Alumni
		MS STEPHANIE J HARRIS Senior Research Assistant
		Career
		1994 - 1997 1997 - 1999 1999 - 2000 2000 - 2011 BSc Staffordshire University MSc Coventry University Research Assistant, CABI Bioscience Research Technician, Centre for Agri-Environmental Research
		Research Interests Restoration ecology, habitat creation, colonisation of new sites by plants and associated invertebrates, agri-environmental schemes Plant community ecology, vegetation dynamics and sucession Ecology and management of agricultural systems for biodiversity conservation, especially species-rich lowland grassland. CÆR Projects FARMCAT: Improving the success of agri-environment initiatives: the role of farmer learning and landscape context Hay spreading: Hay spreading to increase grassland diversity Patchiness: Grazing, patchiness and grassland diversity SAFFIE: Sustainable Arable Farming For An Improved Environment SUSGRAZ II: Sustainable management systems for unimproved neutral grassland WCS: Cereal-based whole crop silages WuF: Wetting up farmlands for birds and other biodiversity Publications to 2011 Westbury, D.B., Woodcock, B.A., Harris, S.J., Brown, V.K. & Potts S.G. (2008) The effect of seed mix and management on the abundance of desirable and pernicious unsown species in field margin communities. Weed Research 48, 113-123 Woodcock B.A., Westbury D.B., Tscheulin T., Harrison-Cripps J., Harris S.J., Ramsey A.J., Brown V.K., & Potts S.G. (2008) Effects of seed mixture and management on beetle assemblages of arable field margins. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 125, 246–254 Woodcock. B.A., Edwards, A.R., Lawson, C.S., Westbury, D.B., Brook, A.J., Harris, S.J., Brown, V.K. & Mortimer, S.R. (2008) Contrasting success in the restoration of plant and phytophagous beetle assemblages of species-rich mesotrophic grasslands. Oecologia 154, 773-783 Woodcock, B.A., Potts, S.G., Westbury, D.B., Ramsay, A.J., Lambert, M., Harris, S.J. & Brown, V.K. (2007) The importance of sward architectural complexity in structuring predatory and phytophagous invertebrate assemblages. Ecological Entomology 32, 302-311 Mortimer, S.R., Edwards, A.R., Lawson, C.S., Westbury, D.B., Woodcock, B.A, Brook, A.J., Harris, S.J., & Brown, V.K. (2007) Efficacy of methods for using seed of local provenance to enhance grassland diversity. Aspects of Applied Biology, 82, 39-48 Edwards, A.R., Mortimer, S.R., Lawson, C.S., Westbury, D.B., Harris, S.J., Woodcock, B.A & Brown, V.K. (2007) Hay strewing, brush harvesting of seed and soil disturbance as tools for the enhancement of botanical diversity in grasslands. Biological Conservation, 134, 372-382 Mortimer, S.R., Westbury, D.B., Dodd, S., Brook, A.J., Harris, S.J., Kessock-Philip, R., Chaney, K., Lewis, P., Buckingham, D.L. & Peach, W.J. (2007). Cereal-based whole crop silages: potential biodiversity benefits of cereal production in pastoral landscapes. Aspects of Applied Biology 81, Delivering arable biodiversity, 77-86 Ramsay A.J., Potts S.G., Westbury D.B., Woodcock B.A., Tscheulin T.R., Harris S.J. & Brown V.K. (2007) Response of planthoppers to novel margin management in arable systems. Aspects of Applied Biology 81, Delivering arable biodiversity, 47-52 Woodcock B., Westbury D., Potts S.G., Harris, S. and Brown V.K. (2005) Establishing field margins to promote beetle conservation in arable farms. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 107, 255-266 Mortimer, S.R., Booth, R.G., Harris, S.J. & Brown, V.K.(2002). Effects of initial site management on the Coleoptera assemblages colonising newly-established calcareous grasslands on ex-arable land. Biological Conservation, 104, 301-313.