{"id":5834,"date":"2017-10-10T14:51:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T14:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/?p=5834"},"modified":"2017-10-10T14:51:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T14:51:44","slug":"modelling-the-impact-of-agri-environment-scheme-options-on-soil-and-vegetation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/2017\/modelling-the-impact-of-agri-environment-scheme-options-on-soil-and-vegetation\/","title":{"rendered":"Modelling the impact of agri-environment scheme options on soil and vegetation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Would you like to earn a PhD doing research at the cutting edge of biodiversity,\u00a0ecosystem services, land-use change and agriculture? Would you like to produce novel\u00a0science that could help shape land management schemes after Brexit? We are looking\u00a0for an enthusiastic, numerate student with a passion for ecology. The project will\u00a0statistical modelling and existing very high quality field data to estimate the likely success\u00a0of agri-environment scheme (AES) intervention in halting the loss of biodiversity using the\u00a0new Welsh Glastir scheme as an exemplar. In Europe, agri-environment schemes are co-financed\u00a0by Member States. Expenditure for 2007-2013 amounted to nearly 20 billion\u00a0EUR\u00a0 http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/agriculture\/envir\/measures\/index_en.htm<\/a>. In Wales, Welsh\u00a0Government spent around \u00a3119 million by the end of 2015 on the new Glastir scheme but\u00a0do these and previous schemes deliver the intended benefits? Proposed research will use\u00a0species niche and connectivity modelling to explore two performance criteria related to\u00a0the maintenance and restoration of biodiversity and natural capital; a) the completeness\u00a0of plant community reassembly in terms of target species and b) the timescales taken to\u00a0achieve varying levels of soil and vegetation change. Questions to be answered:<\/p>\n

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  1. Will\u00a0target plant communities reassemble in response to agri-environment scheme options?<\/li>\n
  2. How long will reassembly take?<\/li>\n
  3. What are the likely relative roles of soil conditions and\u00a0dispersal limitation in constraining response?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    At the end of the Phd you will have gained\u00a0experience in modelling plant and soil responses to land management change. You will\u00a0be familiar with environmental policy relating to agri-environment schemes in Europe and\u00a0to biodiversity conservation. You will have contributed to the global evidence base\u00a0regarding the role of land-use in constraining and facilitating vegetation change. You will\u00a0also have gained experience in writing up your findings in high impact journals.<\/p>\n

    This project will suit a numerate student that has an interest in addressing ecological and\u00a0conservation questions through the development and application of statistical models\u00a0from field datasets. Training will be provided in modelling, statistics, field ecology and\u00a0botany. Applicants should hold a minimum of UK Honours Degree at 2:1 level or\u00a0equivalent in subjects such as Ecology or Environmental Science. Familiarity with the R\u00a0programming environment would be a big advantage.<\/p>\n

    For further details please contact Dr Simon Smart, ssma@ceh.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Would you like to earn a PhD doing research at the cutting edge of biodiversity,\u00a0ecosystem services, land-use change and agriculture? Would you like to produce novel\u00a0science that could help shape land management schemes after Brexit? We are looking\u00a0for an enthusiastic, numerate student with a passion for ecology. The project will\u00a0statistical modelling and existing very high… Read More »Modelling the impact of agri-environment scheme options on soil and vegetation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":363,"featured_media":5835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[51],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-5834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-51","tag-ceh"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/files\/2017\/10\/Simon-Smart-Image-400x400px.gif?fit=400%2C400","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8kFzn-1w6","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5836,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5834\/revisions\/5836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}