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School of Geography and the Environment

University of Oxford
School of Geography and the Environment

 School of Geography and the Environment

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Biodiversity

Our mission is to contribute to an improved understanding of the dynamics of ecological / biogeographical systems and their relationship to climate and human activities.

The group provides recognised leadership in ecosystem dynamics across time and space, climate - productivity - diversity relationships, island biogeography, and the incorporation of scale in biogeographical theory. We have taken a leading role in efforts to delimit and promote conservation biogeography as a key area of enquiry within conservation science and policy. The Oxford Long-Term Ecology Laboratory provides advanced capability in Holocene and longer-term biological responses to environmental change, and has championed the use of long term ecology in conservation science. We are involved in extensive field programmes, including a multi-national programme of forest dynamics, manipulation and monitoring across Amazonia.

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Diversity–climate relationships in Amazonia

Dr Mark New; Financial support from NERC Tied Studentship; D.Phil. Students: Nathalie Butt; (2004 - 2007)

Academic and Research Staff

The Biodiversity research cluster has a number of other researchers and graduate research students actively involved in current research. The cluster also hosts visiting researchers throughout the year and has a number of associated and affiliated non-resident researchers.