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Hannah Sellers
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Senior Nature Recovery Officer, Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. PhD in past woodland change in Leicestershire using interdisciplinary data 🌳she/her
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Congratulations to my colleague at Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust Dr @hannahjsellers.bsky.social on the publication of the second paper from her PhD!

Read the #OpenAccess paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Evidence of long-term woodland persistence despite prolonged anthropogenic stress: The combined use of pollen and place-names in lowland Leicestershire, UK - Hannah Sellers, Juan Carlos Berrio, Stef D...
A multimillennial analysis of woodland ecosystems in the Leicestershire landscape (UK) shows significant anthropogenic stress over the last six millennia. We tr...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The second paper from my PhD has now been published ✨ This paper explores using a combination of fossil pollen and place-names to provide a broader record of past landscape change and the connections to anthropogenic influences in Leicestershire.
Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1177/0959...
December 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Nature is not a blocker to growth.

The UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has claimed that 'The balance has gone too far in the direction of always protecting every bat and every newt.' But how can this statement be true when the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world?🌍
January 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Exciting end to 2024 with the first paper from my PhD being published in the Anthropocene Review! We explore the stratigraphical signals of the Anthropocene near to the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A mid-20th century stratigraphical Anthropocene is recognisable in the birth-area of the industrial revolution - Hannah Sellers, Mark Williams, Juan Carlos Berrio, Stef De Sabbata, Neil L Rose, Simon ...
The formalisation of the Anthropocene as a subdivision of the Geological Time Scale has been under debate. Its stratigraphic boundary has been proposed as a pre...
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December 31, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Really enjoyed attending #BES2024 Annual Meeting last week and presenting at my last conference as a PhD student 🌳 Now to finish writing my thesis ✍️
December 16, 2024 at 10:37 AM
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So cool to hear about exploring historic woodland cover using palynology and traditional ecological knowledge - now obsessed with old woodland type names digitalcommons.usf.edu/jea/vol18/is... via @hannahjsellers.bsky.social #BES
December 12, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Looking forward to speaking at the BES Annual Meeting this Thursday in Room 11C at 11am about using an interdisciplinary approach integrating palaeoecological and historical evidence to examine past woodland change 🌳 #BES2024
December 9, 2024 at 10:28 AM