spatial ecology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

Spatio-temporal drivers of insect biodiversity and conservation

University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences

The School of Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2024/25. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Hassall, Dr R Neely, Assoc Prof E.J. Duncan, Prof W E Kunin

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PondChart: harnessing spatial information and earth observation to map and predict occurrence of multiple stressors on mini-wetlands

UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology - Wallingford UK CEH

This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit: https://ecowild.site.hw.ac.uk/. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C L Laize, Dr HR Robson, Dr F orton, Dr CG George

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Evaluating the potential consequences of climate heating for Caspian seals and ecosystem services in the Caspian Sea

University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences

The School of Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2024/25. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Goodman, Prof M Beger

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The application of machine-learning to establish baselines and assess change in sensitive marine habitats

University of the Highlands and Islands Scottish Association for Marine Science

This is an exciting and unparalleled opportunity to join an international team of researchers using automated (machine-learning) based image analysis to map benthos on the Greenlandic shelf and shelf edge. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Wilding, Dr J Marlow, Dr J Halpin, Dr N Zwershke

16 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Assessing demographic resilience of tropical and temperate reef organisms

University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences

Adapt, move, or die. These are the three options that reef organisms have as the environment around them changes, such as that happening under ongoing climate change. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Beger, Dr JF Firth, Dr R Salguero-Gómez

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Wet woodlands; structure, function and sensitivity to multiple stressors

University of York Department of Environment and Geography

This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit: https://ecowild.site.hw.ac.uk/. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Mills, Dr J Turner, Dr A Keith

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Movement through space and time, realistic movement for species abundance methods

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

Evidence-based conservation and ecology are reliant on wildlife surveys. As a result, there exists a range of methods that have been developed specifically… Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Worthington, Prof DLB Borchers

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The other side of the pond: seeking ‘net gains’ by overcoming stressors to UK wetlands, informed by decades of experience in the USA

University of Oxford Department of Biology

This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit: https://ecowild.site.hw.ac.uk/. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Bull

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD project: Functional variation in arthropod performance across agro-ecosystems

Aarhus University Graduate School of Natural Sciences

Applications are invited for a PhD position at the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Biology program. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Sørensen

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The evolution of primate vocal signals: from call production to signal function

Anglia Ruskin University ARU School of Life Sciences

Research Group: Behavioural Ecology Research Group (BEEC)

Research Group. Behavioural Ecology Research Group (BEEC). Proposed supervisory team. Dr Jacob Dunn. Dr Claudia Wascher. Theme. Animal Communication. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Dunn, Dr C Wascher

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A systems analysis of wetland pressures in the Cambodian Lower Mekong Delta

University of York Department of Environment and Geography

This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit: https://ecowild.site.hw.ac.uk/. Read more

Supervisors: Prof K Arnold, Dr J Newth, Dr R Friend, Dr E Masden

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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From top-down to bottom-up – enabling a new collaborative approach to agricultural abstraction management to protect river ecosystems - PhD

Cranfield University School of Water, Energy and Environment (SWEE)

Agriculture is an important user of water in many catchments in England, particularly in the East. Water is abstracted from rivers and aquifers to… Read more

Supervisor: Prof I P Holman

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Behavioural adaptation to environmental change in birds and the implications for conservation

James Cook University College of Science and Engineering

Contact. Dr Lyanne Brouwer. Lyanne.brouwer@jcu.edu.au. College of Science & Engineering. James Cook University, Townsville QLD 4811 Australia. Read more

Supervisor: Dr LB Brouwer

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Enhancing Aviation Wildlife Management Under Climate Change Crisis Based on Data analytics and machine learning techniques

Griffith University School of Engineering and Built Environment

Integrating data analytics and machine learning techniques into aviation wildlife management presents a transformative opportunity for enhancing safety and sustainability. Read more

Supervisor: Dr X W Wu

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Where has all of the carbon gone? Understanding the molecular mechanisms of long-term soil carbon capture

The University of Manchester Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Soils, while unglamorous, form the basis of the terrestrial biosphere and are ultimately the source of the majority of the food that we eat, yet fundamental aspects of how soils form and how they store carbon are poorly understood. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Cameron, Dr S Nixon

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We have 16 spatial ecology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

spatial ecology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

We have 16 spatial ecology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

Spatio-temporal drivers of insect biodiversity and conservation

PondChart: harnessing spatial information and earth observation to map and predict occurrence of multiple stressors on mini-wetlands

Evaluating the potential consequences of climate heating for Caspian seals and ecosystem services in the Caspian Sea

The application of machine-learning to establish baselines and assess change in sensitive marine habitats

Assessing demographic resilience of tropical and temperate reef organisms

Wet woodlands; structure, function and sensitivity to multiple stressors

Movement through space and time, realistic movement for species abundance methods

The other side of the pond: seeking ‘net gains’ by overcoming stressors to UK wetlands, informed by decades of experience in the USA

PhD project: Functional variation in arthropod performance across agro-ecosystems

The evolution of primate vocal signals: from call production to signal function

A systems analysis of wetland pressures in the Cambodian Lower Mekong Delta

From top-down to bottom-up – enabling a new collaborative approach to agricultural abstraction management to protect river ecosystems - PhD

Behavioural adaptation to environmental change in birds and the implications for conservation

Enhancing Aviation Wildlife Management Under Climate Change Crisis Based on Data analytics and machine learning techniques

Where has all of the carbon gone? Understanding the molecular mechanisms of long-term soil carbon capture

We have 16 spatial ecology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

spatial ecology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

We have 16 spatial ecology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

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