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Jonathan Silvertown is professor of ecology at The Open University, and an authority on plant population and evolutionary ecology.

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Gazing into the future Featuring: video, Creative Commons Image By garryknight via Flickr under Creative Commons licence

By Professor Jonathan Silvertown (The Open University)

26 May 2010

Professor of Ecology, Jonathan Silvertown, discusses science in an uncertain world, and the difficulties of predicting the future when life is so complicated.  Read more : Gazing into the future

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Darwin Now pod 5: Darwinian demons Featuring: audio, Jupiter Images

By Rissa De La Paz (The Open University), Professor Jonathan Silvertown (The Open University)

04 November 2009

If only the fittest survive in nature, you might expect the world to be taken over by a small number of rampant species. So why,...  Read more : Darwin Now pod 5: Darwinian demons

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OU Lecture 2009: Post lecture discussion Featuring: video, OU image library

By Professor Jim Moore (The Open University), Professor Jonathan Silvertown (The Open University), Dr Peter Skelton (The Open University), Professor Richard Dawkins (Guest), Professor Steve Jones (Guest)

30 April 2009

Follow the discussion that took place after The OU Lecture 2009: Darwin's Five Bridges by Professor Richard Dawkins  Read more : OU Lecture 2009: Post lecture discussion

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Darwin and ecology Featuring: video, photos.com

By Professor Jonathan Silvertown (The Open University)

05 March 2009

Jonathan Silvertown of The Open University and the Evolution Megalab considers the interaction between ecology and evolution - and what we can learn from thrushes...  Read more : Darwin and ecology

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Freeland, Joanna R.; Biss, Pamela and Silvertown, Jonathan (2012). Contrasting patterns of pollen and seed flow influence the spatial genetic structure of sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum) populations. Journal of Heredity, 103(1), pp. 28–35.

Worthington, Jenny; Silvertown, Jonathan; Cook, Laurence; Cameron, Robert; Dodd, Mike; Greenwood, Richard; McConway, Kevin and Skelton, Peter (2011). Evolution MegaLab: a case study in citizen science methods. Methods in Ecology and Evolution (Early View).

Silvertown, Jonathan; Cook, Laurence; Cameron, Robert; Dodd, Michael; McConway, Kevin; Worthington, Jennifer; Skelton, Peter; Anton, Christian; Bossdorf, Oliver; Baur, Bruno; Schilthuizen, Menno; Fontaine, Benoît; Sattmann, Helmut; Bertorelle, Giorgio; Correira, Maria; Oliveira, Cristina; Pokryszko, Beata; Ozgo, Malgorzata; Stalažs, Arturs; Gill, Eoin; Rammul, Üllar; Sólymos, Péter; Féher, Soltan and Juan, Xavier (2011). Citizen science reveals unexpected continental-scale
evolutionary change in a model organism. PLoS ONE, 6(4), e18927.

Silvertown, Jonathan; Cook, Laurence; Cameron, Robert; Dodd, Mike; McConway, Kevin; Worthington, Jenny; Skelton, Peter; Anton, Christian; Bossdorf, Oliver; Baur, Bruno; Schilthuizen, Menno; Fontaine, Benoît; Sattmann, Helmut; Bertorelle, Giorgio; Correia, Maria; Oliveira, Cristina; Pokryszko, Beata; Ożgo, Małgorzata; Stalažs, Arturs; Gill, Eoin; Rammul, Üllar; Sólymos, Péter; Féher, Zoltan and Juan, Xavier (2011). Citizen science reveals unexpected continental-scale evolutionary change in a model organism. PLoS ONE, 6(4), e18927.

Araya, Yoseph N.; Silvertown, Jonathan; Gowing, David J.; McConway, Kevin J.; Linder, H. Peter and Midgley, Guy (2011). A fundamental, eco-hydrological basis for niche segregation in plant communities. New Phytologist, 189(1), pp. 253–258.

Araya, Yoseph; Silvertown, Jonathan; Gowing, David; McConway, Kevin; Linder, Peter and Midgley, Guy (2010). Variation in δ13C among species and sexes in the family Restionaceae along a fine-scale hydrological gradient. Austral Ecology, 35(7), pp. 818–824.

Silvertown, Jonathan; Tallowin, Jerry; Stevens, Carly; Power, Sally A.; Morgan, Vicky; Emmett, Bridget; Hester, Alison; Grime, Philip J.; Morecroft, Michael; Buxton, Robin; Poulton, Paul; Jinks, Richard and Bardgett, Richard (2010). Environmental myopia: a diagnosis and a remedy. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 25(10), pp. 556–561.

Freeland, J. R.; Biss, P.; Conrad, K. F. and Silvertown, J. (2010). Selection pressures have caused genome-wide population differentiation of Anthoxanthum odoratum despite the potential for high gene flow. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23(4), pp. 776–782.

Bartelheimer, Maik; Gowing, David and Silvertown, Jonathan (2010). Explaining hydrological niches: the decisive role of below-ground competition in two closely related Senecio species. Journal of Ecology, 98(1), pp. 126–136.

Silvertown, Jonathan (2009). A new dawn for citizen science. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 24(9), pp. 467–471.

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OU on the BBC: Saving SpeciesThinkstock

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

05 January 2012

Promoting biodiversity and conservation; explore the ways people are saving species   Read more : OU on the BBC: Saving Species

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