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Alexandra Morel

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Morel, Alexandra

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0905-8079
20082026

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Biography

I am an ecosystem scientist interested in the interface of ecology and economic development, particularly understanding the ecological processes supporting agricultural commodity production and how it may be impacted by landscape, management and climate drivers. I have used satellite imagery to scale-up field data to landscape and regional scales. I am also interested in understanding the ecological underpinnings of forest resilience using a combination of paleo- and contemporary ecological methods.

Research interests

My research is primarily interdisciplinary and my most recent work has focused on smallholder agroforestry systems in Ethiopia and Ghana. I have worked on questions of resilience and resistance of managed systems to climate shocks, how net primary productivity (NPP) varies between natural and managed systems and the role of biodiversity in supporting these processes. I am interested in collaborations and/or postgraduate projects relating, but not limited, to the following topics:

  • Landscape drivers of agricultural productivity
  • Nutrient cycling in natural and managed systems
  • Using functional traits to understand ecosystem resilience
  • Linking ecological understanding of rural livelihoods with urban migration
  • Combining remote sensing analysis and ecological modelling to assess landscape-level responses to climate anomalies
  • Developing long-term, community-led ecological monitoring programmes
  • Combining tropical dendrochronology records with contemporary forest productivity measures

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
    SDG 1 No Poverty
  2. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  3. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  4. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  5. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
    SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  6. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  7. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  8. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  9. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

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  • Shifting baselines increase the risk of misinterpreting biodiversity trends

    Dellavalle, A. (Lead / Corresponding author), Devenish, A. J. M., Jarrett, C., Annorbah, N. N. D., Asamoah, A., Boafo, K., Lane, P. E., Owen, J., Morel, A. C., Hulme, M. F., Welch, A. J., Norris, K., Sanderson, F. J. & Tobias, J. A., 17 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Ecography. 14 p., e08363.

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  • Spatiotemporal dynamics of heat stress and cold stress on UK rapeseed cropping over 1961–2020

    Hu, B. (Lead / Corresponding author), Cutler, M. E. J. & Morel, A. C. (Lead / Corresponding author), 5 Mar 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Scientific Reports.

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  • Forest Age Rivals Climate to Explain Reproductive Allocation Patterns in Forest Ecosystems Globally

    Ward, R. E. (Lead / Corresponding author), Zhang-Zheng, H., Abernethy, K., Adu-Bredu, S., Arroyo, L., Bailey, A., Barlow, J., Berenguer, E., Chesini-Rossi, L., Cho, P., Dahlsjö, C. A. L., das Neves, E. C., de Oliveira Sales, B., Farfan-Rios, W., Ferreira, J. N., Freitag, R., Girardin, C., Huaraca Huasco, W., Joly, C. A. & Malhi, Y. & 11 others, Marimon, B., Marimon Junior, B. H., Morel, A. C., Muller-Landau, H. C., Peixoto, K. D. S., Reis, S., Riutta, T., Salinas, N., Seixas, M., Silman, M. R. & Kueppers, L. M., 25 Aug 2025, In: Ecology letters. 28, 8, e70191.

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  • Sodium constraints on megaherbivore communities in Africa

    Abraham, A. J. (Lead / Corresponding author), Hempson, G. P., le Roux, E., Maré, C., Taylor, L. L., Webster, A. B., Duvall, E. S., Prys-Jones, T., Coppock, J., Ridenour, C., de Jager, P., Augustine, D., Chapman, C. A., Fashing, P. J., Harfoot, M. B. J., Holdo, R. M., Hopcraft, J. G. C., Johnson, C., van Langevelde, F. & Malhi, Y. & 14 others, Morel, A., Nguyen, N., Owen-Smith, N., Potter, A. B., Prins, H. H. T., Rothman, J. M., Swedell, L., Svenning, J. C., Thomson, E. R., van der Plas, F., Veldhuis, M. P., Pringle, R. M., Clauss, M. & Doughty, C. E., 9 Dec 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Ecology and Evolution.

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  • What resilience theory and praxis can learn from multi-dimensional approaches to understanding poverty: A study of Ghanaian cocoa forest landscapes

    Maguire-Rajpaul, V. A. (Lead / Corresponding author), Hirons, M., Rajpaul, V. M., Asare, R. A., Boyd, E., Malhi, Y., Mason, J., Morel, A. C., Norris, K. & McDermott, C., Jan 2025, In: World Development. 185, 18 p., 106785.

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