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Welcome to
The “Scottish Centre for Ecology & the
Natural Environment”Prof Colin Adams
SCENE
University of Glasgow
• History of SCENE
• Current research and teaching
• Tour of new facilities
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Glasgow University Field Station 1946-1963
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University Field Station 1963-2006
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2006 - SCENE,
Loch Lomond
• In the most important habitats in Europe
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Major investment in SCENE
Aims:• a world class residential field teaching and research
facility
•High quality construction reflecting quality of the surroundings
•Highly sustainable building
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£7.2 M - re-development project
To
• construct a new and expanded field station
• designed, built and managed to the highest sustainable
standards
Features:
•Highest sustainability possible
•Low environmental impact
•Low embedded energy
•Geothermal heat pump
•High levels of insulation
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Phase 1 – Research Facility – Maitland Building
•£3.6 M
•Scottish Enterprise
•Sustainable development grants
•SRIF
Prof Peter Maitland
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SCENE Phase 1 research facilities
Building Awards:
2007 Scottish Low Carbon Building Award
2007 Royal Institute of Facility Managers award
2007 Green Apple Award
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Phase 2 – replacement of teaching facilities; Harry Slack Building
£3.4 M cost
•£1.5 M philanthropic
•£1.9 M grants
•Residential teaching facility for 43
Dr Harry Slack – Director 1946 - 1972
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What does S.C.E.N.E. do?
• Research
• Teaching
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“Fieldwork in science education is … declining”Source: Royal Society working group statement Jan 2004
25-60% decline
Inspiring the next generation:
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Biology of Powan
Early Research
Lake and river functioning
Dr Harry Slack – Director 1946 - 1972
Dr Roger Tippett - Director 1972 - 1995
Aphid population dynamics
Plankton dynamics
Biting midge
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Three main themes
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Birds as models in research
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Research interests focus on how
organisms cope with the environment
in which they live
Projects at SCENE:
The use of seabirds as monitors of coastal
habitat (with N. O’Hanlon)
Body surface temperature as a non-invasive
measure of stress in wild animals (with P. Jerem,
Dr D. McCafferty and Dr D. McKeegan)
Dr Ruedi Nager
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Dr Davide Dominoni
• Adaptations of birds to anthropogenic habitat change (urbanization, light pollution)
• Recently established gradient of nest-boxes from SCENE to Glasgow (Blue tit, Great tit)
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Coping with
seasonal change
changing energetic
needs
changing availability
and quality of food
changing risks of
disease and predation
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Vectors and diseases...
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Dr Heather Ferguson
• Ecology, evolution and control of disease transmitting insects
• Previously focus on malaria, with studies in Tanzania and south east Asia
• Now studies of avian malaria transmission by midges and mosquitoes at SCENE
• Using SCENE to assess the impact of climate change on disease risk
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Dr Roman Biek
• Ecology and evolution of viral and bacterial pathogens
• Research generally aims to reveal mechanisms of pathogen emergence, spread and persistence
• In Scotland, focus is on tick-borne diseases, especially Lyme borreliosis
• Seeks to explain spatial and temporal variation in Lyme disease risk and its ecological determinants (e.g. changes in host communities)
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THANKS!