Publications list
Distribution and evolution of glycoside hydrolase family 45 cellulases in nematodes and fungi. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14
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2014.
Activation of hatching in diapaused and quiescent Globodera pallida. Parasitology. 140:445-454.
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2013.
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2015.
A review of the abundance, behaviour and detection of clostridial pathogens in agricultural soils. European Journal of Soil Science. 70:911-929.
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2019.
Values below detection limit in compositional chemical data. Analytica Chimica Acta. 764:32-43.
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2013.
Compositional methods for estimating elemental concentrations below the limit of detection in practice using R. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 141:71-77.
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2014.
zCompositions - R Package for multivariate imputation of left-censored data under a compositional approach. Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems. 143:85-96.
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2015.
Research Comment: Best practice for the design and statistical analysis of animal studies. Veterinary Record. 186:59-64.
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2020.
Dealing with distances and transformations for fuzzy c-means clustering of compositional data. Journal of Classification. 29:144-169.
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2012.
A bootstrap estimation scheme for chemical compositional data with nondetects. Journal of Chemometrics. 28:585-599.
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2014.
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2006.
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2007.
Simulated browsing affects leaf shedding phenology and litter quality of oak and birch saplings. Tree Physiology. 33:438-445.
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2013.
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2014.
Seasonal variability of dry matter content and its relationship with shoot growth and nonstructural carbohydrates. New Phytologist. 180(1):133-142.
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2008.
Browsed Betula pubescens trees are not carbon-limited. Functional Ecology. 22(5):808-815.
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2008.
No preferential carbon allocation to storage over growth in clipped birch and oak saplings. Tree Physiology. 40:621-636.
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2020.
Browsing affects intra-ring carbon allocation in species with contrasting wood anatomy. Tree Physiology. 31:150-159.
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2011.
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2009.
Trait assembly in plant assemblages and its modulation by productivity and disturance. Oecologia. 167:209-218.
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2011.
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2014.
Functional similarity analysis highlights ecosystem impacts and restoration needs. Applied Vegetation Science. 21:258-266.
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2018.
Long-term impacts of nitrogen deposition on coastal plant communities. Environmental Pollution. 221:337-347.
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2016.
Possible interactions between environmental factors in determining species optima. Journal of Vegetation Science. 19:201-208.
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2008.
Setting sustainable grazing levels for heather moorland: a multi-site analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology. 46(2):363-368.
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2009.
Changes in the management of Scottish machair communities and associated habitats from the 1970s to the present. Scottish Geographical Journal. 127:267-287.
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2011.
Impact of abundance weighting on the response of seed traits to climate and land use. Journal of Ecology. 96(2):355-366.
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2008.
Long-term structural and functional diversity changes in Scottish grasslands. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 247:352-362.
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2017.
Sampling plant functional traits: what proportion of the species need to be measured? Applied Vegetation Science. 10(1):91-96.
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2007.
Relative climatic, edaphic and management controls of plant functional trait signatures. Journal of Vegetation Science. 20(1):148-159.
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2009.
Leaf dry matter content as a predictor of grassland litter decomposition: a test of the "Mass Ratio Hypothesis". Plant and Soil. 342:49-57.
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2011.
The extended phenotype of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) structures the understorey assemblage. Ecography. 29(3):451-457.
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2006.
A trait-based approach to crop-weed interactions. European Journal of Agronomy. 70:22-32.
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2015.
Long term impacts of changed grazing regimes on the vegetation of heterogeneous upland grasslands. Journal of Applied Ecology. 56:1794-1805.
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2019.
Using plant functional traits as a link between land use and bee foraging abundance. Acta Oecologia. 50:32-39.
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2013.
Increased crop diversity reduces the functional space available for weeds. Weed Research.. 60:121-131.
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2020.
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2014.
A functional assessment of the response of grassland vegetation to reduced grazing and abandonment. Journal of Vegetation Science.. 21(4):683-694.
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2010.
Drivers of species richness and compositional changes in Scottish coastal vegetation. Applied Vegetation Science. 20:183-193.
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2017.
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2011.
Y Species composition of coastal dune vegetation in Scotland has proved resistant to climate change over a third of a century. Global Change Biology. 21:3738-3747.
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2015.
Long-term functional structure and functional diversity changes in Scottish grasslands. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 247:352-362.
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2017.
Using species records and ecological attributes of bryophytes to develop an ecosystem health indicator. Ecological Indicators. 104:127-136.
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2019.
Edaphic factors influence the longevity of seeds in the soil. Plant Ecology. 213:57-65.
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2012.
Shifts in functional traits and functional diversity between vegetation and seedbank. Journal of Vegetation Science. 24:865-876.
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2013.
Potential and realised contribution of endozoochory to seedling establishments. Basic and Applied Ecology. 10(7):656-661.
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2009.
Functional trait metrics are sensitive to the completeness of the species' trait data? Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 5:9-15.
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2014.
Functional diversity indices reveal the impacts of land use intefsification on plant community assembly. Journal of Ecology. 99:1143-1151.
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2011.
Within country targeting of agri-environment funding: a test of different methods. Global Ecology and Conservation. 17:ArticleNo.e00574.
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2019.
Linking functional traits and species preferences to species’ abundance and occupancy trends through time to identify habitat changes in coastal ecosystems. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 27:35-44.
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2017.
Intra-specific leaf trait variation: management and fertility matter more than climate at continental scales. Folia Geobotanica. 48:355-371.
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2013.
A functional assessment of the impact of changing grazing management of upland grassland mosaics. Applied Vegetation Science. 23:539-550.
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2020.
Identifying suitable restoration sites for a scarce sub-arctic willow (Salix arbuscula): a test of methods and information sources. Plant Ecology and Diversity. 1(1):105-114.
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2008.
Fifty years of Biological Conservation. (Editorial). Biological Conservation. 230:A1-A4.
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2019.
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2016.
NMDA receptor-dependent regulation of miRNA expression and association with Argonaute during LTP in vivo. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 7
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2014.
Empowered communities or "cheap labour"? Engaging volunteers in the rationalised management of invasive alien species in Great Britain Journal of Environmental Management. 228:102-111.
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2019.
The dynamics of volunteer motivations for engaging in the management of invasive plants: insights from a mixed-methods study on Scottish seabird islands. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 61:904-923.
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2018.
The dynamics of volunteer motivations for engaging in the management of invasive plants: insights from a mixed-methods study on Scottish seabird islands. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 61:904-923.
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2018.
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2018.
Assembly of microbial communities in replicate nutrient-cycling model ecosystems follows divergent trajectories, leading to alternate stable states. Environmental Microbiology. 19:3374-3386.
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2017.
Phylogenetic diversity of ceftriaxone resistance and the presence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase genes in the culturable soil resistome. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance.
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2016.
Consequences of intraspecific variation for the structure and function of ecological communities Part 2: Linking diversity and function. Ecological Modelling. 207:277-285. Abstract
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2007.
Consequences of intraspecific variation for the structure and function of ecological communities. II Linking diversity and function. Ecological Modelling. 207(2-4):277-285.
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2007.
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2010.
A critical comparison of technologies for a plant genome sequencing project. GigaScience. 8:ArticleNo.UNSPgiy163.
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2019.
Analysis of fatty acids and fatty alcohols reveals seasonal and sex-specific changes in the diets of seabirds. Marine Biology. 160:987-999.
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2013.
Single nucleotide polymorphism assay to distinguish barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) varieties in support of seed certification. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 66:1243-1256.
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2019.
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2012.
Optimal harvesting decision paths when timber and water have an economic value in uneven forests. Forests. 11:ArticleNo.903.
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2020.
A review of economic approaches modeling the complex interactions between forest management and watershed services. Forest Policy and Economics. 100:164-176.
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2019.
Carbon sequestration or water yield? The effect of payments for ecosystem services on forest management decisions in Mediterranean forests Water Resources and Economics. 28:ArticleNo.100119.
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2019.
Effect of method of conservation of timothy on endogenous nitrogen flows in lactating dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 93:4252-4261.
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2010.
Social tipping dynamics for stabilizing Earth's climate by 2050. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117:2354-2365.
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2020.
Participatory scenario-planning in place-based social-ecological research: insights and experiences from 23 case studies. Ecology and Society. 20:ArticleNo.34.
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2015.
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2009.
Soil microarthropod assemblages under different arable crop rotations in Alberta, Canada. Applied Soil Ecology. 38(1):71-78.
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2008.
Differences in litter mass change mite assemblage structure on a deciduous forest floor. Ecography. 29(6):811-818.
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2006.
Towards a complete soil C and N cycle: incorporating the soil fauna. Ecology. 88:1611-1621.
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2007.
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2006.
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2006.
Effect of different sources of nitrogen on in situ degradability and feed intake of Zebu cattle fed sugarcane tops (Saccharum officinarum). Animal Feed Science and Technology. 139(3-4):143-158.
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2007.
Goat production on a global basis. Small Ruminant Research. 98:9-11.
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2011.
Overview of holistic application of biogas for small scale farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Biomass and Bioenergy. 70:4-16.
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2014.
Small scale farmers in Asia with an emphasis on livestock. Academic Journal of Kanchanaburi Rajabhat University, August 2012..
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2012.
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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2013.
Ubiquitination in plant meiosis: recent advances and high throughput methods. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12:ArticleNo.667314.
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2021.
Climate change in the uplands: a UK perspective on safeguarding regulatory ecosystem services. Climate Research. 37(1):77-98.
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2008.
Parallel mircrobial ecology of pasteuira and nematode species in Scottish soils. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10:ArticleNo.1763.
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2020.
BTB-BACK domain protein POB1 suppresses immune cell death by targeting ubiquitin E3 ligase PUB17 for degradation. PLoS Genetics. 13:e1006540.
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2017.
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2005.
TRA1: A locus responsible for controlling agrobacterium-mediated transformability in barley. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11:ArticleNo.355.
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2020.
Root-lesion nematodes of potato: current status of diagnostics, pathogenicity and management. Plant Pathology, Published online..
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2020.
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2021.
Spatial variability of water repellency in pine forest soil. Soil and Water. 3:S123-S129. Abstract
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2008.
High diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a boreal, herb-rich, coniferous forest. New Phytologist. 179:867-876. Abstract
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2008.
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2009.
Multiple evolutionary origins of legume traits leading to extreme rhizobial differentiation. New Phytologist. 187:508-520.
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2010.
Impacts of sheep grazing a complex vegetation mosaic: relating behaviour to vegetation change. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 124(3-4):219-228.
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2008.
Grazing across grass: shrub boundaries: Can spatial heterogeneity increase resistance? Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 139(1-2):159-166.
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2010.
Landscape-scale control of carbon budget of Lake Simcoe: A process-based modelling approach. International Journal of Great Lakes Research. Published online..
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2010.
Evaluating capture stress and its effects on reproductive success in Svalbard reindeer. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 87(1):73-85.
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2009.
Results of the 3rd Reynolds Cup contest in quantitative mineral analysis. Clays and Clay Minerals. 54(6):748-760.
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2006.
Impact of communication infrastructure development on livestock density and forage use under the transhumance system in northern Pakistan. Outlook on Agriculture. 36(1):21-27.
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2007.
Seasonal changes in pasture biomass, production and offtake under the transhumance system in northern Pakistan. Journal of Arid Environments. 67(4):641-660.
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2006.
Pollinator-flower interactions in gardens during the COVID19 pandemic lockdown of 2020. Journal of Pollination Ecology.
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2022.
A systematic review of methods for studying the impacts of outdoor recreation on terrestrial wildlife. Global Ecology and Conservation. 22:ArticleNo.e00917.
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2022.
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2016.
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2016.
Chemical and physical mechanisms of fungal bioweathering of rock phosphate. Geomicrobiology Journal. 38:384-394.
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2021.
Xiphinema krugi, species complex or complex of cryptic species? Journal of Nematology. 38:418-428. Abstract
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2006.
Taxonomy of Longidorid nematodes and dichotomous keys for the identification of Xiphinema and Xiphidorus species recorded in Brazil. Arquivos Instituto Biologico. 73:131-141.
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2006.
Morphological and molecular diagnostics for plant-parastic nematodes: working together to get the identification done. Tropical Plant Pathology. 36:65-73.
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2011.
Molecular techniques and classical taxonomy on plant-parasitic nematodes diagnosis. Annual Review of Plant Pathology. 19:309-336.
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2011.
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2017.
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2005.
Recent developments in effector biology of filamentous plant pathogens. Cellular Microbiology. 12:705-715.
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2010.
A novel application of natural fluorescence to understand the sources and transport pathways of pollutants from livestock farming in small headwater catchments. Science of the Total Environment. 417:169-182.
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2012.
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2018.
Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase by green and white tea and their simulated intestinal metabolites. Food and Function. 3:651-661.
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2012.
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2011.
Light regulation of chlorophyll and glycoalkaloid biosynthesis during tuber greening of potato S. tuberosum. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11:ArticleNo.753.
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2020.
ELIGULUM-A regulates lateral branch and leaf development in barley. Plant Physiology. 176:2750-2760.
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2018.
Molecular characterization of novel Bradyrhizobium strains nodulating ErioSema Chinese and Flemingia vestita, important unexplored native legumes of the sub-Himalayan region (Meghalaya) of India. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 40:334-344.
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2017.
Understanding the economic value of water ecosystem services from tropical forests: a systematic review for South and Central America. Journal of Forest Economics. 21:97-106.
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2015.
Defining and classifying ecosystem services for economic valuation: the case of forest water services. Environmental Science and Policy. 19-20:1-15.
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2012.
Spatially segregated foraging patterns of moose (Alces alces) and mountain hare (Lepus timidus) in a subarctic landscape: different tables in the same restaurant? Canadian Journal of Zoology. 93:391-396.
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2015.
An investigation into the fruit firmness properties of some progeny and cultivars of red raspberry (Rubus idaeus). IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology. 1:4-12.
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2012.
Analysing visual landscape complexity: theory and application. Landscape Research. 35(1):111-131.
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2010.
Indicators of perceived naturalness as drivers of landscape preference. Journal of Environmental Management. 90(1):375-383.
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2009.
Analysing the relationship between indicators of landscape complexity and preference. Environment and Planning B. 38:24-40.
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2011.
Major agricultural changes required to mitigate phosphorus losses under climate change. Nature Communications. 8:ArticleNo,161.
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2017.
Major agricultural changes required to mitigate phosphorus losses under climate change. Nature Communications. 8:ArticleNo,161.
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2017.
Changing climate and nutrient transfers: Evidence from high temporal resolution concentration-flow dynamics in headwater catchments. Science of the Total Environment. 548:325-339.
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2016.
Atomic force microscopy of potato virus A.. Colloid Journal. 70:199-201. Abstract
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2008.
Quantifying uptake rate of potassium from soil in a long-term gras rotation experiment. Plant and Soil. 335(1-2):3-19.
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2010.
Coping with drought: stress and adaptive responses in potato and perspectives for improvement. Frontiers in Plant Science. 6:ArticleNo.542.
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2015.
Genetic transformation of barley microspores using anther bombardment. Biotechnology Letters. 30:945-949. Abstract
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2008.
Genomic selection in multi-environment crop trials. G3- Genes Genomes Genetics. 6:1313-1326.
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2016.
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2013.
Enhancing flood resilience through improved risk communications. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 12:2271-2282.
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2012.
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2006.
Pinus sylvestris sapling growth and recovery from mammalian browsing. Forest Ecology and Management. 325:18-25.
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2014.
Swansong biospheres: refuges for life and novel microbial biospheres on terrestrial planets near the end of their habitable lifetimes. International Journal of Astrobiology. 12:99-112.
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2013.
Swansong biospheres II: the final signs of life on terrestrial planets near the end of their habitable lifetimes. International Journal of Astrobiology. 13:229-243.
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2014.
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2015.
A randomised controlled trial comparing a dietary antiplatelet, the water-soluble tomato extract Fruitflow, with 75mg aspirin in healthy subjects. European Journal of Clinical Nutritiion. 71:723-730.
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2017.
Impacts of warming on the structure and functioning of aquatic communities: individual- to ecosystem-level responses. Chapter 2. Advances in Ecological Research. 47:81-176.
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2012.
Temperature effects on fish production across a natural thermal gradient. Global Change Biology. 22:3206-3220.
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2016.
Improving energy expenditure estimates from wearable devices: A machine learning approach. Journal of Sports Sciences.
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2020.
Assessing the effectiveness of Scotland's groundwater nitrate monitoring network. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology. 40(4):393-406.
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2007.
Dynamic biospeckle analysis, a new tool for the fast screening of plant nematicide selectivity. Plant Methods. 15:ArticleNo.155.
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2019.
Dynamic biospeckle analysis, a new tool for the fast screening of plant nematicide selectivity. Plant Methods. 15:ArticleNo.155.
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2019.
New live screening of plant-nematode interactions in the rhizosphere. Scientific Reports. 8:ArticleNo.1440.
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2018.
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2012.
Generation of nonvernal-obligate, faster-cycling Noccaea caerulescens lines through fast neutron mutagenesis. New Phytologist. 189:409-414.
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2011.
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2011.
Growth on nitrate and occurrence of nitrate reductase-encoding genes in a phylogenetically diverse range of ectomycorrhizal fungi. New Phytologist. 180(4):875-889.
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2008.
Anti-proliferative and potential anti-diabetic effects of phenolic-rich extracts from edible marine algae. Food Chemistry. 126:1006-1012.
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2011.
Treatment with fungicides influences phytochemical quality of blackcurrant juice. Annals of Applied Biology. 160:86-96.
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2012.
Hemicelluloses and pectins in 25 tropical hardwoods. Cellulose Chemistry and Technology. 40:735-738. Abstract
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2006.
Estimation of wood density and chemical composition by means of Diffuse Reflectance Mid-Infrared Fourier Transform (DRIFT-MIR) spectroscopy. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 54:34-40. Abstract
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2006.
Characterization of 25 tropical hardwoods with Fourier transform infrared,ultraviolet resonance Raman and 13C cross-polarisation magic-angle spinning NMR spectroscopy. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 102:810-819. Abstract
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2006.
A novel, high-welfare methodology for evaluating poultry red mite interventions in vivo. Veterinary Parasitology. 267:42-46.
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2019.
Development of a serodiagnostic test for sheep scab using recombinant protein Pso o 2. Molecular and Cellular Probes. 25:212-218.
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2011.
Investigating microbial micro-habitat structure using x-ray computed tomography. Geoderma. 133:398-407. Abstract
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2006.
Links between plant and rhizoplane bacterial communities in grassland soils, characterized using molecular techniques. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71:6784-6792. Abstract
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2005.
Sheep urine deposition is a source of heterogeneity in upland grassland soil microbial community structure. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 56(2):310-320.
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2006.
Sheep-urine-induced changes in soil microbial community structure. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 56:310-320. Abstract
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2006.
Phylogenetic overview of the Boletineae. Fungal Biology. 117:479-511.
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2013.
Development of a virus-induced gene silencing system in pearl millet. South African Journal of Botany. 73:339-339. Abstract
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2007.
HIGS: Host-induced gene silencing in the obligate biotrophic fungal pathogen Blumeria graminis. Plant Cell. 22:3130-3141.
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2010.
More cash and jobs per illegal drop? The legal and illegal water footprint of the Western Mancha Aquifer (Spain) Environmental Science and Policy. 51:256-266.
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2015.
From policy design to implementation: an institutional analysis of the new Nicaraguan Water Law. Water Policy. 16:1009-1030.
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2014.
Accounting for the assimilative capacity of water systems in Scotland. Water. 9:ArticleNo.559.
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2017.
Annual carbon fixation in terrestrial populations of Nostoc commune (Cyanobacteria) from an Antarctic dry valley is driven by temperature regime. Global Change Biology. 13:1224-1237. Abstract
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2007.
13C and 15N natural abundances of urban soils and herbaceous vegetation in Karlsruhe, Germany. European Journal of Soil Science. 56:607-620. Abstract
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2005.
Past and future perspectives on mathematical models of tick-borne pathogens. Parasitology. 143:850-859.
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2016.
Impact of irradiance on the C allocation in the coastal marine diatom Skeletonema marionoi Sarno and Zingone. Plant, Cell and Environment. 34:1666-1677.
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2011.
Mud, muddle and models in the knowledge value-chain to action on tropical peatland conservation. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 19:887-905.
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2014.
Multiplicative models for combining information from several sensory experiments: A Bayesian analysis. Food Quality and Preference. 19:260-266. Abstract
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2008.
Soil spectroscopy: an alternative to wet chemistry for soil monitoring. Advances in Agronomy. 132:139-159.
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2015.
First report of the EU_33_A2 clonal lineage of Phytophthora infestans causing late blight disease of potato in Nigeria. New Disease Reports. 40:ArticleNo.20.
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2019.
Genotyping of Phytophthora infestans in Eastern Africa reveals a dominating invasive European lineage. Phytopathology. 109:670-680.
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2019.
The rational simplification of a recombinant cocktail vaccine to control the parasitic nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta. International Journal for Parasitology. 49:257-265.
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2019.
Protection of ewes against Teladorsagia circumcincta infection in the periparturient period by vaccination with recombinant antigens. Veterinary Parasitology. 228:130-136.
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2016.
Stage-specific gene expression in Teladorsagia circumcincta (Nematoda: Strongylida) infective larvae and early parasitic stages. International Journal for Parasitology. 38:829-838. Abstract
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2008.
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2015.
Community participation for rural healthcare design: description and critique of a method. Health and Social Care in the Community. 24:175-183.
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2016.
Evaluating the process of ecological restoration. Ecology and Society. 21:ArticleNo.41..
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2016.
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2018.
The UNITE database for molecular identification of fungi: handling dark taxa and parallel taxonomic classifications. Nucleic Acids Research. 47:D259-D264.
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2019.
Evaluating the process of ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology. 21:ArticleNo.41..
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2016.
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2018.
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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2013.
Valuation of ecosystem services: paradox or Pandora’s box for decision-makers? One Ecosystem Journal. 2:ArticleNo.e14808.
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2017.
Analysing the development of small-scale forestry in Central and Eastern Europe. Small Scale Forestry Journal. 209(8):159-174.
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2009.
Is there scope for social innovation in Ukrainian forestry? Sustainability. 12:ArticleNo.9674.
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2020.
Is forest related decision-making in European treeline areas socially innovative? A Q methodology enquiry into the perspectives of international experts Forest Policy and Economics. 92:210-219.
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2018.
Exploring the linkages between multi-functional forestry goals and the legacy of spruce plantations in Scotland. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 46:1247-1254.
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2016.