Dr Jim Provan
PhD, BSc
Reader in Biological Science
Contact Details
- Email: jip14@aber.ac.uk
- Office: 3.22, Edward Llwyd Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 622324
- Research Portal Profile
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- BR10600 - Climate and Climate Change
- BR10620 - Climate and Climate Change
- BR10110 - Introduction to Conservation
- BR34520 - Wildlife Conservation
- BR33420 - Global Biodiversity Conservation
- BR16510 - Introduction to Palaeobiology
- BR16620 - Climate and Climate Change
Tutor
- BR10620 - Climate and Climate Change
- BR34520 - Wildlife Conservation
- BR15700 - Wildlife Forensics
- BRM4920 - Frontiers in the Biosciences
- BR10110 - Introduction to Conservation
- BR15720 - Wildlife Forensics
- BG12410 - Sgiliau Astudio a Chyfathrebu
- BR33420 - Global Biodiversity Conservation
- BRM6420 - Research Methods in the Biosciences
Lecturer
- BR25820 - Aquatic Botany
- BRM4920 - Frontiers in the Biosciences
- BR15700 - Wildlife Forensics
- BRM6520 - Introduction to Environmental Law and Environmental Impact Assessment
- BR10110 - Introduction to Conservation
- BR30420 - The Agri-Environment
- BR15720 - Wildlife Forensics
- BR33420 - Global Biodiversity Conservation
- BR34520 - Wildlife Conservation
- BRS0060 - Integrated Year in Industry
Coordinator
- BR33420 - Global Biodiversity Conservation
- BR34520 - Wildlife Conservation
- BR10110 - Introduction to Conservation
- BR10600 - Climate and Climate Change
- BR10620 - Climate and Climate Change
- BR16510 - Introduction to Palaeobiology
- BR16620 - Climate and Climate Change
Grader
- BR36400 - Research Project
- BR36440 - Research Project
- BRM2860 - MBiol Research Project
- BRM2800 - MBiol Research Project
Moderator
Course Viewer
Research
My current research is primarily concerned with the evolutionary responses of natural populations to global change. This ranges from using phylogeographic approaches to elucidate the response of species to previous climatic changes through the Ice Ages, through population genetic analyses of the impacts of present-day climate change on populations, to using next-generation sequencing (NGS) approaches to determine the potential for populations to respond to future climate change. I also carry out work in conservation genetics to inform management strategies for rare and threatened species.
Research Groups
- Marine environmental impacts and remedies
Publications
Brown, JA, Montgomery, WI & Provan, J 2022, 'Strong spatial structuring of clonal genetic diversity within blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) hedgerows and woodlands', Tree Genetics and Genomes, vol. 18, no. 1, 5. 10.1007/s11295-022-01538-x, 10.1007/s11295-022-01538-x
Wambulwa, MC, Milne, R, Wu, ZY, Spicer, RA, Provan, J, Luo, YH, Zhu, GF, Wang, WT, Wang, H, Gao, LM, Li, DZ & Liu, J 2021, 'Spatiotemporal maintenance of flora in the Himalaya biodiversity hotspot: Current knowledge and future perspectives', Ecology and Evolution. 10.1002/ece3.7906
Healey, AJE, McKeown, N, Taylor, AL, Provan, J, Sauer, W, Gouws, G & Shaw, P 2018, 'Cryptic species and parallel genetic structuring in Lethrinid fish: Implications for conservation and management in the southwest Indian Ocean', Ecology and Evolution, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 2182-2195. 10.1002/ece3.3775
Roberts, HR, Warren, J & Provan, J 2018, 'Evidence for facultative protocarnivory in Capsella bursa-pastoris seeds', Scientific Reports, vol. 8, 10120. 10.1038/s41598-018-28564-x
Mooney, K, Beatty, G, Elsäßer, B, Follis, E, Kregting, L, O'Connor, N, Riddell, G & Provan, J 2018, 'Hierarchical structuring of genetic variation at differing geographic scales in the cultivated sugar kelp Saccharina latissima', Marine Environmental Research, vol. 142, pp. 108-115. 10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.09.029
More publications on the Research Portal