Em P Rob Marrs DSc FCIEEM, CEcol, FRSB
Emeritus Bulley Professor of Applied Plant Biology/Honorary Senior Research Fellow Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences
- Work email Calluna@liverpool.ac.uk
- Personal WebsiteSome of my publications
Research
Research Interest 1
Restoration ecology and in situ conservation; development of management techniques and theoretical approaches to study vegetation dynamics for plant community conservation; predicting impact of management on multi-species interactions; study of heathland and moorland habitats and their interactions with weed species (bracken and Molinia); effects of soils on heath and moorland development.
Research Grants
Vegetation change in long-term experiments in the British uplands
LEVERHULME TRUST (UK)
January 2019 - June 2022
URBAN GreenUP - New Strategy for Re-Naturing Cities through Nature-Based Solutions
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
June 2017 - May 2023
Royal Society China Royal Fellowship.
ROYAL SOCIETY
December 2002 - December 2003
Research into management of problem exotic species.
ENGLISH NATURE
October 2000 - September 2002
Uplands Assessment Unit.
MINISTRY AGRIC/FISHERIES/FOOD
December 1997 - March 2002
Why are some species more vulnerable to environmental change than others? Passerines as a model taxon.
UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY ENTERPRISE LTD
October 2008 - March 2013
Ecosystem resistance and resilience: measuring ecological processes in applied situations.
ROYAL SOCIETY (CHARITABLE)
July 2004
Modelling temporal change in canopy composition and ground vegetation in British woodlands: the implications for conservation.
ENGLISH NATURE
February 2002 - March 2005
Landscape scale synergies between agri-environment schemes and protected sites
NATURAL ENGLAND (UK)
October 2013 - September 2016
Implementing moorland restoration after bracken control: technology transfer.
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (UK)
April 2004 - March 2007
Targeted Monitoring of Atmospheric Pollution and Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity
UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY ENTERPRISE LTD
October 2005
Assessing the resilience of ecosystem service delivery: Can the Earth bounce back?
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
March 2009 - June 2009
Changes in soil chemistry on managed and unmanaged heathland.
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS (UK)
November 2001 - December 2002
Integrated bracken control and vegetation restoration: ongoing assessment and model development.
MINISTRY AGRIC/FISHERIES/FOOD
April 1999 - March 2004
Assessing the impact of Heather beetle.
MACAULAY LAND USE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (UK)
November 2001 - April 2002
Genetic diversity of heather.
DAPHNE JACKSON MEMORIAL F/SHIPS TRUST (UK)
September 1999 - August 2001
Fire management to maintain biodiversity and mitigate economic loss (FIREMAN)
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2009 - June 2013
DEFRA contract - Demonstration moors in England and Wales.
HEATHER TRUST
January 2002 - December 2006
CASE Top-Up: Is there biological ratioanale for the Framework Species approach to land restoration?
MILLENNIUM SEED BANK PROJECT (UK)
October 2009 - March 2013