Success and Vulnerability in the Amazon Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Evolution, palaeontology and biotic change, Population, community and behavioural ecology Primary Supervisor: Professor Oliver Phillips <o.phillips@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (Geography)
Testing the links between mass extinctions, volcanism and ocean chemistry Theme(s): Chemistry of the Earth, Earth Processes, Evolution, palaeontology and biotic change, Palaeoenvironments and palaeontology Primary Supervisor: Dr Robert Newton <R.J.Newton@Leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth & Environment)
Variability and permanence of functional traits to determine environmental tipping points Theme(s): Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Evolution, palaeontology and biotic change, Physiology, development and ecological genetics Primary Supervisor: Dr Katharina Wollenberg Valero <k.wollenberg-valero@hull.ac.uk> Institution: The University of Hull (Biological and Marine Sciences)
The evolution of functional disparity in the avian skull Theme(s): Evolution, palaeontology and biotic change Primary Supervisor: Jen Bright <jen.bright@gmail.com> Institution: University of Hull
Mesozoic Ecosystem Dynamics: Modelling dinosaurs in their natural environment Theme(s): Climate, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Evolution, palaeontology and biotic change, Palaeoenvironments and palaeontology Primary Supervisor: Dr Dan Hill <d.j.hill@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Learning to communicate: How do pheromones work in social and solitary bees and how did they evolve? Theme(s): Evolution, palaeontology and biotic change, Physiology, development and ecological genetics, Population, community and behavioural ecology Primary Supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Duncan <e.j.duncan@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Biology)
How do genomes respond to sexual system transitions? Theme(s): Evolution, palaeontology and biotic change Primary Supervisor: Africa Gomez <a.gomez@hull.ac.uk> Institution: University of Hull (Biological and Marine Sciences)
Go with the flow: integrating hydraulic models with eDNA based species detection Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Evolution, palaeontology and biotic change, Hydrology, Sedimentology, geomorphology and basin analysis Primary Supervisor: Dr Bernd Hänfling <b.haenfling@hull.ac.uk> Institution: University of Hull (Department of Biological and Marine Sciences)
