Environment Department
University of York
Heslington
York
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UK
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Dr Nicholas Worsfold
BSc (London), PhD (Sheffield):
Teaching FellowNicholas
joined Environment in autumn 2008 from the Department of Politics,
University of York, where he was a Research Assistant on a project
investigating the environmental credentials of the European
Parliament. Nicholas trained as an ecologist, completing his PhD at
the University of Sheffield, where he investigated the consequences
of extinction in experimental food webs. Whilst completing his PhD,
funding from the British Ecological Society allowed Nicholas to work
for the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, where he
wrote a briefing paper for the UK Parliament on the fate of farmland
wildlife.
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Telephone: +44 1904 434063
email:
ntw500@york.ac.uk
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Description of Research Activities
Nicholas is motivated by
the need to understand the rapid changes that are occurring
to the natural environment and has research interests in
community ecology, biodiversity conservation and
environmental policy. Current research, in collaboration
with Jon Lovett, focuses on the integration of ecosystem
services into conservation planning. Other current work
seeks to evaluate how the European Parliament treats
environmental legislation and investigates whether EU
enlargement has affected environmental legislation. Past
research investigated the effects of species loss from food
webs, using experimental aquatic microcosms containing
bacteria and protists. Removal experiments were conducted in
these micro-ecosystems in order to understand the effect of
the initial removal on community dynamics and ecosystem
properties and to investigate the prevalence of secondary
‘cascading’ extinctions.
Teaching
Courses taught
Introduction to Environmental Law
Environmental Law and
Policy
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07/10/2008 12:44
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