Publications list
Predicting sample source location from soil analysis using neural networks. Environmental Forensics. 15:281-292.
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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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Prevalence and diversity of Escherichia coli isolated from a barley trial supplemented with bulky organic soil amendments: green compost and bovine slurry. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 58:205-212.
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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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Progress in understanding the mechanisms and functional importance of protein-membrane interactions in plants. New Phytologist. 204:741-743.
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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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Pyromorphite formation in a fungal biofilm community growing on lead metal. Environmental Microbiology. 16:1441-1451.
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Quantifying preferences for the natural world using monetary and non-monetary assessments of value. Conservation Biology. 28:404-413.
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Recent changes in the distribution of carboxylesterase genes and associated chromosomal rearrangements in Greek populations of the tobacco aphid Myzus persicae nicotianae. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 113:455-470.
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Recent trends in water quality in an agricultural catchment in Eastern Scotland: elucidating the roles of hydrology and land use. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts. 16:1659-1675.
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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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Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+): Lessons learnt in Indonesia, Vietnam, Cameroon and Peru. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 19
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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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Relationship between volative profile and sensory development of an oat based biscuit. Food Chemistry. 160:72-81.
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Relationships between native small mammals and native and introduced large herbivores. Austral Ecology. 39:236-243.
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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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Remote sensing of plant stresses and its use in irrigation management. Acta Horticulturae. 1038:239-247.
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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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Restoration of a gauging weir to aid fish passage. Journal of Hydro-Environment Research. 8:43-49.
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Restoration of upland heath from a graminoid- to a Calluna vulgaris-dominated community provides a carbon benefit. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 185:133-143.
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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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Reviewing the carbon cycle dynamics and carbon sequestration potential of Cyperus papyrus L. wetlands in tropical Africa. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 22:143-155.
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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 effectors in non host resistance to filamentous plant pathogens. Frontiers in Plant Science. 5
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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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Root traits predict decomposition across a landscape-scale grazing experiment. New Phytologist. 2013:851-862.
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Scale-dependent assessment of relative disease resistance to plant pathogens. Agronomy. 4:178-190.
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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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The sensitivity of carbon turnover in the Community Land Model to modified assumptions about soil processes. Earth Systems Dynamics. 5:211-221.
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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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A sequence-ready physical map of barley anchored genetically by two million single-nucleotide polymorphisms. Plant Physiology. 164:412-423.
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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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Simultaneous down-regulation of enzymes in the phenylpropanoid pathway of plants has aggregated effects on rhizosphere microbial communities. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 50:455-463.
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Simultaneous extraction and determination of various pesticides in environmental waters. Journal of Separation Science. 37:3699-3705.
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A single evolutionary innovation drives the deep evolution of symbiotic N-2-fixation in angiosperms. Nature Communications. 5
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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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Soil Management for Sustainable Agriculture 2013. Editorial. Applied and Environmental Soil Science, 2014, Article No. 536825..
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Specialized membrane domains of plasmodesmata, plant intercellular nanopores. Frontiers in Plant Science. 5
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Speedy small stomata? Journal of Experimental Botany. 65:1415-1424.
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SPOT-VEGETATION - 15 years of success: What's next? International Journal of Remote Sensing. 35:2397-2401.
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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 structure of opal-CT revisited. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 405:68-75.
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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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The synaptonemal complex protein ZYP1 is required for imposition of meiotic crossovers in barley. The Plant Cell. 26:729-740.
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A systematic review of the health and well-being benefits of biodiverse environments. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part B: Critical Reviews. 17:1-20.
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Top-down control by Harmonia axyridis mitigates the impact of elevated atmospheric CO2 on a plant-aphid interaction. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 16:350-358.
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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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The transcriptome of Nacobbus aberrans reveals insights into the evolution of sedentary endoparasitism in plant-parasitic nematodes. Genome Biology and Evolution. 6:2181-2194.
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Transformation of vanadinite (Pb5(VO4)3Cl) by fungi. Environmental Microbiology. Published online..
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Transparent soil microcosms allow 3D spatial quantification of soil microbiological processes in vivo. Plant Signaling and Behavior. 9
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The tropical peatland plantation-carbon assessment tool: estimating CO2 emissions from tropical peat soils under plantations. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 19:863-885.
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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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Urinary metabolite profiling identifies novel colonic metabolites and conjugates of phenolics in healthy volunteers. Molecular Nutrition and Food Research. 58:1414-1425.
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The use of indirect or proxy markers in plant physiology. Plant Cell and Environment.
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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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Using compositional and functional indicators for biodiversity conservation monitoring of semi-natural grasslands in Scotland. Biological Conservation. 175:82-93.
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The value of decimal cereal growth stages. Annals of Applied Biology. 165:303-304.
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Valuing water quality improvements from peatland restoration: evidence and challenges. Ecosystem Services. 9:34-43.
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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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What is the potential for biogas digesters to improve soil fertility and crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa? Biomass and Bioenergy. 70:58-72.
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What personal and environmental factors determine frequency of urban greenspace use? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 11:7977-7992.
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Why assess the state of UK ecosystems and trends in the delivery of ecosystem services? Environmental Scientist. 23:4-8.
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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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(De-) legitimising hunting - discourses over the morality of hunting in Europe and Eastern Africa. Land Use Policy. 32:261-270.
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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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Accounting for false positive detection error induced by transient individuals. Wildlife Research. 40:490-498.
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Acid-extractable potassium in agricultural soils: Source minerals according by differential and quantitative x-ray diffraction. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 176:407-419.
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Activation of hatching in diapaused and quiescent Globodera pallida. Parasitology. 140:445-454.
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Adapting crops and cropping systems to future climates to ensure food security: the role of crop modelling. Global Food Security. 2:24-28.
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Addressing gender imbalances in animal conservation. Animal Conservation. 16:131-133.
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The age of CO2 released from soils in contrasting ecosystems during the arctic winter. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 63:1-4.
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Agriculture: Feeding the future. Nature. 499:23-24.
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Algae influence the hydrophysical parameters of a sandy soil. Catena. 108:58-68.
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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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An alternative to killing? Treating wildlife to protect a valuable species from a shared parasite Parasitology. 140:247-257.
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Among population differentiation at nuclear genes in native Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Scotland. Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants. 208:79-96.
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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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Anchoring and ordering NGS contig assemblies by population sequencing (POPSEQ). Plant Journal. 76:718-727.
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Anthocyanin-enriched bilberry and blackcurrant extracts modulate amyloid precursor protein processing and alleviate behavioral abnormalities in the APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 24:360-370.
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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 importance of soil erosion to the seedbank biodiversity in arable agro-ecosystems. Progress in Physical Geography. 37:622-641.
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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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Assessment of fluorescein-based fluorescent dyes for tracing Neotyphodium endophytes in planta. Mycologia. 105:221-229.
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Assessment of irrigation pricing policies: a data development analysis approach. Environment and Natural Resources Research. 3:10-23.
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Azoarcus olearius sp.nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from oil-contaminated soil. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 63:3755-3761.
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Bacterial communities' response to microcystins exposure and nutrient availability: Linking degradation capacity to community structure. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation. 84:111-117.
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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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Biodegradability of natural dissolved organic matter collected from a UK moorland stream. Water Research. 47:1169-1180.
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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 Organic Farmers Be 'Good Farmers'? Adding the 'taste of necessity' to the conventionalization debate Agriculture and Human Values. 30:429-441.
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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 restoration of afforested peatland regulate pests and disease? Journal of Applied Ecology. 50:1226-1233.
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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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Capability and limitations of a simple grid-based model for simulating land use influences on stream nitrate concentrations. Journal of Hydrology. 507:110-123.
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Cell biology: up against the wall. Current Biology. 23:R1048-R1050.
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Cells inside cells: symbiosis and continuing phagotrophy. Current Biology. 23:R530-R531.
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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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Characterisation of Phytophthora inundata according to host range, morphological variation and multigene molecular phylogeny. Phytopathologia Mediterranea. 52:46-65.
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Characterization of cell death inducing Phytophthora capsici CRN effectors suggests diverse activities in the host nucleus. Frontiers in Plant Science. 4
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Characterization of three novel desaturases involved in the delta-6 desaturation pathways for polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis from Phytophthora infestans. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 97:7689-7697.
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Chlorophyll fluorescence and flowering behaviour of annual-fruiting raspberry cultivars under elevated temperature regimes. European Journal of Horticultural Science. 78:193-202.
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Climate change and ecosystem-based adaptation: a new pragmatic approach to buffering climate change impacts. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 5:67-71.
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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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Comparative regulatory approaches for groups of new plant breeding techniques. New Biotechnology. 30:437-446.
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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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Computation of balanced equivalence relations and their lattice for a coupled cell network. Siam Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems. 12:352-382.
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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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Control of fruit quality traits in red raspberry, a review from the James Hutton Institute. Aspects of Applied Biology. 119:1-16.
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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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Counter urbanisation, planning and house prices: an analysis of the Aberdeen housing market area, 1984 - 2010. Town Planning Review. 84:81-105.
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Cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation in association with feather mosses: moss as boss? New Phytologist. 200:5-6.
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Declining chilling and its impact on temperate perennial crops. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 91:48-62.
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Declining incidence of multi-trunking over time in a Scottish plantation of Picea sitchensis. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 28:17-27.
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Decomposition of tobacco roots with modified phenylpropanoid content by fungi with contrasting lignocellulose degradation strategies. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 49:305-311.
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Deconstructing community for conservation: why simple assumptions are not sufficient. Human Ecology. 41:575-585.
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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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Differential effects of polyphenols on proliferation and apoptosis in human myeloid and lymhoid leukemia cell lines. Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry. 13:1601-1613.
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Direct and indirect interactions co-determine species composition in nurse plant systems. Oikos. 122:1371-1379.
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Distributed lag models for hydrological data. Biometrics. 69:537-544.
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Do plants need nitrate? The mechanisms by which nitrogen form affects plants Annals of Applied Biology. 163:174-199.
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Downstairs drivers - root herbivores shape communities of above-ground herbivores and natural enemies via changes in plant nutrients. Journal of Animal Ecology. 82:1021-1030.
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Downward migration of radiocaesium in organic soils across a transect in Scotland. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 115:124-133.
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Draft Genome Sequences of 17 isolates of the plant pathogenic bacterium Dickeya. Genome Announcements. 1:e00978-13.
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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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Dynamic localization of two tobamovirus ORF6 proteins involves distinct organellar compartments. Journal of General Virology. 94:230-240.
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The economic analysis in the implementation of the water framework directive in Spain. International Journal of River Basin Management. 11:301-310.
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An economic analysis of the establishment of forest plantations in the United Kingdom to mitigate climatic change. Forest Policy and Economics. 26:34-42.
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Ecosystem services: nature's balance sheet. Science. 342:421-421.
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Editor's choice: Evaluating the potential for adverse interactions within genetically engineered breeding stacks. Plant Physiology. 161:1587-1594.
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Effect of DTPA on Cd solubility in soil - accumulation and subsequent toxicity to lettuce. Chemosphere. 90:1805-1810.
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