Theses supported at Sheffield (1998-2014)
All theses listed were supported at Sheffield except those noted NBAF-E - supported at Edinburgh node
or NBAF-L - supported at Liverpool node.
*Assisted as part of NBAF-S Research and Development.
Due to complete
2014
Hall R. (due Sept 2014) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield, NBAF-546)
Evolution of ecological diversity in grasses.
Jackson H. (due 2014) PhD Thesis (University of Kent, NBAF-555)
Population genetics of invasive species: Characterising genetic history and disease prevalence in the introduced population of rose-ringed parakeets (Psittacula krameri) in the UK.
2013
Alfudhala S. (due 2013) PhD Thesis (Manchester University, NBAF476)
Egyptian spiny mouse population genetics.
Almathen Faisal (due 2013) PhD Thesis (University of Nottingham, NBAF419)
Evolutionary history of indigenous Arabian Peninsula camel Camelus dromedarius populations.
dos Remedios N. (due Oct 2013) PhD Thesis (University of Bath, NBAF-547)
Evolutionary genetics of breeding systems in shorebirds.
*Bristol R. (due 2013) PhD Thesis (University of Kent)
Seychelles paradise flycatcher population genetics.
Buckland S. (due 2013) PhD Thesis (University of Bristol)
Mauritius gecko population genetics.
Daly B. (due Oct 2013) PhD Thesis (University of Oxford, NBAF571, E&S)
Dynamics of host-pathogen interactions on climatic gradients.
Fish K. (due Oct 2013) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield, NBAF)
The structure and stability of biofilms in drinking water distribution systems developed under simulated hydraulic regimes and chlorine concentrations.
Fountain T. (due 2013) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield, NBAF448)
Global Bedbug Spread: planes, genes and insecticides.
Heathcote R. (due 2013) PhD Thesis (University of Oxford, NBAF-549)
Phenotypic plasticity and the dynamics of sexual selection in a novel environment
Mira Pérez O. (due 2013) PhD Thesis (University of Granda, Spain)
Conservation genetics and phylogeography of the Apollo butterfly Parnassius apollo.
Powell C. (due 2013) PhD Thesis (University of East Anglia, NBAF429)
Using spatial genetic structure to study a metacommunity.
Razgour O. (due 2013) PhD Thesis (University of Bristol, NBAF-548)
Conservation biology of the grey long-eared bat (Plecotus austriacus).
Tyler F. (due 2013) PhD Thesis (University of Exeter, NBAF388)
Behavioural and genomic studies of sexual selection in wild field crickets.
Walkup J. (due Sept 2013) PhD Thesis (University of Aberdeen, NBAF562)
Individual phenotype, life-history and population structure in starlings
Ward H. (due Sept 2013) PhD Thesis (Queen Mary, University of London, NBAF461)
The genetic basis of mate choice in greater horseshoe bats.
Wright D. (due Sept 2013) PhD Thesis (University of Eact Anglia, NBAF574)
Evolutionary and conservation genetics in the Seychelles warbler: MHC diversity.
2012 due
Annavi G. (due 2012) PhD Thesis (University of Oxford, NBAF332)
The evolution of life-history trade-offs: the effect of genetic fitness and inbreeding in the European badger Meles meles.
Bellamy L. (due 2011) PhD Thesis (University College, London, NBAF244)
Investigating the genetics of female preference in the stalk-eyed fly, Diasemopsis meigenii.
Diamond S. (due 2012) PhD Thesis (University of East Anglia, NBAF427)
Differential fertilization compatibility between and within Atlantic salmon and brown trout: implications for farmed gene introgression and hybridization.
*Farrell L. (due 2012) PhD Thesis (Dept of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Molecular genetics of alternative male reproductive morphs in ruffs (Philomachus pugnax, AVES).
Hamard M. (due 2013) PhD Thesis (University of Oxford, Oxford Brookes University / Universite de Paris, MGF287)
Paternity in gibbons. Re-evaluating monogamy in the small apes. Vegetation correlates of gibbon densities in Borneo.
Holland L. (due 2012) PhD Thesis (University of Exeter, NBAF362)
Connectivity and gene flow in temperate Alcyonaria (octocorals): Implications for Marine Protected Area (MPA) designation.
Mills C. (due 2012) PhD Thesis (University of Exeter, NBAF-539)
Habitat fragmentation, dispersal and population genetics of the dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius in South-West England.
*Morales M. (due 2012) PhD Thesis (University of Granada, Spain)
Heritability and repeatability of egg - rejection behaviour in magpies.
Phillips K. (due 2012) PhD Thesis (UEA, NBAF370)
Molecular Ecology of the hawksbill turtle.
*Pilides C. (due 2012) PhD Thesis (University of Bristol)
Conservation genetics of brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Greece.
*Pillay K. (due 2012) MSc dissertation (School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
Characterising microsatellite loci in the cape parrot (Poicephalus robustus robustus).
Sin Y.W. (due 2012) PhD Thesis (University of Oxford, NBAF-352, NBAF-545)
The major histocompatibility complex, mate choice and pathogen resistance in the European badger (Meles meles).
Spurgin L. (due 2012) PhD Thesis (University of East Anglia, NBAF269)
The role of pathogen-mediated fluctuating selection in generating adaptive genetic variation in Berthelot's pipit.
Thomas C. (due 2011) PhD Thesis (University of Hull, NBAF363, NBAF418)
Dispersal ability of the highly invasive harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis.
Tollington S. (due 2012) PhD Thesis (University of Kent, NBAF366)
The effects of inbreeding on immune function and interactions with disease in endangered Mauritius bird populations.
Wright L. (due 2012) PhD Thesis (University of Exeter, NBAF336, NBAF452)
Inbreeding and the recovery of green turtle populations.
2012
*Champneys A. (submitted 2012) PhD Thesis (Nottingham Trent University)
Factors affecting the survival and distribution of the water shrew (Neomys fodiens).
Hodges S. (submitted Jan 2012) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield, NBAF361)
Alternative routes to cooperative breeding in the Rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris.
Simeoni M. (2012) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield, NBAF329)
Inbreeding and incest avoidance in the long-tailed tit.
Whiteside H. (submitted Feb 2012) PhD Thesis (University of Bristol, NBAF426)
The role of subordinate reproduction on the promotion of group living in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes).
2011
Bicknell A. (2011) PhD Thesis (University of Plymouth, NBAF369)
Population structuring and dispersal in the highly pelagic Leach's storm-petrel: implications for the EU population.
Buckley J. (2011) PhD Thesis (University of Bristol - NBAF-L410; MGF-S193)
Evolutionary responses to recent climate change during the recent range expansion of the butterfly, Aricia agestis.
Davey J. (2011) PhD Thesis (Cardiff University, NBAF368)
Analysis of intraguild predation and invertebrate community structure.
Jan C. (2011) PhD Thesis (University of Leeds, NBAF192)
Population structure of swarming bats in relation to dispersal.
Harper N. (2011) PhD Thesis (University of York, NBAF156)
Consequences of changes in genetic diversity during climate-driven range shifts.
Kotska B. (2011) PhD Thesis (Queen´s University Belfast, NBAF425)
Landscape Ecology, diet composition and energetics in the Eurasian badger (Meles meles).
Nettleship S. (2011) PhD Thesis (University of Leicester, NBAF449)
Impact of river impoundment on morphology, behaviour and life history strategies of three-spined sticklebacks.
Raisin C. (2011) PhD Thesis (University of Kent, MGF194)
Conservation Genetics of the Mauritius Parakeet.
Smith J. (2011) PhD Thesis (University of Birmingham, MGF331)
Effects of supplementary feeding on the reproductive behaviour of parental woodland birds.
*Tawatao N. (2011) PhD Thesis (York University)
Impacts of forest fragmentation on the community structure of ground-dwelling ants in Malaysian Borneo.
Zeale M. (2011) PhD Thesis (University of Bristol, NBAF242)
Conservation biology of the barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus).
Applications of spatial modelling, ecology and molecular analysis of diet.
*Vangestel C (2011) PhD Thesis (Ghent University, Belgium)
Relating phenotypic and genetic variation to urbanization in avian species: a case study on house sparrows (Passer domesticus).
2010
*Bacon I.E. (2010) PhD thesis (University of Edinburgh)
Foraging on variable resources: the behaviour and decision making of rufous hummingbirds.
Black R. (2010) PhD Thesis (Imperial College, London, NBAF328)
The evolutionary ecology of island birds.
Harrison X. (2010) PhD Thesis. (University of Exeter, MGF/252)
Causes and consequences of variation in dispersal strategy in an arctic migrant, the light-bellied brent goose (Branta bernicla hrota).
Komissarova A. (2010) PhD Thesis (University of Aberdeen, NBAF260)
Partial migration in robins.
Lucas E.R. (2010) PhD Thesis. (University of Sussex, NBAF442)
Social structure and evolution of the apoid wasp Microstigmus nigrophthalmus.
Mifsud D. (2010) PhD Thesis (University of Aberdeen, NBAF259)
Speciation genetics in the Jaera albifrons group of intertidal isopods.
*Nam K-B. (2010) PhD Thesis. (University of Sheffield)
Investment strategies by parents and helpers in the cooperatively breeding long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus.
*Nelson Flower M.J. (2010) PhD Thesis (University of Cape Town)
Kinship and its consequences in the cooperatively breeding pied babbler Turdoides bicolor.
*Poland G. (2010) MSc Thesis (University of Sheffield)
Assigning sex to avian osteological remains: a review of current methods and an investigation into a novel, independent, biomolecular method.
*Tucker R. (2010) MSc Thesis (University of Kent)
Characterisation of Seychelles paradise flycatcher microsatellite markers.
2009
Bataille A. (2009) PhD Thesis (University of Leeds/ Institute of Zoology of London)
Population genetics and disease ecology of mosquito spp. in Galapagos.
Bontell E.I. (2009) PhD Thesis (University of Leeds - NBAF-E)
Genetic and biological characterisation of Toxoplasma gondii from Uganda.
Brekke P. (2009) PhD Thesis (Imperial College, University of London)
Conservation genetics of an Island endemic bird, the hihi (Notiomystis cincta).
Craul M. (2009) PhD Thesis (University of Cardiff / Leibniz Universitaet Hanover, Germany)
Molecular phylogenetics and conservation genetics of sportive lemurs (Lepilemur edwardsi) in northwestern Madagascar.
Hlaing T. (2009) PhD Thesis (University of Manchester)
Genetic population structure and gene flow in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Southeast Asia.
Hutchings K. (2009) PhD Thesis (University of East Anglia)
Gastrointestinal parasites, MHC genes and fitness in a wild avian population.
*Klein A. (2009) PhD Thesis (The Barn Owl Foundation, Hungary)
The possible effects of extreme winters on the barn owl (Tyto alba Scop., 1769) population in Hungary: survival, physiology and population genetics.
Mitchell T.J. (2009) PhD Thesis (University of Plymouth)
Population genetics of Gracilariopsis longissima in South West Britain.
Napper P. (viva date Dec 2009) PhD Theses (Lancaster University - NBAF-L110)
Ecological functional genomics: the genetic basis of phenotypic plasticity in Daphnia pulex.
Qui Y. (2009) PhD Thesis (University of Leeds - NBAF-E).
The Distribution and diversity of parasites in ancient species flocks: baikalian amphipods & microsporidian parasites.
Riou S. (2009) PhD Thesis (University of Leeds)
Regulation of parental effort and chick growth in Manx shearwaters: behaviour, physiology and environmental variability.
Shorrock K.A. (2009) PhD Thesis (Newcastle University - MGF-E239)
Physiological and molecular aspects of drought resistance in Clusia.
Sinfield C. (2009) PhD Thesis (University of Leeds)
Dynamics of the Littorina saxatilis hybrid zone.
Thaxter C. (2009) PhD Thesis (University of Leeds)
Breeding and foraging ecology of guillemots and razorbills: a comparison of two pursuit-diving seabirds.
2008
Angell R. (2008) PhD Thesis (University of Leeds)
Population structure and mating patterns in Daubenton's bat.
Andre J. (2008) PhD Thesis (University of Reading – MGF-E)
Earthworm adaptations to metals: inorganic speciation, biochemical fingerprinting and molecular genetics.
Brownlow R. (2008) PhD Thesis (University of Wales, Aberystwyth)
Are benthic estuarine populations self-recruiting?
Biss P. (2008) PhD Thesis (Open University)
Molecular ecology of A. odoratum in the Park Grass Experiment.
Eyre C.A. (2008) PhD Thesis (Cardiff University – MGF-E)
Interspecific interactions between saprotrophic basidiomycetes: effect on volatile production and gene expression of mycelia.
Holt B. (2008) PhD Thesis (University of East Anglia)
Evolution and Ecology of a Species Complex: Investigating the Origin and Maintenance of Colour Polymorphism in the Genus Hypoplectrus.
Küpper C. (2008) PhD Thesis (University of Bath)
Molecular ecology of the Kentish plover Charadrius alexandrinus.
*Lee J.W. (2008) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield)
Behaviour, genetics and social organisation of the vinous-throated parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus.
Lord A. (2008) PhD Thesis (Imperial College London)
Environmental Components of Reproductive Success in the Blue tit, Parus caeruleus.
Piyapong C. (2008) PhD Thesis (University of Leeds)
Factors underlying shoal composition in the Trinidian guppy (Poecilia reticulata) the effects of predation and sex differences.
Sawle A. (2008) PhD Thesis (University of Liverpool – MGF-L)
Transcriptomic expression profiles as indicators of ecotoxicological effect in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos.
Struebig M. (2008) PhD Thesis (Queen Mary, University of London)
Impacts of forest fragmentation on the genetic and community structure of tropical bats.
*Woodward B. (2008) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield)
The effect of ecology, demography and migration on the prevalence of cooperative breeding in the long-tailed tit.
2007
Azadi N.A. (2007) MSc Thesis (Lancaster University - MGF-L)
Microarray analysis of the effect of industrial pollution on stickleback fish using linear mixed effect models.
*Ball A. (2007) MSc Thesis (University of Sheffield)
Recombination rates and chromosomal synteny in the Zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata.
Bamford A. (2007) PhD Thesis (University of Nottingham)
Competition and co-existence among vultures: from individual behaviour to conservation ecology.
*Berg M. PhD Thesis (2007) (University of Groningen)
Sexual selection and reproductive strategies in songbirds : territoriality, mate and parental care.
Bourke B. PhD Thesis (2007) (University of Nottingham)
Population genetics of the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) in the British Isles and its phylogeography in Europe.
*Coiffait L. (2007) PhD Thesis (Newcastle University)
Investigating the movements of migratory thrushes Turdus merula and T. iliacus using intrinsic markers and morphology.
*Dawson D.A. (2007) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield)
Genomic analysis of passerine birds using conserved microsatellite loci.
Dugdale H. (2007) PhD Thesis (University of Oxford)
Reproductive behaviour of the European badger Meles meles.
Geoghegan F. (2007) PhD Thesis (The University of Birmingham – MGF-E)
Differential gene expression in the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, following exposure to mixtures of compounds.
Li W. (2007) PhD Thesis (University of Liverpool - MGF-L)
An integrated suite of informatics tools and resources to support post-genomics investigations.
Mainwaring M.C. (2007) PhD thesis (Lancaster University)
Evolutionary causes and consequences of hatching asynchrony in nestling birds.
Maunder R.J. (2007) PhD Theses (CEH Lancaster, Lancaster Environment Centre - NBAF-L107)
The effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals on reproductive performance of sticklebacks.
*Meares K.M. (2007) MSc Dissertation (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
Characterising microsatellite loci in the blue crane (Grus paradisea).
O´Connor E. (2007) PhD Theses (University of Liverpool - NBAF-L123)
Population difference in response to hypoxia: Behaviour and physiology of three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus.
Sambles C. (2007) PhD Thesis (Cardiff Univesity - MGF-E185)
The derivation of the molecular basis of endocrine disruption in aquatic invertebrates.
2006
Glover A.M. (2006) PhD Thesis (University of Leeds)
The ecology and conservation of cave-roosting bats in the Yorkshire Dales.
Goodship N. (2006) PhD Thesis (University of Cardiff)
Endocrine control of nestling begging behaviour in the pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca.
Griffiths A.M. (2006) PhD Thesis (University of Exeter)
The population structure of brown trout (Salmo salar) on Dartmoor National Park.
Phillimore A. (2006) PhD Thesis (Imperial College, University of London)
The ecological basis of speciation and divergence in birds.
Vernon C. (2006) PhD Thesis (University of Liverpool - MGF-L)
Transcriptomic assessment of gene responses to environmental stress - genetic and comparative approaches.
2005
Anderson S.J.E. (2005) PhD Thesis (Open University)
Metapopulation genetics of the garden tiger moth (Arctia caja).
Barnett O.E. (2005) PhD Thesis (Open University)
The role of environmental change in the maintenance of sexual reproduction in a perennial grass species, Festuca rubra.
Barr, I. (2005). PhD Thesis, University of Sheffield.
Ssexual selection in the blue tit (Parus caeruleus).
Green N.M. (2005) PhD Thesis (University of Leeds)
Seasonal patterns in population structure and behaviour of the bat Myotis nattereri.
Hunter, J.M. (2005) MPhil Thesis, University of Sheffield.
Behavioural ecology of Seychelles warblers in regenerating natural woodland on Aride Island.
Sayed E. (2005) MPhil of Science (University of Nottingham)
Investigating population dynamics, social behaviour and immunophysiology of Acomys cahirinus dimidiatus populations in the naturally fragmented habitat of the St. Katherine Protectorate, South Sinai, Egypt.
Senior P. (2005) PhD Thesis (University of Leeds)
Spatial and sexual segregation in Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) in Wharfedale.
Temple H.J. (2005) PhD Thesis (University of Cambridge)
Ecology, cooperative breeding and conservation of the white-breasted thrasher Ramphocinclus brachyurus.
Tingay R. (2005) PhD Thesis (University of Nottingham)
Historical distribution, contemporary status and cooperative breeding in the Madagascar fish eagle (Haliaeetus vociferoides): Implications for conservation.
Webster L. (2005) PhD Thesis (University of Glasgow)
The effects of gene flow on local adaptation in a natural host-parasite system.
2004
Bretman A.J. (2004) PhD Thesis (University of Leeds)
Sexual selection in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus.
Chaline N.G. (2004) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield)
Reproductive conflicts and nepotism in the honey bee.
Evans L.M. (2004) PhD Thesis (University of Exeter)
Phylogenetic assessment of Psoroptes ovis; their epidemiology and taxonomic identity explored.
Frantz A.C. (2004) PhD Thesis (University of Sussex)
Non-invasive genetic typing in the study of badger (Meles meles) ecology.
*Furmankiewicz J. (2004) PhD Thesis (University of Wroclaw, Poland. [in Polish] with time spent in Leeds)
Mating behaviour of brown long-eared bat Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758).
*Paszkiewicz R. (2004) PhD Thesis (Wroclaw University, Poland - with time spent at Sunderland University)
Genetical structure and population biology of the mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis).
Pedro P.M. (2004) PhD Thesis (University of Leeds)
Impact of habitat fragmentation on species of Sabethes mosquitoes.
2003
Ahmed S. (2003) PhD Thesis (University of Leeds)
Pollen mediated gene flow in Ficus sycomorus L.
Douglas A. (2003) PhD Thesis (Queen Mary, University of London)
Population ecology and behaviour of juvenile bitterling (Rhodeus serecius, Pallas).
Freeman K. (2003) PhD Thesis (Queen Mary, University of London)
The population genetics and conservation of a Mauritian skink.
Hay J. (2003) PhD Thesis (University of Durham)
Causes and consequences of variation in dominance status in the Paridae.
Sharp S.P. (2003) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield)
Kin recognition in the cooperative breeding system of long-tailed tits Aegithalos caudatus.
2002
Carpenter P.J. (2002) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield)
A study of mating systems, inbreeding avoidance and TB resistance in the Eurasian badger (Meles meles) using microsatellite markers.
Fletcher K. (2002) PhD Thesis (University of Durham)
Sex-specific breeding ecology of common terns in N.E. England.
Fok K.W. (2002) PhD Thesis (University of Nottingham)
Leech D. (2002) PhD Thesis (University of Lancaster)
Brood sex ratio, parentage and parental investment in the blue tit, Parus caeruleus.
MacGowan A. (2002) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield)
The fitness benefits of cooperative breeding in long-tailed tits, Aegithalos caudatus.
2001
Buchanan G. (2001) PhD Thesis (University of Sunderland)
Mate choice in reed buntings (Emberiza schoeniclus).
Eaton M. (2001) PhD Thesis (University of Durham)
Determinants of habitat and site use by turnstones and purple sandpipers in N.E. England, and possible effects of the removal of coastal nutrients.
Madden J.R. (2001) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield)
Sex, costs and bowerbird tastes.
2000
Foster K. (2000) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield)
Kin selection and reproductive conflict in the vespine wasps.
Marshall R. (2000) PhD Thesis (University of London)
Song, microsatellite DNA and paternity in the sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus.
Nicholls H. (2000) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield)
Male adaptations to sperm competition in the sand martin, Riparia riparia.
Wilson MW. (2000) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield)
Reproductive strategies and paternal care in the willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus.
1999
Marsden R. (1999) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield)
Coloniality in the sociable weaver Philetairus socius.