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Experts in Plant Sciences
Soumana Datta Sumita Kachhwaha Vidya Patni Ramani Payal Lodha Rao D.V Sharma Ramavtar Sharma Manju Manmohan Arya Navneet Singh Chaudhary Gunjan Dubey Shika Gupta Amit Kotiya Anil Kumar Lalita Rishi Kesh Meena VINAY KUMAR MEENA Praveen Mohil Aparna Pareek Dr. Chandra Pal Singh Dr Richard J. Colgan View MoreJ Philip Grime
Emeritus Professor of Ecology
Animal and Plant Sciences
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom
Direction of the programme of research in terrestrial plant ecology. Maintenance, with Dr Jason Fridley and Mr Andrew Askew (both of Syracuse University, USA), of long-term experiments on the impacts of climate change on limestone grassland at our Buxton Laboratory within a secure site owned by the Health and Safety Laboratory. Liaison with a diverse range of individuals and organisations, both local and national, concerned with academic and applied aspects of plant ecology.
Role of plant, animal and microbial functional types in community and ecosystem processes. Investigations of the impacts of changes in land use and climate on vegetation. Use of microcosm techniques and field manipulations to study the effects of dominant plant species on the trophic structure of herbaceous vegetation. Experimental manipulations of the consequences of genetic impoverishment on vegetation properties.