The Applied Vegetation Dynamics Laboratory testimonial









The Applied Vegetation Dynamics Laboratory The Applied Vegetation Dynamics Laboratory is a research unit run jointly by Rob Marrs and Mike Le Duc at the University of Liverpool. It aims to provide solutions to land management problems that are based on sound science. Rob and Mike wanted a website that would help them promote the unit internationally and asked Connect to design and host it for them. Since the site went live five months ago, Rob and Mike have been delighted with its success, reporting a number of benefits which they attribute directly to Connect Support. Almost 15,000 hits since going online - a direct result of using the Signpost service A new contract worth Ł75,000, which involves the design of another website based on a new scientific initiative An upsurge in enquiries from foreign postgraduate students who want to come and work in the unit At least four serious requests for information from government departments