Robert TE Mills

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Mesocosm transplant across env gradients -what are your thoughts?

Simulating change in ecological systems can take many forms. We are interested in making generalisations about ecological response to change, including climate and land-use intensity. We aere...

07 July 2017 10,038 3 View

Are you working in mountain ecology?

I'm looking to create a global network of mountain ecologists. I'd be interested in hearing from you, and also to explore possibilities of collaborative work on soil functional ecology. Thanks, Rob

04 April 2016 6,922 6 View

Wherein the world do you think land-use change having the greatest impact on ecological communities and on human societies?

Land-use change is exerting pressure across the globe, but where are the tipping points? We ought to focus our research there... but where, and what issues are most important to you?

04 April 2016 3,781 12 View

What do you think are the most pressing ecological questions for the next five years?

what are the big knowledge gaps and most pressing questions? Let's get a discussion going!

03 March 2016 274 10 View

Are you working in alpine snowbeds? If so, I'm interested in what you do, and I'm looking for collaborative study opportunities. interested?

Hi, I'm working in European snowbed systems, and I'm interested in potential collaborative studies looking at the status of SOM in contrasting snowbeds and other alpine microhabitats. If you have...

03 March 2016 8,461 0 View

Is taking an ecosyetm-services perspective beneficial for the sustainability of ecological systems, or a pseudo-economic price tag?

This is a general question, to which I hope to stimulate some discussion. For me, we tread a fine line, and it is important that, whilst highlighting the manifold benefits we gain from ecological...

01 January 2015 6,825 2 View

Freeze-thaw impacts on soil phosphorus: possible collaboration for multi-site comparison?

I've been doing some work on how freeze-thaw events cause pulse losses of phosphorus from soils, and am currently writing a short paper on this. I would like to see if anybody is interested in...

01 January 2014 7,600 43 View

Does drought have the potential to cause a drop in pH in mineral soils?

I have some data which I will submit shortly as part of a publication in which I tentatively attribute the accumulation of un-decomposed organic matter to a drop in pH, possibly due to the...

08 August 2013 7,627 19 View

Soil freeze-thaw and phosphorus - do you have data , publications or input?

I am currently writing a review paper on the effects of freezing and freeze-thaw processes on soil phosphorus. The literature is relatively sparse (when compared to C and N) on this and I am keen...

08 August 2013 9,537 3 View