Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global databases of species’ threat status or population time series are dominated by charismatic species. The collation of datasets with broad taxonomic and biogeographic extents, and that...
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Functional traits of vascular plants have been an important component of ecological studies for a number of years; however, in more recent times vascular plant ecologists have begun to formalize a set of key traits and universal system of trait measurement. Many recent studies hypothesize global generality of trait patterns,...
Phylogenetic analyses of assemblage membership provide insight into how
ecological communities are structured. However, despite the scale-dependency of many
ecological processes, little is known about how assemblage and source pool size definitions can
be altered, either alone or together, to provide insight into how ecological diversity is
maintained. Moreover, although...
Phylogenetic analyses of assemblage membership provide insight into how
ecological communities are structured. However, despite the scale-dependency of many
ecological processes, little is known about how assemblage and source pool size definitions can
be altered, either alone or together, to provide insight into how ecological diversity is
maintained. Moreover, although...
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,3,4 AND ANDY PURVIS1,5
1Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus
This dissertation has two objectives. The first objective is to determine where best to situate the study of mentoring (i.e. the 'making of scientists') on the landscape of the history of science and science studies. This task is accomplished by establishing mentoring studies as a link between the robust body...
With the increasing international focus on transboundary cooperation as a part of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Framework, there is global recognition of transboundary water cooperation as a tool for improved governance and management of transboundary surface and groundwaters. Yet, there is not an agreed upon definition of transboundary water...
Infectious diseases are a growing concern for both humans and wildlife. The negative effects of infectious disease have been exemplified by the recent global amphibian population declines associated with disease outbreaks. Although multiple pathogens and factors play a role in these declines, the aquatic fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), has...
The research presented in this thesis seeks to further our understanding of the geochemical signatures that can be used to trace and quantify non-ferrous smelting emission inputs into the environment. Strong evidence suggests that emissions from the non-ferrous smelter in Trail, BC are the primary source of metals deposited from...