Tag Archives: Climate Change

Can the Iberian Floristic Diversity Withstand Near-Future Climate Change?

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Alastair Culham

In the lastest paper from Marshall Heap’s thesis we discuss the impact of near-future climate change on plant species in the Iberian peninsular (Spain and Portugal).  3267 MAXENT environmental niche models (ENMs) at 1-km spatial resolution for known Iberian plant … Continue reading →

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L’Oreal Scholar studies DNA barcodes of arid land flora

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Alastair Culham

I am a visiting (ad hoc) research student at the University of Reading; my research is on the evaluation and exploration of the biodiversity of arid-land Fabaceae in Nigeria funded by the Competitive Agricultural Research Grant Scheme – CARGS project … Continue reading →

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Your views on climate change and gardening

Posted on March 18, 2013 by claudia

GARDENING IN A  CHANGING CLIMATE (Royal Horticultural Society and the University of Reading) The Survey is Now Closed – We have exceeded our target of 1000 responses Thank you for your help! You are invited to take part in a … Continue reading →

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Climate change impact on Mediterrnanean basin plant biodiversity

Posted on January 6, 2013 by mheap

I am a part-time Ph.D. student at the University of Reading and a member of the Centre for Plant Diversity and Systematics in the School of Biological Sciences since October 2009. The aim of my research is a biodiversity climatic … Continue reading →

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