F Ian Woodward

Emeritus Professor of Plant Ecology
Animal and Plant Sciences
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom

Professor Plant Sciences
Biography

BA (1970) University of Oxford; PhD (1973) University of Lancaster NERC Research Fellow, University of Lancaster (1973-1975) Higher Scientific Officer, Grassland Research Institute (1975-1976) Lecturer, Department of Plant Science, University College Cardiff, University of Wales (1976-1979) Lecturer, Department of Botany, University of Cambridge (1979-1991) Fellow, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge (1981-1991) Professor of Plant Ecology, Department of Animal & Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, (1991-present)

Research Intrest

Research is concentrated into two main areas:1. modelling the impacts of environmental changes on vegetation at the global scale. 2. investigating the mechanisms controlling stomatal development, with particular emphasis on identifying the network of environmental responses

List of Publications
Woodward FI, Lomas MR, Kelly CK. Global climate and the distribution of plant biomes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 2004 Oct 29;359(1450):1465-76.
Kittel TG, Rosenbloom NA, Royle JA, Daly C, Gibson WP, Fisher HH, Thornton P, Yates DN, Aulenbach S, Kaufman C, McKeown R. VEMAP phase 2 bioclimatic database. I. Gridded historical (20th century) climate for modeling ecosystem dynamics across the conterminous USA. Climate Research. 2004 Oct 7;27(2):151-70.
Hector A, Schmid B, Beierkuhnlein C, Caldeira MC, Diemer M, Dimitrakopoulos PG, Finn JA, Freitas H, Giller PS, Good J, Harris R. Plant diversity and productivity experiments in European grasslands. science. 1999 Nov 5;286(5442):1123-7.
Bond WJ, Woodward FI, Midgley GF. The global distribution of ecosystems in a world without fire. New phytologist. 2005 Feb 1;165(2):525-38.