Entries 2011

BSS Student Dissertation Prize 2011

The winning entry of the BSS Student Prize 2011 was judged to be Tiffany Aslam with a final year undergraduate project carried out at St Andrews University and the James Hutton Institute. Many thanks to this year’s judges Dr Richard Milne (Edinburgh) and Dr David Burslem (Aberdeen). The abstracts of all entries are available to logged in members of the Society by following the links below, beginning with the winning entry.

Tiffany Aslam (Winner)
Climate change and multi-trophic interactions: Plant mediated effects of drought on predator-prey dynamics
Institution: University of St Andrews, James Hutton Institute
Degree: BSc Ecology and Conservation
Supervisor: Steve Hubbard

The dissertation entries were all highly commended by the judges. The other six entrants are presented below in alphabetical order by authorr:

Kate Collingridge
Effects of sheep grazing on sea buckthorn regrowth in sand dunes
Institution: University of Edinburgh
Degree: BSc Ecological Science (Ecology)
Supervisors: Colin Legg, Maurizio Mencuccini

Oliver Edmunds
An investigation into the factors influencing the success of species-rich grassland recreation schemes
Institution: University of Edinburgh
Degree: BSc Ecological Science (Environmental Science)
Supervisor: Kate Heal

Jenny Farrar
Staminodes in Sauvagesia erecta: their anatomy and floral development
Institution: University of Edinburgh, RBGE
Degree: BSc Evolutionary Biology
Supervisor: Louis Ronse de Craene

Jamie V McQuilkin
Mycorrhizal communities of two oil-shale bings in West Lothian
Institution: University of Edinburgh
Degree: Ecological Science (Ecology)
Supervisor: Barbra Harvie

Remi Oduyemi
Aerenchyma and root hair formation in response to phosphorus deficiency in rice (Oryza sativa)
Institution: University of Aberdeen
Degree: BSc Biology
Supervisors: Jim McDonald, Adam Price

Nadia Russell
Evolution and ecology of the fern genus Woodsia: Investigations in phylogeny and spore germination
Institution: SAC, RBGE, University of Glasgow
Degree: BSc Horticulture with Plantsmanship
Supervisor: Greg Kenicer