The Floodplain Meadows Partnership and the Open University are currently supporting a number of PhD students. These students are all working on different aspects of floodplain meadows.
Eleanor Sargent: The non-chemical control of marsh ragwort, 2011. Click here for a link to download this thesis from EThOS.
Jim McGinlay 2013: Policy and practise in the assessment and management of floodplain meadows in England. Click here to download this thesis from EThOS.
Sonia Newman, 2013: Control of invasive sedges floodplain meadows. Click here to download the thesis from EThOS.
Katherine Wotherspoon 2015: The effect of phosphorus addition and cutting date on the nutrient dynamics and species composition of floodplain meadows. Click here to download the thesis from EThOS.
Laura George: Plant community assembly on a soil with fluctuating hydrology
James Latham: Managing flood risk through working with nature. A CASE studentship with the Environment Agency and The National Trust.
Vicky Bowskill: Sustainable management of floodplain meadows for enhanced productivity
Vicky has been making some short videos about her research. See this one on sampling hay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc7g_hp-yOM
Vicky has also started a brilliant blog about her studies 'Tales from the quadrat'. Watch and read it here https://vickybowskill.com/