Journal Papers

Links to a selection of publications from SNC staff appear below. Clicking on any James Hutton Institute staff member's name will take you to their personal staff page where a more detailed listing of their publications can be found. You can also access a complete list of publications from the Institute's publications list [1].

Can scenario-planning support community-based natural resource management? Experiences from three countries in Latin America? [2] K. Waylen [3] et al. Ecology and Society 20 (4):28
Sequence-based mapping approach to spatio-temporal snow patterns from MODIS time-series applied to Scotland [4]. L.Poggio [5] and A. Gimona [6]. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 34, 122 - 135.
How does legacy create sticking points for environmental management? Insights from challenges to implementation of the ecosystem approach. [7] K.A. Waylen [8], K.L. Blackstock [9] and K. L. Holstead [10]. Ecology and Society 20 (2): 21
Assessing and monitoring impacts of genetically modified plants on agro-ecosystems: the approach of AMIGA project [11] S. Arpaia, A. Messéan, N.A. Birch [12], H. Hokannen, S. Härtel, J. van Loon, G. Lovei, J. Park, H. Spreafico, G.R. Squire [13], I. Steffan-Dewenter, C. Tebbe, H. van der Voet. Entomologia, vol 2, 79-86
Predicting Sample Source Location from Soil Analysis Using Neural Networks [14] M.A.Aitkenhead [15], M.C.Coull [16] and L.Dawson [17]. Environmental Forensics, vol 15(3), 281-292
Implications of carbon forestry for local livelihoods and leakage [18] G.A.Dyer and M.Nijnik [19]. Annals of Forest Science, vol 71, issue 2, 227 - 237
Improving the science-policy dialogue to meet the challenges of biodiversity conservation: having conversations rather than talking at one-another. [20] J.C. Young, et al. Biodiversity and Conservation 23(2), 387-404.
The Need to Disentangle Key Concepts from Ecosystem-Approach Jargon [21] K.A. Waylen [3], E.J. Hastings [22], E.A. Banks, K.L. Holstead [10], R.J. Irvine [23] and K.L. Blackstock [9]. Conservation Biology, vol 28, Issue 5, 1215 - 1224.
Hybridity of representation: insights from river basin management planning in Scotland [24] K.L. Blackstock [9], K.A. Waylen [3], K.M. Marshall and J. Dunglinson. Environment and Planning C 32(3), 549-566.
Functional trait metrics are sensitive to the completeness of the species’ trait data? [25] R.J. Pakeman [26]. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5(1), 9-15.
Payments for Water Ecosystem Services in Latin America: A literature review and conceptual model [27] J. Martin-Ortega [28], E. Ojea and C. Roux. Ecosystem Services vol 6, 122-132
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks vary throughout the growing season and between successional stages. [29] A.E. Bennett [30], T.J. Daniell [31], M. Õpik, J. Davison, M. Moora, M. Zobel, M.-A. Selosse and D. Evans. PLoS ONE 8(12), e83241.
Plant ecology's guilty little secret: understanding the dynamics of plant competition. [32] C.J. Trinder, R.W. Brooker [33] and D. Robinson. Functional Ecology 27, 918-929.
Nonlinearities in biodiversity incentive schemes: A study using an integrated agent-based and metacommunity model. [34] G.P. Polhill [35], A. Gimona [6] and N.M. Gotts. Environmental modelling and software 45, 74-91.
Biodiversity and human health: evidence for casualty? [36] R.L. Hough [37]. Biodiversity and Conservation 23, 267-288.
Regional scale mapping of soil properties and their uncertainty with a large number of satellite-derived covariates. [38] L. Poggio [5], A. Gimona [6] and M.J. Brewer [39]. Geoderma, 209-210, 1-14.
Considering the source: Commercialisation and trust in agri-environmental information and advisory services in England. [40] L.A. Sutherland [41], J. Mills, J. Ingram, R.J.F. Burton, J. Dwyer and K.L. Blackstock [9]. Journal of Environmental Management 118, 96-205
Application of Bayesian Belief Networks to quantify and map areas at risk to soil threats: using soil compaction as an example. [42] M. Troldborg [43], I. Aalders [44], W. Towers [45], P.D. Hallett, B.M. McKenzie [46], A.G. Bengough [47], A. Lilly [48], B.C. Ball and R.L. Hough [37]. Soil Tillage and Research 132, 56-68.
The role of ecosystems and their management in regulating climate, and soil, water and air quality. [49] P. Smith, M.R. Ashmore, H.I.J. Black [50], P.J. Burgess, C.D. Evans, T.A. Quine, A.M. Thomson, K. Hicks and H.G. Orr. Journal of Applied Ecology 50, 812-829.