Principal Investigator

Brian John Pickles, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Ecology
School of Biological Sciences
University of Reading
email: b [dot] j [dot] pickles <at> reading [dot] ac [dot] uk

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Current Graduate Students

Alex Dean (Ph.D. student and Graduate Teaching Associate)
Co-supervised with Dr Tom Oliver
September 2016 -
"Intraspecific variation in survival, growth, and mycorrhizal associations of black poplar in the UK"

Thomas Jones (NERC SCENARIO DTP CASE Ph.D. student)
Co-supervised with Dr. Alastair Culham
CASE Partner - Royal Horticultural Society (Wisley, UK)
September 2017 -
"British garden plants: a threat to the natural environment due to climate change?"

Meg Cathcart-James (Ph.D. student)
Co-supervised with Dr Graham Holloway
January 2018-
"The importance of urban green spaces for the provision of a wide variety of ecosystem services"

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Current Honours Students

Sophie Legg (B.Sc. Biological Sciences)
Emma Richardson (B.Sc. Biological Sciences)
Jake Lacey (B.Sc. Zoology with Professional Experience)
Cameron Jessup (B.Sc. Zoology)
Robert Douglas (B.Sc. Zoology)

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Alumni

Gabriel Orrego (M.Sc. in Forest Science at the University of British Columbia, graduated with honours March 2018) - Nutrient transfer and seedling survival in old growth Cedar-Hemlock forests of British Columbia
Jessica Fostvedt (M.Sc. Plant Diversity at University of Reading, graduated 2017) - Variation in growth and ectomycorrhizal colonisation of seedlings in dry interior Douglas-fir forests of BC
Deon Louw (M.Sc. Forestry at UBC, graduated 2015) - Long-term growth dynamics in an experimental stand replacement series
Matthew Zustovic (M.Sc. Forestry at UBC, graduated 2015) - Forest canopy gap size affects regeneration potential of interior Douglas-fir