Ecosystems

This research theme focuses on understanding the impacts of environmental change and land management on the goods and services provided by the Earth’s ecosystems.

We use a multifaceted approach, combining field, laboratory, and modelling studies, across ecosystem types including the ocean, farmland and industrial mining sites.

Systems and taxa we study include:

• microbes, plants and biogeochemical cycles
• insects, agri-environment and pollination services
• marine vertebrates, fisheries and renewable energies
• birds, protected areas and climate change
• mammals, human-wildlife conflicts and wildlife disease.

Specialists in Ecosystems

• Dr Daniel Barrios-O'Neill
• Professor Stuart Bearhop
• Dr Jason Chapman
• Dr James Cresswell
• Dr Regan Early
• Professor Kevin Gaston
• Professor Brendan Godley
• Dr Lucy Hawkes
• Professor Dave Hodgson
• Dr Christopher Kaiser-Bunbury
• Dr Ilya MacLean
• Professor Juliet Osborne
• Dr Orly Razgour
• Dr Kees Jan van Groenigen
• Dr Frank van Veen
• Dr Gabriel Yvon-Durocher