Agroforestry PhD/Mphil

PhD

In Bangor

£ 13,300 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    PhD

  • Location

    Bangor (Wales)

  • Duration

    3 Years

  • Start date

    September

Research on the interaction of people, agriculture and trees at a range of scales from ecophysiological interactions among system components through to landscape level effects, across both temperate and tropical environments, with a focus on multipurpose tree species and farm trees.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bangor (Gwynedd)
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LL57 2DG

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

About this course



A first degree or MSc in a relevant subject is required.

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Subjects

  • Project
  • Conservation
  • Cycling
  • Agriculture
  • Agroforestry

Course programme

Research project opportunities If you are a European or International student this research programme is one of those which allows you to develop a research project proposal as an initial and integral part of a Combined English / Study Skills and Research Course at the University before starting the PhD/MPhil degree. European and International candidates who have already reached the required level of English can apply for entry onto the project of their choice by presenting a relevant research proposal when applying for admission. Alternatively you may also consider developing your own research proposal based on the research specialisms within the school. The opportunities which are currently available are outlined below. 1. Antibiotic resistance in the environment 2. Biophysical benefits of shelter on livestock productivity 3. Biosecurity of different management techniques for bio-wastes 4. Carbon Cycling 5. Combining client-orientated and molecular breeding methods for biotic/abiotic stress resistance in crops 6. Completing the carbon balance of mangrove ecosystems 7. Control of carbon and nitrogen cycling in soil 8. Developing indicators of tropical forest sustainable management 9. Evaluating resource efficiency and environmental impacts of food and energy production systems 10. Forest ecosystem service provisioning in future drying climates 11. Forest restoration where multiple factors limit the rate of tree establishement 12. Impacts of land management on losses of diffuse pollutants 13. In-situ conservation of wild forest food for health and livelihoods 14. Is pathogen activity linked to infectivity? 15. Modelling farm management, exact topic depending on student's interest (e.g. production, climate change or biodiversity 16. Nutrient Cycling 17. Optimising the management of bio-wastes 18. Pb isotopes as geochemical tracers: evaluating the influence within-sample heterogeneity on their robustness as geochemical tracers 19. Phosphorus cycling in a mixed tree species stand 20. Prey preferences of large predators 21. Reducing the cost and adding value to animal by-products 22. Root & Mycorrhizal Ecology 23. Social and Economic issues in Conservation, Environment and Natural Resource Management 24. Soil Pollution 25. Step-change innovation for tracking landscape scale bee movements for pollination ecosystem services 26. The impact of climate change and predicted changes in river regime on the dynamics of metal fluxes within riverine environments 27. Threatened species conservation 28. Tree Species Community Ecology 29. Tropical forest resilience and silviculture 30. Using geometric morphometrics to discriminate three honeybee subspecies in the UK: An assessment of the beneficial and detrimental traits of hybridization 31. Using mapping populations to examine genetic and phenotypic variability in physiological, morphological and agronomic characteristics in spring barley

Agroforestry PhD/Mphil

£ 13,300 VAT inc.