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2007

Zahra R, Blackwood JK, Sales J, Leach DRF. 2007. Proofreading and secondary structure processing determine the orientation dependence of CAG CTG trinucleotide repeat instability in Escherichia coli. Genetics. 176:27-41. Abstract

Hughes V, Smith S, Garcia-Sanchez A, Sales J, Stevenson K. 2007. Proteomic comparison of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis grown in vitro and isolated from clinical cases of ovine paratuberculosis. Microbiology. 153:196-206. Abstract

Molina-Cano J-L, Moralejo MA, Elia M, Mu P, Russell JR, P AM, Ciudad F, Swanston JS. 2007. QTL analysis of a cross between European and North American malting barleys reveals a putative candidate gene for . Molecular Breeding. 19:275-284. Abstract

Bohanec M, Cortet J, Griffiths BS, Znidarsic M, Debeljak M, Caul S, Thompson J, Krogh PH. 2007. A qualitative multi-attribute model for assessing the impact of cropping systems on soil quality. Pedobiologia. 51:239-250. Abstract

Moran D, McVittie A, Allcroft DJ, Elston DA. 2007. Quantifying public preferences for agri-environmental policy in Scotland: a comparison on methods. Ecological Economics. 63:42-53. Abstract

Albon SD, Brewer MJ, O'Brien S, Nolan AJ, Cope D. 2007. Quantifying the grazing impacts associated with different herbivores on rangelands. Journal of Applied Ecology. 44:1176-1187. Abstract

Gooding MJ, Gregory PJ, Ford KE, Ruske RE. 2007. Recovery of nitrogen from different sources following applications to winter wheat at and after anthesis. Field Crops Research. 100:143-154.

Solomon-Blackburn RM, Bradshaw JE. 2007. Resistance to Potato virus Y in multitrait potato breeding scheme without direct selection in each generation. Potato Research. 50:87-95. Abstract

Stasik O, Jones HG. 2007. Response of photosynthetic apparatus to moderate high temperature in contrasting wheat cultivars at different oxygen concentrations. Journal of Experimental Botany. 58:2133-2143. Abstract

Scott D, Welch D, van der Wal R, Elston DA. 2007. Response of the moss Racomitrium lanuginosum to changes in sheep grazing and snow-lie due to a snow-fence. Applied Vegetation Science. 10:229-238. Abstract

Hermans C, Hammond JP, Verbruggen N, White PJ. 2007. Response to Andrews et al.: Correlations and causality. Trends in Plant Science. 12:532-533. Abstract

Krogh PH, Griffiths BS, Demsar D, Bohanec M, Debeljak M, Andersen MN, Sausse C, Birch ANE, Caul S, Holmstrup M et al.. 2007. Responses by earthworms to reduced tillage in herbicide tolerant maize and Bt maize cropping systems. Pedobiologia. 51:219-227. Abstract

Forster BP, Herberle-Bors E, Kasha KJ, Touraev A. 2007. The resurgence of haploids in higher plants. Trends in Plant Science. 12:368-375. Abstract

Jones JT, Furlanetto C, Phillips M. 2007. The role of flavonoids produced in response to cyst nematode infection of Arabidopsis thaliana. Nematology. 9:671-677. Abstract

Birch ANE, Griffiths BS, Caul S, Thompson J, Heckmann LH, Krogh PH, Cortet J. 2007. The role of laboratory, glasshouse and field scale experiments in understanding the interactions between genetically modified crops and soil ecosystems: A review of the ECOGEN project.. Pedobiologia. 51:251-260. Abstract

de Dorlodot S, Forster BP, Pag L, Price AH, Tuberosa R, Draye X. 2007. Root system architecture: opportunities and constraints for genetic improvement of crops. Trends in Plant Science. 12:474-481. Abstract

Poulsen M, Schroder M, Wilcks A, Kroghsbo S, Lindecrona RH, Miller A, Frenzel T, Danier J, Rychlik M, Shu QY et al.. 2007. Safety testing of GM-rice expressing PHA-E lectin using a new animal test design. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 45:364-377. Abstract

Horgan GW. 2007. Sample size and replication in 2D gel electrophoresis studies. Journal of Proteome Research. 6:2884-2887. Abstract

Mitchell A, Oommen M, Bhatia P, Scott P, Robertson ZC, Stewart D, McDougall GJ, Wallace HM. 2007. Scottish berries - potential for dietary chemoprevention? Scottish Medical Journal. 52:54-54. Abstract

Armstrong MR, Husmeier D, Phillips MS, Blok VC. 2007. Segregation and recombination of a multipartite mitochondrial DNA in populations of the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 64:689-701. Abstract

Leitch ECM, Walker AW, Duncan SH, Holtrop G, Flint HJ. 2007. Selective colonization of insoluble substrates by human faecal bacteria. Environmental Microbiology. 9:667-679. Abstract

Lewsey M, Robertson FC, Canto T, Palukaitis P, Carr JP. 2007. Selective targeting of miRNA-regulated plant development by a viral counter-silencing protein. Plant Journal. 50:240-252. Abstract

Gibson T, Blok VC, Dowton M. 2007. Sequence and characterization of six mitochondrial subgenomes from Globodera rostochiensis: multipartite structure is conserved amongst close nematode relatives. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 65:308-315. Abstract

Syed NH, Flavell AJ. 2007. Sequence-specific amplification polymorphisms (SSAPs): a multi-locus approach for analyzing transposon insertions. Nature Protocols. 1:2746-2752.

Zhan J, Mundt CC, McDonald BA. 2007. Sexual reproduction facilitates the adaptation of parasites to antagonistic host environments: Evidence from empirical study on the wheat-Mycosphaerella graminicola system. International Journal of Parasitology. 37:861-870. Abstract

Luo ZW, Potokina E, Druka A, Wise R, Waugh R, Kearsey MJ. 2007. SFP genotyping from Affymetrix arrays is robust but largely detects cis-acting expression regulators. Genetics. 176:789-800. Abstract

Zhan J, Torriani SFF, McDonald BA. 2007. Significant difference in pathogencity between MAT1-1 and MAT1-2 isolates in the wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola.. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 44:339-346. Abstract

Wood JC, McKendrick IJ, Gettingby G. 2007. A simulation model to assess herd-level intervention strategies against E. coli O157. Epidemiology and Infection. 135:749-764. Abstract

Velikova V, Edreva AM, Tsonev T, Jones HG. 2007. Singlet oxygen quenching by phenylamides and their parent compounds. Zeischrift f. 62c:833-838.

Begg GS, Cullen DW, Iannetta PPM, Squire GR. 2007. Sources of uncertainty in the quantification of genetically modified oilseed rape contamination in seed lots. Transgenic Research. 16:51-63. Abstract

Moora M, Daniell TJ, Kalle H, Liira J, P K, Roosaluste E, Opik M, Wheatley RE, Zobel M. 2007. Spatial pattern and species richness of boreonemoral forest understorey and its determinants - A comparison of differently managed forests. Forest Ecology & Management. 250:64-70. Abstract

Spooner DM, Fajardo D, Bryan GJ. 2007. Species limits of Solanum berthaultii Hawkes and S. tarijense Hawkes and the implications for species boundaries in Solanum sect. Petota. Taxon. 56:987-999. Abstract

Sharma SK, Bryan GJ, Winfield MO, Millam S. 2007. Stability of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) plants regenerated via somatic embryos, axillary bud proliferated shoots, microtubers and true potato seeds: a comparative phenotypic, cytogenetic and molecular assessment.. Planta. 226:1449-1458. Abstract

Chung BN, Canto T, Palukaitis P. 2007. Stability of recombinant plant viruses containing genes of unrelated plant viruses. Journal of General Virology. 88:1347-1355. Abstract

Cerm J, Gasp J, De Lorenzi F, Jones HG. 2007. Stand biometry and leaf area distribution in an old olive grove at Andria, southern Italy. Annals of Forest Science. 64:491-501. Abstract

Bohan DA, Hawes C, Haughton AJ, Denholm I, Champion GT, Perry JN, Clark SJ. 2007. Statistical models to evaluate invertebrate-plant trophic interactions in arable systems. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 97:265-280. Abstract

Krivtsov V, Garside A, Brendler A, Liddell K, Griffiths BS, Staines HJ. 2007. A study of population numbers and ecological interactions of soil and forest floor microfauna. Animal Biology. 57:467-484. Abstract

Viola R, Pelloux J, van der Ploeg A, Gillespie T, Marquis N, Roberts AG, Hancock RD. 2007. Symplastic connection is required for bud outgrowth following dormancy in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers. Plant, Cell and Environment. 30:973-983. Abstract

Jing R, Bolshakov V, Flavell AJ. 2007. The tagged microarray marker (TAM) method for high-throughput detection of single nucleotide and indel polymorphisms. Nature Protocols. 2:168-177.

Broadley MR, White PJ, Hammond JP, Zelko I, Lux A. 2007. Tansley Review. Zinc in plants. New Phytologist. 173:677-702. Abstract

Wright KM, Wood NT, Roberts AG, Chapman S, Boevink P, MacKenzie K, Oparka KJ. 2007. Targeting of TMV movement protein to plasmodesmata requires the actin/ER network: Evidence from FRAP. Traffic. 8:21-31. Abstract

Hackett CA, Milne I, Bradshaw JE, Luo ZW. 2007. TetraploidMap for Windows: Linkage map construction and QTL mapping in autotetraploid species. Journal of Heredity. 98:727-729. Abstract

Stoll M, Jones HG. 2007. Thermal imaging as a viable tool for monitoring plant stress. Journal International des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin. 41:77-84.

Harrison SM, Monahan FJ, Zazzo A, Bahar B, Moloney AP, Scrimgeour CM, Schmidt O. 2007. Three-dimensional growth of bovine hoof as recorded by carbon stable isotope ratios. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 21:3971-3976. Abstract

van den Berg N, Berger DK, Hein I, Birch PRJ, Wingfield MJ, Viljoen A. 2007. Tolerance in banana to Fusarium wilt is associated with early up-regulation of cell wall-strengthening genes in the roots. Molecular Plant Pathology. 8:333-341. Abstract

Cooke DEL, Schena L, Cacciola SO. 2007. Tools to detect, identify and monitor Phytophthora species in natural ecosystems. Journal of Plant Pathology. 89:13-28. Abstract

Cooke DEL. 2007. Tracking the sudden oak death pathogen. Molecular Ecology. 16:3735-3736.

Whisson SC, Boevink P, Moleleki LN, Avrova AO, Morales JG, Gilroy EM, Armstrong MR, Grouffaud S, van West P, Chapman S et al.. 2007. A translocation signal for delivery of oomycete effector proteins into host plant cells. Nature. 450:115-118. Abstract

Raven JA, Crane P. 2007. Trees. Current Biology. 17:R303-R304. Abstract

Morris WL, Ross HA, Ducreux LJM, Bradshaw JE, Bryan GJ, Taylor MA. 2007. Umami compunds are a determinant of the flavor of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.).. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 55:9627-9633. Abstract

Sabot F, Hua-Van A, Bennetzen JL, Capy P, Chalhoub B, Flavell AJ, Leroy P, Morgante M, Panaud O, Paux E et al.. 2007. A unified classification system for eukaryotic transposable elements. Nature Reviews Genetics. 8:973-982. Abstract

Andrews M, Scholefield D, Abberton MT, McKenzie BA, Hodge S, Raven JA. 2007. Use of white clover as an alternative to nitrogen fertiliser for dairy pastures in nitrate vulnerable zones in the UK: productivity, environment impact and economic considerations. Annals of Applied Biology. 151:11-23. Abstract

Swain DL, Hutchings MR, Marion G. 2007. Using a spatially explicit model to understand the impact of search rate and search distance on spatial heterogeneity within an herbivore grazing system. Ecological Modelling. 203:319-326. Abstract

Harrison SM, Zazzo A, Bahar B, Monahan FJ, Moloney AP, Scrimgeour CM, Schmidt O. 2007. Using hooves for high-resolution isotopic reconstruction of bovine dietary history. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 21:479-486. Abstract

Iannetta PPM, Begg GS, Hawes C, Young MW, Russell JR, Squire GR. 2007. Variation in Capsella (shepherd's purse): an example of intraspecific functional diversity. Physiologia Plantarum. 129:542-554. Abstract

Griffiths BS, Heckmann LH, Caul S, Thompson J, Scrimgeour CM, Krogh PH. 2007. Varietal effects of eight paired lines of transgenic Bt maize and near-isogenic non-Bt maize on soil microbial and nematode community structure. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 5:60-68. Abstract

Urbanek E, Hallett PD, Feeney D, Horn R. 2007. Water repellency and distribution of hydrophilic and hydrophobic compounds in soil aggregates from different tillage systems. Geoderma. 140:147-155. Abstract

2008

Vagiri M, Conner S, Stewart D, Andersson SC, Verrall S, Johansson E, Rumpunen K. 2008. Phenolic compounds in blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum L.) leaves relative to leaf position and harvest date. Food Chemistry. 172:135-142.

Millett J, Hester AJ, Millard P, MacDonald AJS. 2008. Above- and below-ground competition effects of two heathland species: Implications for growth and response to herbivory in birch saplings. Basic and Applied Ecology. 9(1):55-66.

Tingem M, Rivington M, Bellocchi G, Azam-Ali S, Colls J. 2008. Adaptation assessments for crop production in response to climate change in Cameroon. African Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology. 2:10-17.

Rivington M, Bellocchi G, Matthews KB, Buchan K, Miller DG. 2008. Agro-meteorological metrics for communicating climate change impacts to land managers. Aspects of Applied Biology. 88:85-91.

Nijnik M, Mather A. 2008. Analysing public preferences for woodland integration with other land uses in rural landscapes in Scotland. Landscape and Urban Planning. 86(2-3):267-275.

Zhang ZL, Hibberd A, Zhou JL. 2008. Analysis of emerging contaminants in sewage effluent and river water: comparison from spot and passive sampling. Analytica Chimica Acta. 607(1):37-44.

Knox JW, Weatherhead K, Loris AAR. 2008. Assessing water requirements for irrigated agriculture in Scotland. Water International. 32(1):133-144.

Brooker RW, Osler GHR, Gollisch J. 2008. Association of vegetation and soil mite assemblages with isolated Scots pine trees on a Scottish wet heath. Landscape Ecology. 23(7):861-871.

Gelan A, Schwarz G. 2008. At a crossroads between sectoral and regional policies: less favoured areas and common agricultural policy reform in Scotland. Agricultural and Food Science. 17(1):3-19.

Paterson E, Thornton B, Midwood AJ, Osborne SM, Sim A, Millard P. 2008. Atmospheric CO2 enrichment and nutrient additions to planted soil increase mineralisation of soil organic matter, but do not alter microbial utilisation of plant and soil C-sources. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40(9):2434-2440.

Bacon JR, Linge KL, Parrish RR, van Vaeck L. 2008. Atomic spectrometry update. Atomic mass spectrometry. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 23

Izumi H, Cairney JWG, Killham K, Moore ERB, Alexander IJ, Anderson IC. 2008. Bacteria associated with ectomycorrhizas of slash pine (Pinus elliottii) in south eastern Queensland, Australia. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 282(2):196-204.

Palacio S, Hester AJ, Maestro M, Millard P. 2008. Browsed Betula pubescens trees are not carbon-limited. Functional Ecology. 22(5):808-815.

Breen C, Clegg F, Herron MM, Hild GP, Hillier S, Hughes TL, Jones TGJ, Matteson A, Yarwood J. 2008. Bulk mineralogical characterisation of oilfield reservoir rocks and sandstones using diffuse reflectance infrared fourier transform spectroscopy and partial least squares analysis. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 60(1):1-17.

Chen WM, de Faria SM, Chou JH, James EK, Elliott GN, Sprent JI, Bontemps C, Young JPW, Vandamme P. 2008. Burkholderia sabiae sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Mimosa caesalpiniifolia. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58(9):2174-2179.

Phillip S, MacMillan DC. 2008. Car park charging in the Cairngorms National Park. Scottish Geographical Journal. 122(3):204-222.

Soulsby C, Neal C, Laudon H, Burns DA, Merot P, Bobnell M, Dunn SM, Tetzlaff D. 2008. Catchment data for process conceptualization: simply not enough? Hydrological Processes. 22(12):2057-2061.

Deeks LK, Bengough AG, Stutter MI, Young IM, Zhang XX. 2008. Characterisation of flow paths and saturated conductivity in a soil block in relation to chloride breakthrough. Journal of Hydrology. 348(3-4):431-441.

Matthews KB, Rivington M, Buchan K, Miller DG, Bellocchi G. 2008. Characterising and communicating the agro-meteorological implications of climate change scenarios to land management stakeholders. Climate Research. 37:59-75.

Pidou M, Memon FA, Avery LM, Parsons SA, Liu S, Stephenson T, Jeffrey P, Jefferson B. 2008. Chemical solutions for grey water recycling. Chemosphere. 71:147-155.

Winward GP, Avery LM, Stephenson T, Jefferson B. 2008. Chlorine disinfection of greywater for reuse: effect of organics and particles. Water Research. 42(1-2):483-491.

Aitkenhead MJ, Aalders IH. 2008. Classification of Landsat TM imagery for land cover using neural networks. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 29(7):2075.

Orr HG, Wilby RL, McKenzie-Hedger M, Brown I. 2008. Climate change in the uplands: a UK perspective on safeguarding regulatory ecosystem services. Climate Research. 37(1):77-98.

Tingem M, Rivington M, Colls J. 2008. Climate variability and maize production in Cameroon: simulating the effects of extreme dry and wet years. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography. 29:357-370.

Perez-Espona S, Perez-Barberia FJ, McLeod JE, Jiggins CD, Gordon IJ, Pemberton JM. 2008. Climbing ev'ry mountain: How do landscape features affect gene exchange among Scottish red deer populations? Deer, The Journal of the British Deer Society. 14:38-41.

Swain DL, Friend MA, Mayes RW, Wilson LA, Hutchings MR. 2008. Combining an active transponder system with sprayed n-alkanes to quantify investigative and ingestive grazing behaviour of dairy cattle in pastures treated with slurry. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 109(2-4):211-222.

Chapman SJ. 2008. Comment on "Microbially derived inputs of soil organic matter: are current estimates too low?" Environmental Science and Technology. 42(8):3115-3115.

Favilli F, Egli M, Cherubini P, Sartori G, Haeberli W, Delbos E. 2008. Comparison of different methods of obtaining a resilient organic matter fraction in Alpine soils. Geoderma. 145(3-4):355-369.

Tetzlaff D, McDonnell JJ, Uhlenbrook S, McGuire KJ, Bogaart P, Naef F, Baird AJ, Dunn SM, Soulsby C. 2008. Conceptualising catchment processes: simply too complex? Hydrological Processes. 22(11):1727-1730.

Dunn SM, Freer J, Weiler M, Kirkby MJ, Seibert J, Quinn PF, Lischeid G, Tetzlaff D, Soulsby C. 2008. Conceptualising in catchment modelling: simply learning? Hydrological Processes. 22(13):2389-2393.

Barkmann J, deVries K, Dietrich N, Glenk K, Gerold G, Keil A, Leemhuis C, Marggraf R. 2008. Confronting unfamiliarity with ecosystem functions: the case for an ecosystem service approach to environmental valuation with stated preference methods. Ecological Economics. 65(1):48-62.

Avery LM, Frazer-Williams RAD, Winward G, Jeffrey P, Shirley-Smith C, Liu S, Memon FA, Jefferson B. 2008. Constructed wetlands for grey water treatment. Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology. 7(3-4):191-200.

Frazer-Williams RAD, Avery LM, Winward G, Jeffrey P, Shirley-Smith C, Liu S, Jefferson B. 2008. Constructed wetlands for urban grey water recycling. International Journal of Environmental Pollution. 33(1):93-109.

MacMillan DC, Phillip S. 2008. Consumptive and non-consumptive values of wild mammals in Britain. Mammal Review. 38(2-3):189-204.

Hillier S, Pharande AL. 2008. Contemporary pedogenic formation of palygorskite in irrigation induced saline sodic shrink-swell soils of Maharashtra, India. Clays and Clay Minerals. 56(5):531-548.

Ugolini FC, Hillier S, Certini G, Wilson MJ. 2008. The contribution of aeolian material to an Aridisol from southern Jordan as revealed by the mineralogical analysis. Journal of Arid Environments. 72(8):1431-1447.

Trinder CJ, Artz RRE, Johnson D. 2008. Contribution of plant photosynthate to soil respiration and dissolved organic carbon in a naturally recolonising cutover peatland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40(7):1622-1628.

Stewart G, Cox ES, Le Duc MG, Pakeman RJ, Pullin AS, Marrs RH. 2008. Control of bracken (Pteridium aquilinum): meta-analysis of a multi-site study in the UK. Annals of Botany. 101:957-970.

Shand CA, Williams BL, Coutts G. 2008. Determination of N-species in soil extracts using microplate techniques. Talanta. 74:648-654.

Ioris AAR, Hunter C, Walker S. 2008. The development and application of water management sustainability indicators in Brazil and Scotland. Journal of Environmental Management.. 88(14):1190-1201.

Baines D, Redpath S, Richardson M, Thirgood, S.J.; Redpath S. 2008. The direct and indirect effects of predation by Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus on trends in breeding birds on a Scottish grouse moor. Ibis. 150(Supplement 1):27-36.

Hillier S, Lumsdon DG. 2008. Distinguishing opaline silica from cristobalite in bentonites: A practical procedure and perspective based on NaOH dissolution. Clay Minerals. 43(3):477-486.

Demars BOL, Thiebaut G. 2008. Distribution of aquatic plants in the Northern Vosges rivers: implications for biomonitoring and conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Freshwater and Marine Ecosystem. 18:619-632.

Spurgeon DJ, Rowl, P., Ainsworth G, Rotheryl P, Long S, Black HIJ. 2008. Distribution patterns of metals (Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni, Pb, V and Zn) in British soils. Environmental Pollution. 153(2):273-283.

Izumi H, Anderson IC, Killham K, Moore ERB. 2008. Diversity of predominant endophytic bacteria in European deciduous and coniferous trees. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 54(3):173-179.

Anderson IC, Parkin PI, Campbell CD. 2008. DNA- and RNA- derived assessments of fungal community composition in soil amended with sewage sludge rich in cadmium, copper and zinc. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40(9):2358-2365.

Creamer RE, Rimmer DL, Black HIJ. 2008. Do elevated soil concentrations of metals affect the diversity and activity of soil invertebrates in the long-term? Soil Use and Management. 24(1):27-46.

Perez-Barberia FJ, Perez-Fernandez E, Robertson E, Alvarez-Enriquez BE. 2008. Does the Jarman-Bell principle at intra-specific level explain sexual segregation in polygynous ungulates? Sex differences in forage digestibility in Soay sheep Oecologia. 157(1):21-30.

Wilson MJ, Certini G, Campbell CD, Anderson IC, Hillier S. 2008. Does the preferential microbial colonisation of ferromagnesian minerals affect mineral weathering in soil? Naturwissenschaften. 95(9):851-858.

Rivington M, Miller DG, Matthews KB, Russell G, Bellocchi G, Buchan K. 2008. Downscaling regional climate model estimates of daily precipitation, temperature and solar radiation data. Climate Research. 35:181-202.

Moran D, Dunn SM. 2008. The economic value of water use: implications for implementing the Water Framework Directive in Scotland. Journal of Environmental Management. 87(3):484-496.

Gelan A, Schwarz G. 2008. The effect of single farm payments on less favoured areas agriculture in Scotland: a CGE analysis. Agricultural and Food Science. 17(1):3-17.

Tingem M, Rivington M, Bellocchi G, Azam-Ali S, Colls J. 2008. Effects of climate change on Cameroon crop production: Simulation results using GCM scenarios. Climate Research. 36:65-77.

Dennis P, Skartveit J, McCracken DI, Pakeman RJ, Beaton K, Kunaver A, Evans D. 2008. The effects of livestock grazing on foliar arthropods associated with bird diet in upland grasslands of Scotland. Journal of Applied Ecology. 45:279-287.

Pisani LF, Pocar P, Antonini S, Brevini TAL, Rhind SM, Gandolfi F. 2008. Effects of pre-mating nutrition on mRNA levels of developmentally relevant genes in sheep oocytes and granulosa cells. Reproduction. 136:303-312.

Sibbald AM, Oom SP, Hooper RJ, Anderson R. 2008. Effects of social behaviour on the spatial distribution of sheep grazing a complex vegetation mosaic. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 115(3-4):149-159.

Metcalfe DB, Meir P, Aragao LEOC, da Costa ACL, Braga A, Goncalves PHL, de Athaydes J, Dawson LA, Malhi Y, Williams M. 2008. The effects of water availability on root growth and morphology in an Amazon forest. Root responses to soil moisture variation at an eastern Amazon rainforest site. Plant and Soil. 311(1-2):189-199.

Rhind SM. 2008. Endocrine disruptors and other food-contaminating environmental pollutants as risk factors in animal reproduction. Proceedings of International Congress on Animal Reproduction. Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 43(Suppl. 2):15-22.

Winward G, Avery LM, Stephenson T, Jefferson B. 2008. Essential oils for the disinfection of grey water. Water Research. 42(8-9):2260-2268.

Acevedo P, Ruiz-Fons F, Vicente J, Reyes-Garcia AR, Alzaga V, Gortazar C. 2008. Estimating red deer abundance in a wide range of management situations in Mediterranean habitats. Journal of Zoology. 276(1):37-47.

Rivington M, Miller DG, Matthews KB, Russell G, Buchan K. 2008. Evaluating Regional Climate Model estimates against site-specific observed data in the UK. Climatic Change. 88(2):157-185.

Burton RJF, Kuczera C, Scwarz G. 2008. Exploring farmers' cultural resistence to voluntary agri-environmental schemes. Sociologia Ruralis. 48(1):16-37.

Pollard SJT, Hickman G, Irving P, Hough RL, Gauntlett DM, Howson S, Hart A, Gayford P, Gent N. 2008. Exposure assessment of carcass disposal options in the event of a notifiable exotic animal disease: application to avian influenza virus. Environmental Science and Technology. 42(9):3145.

Brooker RW, Maestre FT, Callaway RM, Lortie CL, Cavieres LA, Kunstler G, Liancourt P, Tielborger K, Travis JMJ, Anthelme F et al.. 2008. Facilitation in plant communities: the past, the present and the future. Journal of Ecology. 96:18-34.

Cox ES, Marrs RH, Pakeman RJ, Le Duc MG. 2008. Factors affecting the restoration of heathland and acid grassland on Pteridium aquilinum-infested land across the UK: a multi site study. Restoration Ecology. 16(4):553-562.

Vinten AJA, Sym G, Avdic K, Crawford C, Duncan A, Merrilees DW. 2008. Faecal indicator pollution from a dairy farm in Ayrshire, Scotland: source apportionment, risk assessment and potential of mitigation measures. Water Research. 42(4-5):997-1012.

Sutherland LA, Glendinning T. 2008. Farm family coping with stress: the impact of the 1998 ice storm. Journal of Comparative Family Studies. 39(4):527-543.

Lansade L, Bouissou MF, Erhard HW. 2008. Fearfulness in horses: A temperament trait stable across time and situations. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 115(3-4):182-200.

Benvenutti MA, Gordon IJ, Poppi DP, Crowther R, Spinks W. 2008. Foraging mechanics and their outcomes for cattle grazing reproductive tropical swards. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 113(1-3):15-31.

Johnson EK, Moran D, Vinten AJA. 2008. A framework for valuing the health benefits of improved bathing water quality in the River Irvine catchment. Journal of Environmental Management.. 87(4):633-638.

Artz RRE, Chapman SJ, Robertson J, Potts JM, Laggoun-Defarge F, Gogo S, Comont L, Disnar JR, Francez AJ. 2008. FTIR spectroscopy can be used as a screening tool for organic matter quality in regenerating cutover peatlands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40(2):515-527.

Pollard SJT, Hough RL, Kim KH, Bellarby J, Paton G, Semple K, Coulon F. 2008. Fugacity modelling to predict the distribution of organic contaminants in the soil: oil matrix of constructed biopiles. Chemosphere. 71(8):1432-1439.

Artz RRE, Chapman SJ, Siegenthaler A, Bortoluzzi E, YliPetays M, Francez AJ. 2008. Functional microbial diversity in European remediating cutover peatlands is directed by labile carbon. Journal of Applied Ecology. 45(6):1799-1809.

Lin H, Cai ZY, Zhang T, Su J, Thirgood, S.J.; Redpath S. 2008. Genetic diversity of the subterranean Gansu zokor in a semi-natural landscape. Journal of Zoology. 275(2):153-159.

Littlewood NA. 2008. Grazing impacts on moth diversity and abundance on a Scottish upland estate. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 1:151-160.

Nygren CMR, Eberhardt U, Karlsson M, Parrent JL, Lindahl BD, Taylor AFS. 2008. Growth on nitrate and occurrence of nitrate reductase-encoding genes in a phylogenetically diverse range of ectomycorrhizal fungi. New Phytologist. 180(4):875-889.

Britton AJ, Fisher JM. 2008. Growth responses of low-alpine dwarf-shrub heath species to nitrogen deposition and management. Environmental Pollution. 153(3):564-573.

Wakelin SA, Macdonald LM, Rogers SL, Gregg AL, Baldock JA, Bolger TP. 2008. Habitat selective factors influencing the structural composition and functional capacity of microbial communities in agricultural soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40(3):803-813.

Littlewood NA, Young MR. 2008. A habitat suitability model for the narrow-headed ant formica exsecta evaluated against independent data. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 1(2):108-113.

Thirgood SJ, Redpath S. 2008. Hen harriers and red grouse: science, politics and human-wildlife conflict. Journal of Applied Ecology. 45(5):1488-1492.

Babulo B, Muys B, Fredu N, Tollens E, Nyssen J, Deckers J, Mathijs E. 2008. Household livelihood strategies and forest dependence in the highlands of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. Agricultural Systems. 98:147-155.

Pakeman RJ, Torvell L. 2008. 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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