Doctorate
Title: Decomposer biodiversity and decomposition processes: the functional consequences of chemical and natural anthelmintics
Funding: Professor Sir Richard Southwood Scholarsip in Insect Ecology
University: Jesus College, University of Oxford
Supervisor: Dr Owen Lewis
Research Group: Oxford University Ecology Research Group
Additional Contributors: Paddocks Farm Ltd Verm-X Internal Parasite Control (others awaiting confirmation)
Start Date: October 2008
Project Overview:
Section awaiting completion.
News Updates:
The University of Oxford have awarded me the Professor Sir Richard
Southwood Scholarship in Insect Ecology, starting October 2008 to study
the impact of anthelmintic treatments on Dung Beetles.
I am currently planning my project, and liaising with farmers who have kindly offered to trial the different anthelmintic products on their cattle. I plan to carry out a series of preliminary experiments during the summer of 2008 in order to test my methods and generate a data set before the project begins in earnest.
I also have a large stack of papers on the subject, which I am slowly working my way through. When I go to Oxford in October, I hope to have read everything that has been published on the topic so I can begin a comprehensive literature review during the winter of 2008 before the next fieldwork season.
Relevant Documents:
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