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Nicola Stevens

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Trapnell Fellow in African Environments
Department of Geography
nicola.stevens@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Nikki's research interests are centred around understanding vegetation dynamics in African savannas and how they are likely to change given increasing global change pressures like altered fire and herbivory regimes against a backdrop of changing CO2 concentrations. Along this vein I have become particularly interested in the phenomenon of woody encroachment where open ecosystems across the tropics are being invaded by native woody species. It has also driven me to improve our ability to predict future species ranges under global change by improving our mechanistic understanding of range edges in disturbance limited systems. She has ongoing projects in Southern Africa with the hopes to expand this research to other tropical savannas.

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Research area Ecosystems Impacts
Research role Researcher
Research stream Impacts
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Department Geography and the Environment
Research Groups and Programmes Ecosystems Research Lab

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