Ilyinskaya <[email protected]> Institution: Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics (School of Earth and Envrionment, University of Leeds)
Why are some peatlands resilient to climate change and others not? Theme(s): Climate, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning Primary Supervisor: Prof Andy Baird <[email protected]> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Geography)
A predator-prey arms race in Mesozoic oceans Theme(s): Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Evolution, palaeontology and biotic change, Palaeoenvironments and palaeontology Primary Supervisor: Dr Alex Dunhill <[email protected]> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Evolution of cooperative resistance in microbial populations subject to fluctuating environments Theme(s): Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning Primary Supervisor: Mauro Mobilia <[email protected]> Institution: Leeds (Applied Mathematics)
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 <[email protected]> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Biology)
