Publications list
Improving potassium acquisition and utilisation by crop plants. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 176:305-316.
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2013.
Selenium metabolism in plants. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects. 1862:2333-2342.
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2018.
Managing the nutrition of plants and people. Applied and Environmental Soil Science, 2012, Article id 104826, 13pp..
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2012.
Genetic analysis of potassium use efficiency in Brassica oleracea. Annals of Botany. 105:1199-1210.
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2010.
Developing an integrated conceptual framework to understand biodiversity conflicts. Land Use Policy. 26(2):242-253.
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2009.
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2018.
Relationships between yield and mineral concentrations in potato tubers. Hortscience. 44:6-11. Abstract
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2009.
Nature and nurture: The importance of seed phosphorus content. Plant and Soil. 357:1-8.
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2012.
Root traits benefitting crop production in environments with limited water and nutrient availability. Annals of Botany. 124:883-890.
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2019.
Biofortifying Scottish potatoes with zinc. Plant and Soil. 411:151-165.
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2017.
Valley width controls on riffle location and persistence on a gravel bed river. Geomorphology. 121(3-4):206-221.
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2010.
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2018.
Depolarisation-activated calcium channels shape the calcium signatures induced by low-temperature stress. New Phytologist. 183:6-8.
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2009.
Improving crop mineral nutrition. Plant and Soil. 384:1-5.
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2014.
Control of bovine tuberculosis in British livestock: there is no 'silver bullet'. Trends in Microbiology. 16:420-427. Abstract
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2008.
Soil management for sustainable agriculture (Editorial). Applied and Environmental Soil Science. 2012
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2012.
Extraordinarily high leaf selenium to sulfur ratios define "Se-accumulator" plants. Annals of Botany. 100:111-118. Abstract
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2007.
Possible consequences of an inability of plants to control manganese uptake. Plant and Soil. 461:63-68.
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2021.
Evolutionary origins of abnormally large shoot sodium accumulation in non-saline environments within the Caryophyllales. New Phytologist. 214:284-293.
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2017.
Physiological limits to zinc biofortification of edible crops. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2:article80.
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2011.
Selenium accumulation by plants. Annals of Botany. 117:217-235.
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2016.
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2009.
Soil Management for Sustainable Agriculture 2013. Editorial. Applied and Environmental Soil Science, 2014, Article No. 536825..
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2014.
Testing the distinctness of shoot ionomes of angiosperm families using the Rothamsted Park Grass Continuous Hay Experiment. New Phytologist. 196:101-109.
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2012.
Matching roots to their environment. Annals of Botany. 112:207-222.
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2013.
Juvenile root vigour improves phosphorus use efficiency of potato. Plant and Soil. 432:45-63.
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2018.
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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2013.
Epigenetic status in the offspring of spontaneous and assisted conception. Human Reproduction. 29:1452-1458.
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2014.
Managing peatland ecosystem services: current UK policy and future challenges in a changing world. Scottish Geographical Journal. 127:209-230.
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2011.
Exploring temporality in socio-ecological resilience through experiences of the 2015-16 El Niño across the Tropics. Global Environmental Change - Human and Policy Dimensions. 55:1-14.
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2019.
Bioactive berry components: Potential modulators of health benefits. Functional Plant Science and Biotechnology. 4:34-38.
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2010.
Low-energy reporting and duration of recording period. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 62:1148-1150. Abstract
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2008.
An evaluation of the IDEEA (TM) activity monitor for estimating energy expenditure. British Journal of Nutrition. 109:173-183.
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2013.
Plausible self-reported dietary intakes in a residential facility are not necessarily reliable. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 70:130-135.
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2016.
Barley yield formation under abiotic stress depends on the interplay between flowering time genes and environmental cues. Scientific Reports. 9:ArticleNo.6397.
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2019.
Wild barley serves as a source for biofortification of barley grain. Plant Science. 283:83-94.
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2019.
Molecular effects of resistance elicitors from biological origin and their potential for crop protection. Frontiers in Plant Science. 5
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2014.
Caesium inhibits the colonization of Medicago truncatula by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 141:57-61.
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2015.
A transcriptional reference map of defence hormone responses in potato. Scientific Reports. 5
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2015.
Determination of the optimal soil sample size to accurately characterise nematode communities in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 80:89-91.
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2015.
Denial of long-term issues with agriculture on tropical peatlands will have devastating consequences. Global Change Biology. 23:977-982.
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2017.
Denial of long-term issues with agriculture on tropical peatlands will have devastating consequences. Global Change Biology. 23:977-982.
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2017.
Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities. Ecology Letters. 20:1534-1545.
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2017.
First recorded occurrence of detrital baddeleyite (ZrO2) in sedimentary rock (Smith Bank Formation, Triassic, Central North Sea). Scottish Journal of Geology. 52:185-189.
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2015.
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2018.
The Floods and Agriculture Risk Matrix (FARM): a decision support tool for effectively communicating flood risk from farmed landscapes. International Journal of River Basin Management.. 11:237-252.
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2013.
Intraspecific diversity regulates fungal productivity and respiration. PLoS ONE. 5(9):e12604.
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2010.
Natural flood management: small-scale progress and larger-scale challenges. Scottish Geographical Journal. 135:23-32.
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2019.
A multi-scale nested experiment for understanding flood wave generation across four orders of magnitude of catchment area. Hydrology Research. 49:597-615.
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2018.
A framework for managing runoff and pollution in the rural landscape using a Catchment Systems Engineering approach. Science of the Total Environment. 468-469:1245-1254.
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2014.
A cloud based tool for knowledge exchange on local scale flood risk. Journal of Environmental Management. 161:38-50.
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2015.
Moisture, sawdust, and bleach regulate the persistence of Escherichia coli O157 : H7 on floor surfaces in butcher shops. Food Control. 19(12):1119-1125.
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2008.
Ultrasonographic examination of ocular lesions in farmed halibut. Veterinary Journal. 173(2):456-458.
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2007.
Seeing the wood for the trees: hyperspectral imaging for high throughput QTL detection in raspberry, a perennial crop species. Fruit Research. 1:ArticleNo.7.
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2021.
Kaolins and health: from first grade to first aid. Elements. 10:207-211.
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2014.
Leaching of bioluminescent Escherichia coli O157:H7 from sheep and cattle faeces during rainstorm events. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 105(5):1452-1460.
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2008.
A method for automatic segmentation and splitting of hyperspectral images of raspberry plants collected in field conditions. Plant Methods. 13:ArticleNo.74.
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2017.
Botrytis cinerea: the cause of grey mould disease. Molecular Plant Pathology. 8:561-580. Abstract
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2007.
Nematode resistance in plants: the battle underground. Trends in Genetics. 22:396-403. Abstract
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2006.
Within-year differences in reproductive investment in laboratory zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata), an opportunistically breeding bird. Naturwissenschaften. 95(12):1143-1148.
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2008.
The structure of opal-CT revisited. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 405:68-75.
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2014.
The importance of illitic minerals in shale instability and in unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs. In: Rutter, E.H., Mecklenburgh, J. & Taylor, K.G. (eds.). Geomechanical and Peterophysical Propoerties of Mudrocks. Special Publictaions. 454:253-269.
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2017.
The changing shape of Scotland's digital divide. European Countryside. 11:563-583.
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2019.
Effects of methyl-deficient diets on methionine and homocysteine metabolism in the pregnant rat. American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism. 302:E1531-E1540.
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2012.
Nanoparticle interactions with zinc and iron: Implications for toxicology and inflammation. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 225:80-89. Abstract
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2007.
The influence of clay mineralogy on formation damage in North Sea reservoir sandstones: a review with illustrative examples. Earth Science Reviews. 134:70-80.
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2014.
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2016.
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2019.
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2016.
Coexisting small mammals display contrasting strategies for tolerating instability in arable habitat. European Journal of Wildlife Research. 60:811-820.
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2014.
The importance of parent material in soil classification: A review in a historical context. Catena. 182:ArticleNo.UNSP104131.
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2019.
Does the preferential microbial colonisation of ferromagnesian minerals affect mineral weathering in soil? Naturwissenschaften. 95(9):851-858.
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2008.
Weathering of the primary rock-forming minerals: processes, products and rates. Clay Minerals. 39(3):233-266.
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2006.
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2014.
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2016.
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2020.
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2015.
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2006.
Clay mineralogy and shale instability: an alternative conceptual analysis. Clay Minerals. 49:127-145.
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2014.
Seroprevalence of chlamydial infection in cattle in Ireland. Veterinary Journal. 193:583-585.
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2012.
The importance of illitic minerals in shale instability and in unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs. Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 454
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2017.
The spatial distribution of canopy-resident and ground-resident cereal aphids (Sitobion avenae and Metopolophium dirhodum) in winter wheat. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 7:21-32.
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2013.
Cereal aphid colony turnover and persistence in winter wheat. PLoS ONE. 9:e106822.
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2014.
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2006.
Pathogens in urban wastewaters suitable for reuse. Urban Water Journal. 6(4):291-301.
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2009.
UV disinfection of grey water: particle size effect. Environmental Technology. 29(2):235-244.
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2008.
A study of the microbial quality of grey water and an evaluation of treatment technologies for reuse. Ecological Engineering. 32(2):187-197.
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2008.
Chlorine disinfection of greywater for reuse: effect of organics and particles. Water Research. 42(1-2):483-491.
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2008.
Pathogens in urban wastewaters suitable for reuse. Urban Water Journal. 6(4):291-301.
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2009.
Essential oils for the disinfection of grey water. Water Research. 42(8-9):2260-2268.
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2008.
Snow cover, freeze-thaw, and the retention of nutrients in an oceanic mountain ecosystem. Ecosphere. 6:ArticleNo.207.
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2015.
International Young Scientists' perspective on global change issues. Climatic Change. 94(1-2):1-4.
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2009.
Field phenotyping of potato to assess root and shoot characteristics associated with drought tolerance. Plant and Soil. 378:351-363.
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2014.
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2013.
Nutrient emissions to water from septic tank systems in rural catchments: uncertainties and implications for policy. Environmental Science and Policy.. 24:71-82.
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2012.
The disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia: context, cause, and response. Conservation Letters. 4:192-201.
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2011.
The effects of dwarfing genes on seedling root growth of wheat. Journal of Experimental Botany. 60:2565-2573.
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2009.
Prepubertal gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog leads to exagerrated behavioral and emotional sex differences in sheep. Hormones and Behavior. 59:22-27.
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2011.
A simulation model to assess herd-level intervention strategies against E. coli O157. Epidemiology and Infection. 135:749-764. Abstract
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2007.
Infection of potato by Rhizoctonia solani: effect of anastomosis group. Plant Pathology. 57:897-905. Abstract
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2008.
Characterisation of Rhizoctonia solani from potato in Great Britain. Plant Pathology. 56:286-295. Abstract
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2007.
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2005.
Development of EST-derived microsatellite markers for Arabidopsis lyrata subspecies petraea (L.). Molecular Ecology Notes. 7:631-634. Abstract
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2007.
Functional markers for red raspberry. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 135:418-427.
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2010.
Identification of quantitative trait loci for cane splitting in red raspberry (Rubus idaeus). Molecular Breeding. 31:111-122.
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2013.
Identification, characterisation and mapping of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers from raspberry root and bud ESTs. Molecular Breeding. 22:555-563. Abstract
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2008.
Sentinel systems on the razor's edge: effects of warming on Arctic geothermal stream ecosystems. Global Change Biology. 16(7):1979-1991.
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2010.
Biological approaches to global environmental change: mitigation and remediation. Current Biology. 19:R615-R623.
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2009.
Ecosystem feedbacks and cascade processes: understanding their role in the responses of Arctic and alpine ecosystems to environmental change. Global Change Biology. 15:1153-1172. Abstract
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2009.
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2012.
The flux of dissolved nitrogen from the UK - Evaluating the role of soils and land use. Science of the Total Environment. 434:90-100.
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2012.
The flux of DOC from the UK - predicting the role of soils, land use and net watershed losses. Journal of Hydrology. 448-449:149-150.
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2012.
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2009.
The testing of antibodies raised against poultry red mite antigens in an in vitro feeding assay; preliminary screen for vaccine candidates. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 48:81-91.
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2009.
Anthropogenic noise as a stressor in animals: a multidisciplinary perspective. International Journal of Comparative Psychology. 20:250-273.
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2007.
Quantification and colonisation dynamics of Escherichia coli O157:H7 inoculation of microgreens species and plant growth substrates. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 273:1-10.
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2018.
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2007.
Modelling the effect of climate change on recovery of acidified freshwaters: relative sensitivity of individual processes in the MAGIC model. The Science of the Total Environment. 365(1-3):154-166.
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2006.
MacConkey broth purple provides an efficient MPN estimation method for Shigatoxigenic Escherichia coli. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 181:ArticleNo.106132.
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2021.
Identifying stock structuring in the sandeel, Ammodytes marinus, from otolith microchemistry. Fisheries Research. 199:19-25.
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2018.
Targeting of TMV movement protein to plasmodesmata requires the actin/ER network: Evidence from FRAP. Addendum. Plant Signaling & Behaviour. 2:180-181. Abstract
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2007.
The effect of sward surface height on the response to mixed grazing by cattle and sheep. Animal Science. 82:271-276.
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2006.
The endophytic lifestyle of Escherichia coli O157:H7: quantification and internal localization in roots. Phytopathology. 103:333-340.
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2013.
The N-terminal domain of PMTV TGB1 movement protein is required for nucleolar localization, microtubule association and long-distance movement. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 23:1486-1497.
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2010.
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2017.
Do marine mammals experience stress related to anthropogenic noise? International Journal of Comparative Psychology. 20:250-273.
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2007.
Detection and eradication of Spongospora subterranea in mini-tuber production tunnels. South African Journal of Science. 108:85-88.
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2012.
Effect of fencing and grazing on Kobresia-dominated meadow in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. Plant and Soil. 319(1-2):115-126.
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2009.
In silico identification and characterization of conserved plant microRNAs in barley. Central European Journal of Biology. 9:841-852.
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2014.
Temperature modulating sand-consolidating cyanobacterial biomass, nutrients removal and bacterial community dynamics in municipal wastewater. Bioresource Technology. 301:ArticleNo.122758.
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2020.
Two decades of altered snow cover does not affect soil microbial ability to catabolize carbon compounds in an oceanic alpine heath. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 124:101-104.
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2018.
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2011.
Equine grass sickness in Scotland: a case control study of environmental geochemical risk factors. Equine Veterinary Journal. 48:779-785.
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2016.
Equine grass sickness in Scotland: a case control study of environmental geochemical risk factors. Equine Veterinary Journal. Published online..
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2015.
Equine grass sickness in Scotland: A case-control study of signalment- and meteorology-related risk factors. Equine Veterinary Journal. 46:64-71.
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2014.
The role of zeta potential in the adhesion of E. coli to suspended intertidal sediments. Water Research. 142:159-166.
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2018.
Factors affecting the spatial and temporal distribution of E.coli intertidal estuarine sediments. Science of the Total Environment. 661:155-167.
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2019.
Ectopic 5' splice sites inhibit gene expression by engaging RNA surveillance and silencing pathways in plants. Plant Physiology. 151:955-965.
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2009.
Agricultural activities affect the pattern of the resistome within the phyllosphere microbiome in peri-urban environments. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 382:ArticleNo.121068.
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2020.
Seasonal change is a major driver of soil resistomes at a watershed scale. Isme Communications. 1:ArticleNo.1.
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2021.
Mechanisms underlying chemopreventive effects of flavonoids via multiple signaling nodels within Nrf2-ARE and AhR0XRE gene regulatory networks. Current Chemical Biology. 7:151-176.
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2013.
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2011.
Blood mineral status of grazing Tibetan sheep in the Northeast of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Livestock Science. 136:102-107.
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2011.
Modelling China's potential maize production at regional scale under climate change. Climatic Change. 85(3-4):433-451.
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2007.
Local air pollutant emission reduction and ancillary carbon benefits of SO2 control policies: Application of AIM/CGE model to China. European Journal of Operational Research. 198(1):315-325.
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2009.
Genome sequence and analysis of the tuber crop potato. Nature. 475:189-195.
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2011.
Genome-wide association analysis of grain yield-associated traits in a Pan-European barley cultivar collection. Plant Genome. 11:ArticleNo.UNSP170073.
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2018.
Carbon tax or cap-and-trade: a computable general equilibrium analysis of Chinese economy. EconModels, March 2012..
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2012.
Patterns of genetic and eco-geographical diversity in Spanish barleys. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 116:271-282. Abstract
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2008.
Osmotic responses of different strains of Steinernema carpocapsae. Nematology. 13:845-851.
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2011.
Municipal wastewater as a microbial surveillance platform for enteric diseases: a case study for salmonella and salmonellosis. Environmental Science and Technology. 52:4869-4877.
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2018.
UV/SO32- based advanced reduction processes of aqueous contaminants: Current status and prospects. Chemical Engineering Journal. 397:ArticleNo.125412.
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2020.
Potato NPH3/RPT2-like protein StNRL1, targeted by a phytophthora infestans RXLR effector, is a susceptibility factor. Plant Physiology. 171:645-657.
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2016.
Review on ultrasound assisted persulfate degradation of organic contaminants in wastewater: Influences, mechanisms and prospective. Chemical Engineering Journal. 378:ArticleNo.UNSP122146.
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2019.
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2010.
Light-sheet tomography for in situ imaging of Arabidopsis Thaliana roots. Optics Express. 21:16239-16247.
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2013.
Global patterns of potential future plant diversity hidden in soil seed banks. Nature Communications. 12:ArticleNo.023(2021).
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2021.
Involvement of the chloroplast gene ferredoxin 1 in multiple responses of N. benthamiana to Potato virus X infection. Journal of Experimental Botany. Published online..
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2020.
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2009.
Highly efficient nickel (II) removal by sewage sludge biochar supported a-Fe2O3 and a-FeOOH: Sorption characteristics and mechanisms. PLoS ONE. 14:ArticleNo.e0218114..
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2019.
Involvement of the chloroplast gene ferredoxin 1 in multiple responses of Nicotiana benthamiana to Potato virus X infection. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71:2142-2156.
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2020.
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2020.
Genetic diversity in caribou linked to past and future climate change. Nature Climate Change. 4:132-137.
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2013.
C-13 PLFAs: a key to open the soil microbial black box? Plant and Soil. 392:3-15.
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2015.
Multi-factorial drivers of ammonia oxidizer communities: evidence from a national soil survey. Environmental Microbiology. 15:2545-2556.
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2013.
Links between ammonia oxidizer community structure, abundance and nitrification potential in acidic soils. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77:4618-4625.
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2011.
Soil pH controls nitrification and carbon substrate utilization more than urea or charcoal in some highly acidic soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 47:515-522.
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2011.
Regional variation in potential groundwater recharge from spring barley crop fields in the UK under projected climate change. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 8:332-345.
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2019.
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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2013.
Virtual water flows under projected climate, land use and population change: the case of UK feed barley and meat. Heliyon. 6:ArticleNo.e03127.
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2020.
A theory of associating food types with their post-ingestive consequences. American Naturalist. 167(5):705-716.
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2006.
Female size shows similar trends in all clades of the phylum Nematoda. Nematology. 8:111-127. Abstract
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2006.
Epigenetic remodeling of meiotic crossover frequency in arabidopsis thaliana DNA methyltransferase mutants. PLoS Genetics. 8:e1002844.
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2012.
Global Research Alliance Modelling Platform (GRAMP): An open web platform for modelling greenhouse gas emissions from agro-ecosystems. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 111:112-120.
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2015.
Effect of roasting conditions and grinding on free radical contents of coffee beans stored in air. Food Chemistry. 131:811-816.
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2012.
Probing free radical processes during storage of extracts from whole roasted coffee beans: impact of O-2 exposure during extraction and storage. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 61:3301-3305.
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2013.
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2009.
Evaluating governance processes in the sharing of revenues from wildlife tourism and hunting in Ethiopia. Environmental Conservation. 40:253-265.
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2013.
Analysis of ESTs generated from inner bark tissue of an Acacia auriculiformis x Acacia mangium hybrid. Tree Genetics and Genomes. 7:143-152.
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2011.
A commentary on occupational infectious diseases due to agricultural practices in Sub-Saharan Africa. Biomass and Bioenergy. 70:99-111.
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2014.
Impact of hydraulic suction history on crack growth mechanics in soil. Water Resources Research. 44:-W00C01. Abstract
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2008.
Comparative genomics of the tardigrades Hypsibius dujardini and Ramazzottius varieornatus. PLoS Biology. 15:e2002266.
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2017.
The search for the meaning of life in soil: an opinion. European Journal of Soil Science. 69:31-38.
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2018.
Defining the rhizobium leguminosarum species complex. Genes. 12:ArticleNo.111.
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2021.
Improving the science-policy dialogue to meet the challenges of biodiversity conservation: having a conversation rather than talking at one-another. Biodiversity and Conservation. 23:387-404.
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2014.
Community driven coastal management: an example of the implementation of a coastal defence bund on South Uist, Scottish Outer Hebrides. Ocean and Coastal Management. 94:30-37.
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2014.
Conflicts between biodiversity conservation and human acivities in the CEEC. Ambio. 36(7):545-550.
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2007.
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2008.
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2015.
Kaleidoscoping landscapes, shifting perspectives. Professional Geographer. 58(4):436-447.
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2006.
Differences and commonalities in physical, chemical and mineralogical properties of Zanzibari geophagic soils. Journal of Chemical Ecology.. 36(1):129-140.
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2010.
Environmental risk assessment of blight-resistant potato: use of a crop model to quantify nitrogen cycling at scales of the field and cropping system. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24:21434-21444.
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2017.
The role of trust in the resolution of conservation conflicts. Biological Conservation. 195:196-202.
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2016.
A large and deep root system underlies high nitrogen-use efficiency in maize production. PLoS ONE. 10:e0126293.
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2015.
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2014.
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2021.
Experimental and bioinformatic evidence that raspberry leaf blotch emaravirus P4 is a movement protein of the 30K superfamily. Journal of General Virology. 94:2117-2128.
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2013.
Morphological responses of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) roots to phosphorus supply in two contrasting soils. Journal of Agricultural Science. 154:98-108.
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2016.
Urbanization, rural development and environmental health in China. Environmental Development. 28:101-110.
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2018.
Microbial indicators of heavy metal contamination in urban and rural soils. Chemosphere. 63(11):1942-1952.
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2006.