SCOTT J. DAVIDSON, PhD
| Pronouns | He/Him |
| davidson.scott_j@uqam.ca | |
| Position | Assistant Professor in Wetland Carbon Dynamics Co-holder of the Quebec Research Chair on the study of CARbon in wetlands as a nature-based solution to combat CLImate change in QUEbec (CARCLIQUE) |
| Other positions | Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University, Australia |
| Education | University of Sheffield / San Diego State University, PhD University of Sheffield, MSc University of Dundee, MA (Hons) |
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My research is focused on the resilience of peatland and wetland ecosystems to both climate change and disturbance regimes. I combine field research, laboratory analysis, remote sensing and modelling approaches to better constrain spatio-temporal dynamics of wetland ecosystems.
I am a member of both the GRIL-UQAM and GEOTOP research centres.
I am currently the co-Chair of the British Ecological Society’s Peatlands and Wetlands Special Interest Group.
I am also a co-founder of both the PEAT: Peatland ECR Action Team and the Wet Woodland Research Network.
Technical staff
Coordinatrice de recherche de la Chaire du Québec sur l’étude du carbone dans les milieux humides comme solution naturelle aux changements climatiques (CARCLIQUE)
Postdoctoral fellows
Above- and belowground dynamics as drivers of peatland carbon cycling
Graduate students
Understanding ecosystem dynamics in peat-forming temperate wet woodlands
Carbon stocks and fluxes of the Barachois de Malbaie salt marsh in Gaspésie, Eastern Canada
Carbon stocks and fluxes from a freshwater marsh in the St Lawrence Lowlands, QC
Undergraduate interns
Co-supervision outside UQAM
Emily Simpson (PhD student) - Beavers and climate change mitigation in freshwater systems - University of Stirling (Lead supervisor - Dr Alan Law - 2023-2027)
Izadora Kervin (PhD student) - Developing capacity in ex situ conservation for threatened bryophytes - University of Plymouth (Lead supervisor - Dr Jenny Rowntree - 2023-2029 (Part-time))
Crystal Ahiable (PhD student) - The forgotten forests: understanding the future of wet woodlands as carbon-dense ecosystems - RHUL (Lead supervisor - Dr Alice Milner - 2022-2026)
Dylan Oliver (PhD student) - Maximising ecosystem service provision from wet woodlands for policy and practice - RHUL (Lead supervisor - Dr Alice Milner - 2025-2029)
Justin Yu (MSc student) - Building a baseline of carbon stocks in boreal swamps in Alberta, Canada - University of Waterloo (Lead supervisor - Dr Maria Strack - 2024-2026)
Elly Longley (MSc student) - Carbon fluxes from intact and disturbed alpine peatlands (wildfire) across the Bogong High Plains, Australia - La Trobe University (Lead supervisor - Dr Aleicia Holland - 2024-2026)
Completed students
PhD students
Natasha Underwood PhD (2021-2024) (University of Plymouth) Ecological and biogeochemical benefits of environmental enhancements at Moorlinch on the Somerset Levels
MSc students
Oscar Kemble ResM (2024-2025) (University of Plymouth) – Evaluating progress towards blanket bog vegetation restoration
Meg Schmidt MSc (2019-2021) (University of Waterloo) – Impacts of seismic line restoration on CO2 and CH4 fluxes and vegetation biomass
Rosie Oliver MSc (2021-2022) (University of Plymouth) – Soil P indices in the Somerset Levels and Moors: a technical evaluation of their value in predicting environmental pollution risk
Jamie Huntriss MSc (2022-2023) (University of Plymouth) – An analysis of wet woodland carbon stocks based on peat core samples: a study of Slapton Ley wet woodland
Caitlin Richards MSc (2022-2023) (University of Plymouth) – Environmental controls on CO2 exchange in a wet woodland in South Devon and the implications of a changing climate
Robert Jones MSc (2022-2023) (University of Plymouth) – Understanding the susceptibility to and recovery from wildfire in peatlands using remote sensing
Eleanor Wiltshire MSc (2022-2023) (University of Plymouth) – Assessing the impacts of nitrate and ammonium on water quality in five Devon rivers between 2020 – 2022
Archie Mortimer MSc (2023-2024) (University of Plymouth) – Assessing the belowground carbon stocks of nationally scarce bog woodland in Scotland
Jill Ashley MSc (2023-2024) (University of Plymouth) – An investigation of the green leaf phenology of a canopy in Bobiri Forest, a semi-deciduous tropical forest in West Africa
Undergraduate research assistants
Billy Fullwood (June – August 2024) (University of Plymouth) – ARIES Research Experience Placement: Using dendrochronology to understand climate and land-use pressures on wet woodland ecosystem