PhD-MPhil Forest Ecology and Management

Comments about PhD-MPhil Forest Ecology and Management - At the institution - Gwynedd - Wales

• Entry requirements
  Entry
  
  A first degree or MSc in a relevant subject is required.
• Academic title
  PhD/MPhil Forest Ecology and Management
• Course description
  Research covers the environmental, economic and social factors underpinning sustainability in forest systems, studying processes ranging from individual ecological interactions to those acting at a landscape level.
  
  Current research includes: Ecophysiology of the impact and tolerance of heavy metals and Al; plant nutrition; and the role of mycorrhizas in forest ecosystems; Impacts of elevated CO2 on forest establishment and ecosystem processes; Forest genetics and tree breeding; Forest inventory, ecology, structural and dynamic modelling and economics; Conservation and restoration of forest ecosystems.
  
  Study Overseas
  
  We offer 'split' PhD/MPhil programmes for international students with part of the study taking place in the student's own country or a third country.  Many of our British and other European students also carry out fieldwork overseas for their research.
  
  Funding
  
  UK Research Councils (UK students only); DfID; Foreign and Commonwealth Office (via British Council); European Union; University scholarships (UK students only); Overseas Research Student scheme; Charities and Trusts; Commonwealth Scholarships; International agencies; Overseas Government Scholarships.

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