Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group
The Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group (PEN) studies and teaches the processes and underlying mechanisms that link biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and service delivery and aims to implement these insights in the design of effective biodiversity conservation strategies.
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Research at the Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group examines the impact of land-use change and climate change on biodiversity and the links between biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and the delivery of ecosystem services and public goods.
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Recent PhD theses
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A study of drivers and dynamics of forest-savanna boundaries in West Africa
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Tree seedling recruitment dynamics in forest-savanna transitions : Trait responses to vegetation controls mediate differential seedling establishment success of tree functional types
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Towards ecological intensification : the relative importance of wild pollinators as an agricultural input in seed production
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Games on the checkerboard : How soil heterogeneity influences plant species coexistence
Recent publications
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Connecting foraging and roosting areas reveals how food stocks explain shorebird numbers
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Dimensions of invasiveness : Links between local abundance, geographic range size, and habitat breadth in Europe's alien and native floras
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Fire regimes, fire experiments and alternative stable states in mesic savannas : A response to Laris & Jacobs (2021) ‘On the problem of natural savanna fires’