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AI for Ecology and Biodiversity: Inferring habitat-species interactions from historical records [Self Funded Students Only]
Research Group:
Data and Knowledge Engineering
This project will apply artificial intelligence methods for natural language processing and machine learning to extract ecological and biodiversity data from textual descriptions of the environments in which biological specimens were collected. Read more
Leveraging species’ geography to predict and mitigate biodiversity loss with global change
This studentship will investigate how species’ geography can be used to predict and mitigate the negative effects of ongoing global changes, including climate and land use change. Read more
Competition and cooperation relationships within human microbial communities.
Typical studies of the human microbiome identify dysbiosis by sampling from healthy individuals, comparing them to individuals with a particular disease state, and reporting changes in the presence and/or abundance of bacterial species. Read more
GREEN CDT The evolution of volatile species during thermal treatment of PCM and plutonium residues
This PhD project will contribute to the implementation of new thermal treatment technologies that will make a vital contribution to the UK national mission to clean-up the UK’s nuclear legacy. Read more
Understanding the ecological and evolutionary effects of heatwaves in tropical species and ecological communities
Heatwaves are considered one of the most threatening processes for our plants and animal species as the Earth’s climate warms. There is much to understand about how our species and the ecological communities they form will change and adapt through heatwaves. Read more
Fully-funded studentship - Developing novel spatio-temporal models for large citizen science data sets
Supervisors: This is a joint project between the University of Kent and Butterfly Conservation and the PhD student will be supervised by a team with expertise in Statistics, Statistical Ecology, Citizen Science, and Butterfly Monitoring. Read more
Identifying and classifying minor forest species in New Zealand using remote sensing
We are excited to offer a PhD position in the field of remote sensing at the New Zealand School of Forestry, University of Canterbury. Read more
Pandemic Potential of Avian Influenza in the UK: Modelling Cross-Species Transmission and Spillover to Humans
The 2022 Avian Influenza outbreak in the UK is largest on record and the first time farm-to-farm transmission and animal-to-human transmission has been identified[1]. Read more
Interactions between introduced tree species and native mycorrhizal fungi in the UK
Mycorrhizal symbioses are one of the most extensive and important biotic interactions in terrestrial ecosystems, typically providing plants with improved access to nutrients in exchange for carbohydrates produced via photosynthesis. Read more
Impacts of climate warming on aquatic organisms: towards a mechanistic understanding and predicting change
Project ID. ARES12. The three universal ecological responses to climate warming are. shifts in phenology (timing of life-cycle events), poleward movement of populations, and a reduction in body size. Read more
Feathered Witnesses: Unravelling the Impact of Habitat Loss on Neotropical Avifauna with Stable Isotope Analysis
Introduction. The Tachyphoninae are a group of Neotropical lowland tanagers. Read more
White Rose BBSRC DTP: Bee fertility in a warming world – how climate change affects reproduction
With increasing regularity of summer heatwaves, we are starting to see the devastating impacts of climate change. However, most biological predictions of how climate change will impact species are based on the temperatures which are lethal for a species. Read more
Understanding extinction risk in the Anthropocene
We live in a humanized world in which even the most remote areas have been affected by the actions of our species. Human impacts have caused a widespread loss of biodiversity, to the point that we have likely entered the sixth mass extinction event on Earth, the first primarily caused by humans. Read more
Characterization of the species and functional diversity of mangrove sediment fungi and other microbes
Mangroves are one of the most carbon-rich ecosystems and are the major coastal blue carbon sinks. Read more
Identification of tree species based on UAV captured images
Computer Computer vision technology has been found to be an important application in remotely sensed data understanding. This research exploits high‐resolution images captured by UAV payload cameras to identify tree species. Read more
