Competitive interactions between Coffea arabica L. and fast-growing timber shade trees

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Leaf ion concentrations and salt tolerance in barley.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigation into the physical and chemical properties of soap bubbles with respect to their performance

Supervisor: Fitzsimmons-Thoss, V. (Supervisor) & Lahmann, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cordeauxia edulis (Yeheb) : resource status, utilisation and management in Ethiopia

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modelling greenhouse gas emissions for the UK and overseas food production

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fuel, feed and fibre: consequential life cycle assessment of novel miscanthus value chains

Supervisor: Styles, D. (Supervisor) & Gibbons, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of silvopastoral areas on dual-purpose cattle production at the semi-humid old agricultural frontier in Central Nicaragua

Supervisor: Ap Dewi, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physiological and phylogenetic studies of some novel acidophilic mineral-oxidising bacteria

Supervisor: Johnson, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Reproductive compatibility and speciation in Celleporella hyalina Sensu Lato

Supervisor: Hughes, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physiological aspects of tillering in barley (Hordeum distichum).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic and environmental factors in the migration of the African armyworm moth, Spodoptera exempta (Walker) (Lepidoptera :Noctuidae).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Towards successful community mangrove management and rehabilitation

Supervisor: Rayment, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Hormonal control of growth and reproduction in crabs

Supervisor: Webster, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Norovirus contamination of Mytilus edulis shellfisheries : assessing the threat to human health

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The effects of water table drawdown and catchment management on DOC export and water quality

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The impacts of elavated ozone on plant vitality and carbon cycling in wetlands

Supervisor: Mills, G. (External person) (Supervisor) & Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Soil-vegetation based remediation studies of landfill leachate

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The economic impact of the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland railways on Gwynedd

Supervisor: Morris, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The environmental cost-benefits of improving pasture productivity on upland cattle systems

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor) & Gibbons, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Translocation of a Medically Important Snake: Russell’s Vipers (Daboia russelii) in Rural India

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Persistence of escherichia coli O157 in contrasting environments and its implications for human health

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic aspects of a small scale honeybee breeding program

Supervisor: Malhotra, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Functional molecular wires from self-assembled films

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Monitoring the condition of semi-natural vegetation: the application of remote sensing and geographical information systems (GIS)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The use of herd data to teach dairy cattle breeding in further and higher education colleges

Supervisor: Ap Dewi, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Interactions between components of rubber agroforestry systems in Indonesia.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on fossil plants of Karoo age from Central & Southern Africa

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conducting polymers for use in supercapacitors : an electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical investigation into low bandgap thiophene derivatives.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improving plant conservation interventions through a better understanding of human decision-making

Supervisor: Gibbons, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Assessing the role of DON in semi natural and agricultural ecosystems

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A Novel Assessment of the Temporal and Abiotic Factors Influencing Environmental DNA Derived from Freshwater Biofilms

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Evaluating the decomposition characteristics of organic wastes and synthetic plastics

Supervisor: Fitzsimmons-Thoss, V. (Supervisor) & Roberts, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Functional molecular wires and devices

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds Using Fuel Cell Sensors

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The use of constructed treatment wetlands for water quality amelioration in conservation scenarios

Supervisor: Fenner, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modelling the impacts of agri-environment scheme options on plants and soils

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Smart, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The underworld of agriculture and its economic implications

Supervisor: Bright, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Schizosaccharomyces pombe meiotic linear elements

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of plant-fungus and plant-insect interactions in the dynamics of secondary and mature tropical rainforests

Supervisor: Markesteijn, L. (Supervisor), Healey, J. (Supervisor) & Engelbrecht, B. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of extensin protein in Arabidopsis thaliana resistance to pathogen invasion

Supervisor: Shirsat, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

In-situ reflectance monitoring in MOVPE of a multiwafer reactor

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating the impact of trees and hedgerows on landscape hydrology

Supervisor: Smith, A. (Supervisor), Robinson, D. (External person) (Supervisor) & Marshall, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Assessing high resolution climate data to inform landscape management of climate risk at different scales.: Environmental Science

Supervisor: Roberts, P. (Supervisor) & Gibbons, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of tourist presence and activity on the behaviour of Zanzibar red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus kirkii) at Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park

Supervisor: Georgiev, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

An evaluation of perennial mobile green manures for climate change mitigation in agriculture

Supervisor: Hill, P. (Supervisor) & Chadwick, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Optimisation of biogas production by advanced process monitoring and the effect of mixing frequency on biogas reactors with and without microbial support media

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Turnover of S-containing amino acids (cysteine and methionine) in grassland soils and their availability to plants

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Chadwick, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Anaerobic digestion : its potential to improve the economic and environmental performance of organic farming systems

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Whole tree harvesting and wood ash recycling to forests : case studies in upland Sitka spruce in Wales

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A knowledge-based systems approach to agroforestry research and extension.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysing the water-energy nexus: Benchmarking efficiency in water services

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor) & Styles, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Estimating the contribution of beekeeping to household wellbeing and conservation motivations in the Tanzanian Miombo

Supervisor: Cross, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A multilocus phylogeny of the cobra clade elapids

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

The role of canopy structure in leaf litter production, quality and decomposition in rustic and traditional coffee systems and forests in Mexico

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dye-sensitised solar cells: understanding the interactions between dyes and TiO2

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor) & Butler, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fisheries-induced evolution : a genetic approach using selection experiments on Poecilia reticulata

Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The effects of seed origin and site on the amenability of Sitka spruce to preservative treatment

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Phytochemical Investigation of Trichilia emetica (Natal mahogany)

Supervisor: Fitzsimmons-Thoss, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Effects of Management on Biodiversity and Biogeochemistry of the Cors Goch Site, Anglesey

Supervisor: Dunn, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Molecular recognition of petides: basis for design and delivery of peptide therapeutics

Supervisor: Payne, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Combining the use of accelerometry and GPS to measure free-flight performance in homing pigeons (Columbia livia)

Supervisor: Whiteley, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population genetic markers in biomonitoring programmes : a case study of flatfish around the British Isles

Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cultivation of Extremely Acidophilic Archaea from an Acid Mine Drainage Site

Supervisor: Golyshina, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Improving crop phosphorus uptake through use of bioinoculants

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor) & Griffith, G. W. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Divergence and speciation of East African haplochromine cichlid fish

Supervisor: Turner, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environment and livelihood systems in the forest-savanna interface: a study in Brong Ahafo region Ghana

Supervisor: Bright, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of the acetate non-utilising mutant 1 of Arabidopsis.

Supervisor: Hooks, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Epidemiology of the African armyworm (Spodoptera exempta) : intra- and interseasonal variability in outbreak severity in Eastern Africa in relation to weather and moth migration.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthetic approaches to single enantiomers of mycolic acids

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The distribution and dispersal of the dogwhelk Nucella lapillus in relation to habitat and community structure

Supervisor: Hughes, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Hydrophilic Copolymers from Multi-Vinyl Monomers via Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerisation for Hydrogel Applications

Supervisor: Tai, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Response of Extracellular Phenol Oxidase Activity to Environmental Change, and the Implications for the Stability of Soil Carbon Stores

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor), Evans, C. (Supervisor) & Fenner, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Participatory crop improvement for maize/millet intercropping with trees in the middle hills of Nepal.

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The rôle of transition metal-ions in organic layers : from scaffolds to electronic gates

Supervisor: Kalaji, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of non-metal cation polyborate salts and silicate solutions

Supervisor: Beckett, M. A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Haemanthamine, zephycandidine and quorum sensing N-Acyl homoserine lactones

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthetic studies towards marine natural products

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An in vitro and in vivo study of the mechanical stress-controlling region of the extA extensin gene promoter from Brassica napus.

Supervisor: Shirsat, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Benefits of a Novel Bioplastic Coated Fertiliser on Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Turfgrass

Supervisor: Chadwick, D. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

The removal of linear alkylbenzene sulphonate (LAS) in constructed wetlands

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evolution & Extinction of the Great Auk: A Palaeogenomic Approach

Supervisor: Knapp, M. (External person) (Supervisor), Carvalho, G. (Supervisor), Gilbert, M. T. (External person) (Supervisor), Stewart, J. (External person) (Supervisor) & Hofreiter, M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis and catalytic properties of novel C₂ symmetric guanidine bases.

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Levels of ecological conservatism in African Guenons: a comparative study using MaxEnt modelling and ENMTools.

Supervisor: Winder, I. (Supervisor) & Shaw, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Synthesis of oxygenated mycolic acids

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Influence of crop profitability, market, labour and land on smallholder cropping systems in rubber growing areas of Sri Lanka

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecological studies on the tick Dermacentor reticulatis.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Farmers, ecological knowledge about the management and use of farmland tree fodder resources in the mid-hills of eastern Nepal

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic variation of juglans regia L.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ozone sensitivity and population genetics of Anthoxanthum odoratum L.

Supervisor: Mills, G. (External person) (Supervisor), Gliddon, C. (Supervisor) & Taylor, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Birds using a contemporary neotropical landscape: the effects of forest fragmentation and agricultural landscape structure on neotropical birds

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Valuation of non-market ecosystem services of forests: Preferences for Recreation, Effect of Childhood Experience, and the Role of Environmental Attitudes

Supervisor: Gibbons, J. (Supervisor), Lundhede, T. (External person) (Supervisor) & Jacobsen, J. B. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Economic assessment of reduced impact logging in Sabah, Malaysia.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Implications of forest structure on carbon dioxide fluxes

Supervisor: Knohl, A. (External person) (Supervisor), Rayment, M. (Supervisor) & Moyano, F. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Quantifying and mitigating greenhouse gas emmissions from horticultural peat soils

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Wild deer in Wales, their impact and management in agriculture, private forestry and woodlands managed for conservation in Wales

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies in indene and indole synthesis

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies of the synthesis of Cyclopropanes and Cyclobutenes

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Separation and characterisation of components from agricultural residues by novel methods

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor) & Fowler, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Combining local and scientific knowledge about tree fodder evaluation and management in the hills of Nepal

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Late blight (Phytophthora infestans) on tomato: evaluation of pathogen population structure in Britain and development of resistant tomato cultivars for growing outdoors

Supervisor: Steele, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy