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agroforestry PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

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  Improving Agroforestry in Latin America with the Versatile Tree Genus Inga
University of Edinburgh School of Geosciences
  Dr K Dexter
Application Deadline: 10 January 2019
See. https://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/e4-dtp/project/pdf/98. Summary. The student will contribute to a funded project using experimental and observational approaches to determine the best Inga species for agroforestry, while developing their own projects on specific species of Inga.
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  Agroforestry, soil health and delivery of public goods
University of Leeds School of Geography
  Prof P Chapman, Prof J Holden
Application Deadline: 7 January 2019
Agroforestry is the practice of deliberately growing trees in combination with arable crops and/or pasture on the same piece of land.
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  SCENARIO: The domestication of Amazon rainforests by pre-Columbian societies
University of Reading School of Geography and Environmental Science
  Dr F Mayle, Dr JS Singarayer, Dr R Walters
Application Deadline: 25 January 2019
The extent to which pre-Columbian (pre-AD1492) human societies transformed Amazonia from a virgin wilderness into a domesticated landscape is one of the most contentious debates in tropical ecology.
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  Quantifying Green House Gas fluxes under smallholder agricultural systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
University of Southampton School of Geography
  Dr B Ogutu, Prof J Dash
Application Deadline: 12 January 2019
The pressure to produce sufficient food to meet the nutritional needs of the burgeoning human population is the main driving force behind agricultural development.
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  How does woodland creation influence below-ground biodiversity, and soil and ecosystem functions?
University of Stirling School of Biological & Environmental Sciences
  Prof K Park, Dr E Vanguelova, Dr C Wilson, Dr K Watts
Application Deadline: 4 January 2019
This PhD will examine how woodland creation influences below-ground biodiversity, soil stabilisation, long term carbon sequestration, nutrient cycling, and the time-scales required for the development of these processes.
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  Quantifying adaptive genetic variation for the conservation and management of East African tropical trees
University of Stirling School of Biological & Environmental Sciences
  Prof A Jump, Dr S Cavers, Dr D Odee, Dr C Kettle
Application Deadline: 7 January 2019
We are seeking a highly motivated individual to undertake research focussing on understanding adaptive genetic diversity to underpin management decision making for East African tropical tree species.
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