Welcome to the LBRG

The Landscape and Biodiversity Research Group (LBRG) carries out research in the areas of landscape ecology, biodiversity and the ecology and conservation of species interactions. We are interested in the effects of habitat modification and fragmentation on factors such as species diversity, seed dispersal, pollinator behaviour and plant reproductive success.

The Research Group currently consists of three permanent staff, eight postdoctoral researchers who are still affiliated to the group in various ways, and five current postgraduate research students. In addition, we have ongoing project collaborations with colleagues at a number of UK and international universities and research centres.

A list of the group's published works can be found on our Publications page.

Funding for our work has been obtained from:

NERC BBSRC The Royal Society The Leverhulme Trust The British Ecological Society The Biodiversity Trust The Royal Entomological Society South Northamptonshire Council Friends of the Upper Nene (FUN) The University of Northampton English Partnerships SITA Environmental Trust in collaboration with the SITA Centre for Sustainable Wastes Management Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) Finnis Scott Foundation Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur Pakistan

To contact the Landscape and Biodiversity Research Group, email:

jeff.ollerton@northampton.ac.uk