Biogeochemical processes in rivers, estuaries and coastal seas play key roles in the global carbon C cycle by controlling the flux of material from land… Read More »Lignin as a tracer for terrestrial vegetation across the river-estuarine-coastal continuum
The very presence of engineering species within a landscape promotes high levels of biodiversity and ecosystem goods/services. However, their loss and degradation is one of… Read More »Learning from the landscape: can the patch dynamics of reef communities guide their conservation and spatial management?
Many insect pests have the ability to migrate vast distances in remarkably short periods of time. This has significant implications with regards to their geographical… Read More »Interactions between migration and disease in an invasive crop pest
Ozone pollution has negative effects on many species of semi-natural vegetation, and grasslands have been shown to be particularly sensitive. Nitrogen deposition is also a… Read More »Impact of ozone on nitrogen dynamics of grassland vegetation
The Antarctic Ice Sheet is losing ice at a rapid rate. As these large volumes of ice melt, they can disrupt key pathways in the… Read More »Ice-ocean interactions: effects of climate change on Antarctic ice-shelf dynamics
The past 60 years have seen dramatic changes in the amount of atmospheric pollutants being deposited on semi-natural habitats. Between 1960 and 1990, industrialisation and… Read More »How long does it take for recovery of soil processes from excess nitrogen deposition?
Britain, in common with many other parts of the globe, faces the challenge of managing its land for multiple ends in the face of a… Read More »Growing your cake and eating it: a model-based investigation of trade-offs in biodiversity and potential ecosystem service supply across Britain
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global challenge. It is estimated that globally 700,000 human deaths per year are due to AMR, predicted to rise… Read More »Geospatial modelling the spread of antimicrobial resistance in the environment
Ecology has traditionally assessed communities based on species identity, but increasingly the traits of those species are being assessed instead, to measure functional diversity. By… Read More »Functional changes in coral reef marine protected areas
Oceanic islands provide replicated ‘natural experiments’ that can be harnessed to disentangle general evolutionary patterns from unique evolutionary outcomes. In particular, high-altitude oceanic islands provide… Read More »Evolutionary dynamics in changing environments: oceanic islands as natural experiments