In addition to providing benefits to society, biodiversity also brings costs. The aerial biosphere includes ecologically complex mixtures of pollens that negatively affect human health.… Read More »Exploring the ecology of airborne pollen biodiversity using environmental DNA analysis and identifying links to hay fever
Satellites and other high-resolution imaging techniques have enabled landscape ecologists to explore the spatial ecology of terrestrial biological communities, such as forests, for decades. The… Read More »Widening our view of the reef: the landscape ecology of disturbance and recovery on Pacific coral reefs
Bioaerosols consist of biota such as pollen, fungal spores, bacteria and viruses and include plant allergens that negatively affect human health. Almost a quarter of… Read More »Using environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis to explore aerial pollen communities and identify links to hay fever
Methane (CH4) emissions are far more devastating to global climate than carbon dioxide as it is 21-times more potent a greenhouse gas on a per… Read More »The impact of mixing on the production of methane by lakes and its loss to the atmosphere
Scientific background: Rip currents interact with density-driven freshwater plumes along the coast to mix and disperse contaminants from fluvial discharge into the shelf-sea where they… Read More »Rip current and density driven dispersal of nearshore contaminants
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?
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
Recent advancements in telemetry technology has dramatically enhanced our understanding of movement ecology, and generated novel opportunities for exploring how animals are responding to a… Read More »Demographic consequences of variation in individual foraging strategies of northern fulmars
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