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PhD Students

Discovering nature's wonder

An interview with Jaboury Ghazoul on Mongabay.com

Ecology and Ecosystems Seminar Series

Next Speaker:

To be announced.


New book!

Ghazoul, J. and Sheil, D. 2010. Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, Diversity and Conservation. Oxford University Press.

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New Publications

Ismail, S., J. Ghazoul, G. Ravikanth, R. Uma Shaanker, C. G. Kushalappa and C. J. Kettle (2012). Does long-distance pollen dispersal preclude inbreeding in tropical trees? Fragmentation genetics of Dysoxylum malabaricum in an agro-forest landscape. Molecular Ecology 21(22): 5484-5496.

Garcia-Ulloa, J., Sloan, S., Pacheco, P., Ghazoul, J. & Koh, L.P. (2012). Lowering environmental costs of oil-palm expansion in Colombia. Conserv Lett. 5, 366-375.

Finger, A., Kettle, C.J., Kaiser-Bunbury, C.N. and Ghazoul, J. (2012) Forest fragmentation genetics in a formerly widespread island endemic tree: Vateriopsis seychellarum (Dipterocarpaceae). Molecular Ecology, 21, 2369-2382.

Ghazoul, J. (2012) The challenge of inferring palaeoclimates from extant plant distributions: an example from Dipterocarpus. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 173, 80-81.

Hennig, E.I. and Ghazoul, J. (2012) Pollinating animals in the urban environment. Urban Ecosystems, 15, 149-166.

Humbert, J.-Y., Ghazoul, J., Richner, N., Walter, T. (2012) Uncut grass refuges mitigate the impact of mechanical meadow harvesting on orthopterans. Biological Conservation, in press.

Current PhD students and the title of their topic are listed below. For further information about the projects please follow links.

Esther Frei

Adaptation to local site conditions and phenotypic plasticity may favour peripheral high altitude populations in terms of response to expected future climate change scenarios.

John Garcia-Ulloa

Exploring the potential environmental and socioeconomic tradeoffs and multiple-benefits of REDD+ implementation in relation to agricultural production, forest protection, biodiversity conservation and economic development.

Thomas Hahn

Genetic diversity, differentiation and gene flow in low central vs. upper peripheral plant populations in the Alps.

Sascha A. Ismail

Synergies between fragmentation and habitat patch degradation: implications for species and population viability.

Janice Ser Huay Lee

Modelling land use for decision support in the context of biofuel expansion.

Philippe Matter

Disruption of local adaptation in plant populations via pollen immigration.

Claire Tito de Morais

Genetic processes underlying species coexistence in the tropical rainforests of Borneo

Emma Morgan

Demographic and genetic processes underlying regeneration in coco de mer (Lodoicea maldivica) the largest seeded plant in the World

Maike Nesper

Managing Trade-Offs in Coffee Agroforests (MOCA)

Olivia Rickenbach

Forest dwellers and biodiversity conservation in the context of industrial forestry: Looking for a win-win collaboration

James Smith

Scaling Biodiversity to Ecosystem Services: Spatial Genetic Structure and Carbon Sequestration Potential in Tropical Forest Trees

 

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