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Mp10 and Mp42 from the aphid species Myzus persicae trigger plant defenses in Nicotiana benthamiana through different activities. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions. 27:30-39.
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The need to disentangle key concepts from Ecosystem Approach jargon. Conservation Biology. 28:1215-1224.
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A new statistical framework for the quantification of covariate associations with species distributions. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 5:421-432.
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The nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide increases mineralisation-immobilisation turnover in slurry amended grassland soil. Journal of Agricultural Science. 152:S137-S149.
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NMDA receptor-dependent regulation of miRNA expression and association with Argonaute during LTP in vivo. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 7
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An optimised method for the extraction of bacterial mRNA from plant roots infected with Escherichia coli O157:H7. Frontiers in Microbiology Research. 5
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Oxalate production by fungi: significance in geomycology, biodeterioration and bioremediation. Fungal Biology Reviews. 28:36-55.
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Partitioning net interactions among plants along altitudinal gradients to study community responses to climate change. Functional Ecology. 28:75-86.
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Permeable reactive interceptors - blocking diffuse nutrient and greenhouse gases losses in key areas of the farming landscape. Journal of Agricultural Science. 152:S71-S81.
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Phenolic-rich extracts from the edible seaweed, Ascophyllum nodosum, inhibit alpha-amylase and alpha-glucosidase: Potential anti-hyperglycemic effects. Journal of Functional Foods. 10:201-209.
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Photosynthetic potential of planets in 3:2 spin-orbit resonances. International Journal of Astrobiology.
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Phytophthora infestans RXLR Effector PexRD2 interacts with Host MAPKKK epsilon to suppress plant immune signaling. The Plant Cell. 26:1345-1359.
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Pinus sylvestris sapling growth and recovery from mammalian browsing. Forest Ecology and Management. 325:18-25.
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Plant immunity in plant-aphid interactions. Frontiers in Plant Science. 5
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The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts. Ecology and Evolution. 4:4701-4735.
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Principal component analysis in the spectral analysis of the dynamic laser speckle patterns. Journal of the European Optical Society - Rapid Publications. 9:ArticleNo.14009.
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Prospects and challenges for urban application of biogas installations in Sub-Saharan Africa. Biomass and Bioenergy. 70:130-140.
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Recently identified microbial guild mediates soil N2O sink capacity. Nature Climate Change. 4:801-805.
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Recognition of an Avr3a homologue plays a major role in mediating nonhost resistance to Phytophthora capsici in Nicotiana species. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions. 27:770-780.
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The relationship between soil inoculum and the development of Fusarium dry rot in potato cultivars Asterix and Saturna. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 146:711-714.
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The relative importance of nitrogen deposition as a driver of Racomitrium heath species composition and richness across Europe. Biological Conservation. 171:224-231.
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Reply to Byrnes et al.: Aggregation can obscure understanding of ecosystem multifunctionality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111:E5491-E5491.
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Respiration (CO2 flux) from urban and pen-urban soils amended with green waste compost. Geoderma. 223:68-72.
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Review of the annual phosphorus loss estimator tool-a new model for estimating phosphorus losses at the field scale. Soil Use and Management. 30:337-341.
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River basin management, development planning, and opportunities for debate around limits to growth. Journal of Hydrology. 519:2624-2631.
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The role of mixotrophic protists in the biological carbon pump. Biogeosciences. 11:995-1005.
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The role of nitrogen deposition in widespread plant community change across semi-natural habitats. Ecosystems. 17:864-877.
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A scanner system for high-resolution quantification of variation in root growth dynamics of Brassica rapa genotypes. Journal of Experimental Botany. 65:2039-2048.
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Scenario analysis for regional decision-making on sustainable multifunctional land uses. Regional Environmental Change. 14:1357-1371.
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Seasonal nitrous oxide emissions in field soils under soil management of reduced tillage, compost application or organic farming. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 189:17-180.
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Sequence diversity in the large subunit of RNA polymerase I contributes to Mefenoxam insensitivity in Phytophthora infestans. Molecular Plant Pathology. 15:664-676.
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The SERRATE protein is involved in alternative splicing in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nucleic Acids Research. 42:1224-1244.
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Socio-economic changes, social capital and implications for climate change in a changing rural Nepal. GeoJournal. Published online..
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Socio-economic hurdles to widespread adoption of small-scale biogas digesters in Sub-Saharan Africa : a review. Biomass and Bioenergy. 70:17-25.
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Specialized membrane domains of plasmodesmata, plant intercellular nanopores. Frontiers in Plant Science. 5
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Stability, across environments, of grain and alcohol yield, in soft wheat varieties grown for grain distilling or bioethanol production. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 94:3234-3240.
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Standardized and transparent model descriptionsfor agent-based models - current status and prospects. Environmental Modelling and Software. 55:156-163.
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The synaptonemal complex protein ZYP1 is required for imposition of meiotic crossovers in barley. The Plant Cell. 26:729-740.
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Tracking (poly)phenol components from raspberries in ileal fluid. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 62:7631-7641.
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A trade off between mlo resistance to powdery mildew and increased susceptibility of barley to a newly important disease, Ramularia leaf spot. Journal of Experimental Botany. 65:1025-1037.
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tropiTree: an NGS-based EST-SSR resource for 24 tropical tree species. PLoS ONE. 9:e102502.
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Underground allies: how and why do mycelial networks help plants defend themselves? BioEssays. 36:21-26.
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Understanding H-2/H-1 systematics of leaf wax n-alkanes in coastal plants at Stiffkey saltmarsh, Norfolk, UK. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.. 128:13-28.
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Unearthing the picturesque: the validity of the preference matrix as a measure of landscape aesthetics. Landscape and Urban Planning. 124:1-13.
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Use of wild genotypes in breeding program increases strawberry fruit sensorial and nutritional quality. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 62:3944-3953.
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Weighted logrank permutation tests for randomly right censored life science data. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics. 41:742-761.
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Woody plant encroachment into grasslands leads to accelerated erosion of previously stable organic carbon from dryland soils. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences. 119:2345-2357.
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Working at the science-policy interface. Veterinary Record. 174:165-167.
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Working with stakeholders to reduce conflict - modelling the impact of varying hen harrier Circus cyaneus densities on red grouse Lagopus lagopus populations. Journal of Applied Ecology. 51:1236-1245.
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The zigzag model of plant-microbe interactions: is it time to move on? Molecular Plant Pathology. 15:865-870.
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The ‘squeezed middle’: identifying and addressing conflicting demands on intermediate quality farmland in Scotland. Land Use Policy. 41:206-216.
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The 3rd DBCLS BioHackathon: improving life science data integration with Semantic Web technologies. Journal of Biomedical Semantics. 4
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Activation of hatching in diapaused and quiescent Globodera pallida. Parasitology. 140:445-454.
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Addressing gender imbalances in animal conservation. Animal Conservation. 16:131-133.
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Agriculture: Feeding the future. Nature. 499:23-24.
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Alpine cushion plants inhibit the loss of phylogenetic diversity in severe environments. Ecology Letters. 16:478-486.
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Alternative splicing at the intersection of biological timing, development, and stress responses. The Plant cell. 25:3640-3656.
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Anchoring and ordering NGS contig assemblies by population sequencing (POPSEQ). Plant Journal. 76:718-727.
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Anticipating and managing future trade-offs and complementarities between ecosystem services. Ecology and Society, 18, 5..
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Application of Bayesian Belief Networks to quantify and map areas at risk to soil threats: using soil compaction as an example. Soil Tillage and Research. 132:56-68.
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An approach to the determination of winter chill requirements for different Ribes cultivars. Plant Biology. 15:18-27.
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Assessing the willingness to pay for reliable domestic water supply via catchment management: results from a contingent valuation survey in Nairobi City, Kenya. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 56:1511-1531.
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Barley whole exome capture: a tool for genomic research in the genus Hordeum and beyond. Plant Journal. 76:494-505.
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Biochar addition to an arsenic contaminated soil increases arsenic concentrations in the pore water but reduces uptake to tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Science of the Total Environment. 454-455:598-603.
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Biomechanics of nodal, seminal and lateral roots of barley: effects of diameter, waterlogging and mechanical impedance. Plant and Soil. 370:407-418.
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Biophysics of the Vadose Zone: from reality to model systems and back again. Vadose Zone Journal. 12
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Breeding low-glycemic index barley for functional food. Field Crops Research. 154:31-39.
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Burkholderia diazotrophica sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Mimosa spp. International Journal of Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 63:435-441.
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Caffeoyl Shikimate Esterase (CSE) is an enzyme in the lignin biosynthetic pathway. Science. 341:1103-1106.
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Calcification and ocean acidification: new insights from the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi. New Phytologist. 199:1-3.
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Can plant-microbe-insect interactions enhance or inhibit the spread of invasive species? Functional Ecology. 27:661-671.
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Can root electrical capacitance be used to predict root mass in soil? Annals of Botany. 112:457-464.
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Challenges and opportunities for animal conservation from renewable energy development. Animal Conservation. 16:367-369.
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Changes in ecosystem structure, function and hydrological connectivity control water, soil and carbon losses in semi-arid grass to woody vegetation transitions. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 38:1602-1611.
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Climate change impacts and adaptation scope for agriculture indicated by agro-meteorological metrics. Agricultural Systems. 114:15-31.
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Community, cooperation and conflict: negotiating the social wellbeing benefits of urban greenspace experience. Landscape and Urban Planning. 112:1-9.
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A comparative study of the effects of four treatment regimes on ivermectin efficacy, body weight and pasture contamination in lambs naturally infected with gastrointestinal nematodes in Scotland. International Journal for Parasitology - Drugs and Drug Resistance. 3:77-84.
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A comparison of enhancement techniques for footwear impressions on dark and patterned fabrics. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 58:1472-1485.
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Comparison of soil carbon stocks in Scottish soils between 1978 and 2009. European Journal of Soil Science. 64:455-465.
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Concentrations and geographic distribution of selected organic pollutants in Scottish surface soils. Environmental Pollution. 182:15-27.
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The concept and measurement of importance: a comment on Rees et al. 2012. Journal of Ecology. 101:1369-13789.
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Considering the source: Commercialisation and trust in agri-environmental information and advisory services in England. Journal of Environmental Management. 118:96-205.
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Construction of reference chromosome-scale Pseudomolecules for potato: integrating the potato genome with genetic and physical maps. G3-Genomes Genomes Genetics. 3:2031-2047.
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Contributions of roots and rootstocks to sustainable, intensified crop production. Journal of Experimental Botany. 64:1209-1222.
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A cost-effectiveness analysis of water security and water quality: impacts of climate and land-use change on the River Thames system. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series A. 371:201204B.
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Declining chilling and its impact on temperate perennial crops. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 91:48-62.
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Differences in the life parameters related to population increase of some major genotypes of Scottish Myzus persicae, the main vector of potato leafroll virus. Iranian Journal of Plant Pathology. 48:155-160.
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Distributed lag models for hydrological data. Biometrics. 69:537-544.
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Draft genome sequences of four Dickeya dianthicola and four Dickeya solani strains. Genome Announcements. 1:e0087-12.
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Effects of drought stress during flowering of two pot-grown blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum L.) cultivars. Scientia Horticulturae. 162:365-373.
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Endoscopy as a novel method for assessing endoparasite burdens in free-ranging European shags (Phalacrocorax aristotelis). Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 4:207-216.
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Environmental change impacts on the C- and N-cycle of European forests: a model comparison study. Biogeosciences. 10:1751-1773.
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The ESX/type VII secretion system modulates development, but not virulence, of the plant pathogen Streptomyces scabies. Molecular Plant Pathology. 14:119-130.
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Europe-wide dampening of population cycles in keystone herbivores. Science. 340:63-66.
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Ex-ante analysis of the regional impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy: a rural-urban recursive dynamic CGE model approach. European Planning Studies. Published online..
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Exposure to chemical cocktails before or after conception - the effect of timing on ovarian function. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 376:156-172.
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Food security in a water-scarce world: making virtual water compatible with crop water use and food trade. Scientific Papers Series: Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development. 13:431-443.
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FR-H3: a new QTL to assist in the development of fall-sown barley with superior low temperature tolerance. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 126:335-347.
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Genetic and QTL analyses of yield and a set of physiological traits in pepper. Euphytica. 190:181-201.
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Genomic variations associated with attenuation in Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis vaccine strains. BMC Microbiology, 13, Article No.11..
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Genomics: the early days of late blight. eLife. 2:e00954.
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Gradients in fracture force and grazing resistance across canopy layers in seven tropical grass species. Grass and Forage Science. 68:278-287.
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Green space and stress: evidence from cortisol measures in deprived urban communities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
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Holocene evolution in weathering and erosion patterns in the Pearl River delta. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 14:2349-2368.
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How can we exploit above-belowground interactions to assist in addressing the challenges of food security? Frontiers in Plant Science: Plant-Microbe Interactions. 4
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How effective are agricultural management measures at improving water quality? Intersezioni - Online magazine of the Agronomist Professional Association of Milano, 40, 18 December 2013..
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How rapid is aphid-induced signal transfer between plants via common mycelial networks? Communicative and Integrative Biology. 6:e25904.
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Identification of genes in the VirR regulon of Pectobacterium atrosepticum and characterization of their roles in quorum sensing-dependent virulence. Environmental Microbiology. 15:687-701.
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Identification of the phenolic components in Bulgarian raspberry cultivars by LC-ESI-MSn. International Journal of Agricultural Science Research. 3:127-137.
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Identifying environmental drivers of insect phenology across space and time: Culicoides in Scotland as a case study. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 103:155-170.
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The impact of increased food availability on survival of a long-distance migratory bird. Ecology. 94:221-230.
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The impact of soil type, biology and temperature on the environmental persistence of non-toxigenic E. coli O157. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 113B:41-46.
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Incorporating weather sensitivity in inventory-based estimates of boreal forest productivity: a meta-analysis of process model results. Ecological Modelling. 260:25-35.
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Infections do not predict shedding in co-infections with two helminths from a natural system. Ecology. 95:1684-1692.
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Influence of seasonal weather and climate variability on crop yields in Scotland. International Journal of Biometeorology. 57:605-614.
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Infra-red thermography for high throughput field phenotyping in Solanum tuberosum. PLoS ONE. 8:e65816.
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Insights into the low temperature adaptation and nutritional flexibility of a soil persistent Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 84:75-85.
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Introduction to the special feature on mechanisms of plant competition. Functional Ecology. 27:831-832.
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An investigation using the choice experiment method into options for reducing illegal bushmeat hunting in western Serengeti. Conservation Letters. 6:37-45.
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Knowledge Exchange: a review and research agenda for environmental management. Environmental Conservation. 40:19-36.
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Knowledge management for land degradation monitoring and assessment: an analysis of contemporary thinking. Land Degradation and Development. 24:307-322.
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Laboratory study on the potential use of recycled inert construction waste material in the substrate mix for extensive green roofs. Ecological Engineering. 61:706-714.
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Leaf area estimation of medium size plants using optical metrology. Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agricola e Ambiental. 17:595-601.
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Limited evolutionary rescue of locally adapted populations facing climate change. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 368:e20120083.
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Long-term vegetation stability in northern Europe as assessed by changes in species co-occurrences. Plant Ecology and Biodiversity. 6:289-302.
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Matching roots to their environment. Annals of Botany. 112:207-222.
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Microbial biomass phosphorus contributions to phosphorus solubility in riparian vegetated buffer strip soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 49:1237-1241.
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Misuse of the phytoplanktonzooplankton dichotomy: the need to assign organisms as mixotrophs within plankton functional types. Journal of Plankton Research. 35:3-11.
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Modelling the impact of vaccination on tuberculosis in badgers. Epidemiology and Infection. 141:1417-1427.
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Natural capital and ecosystem services, developing an appropriate soils framework as a basis for valuation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 57:1023-1033.
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Nitrous oxide mitigation in UK agriculture. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition.. 59:3-15.
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No evidence requiring change in the risk assessment of Inachis io larvae. Ecological Modelling. 268:103-122.
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A novel framework for linking functional diversity of plants with other trophic levels for the quantification of ecosystem services. Journal of Vegetation Science. 24:942-948.
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A novel grass hybrid to reduce flood generation in temperate regions. Nature Scientific Reports, 3, Article no.1683..
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Observations on the epidemiology and interactions between myxomatosis, coccidiosis and helminth parasites in a wild rabbit population in Scotland. European Journal of Wildlife Research. 59:557-562.
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Partial complementation of Sinorhizobium meliloti bacA mutant phenotypes by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis BacA protein. Journal of Bacteriology. 195:389-398.
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People, predators and perceptions: patterns of livestock depredation by snow leopards and wolves. Journal of Applied Ecology. 50:550-560.
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Peri-conceptional changes in maternal exposure to sewage sludge chemicals disturbs fetal thyroid gland development in sheep. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 367:98-108.
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Phylogenetic overview of the Boletineae. Fungal Biology. 117:479-511.
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Plant ecology's guilty little secret: understanding the dynamics of plant competition. Functional Ecology. 27:918-929.
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The potential for Scottish cultivated top soils to lose or gain soil organic carbon. Soil Use and Management. 29:39-47.
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Preface: Future roots of productivity. Journal of Experimental Botany. 64:1179.
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Protected area networks and savannah bird biodiversity in the face of climate change and land degradation. Ecology Letters. 16:1061-1068.
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Quantitative high resolution mapping of HvMLH3 foci in barley pachytene nuclei reveals a strong distal bias and weak interference. Journal of Experimental Botany. 64:2139-2154.
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Reforming the CAP - with area-based Pillar 1 payments, who wins and who loses? Land Use Policy. 31:209-222.
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Regulon studies and in planta role of the BraI/R quorum-sensing system in the plant-beneficial Burkholderia cluster. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79:4421-4432.
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Response to soil biota by native, introduced non-pest, and pest grass species: is responsiveness a mechanism for invasion? Biological Invasions. 15:1343-1353.
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