In social insects, such as pollinators, infectious diseases challenge the survival and effective function of both the individual and the entire colony. While pests and… Read More »Characterising and predicting the impact of infection with deformed wing virus (DWV) on honey bees and bumble bees.
This project will explore the coalescence and break up of bubbles as they emerge through cracks in the earth’s crust. This is truly interdisciplinary work,… Read More »Bubbles rising through rocky cracks
Secondary forests are increasingly prominent features in tropical landscapes and the importance for the restoration of the original hyperdiverse mature forests they replace is widely… Read More »Assessing the role of fungus-mediated plant-soil feedbacks during secondary succession of tropical forests
Now that humanity has cleared or damaged at least three-quarters of the world’s primary forests, the regrowth of tropical forests plays a key role in… Read More »A multi-scale assessment of the regrowth potential of secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon