Current and Recent Projects
Spatio-temporal dynamics
Invasion, persistence and variablity of epidemics including antibiotic and pesticide resistence. (BBSRC)
Spread of GM crops in the landscape (BBSRC) in collaboration with Dr Frank van den Bosch, Rothamsted Research.
Analysis of temporal (pulsed and seasonal) heterogeneities in annual and deciduous systems. (BBSRC)
Development and testing of thresholds for invasion and persistence of disease and pesticide-resistant parasites. (BBSRC)
Analysis of population and enviornmentally-driven spatial heterogeneities, including metapopulation dynamics. (BBSRC, NERC)
Sampling and estimation of microbial, root lesion densities using molecular methods and other imaging techniques. (BBSRC)
Control of epidemics
Spatial and temporal dynamics of bubonic plague. (Royal Society, Leverhulme Trust) in collaboration with Dr Matt Keeling, Warwick University.
Analysis of the dynamics of Rhizomania disease in the U.K. (MAFF) in collaboration with Dr Mike Asher, Broom's Barn.
Metapopulation dynamics of Dutch Elm Disease and Phoncine Distemper Virus. (NERC) in collaboration with Prof. Bryan Grenfell, Dept Zoology and Prof. John Harwood, Sea Mammal Reseach Unit.
Soil-borne epidemics and biocontrol
Scaling-up from individual to population behaviour in the control of plant disease. (BBSRC/EPSRC)
Estimation of parameters of ecological models for interacting populations. (BBSRC)
Modelling of soil biodiversity (NERC) in collaboration with Prof. Alastair Fitter, Univeristy of York.
Biological control of Rhizoct.