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Dr Mike Morecroft

PhD Altitudinal trends in photosynthetic and nutrient relations. @ University of Cambridge with Professor F I Woodward.

1990
Dr Naomi Saville PhD Bumblebee ecology in woodlands and arable farmland. @ University of Cambridge with Dr Sally Corbet. 1993
Dr Kate Snow PhD A study of the manipulation of soils chemical properties for the recreation of areas of conservation interest. @ University of Liverpool. 1995
Dr Steve Paterson PhD Control and modelling of bracken (Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn) in Great Britain. @ University of Liverpool. @ University of Liverpool. 1996
Dr Ruth Mitchell PhD Studies of succession on Dorset heaths. PhD @ University of Liverpool. 1997
Dr Kathy Owen The creation of heathland and acid grassland on former arable land at Minsmere. PhD @ University of Liverpool. 1998
Dr Anna Milligan PhD The control of Molinia caerulea (L.) Moench in British upland moorlands. PhD @ University of Liverpool. 1998
Dr Andrea Britton PhD Modelling invasions on heathlands.PhD @ University of Liverpool 1998
Dr Roger Humphry PhD Herbicide effects on a plant community and on monocultures of different densities. @ University of Liverpool. @ University of Liverpool 1999
Dr Jill Hughes Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Molecular studies of Calluna regeneration across Europe. NERC\Daphne Jackson Women's Returner to Science. 2000
Dr Jon Huckle PhD Colonisation and development of salt marsh in the Dee Estuary, N W England: integrating large-scale pattern and small-scale ecological processes. @ University of Liverpool with Dr Jac Potter, Chester College. 2000
Dr Rachel Hirst PhD Economic and socio-economic impacts of military training on Salisbury Plain. @ University of Liverpool. 2000
Dr Pavel Toropov PhD Potential toxic effects of bracken (Pteridium aquilinum (L) Kuhn) on invertebrates and diatoms in Welsh upland streams. @ University of Liverpool. 2002
Ms Sally Whyman MPhil A cytotaxonomic investigation of Rhododendron Subsections Heliolepida and Triflora. MPhil @ University of Liverpool. 2002
Dr Jon Huckle Post-Doctoral Research Associate Research Developing web site for Invasive exotic aliens
2002
Dr Anchana Prathep PhD Population ecology of a turf forming red alga, Osmundea pinnatifida from the Isle of Man, British Isles. PhD @ University of Liverpool. 2002
Dr Janet Cubey PhD A cytological and morphological taxonomic study of Rhododendron L. Subsections Saluenensia (Hutch.) Sleumer and Maddenia (Hutch.) Sleumer. PhD @ University of Liverpool. 2003
Dr Rehab Karar PhD Studies of the weed ecology of the Gezira Scheme, Sudan: an ecological and socio-economic perspective. PhD @ University of Liverpool. 2003
Emma Cox

Assistant Restoration Ecology

2002-2003
Dr Cliff Stuckey PhD Chemical amelioration as a means of accelerating the re-creation of semi-natural habitat. PhD @ University of Liverpool. 2004
Dr Simon Smart PhD National scale vegetation change in Britain since 1978: an anlsysis of pattern, process. PhD @ University of Liverpool. 2005
Dr Jamshid Ghorbani Pashakolaei PhD Restoration of bracken-dominated land: the response of propagule banks. PhD @ University of Liverpool. 2005
Dr Samantha Langdon PhD Crassula helmsii in the UK: comparative studies investigating direct and indirect effects on plants and newt breeding.@ University of Liverpool with Dr Jac Potter, University of Chester. 2005
Dr Ros King PhD Ecological considerations of phytoremediating a contaminated canal sediment.PhD @ University of Liverpool. 2005
Dr Erica Spencer PhD Saltmarshes of the Isle of Man. PhD @ University of Liverpool. 2005
Dr Phil Corney PhD Assessment of the factors influencing woodland field-layer vegetation. PhD @ University of Liverpool. 2006
Dr Kate Fagan PhD Measuring the success of calcareous grassland restoration: a practical test of ecological theory. 2007
Dr Emma Cox PhD The implications and effects of bracken (Pteridium aquilinum (L) Kuhn) conrol on species diversity, re-vegetation and bracken performance. 2007
Dr Mike Le Duc PDRA/Research associate/Lecturer Bracken control and vegetaiton restoration/ resotration ecology and quatitative methods 1993-2008
Dr Phil Jeffrey PhD Organisational change in Groundwork UK: a search for increased efficiency or greater legitimacy? 2009
     

 

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