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, Ecology, Evolution & Biodiversity, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Population, community and behavioural ecology Primary Supervisor: Alison Dunn <A.Dunn@leeds.ac.uk>
Modelling the metapopulation of the southern African common hippopotamus Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Physiology, development and ecologcal genetics, Population, community and behavioural ecology Primary Supervisor: Lochran Traill <l.traill@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Biology)
Understanding Causal Effects of Perturbations on Social Systems to Allow Prediction of Natural Populations’ Responses to Change Theme(s): Ecology, Evolution & Biodiversity, Evolution, palaentology and biotic change, Population, community and behavioural ecology Primary Supervisor: Josh Firth <j.a.firth@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Biology)
Interactions between glacier loss, proglacial lake development and downstream river ecosystems Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Aquatic/terrestrial/soil biogeochemistry, Ecology, Evolution & Biodiversity, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Glacial/Cryosphere, Hydrology, Population, community and behavioural ecology Primary Supervisor: Lee Brown <l.brown@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Geography)
Adaptation to extreme environmental change: Consequences of multiple stressors for species interactions and their extinction risk Theme(s): Ecology, Evolution & Biodiversity, Population, community and behavioural ecology Primary Supervisor: Steven Sait <s.m.sait@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Biology)