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Centre for Ecology & Environmental Change

Undergraduate courses: Environmental Sciences, Ecology & Wildlife Conservation, Applied Geography, Biological Sciences, Marine Ecology & Conservation.

Masters courses: Biodiversity Conservation, Environmental Informatics, Environmental Management.

Short courses: Aquatic Invasive Species, Field Skills, Freshwater Fish Ecology, GIS for environmental managers, Marine Taxonomy & Habitat Survey, Social Justice In Environmental Policy.

 

Prof Matthew Bennett		Geophysical investigation of closed landfill sites; contaminated Land.
Dr Robert Britton		Ecology and conservation of aquatic ecosystems (particularly fish); invasive species; behavioural ecology; impacts of piscivorous fauna (e.g. cormorants and otters); impact of the artificial reefs; climate change and establishment success of introduced fishes; criteria for building risk assessments for GM fishes.
Prof Ralph Clarke		RIVPACS approach to assessing the ecological quality of UK rivers; uncertainty associated with bio-assessments for rivers and lakes in the context of the European Water Framework Directive; predicting the effect of housing developments on heathland and conservation areas; statistical advice; developing statistical re-sampling techniques to quantify uncertainty of change estimates.
Dr Anita Diaz		Plant distribution in relation to pollinators/herbivores and habitat restoration; ecological impacts of Sika deer; conditions required for the successful pollination of rare orchids and species of Araceae.
Dr Steve Fletcher		Coastal and marine policy and management; European Marine Strategy Directive; sand dune use and management.
Andrew Ford		Application of remote sensing to topographic change using interferometric SAR (InSAR), airborne/terrestrial scanning lasers (i.e. LiDAR) and photogrammetry; urban modelling and monitoring; Digital Surface Models (DSM); coastal geomorphology; monitoring coastal landslides and anthropogenic changes.
Prof Rodolphe Gozlan		Invasive fish and emerging pathogens (in particular Cyprinid and Dermocystida species); application of population and community theory to the conservation of endangered species; restoration of fish populations; disease threat to fish diversity.
Dr Roger Herbert		Marine biogeography; ecotoxicology; intertidal ecology and biodiversity; effects of climate change on marine ecosystems (particularly intertidal habitats); marine and freshwater ecological survey; Mantis Shrimp ecology;  improving species identification skills for environmental professionals.
Dr Ross Hill		Environmental applications of remote sensing (satellite and airborne data including multi-spectral and LiDAR), and integration with field data sets; mapping land cover and characterising the composition and pattern of landscapes; modelling forest structure and species composition; characterising and monitoring ecotones as indicators of environmental change; quantifying organism-habitat relationships and determining baselines and thresholds; identifying the determinants of habitat quality for woodland birds and their stability over time; temperate deciduous woodland; inter-tidal coastal habitats; unenclosed uplands; enclosed arable landscapes; national scale land cover census and sampling as part of the Countryside Survey; biodiversity indicators.
Dr Kathryn Hodder		Applied ecology for conservation management; interpreting vertebrate spatial behaviour in a landscape context; habitat requirements for conservation planning; catchment scale research to investigate the ways in which species use protected areas and the non-reserve matrix; dynamics of vegetation mosaics in relation to management.
Brian James		Response planning and preparation for coastal oil-spill pollution incidents; education of stakeholders working in coastal management roles.
Prof Adrian Newton		Forest ecosystems and ecology; conservation and sustainable use of forest trees and associated biodiversity; assessing impacts of environmental change on biodiversity using spatial analysis and modelling approaches; BAP listed fungi, vascular plants and insects.
Dr Richard Stillman		Modelling the influences of environmental change and management on animal populations (birds, herbivorous mammals, fish); advice on the best ways of reconciling the interests of wildlife with those of humans; bird-human conflicts; foraging behaviour and decision making.