Jenni Stockan

Publications

The following Publications have not yet been migrated to the James Hutton Institute's Pure service and relate to the research outputs from the two legacy organisations: The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and The Scottish Crop Research Institute.

Journals

• Pakeman, R.J.; Stockan, J.; Marrs, R.H. (2011) Can we manage vegetation for multiple goals?, Aspects of Applied Biology, 108, 1-10.
• Stockan, J.A.; Rao, S.; Pakeman, R.J. (2010) Nesting preferences of the threatened wood ant Formica exsecta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): implications for conservation in Scotland., Journal of Insect Conservation, 14, 269-276.
• Dennis, P.; Doering, J.; Johnstone, J.A.; Jones, J.R.; Rees, M.E.; Vales, J.E.; Sibbald, A.R. (2004) Consequences for biodiversity of reducing inputs to upland temperate pastures: effects on beetles (Coleptera) of cessation of nitrogen fertilizer application and reductions in stocking rates of sheep, Grass and Forage Science, 59, 121-135.
• Kettle, C.; Johnstone, J.; Jowetts, T.; Arthur, H.; Arthur, W. (2003) The pattern of segment formation, as revealed by engrailed expression, in a centipede with a variable number of segments., Evolution and Development, 5, 198-207.

Technical / contract reports

• Stockan, J.A.; Dennis, P.; Langan, S.J. (2007) Responses of insect assemblages to riparian management on farmland., Oral presentation to Royal Entomological Society National Special Interest Group Meeting ‘Insects and sustainable agriculture’, Rothamsted Institute, Harpenden, 4th April 2007.
• Stockan, J.A. (2006) Foraging behaviour, ant competition and nest site selection in narrow headed ants (Formica exsecta)., Commissioned Report to National Trust for Scotland, November 2006.
• Stockan, J.A.; Dennis, P. (2005) Foraging behaviour and ant competition in narrow headed ants., Initial Report to National Trust for Scotland.

Conference papers

• Stutter, M.I.; Langan, S.J.; Stockan, J.; Vinten, A.J.A. (2010) Managing stream riparian areas for multiple environmental benefits: the role of buffer strip., Joint SAC/SEPA Biennial Conference 2010, Climate, Water and Soil: Science, Policy and Practice, Edinburgh, 31 March – 1 April 2010.
• Stockan, J.A.; Littlewood, N.A. (2009) Recent research into the ecology and conservation of narrow-headed ant (Formica exsecta) in Scotland., Royal Entomological Society, Insect Conservation Special Interest Group Meeting, “Conservation of Aculeates”, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, 1 April 2009.
• Dennis, P.; Beaton, K.; Langan, S.J.; Stockan, J.A. (2006) Accumulated landscape ecological effects of riparian management in river catchments used for agriculture., Proceedings of the IALE (UK) Annual conference “Water and the Landscape”: The Landscape Ecology of Freshwater Ecosystems”, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, 5-8 September 2006.
• Dennis, P.; Stockan, J.; Thoss, V.; Iason, G.R.; Lennon, J.J.; Beaton, J. (2004) Spatial heterogenity in monoterpene concentrations of native pine as a driver of insect herbivore distribution and abundance., Royal Entomological Society, Entomology 2004, University of York, 21-23 July 2004.
• Iason, G.R.; Dennis, P.; Lennon, J.J.; Thoss, V.; Pakeman, R.J.; Campbell, C.D.; Saari, S.; Anderson, I.C.; Chapman, S.J.; Beaton, J.; Johnstone, J.; Sim, D.; Alexander, I. (2004) The role of variation between trees in phytochemistry in determining associated diversity in a natural Scots pine ecosystem., FC/SNH, Drumnadrochit, “Ecology and management of large native pinewoods: past, present and future”., 14-16 June 2004. Oral paper.
• Dennis, P.; Stockan, J.; Thoss, V.; Beaton, J.; Lennon, J.J.; Iason, G.R. (2004) Spatial heterogeneity in monoterpene concentrations of native pine as a driver of insect herbivore distribution and abundance., British Ecological Society, Annual Meeting, Lancaster University, 7-9 September 2004. Oral paper.
• Dennis, P.; Stockan, J.; Thoss, V.; Iason, G.R.; Lennon, J.; Beaton, J. (2004) Spatial heterogeneity in monoterpene concentrations of native pine as a driver of insect herbivore distribution and abundance., International Congress of Entomology, XXII, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 15-21 August 2004. Oral paper.

Conference posters / abstracts

• Wiswell, H.; Stockan, J.A.; Cuberbirch, J. (2011) The slave-making ant Formica anguinea at Bennachie, Aberdeenshire., Wood Ant Symposium, The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, 18-19 October 2011. (Poster)
• Stockan, J.A.; Langan, S.J.; Young, M.R. (2010) Evaluatuing the effectiveness of buffer strips using riparian plants and beetles as indicators., Workshop on Riparian Buffer Strips as a Multifunctional Management Tool in Agricultural Landscapes, Ballater, Scotland, 25-28 April 2010.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Stockan, J. (2009) Biodiversity: carbon trade-offs in crofting sytems., Scotland’s Changing Rural Biodiversity: Policy and Action Needs, SNH Battleby, Perth, 13 May 2009.
• Pakeman, R.J.; Stockan, J. (2009) Biodiversity: carbon trade-offs in crofting systems., Knowledge Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, Inverness, 25 March 2009.
• Stockan, J.A.; Young, M.R.; Langan, S.J. (2009) Can riparian arthropod biodiversity be maintained or enhanced on managed grassland?, European Congress on Conservation Biology, 2nd, Prague, 1-5 September 2009.
• Stockan, J.A.; Littlewood, N.A.; Dennis, P. (2007) Riparian habitats., Leaflet for distribution to Farmers and Land Owners.
• Stockan, J.A.; Dennis, P.; Friberg, N.; Langan, S.J. (2007) Impact of riparian land use on invertebrate assemblages., Royal Entomological Society National Meeting and Symposium, University of Edinburgh,16-18 July 2007.
• Stockan, J.A.; Dennis, P.; Iason, G.R. (2006) How do ants affect pine trees and their associated arthropods?, In: The Future of Biodiversity in the Uplands (ed. J.M. Milne). Battleby, Perth, 8 December 2006.
• Iason, G.R.; Lennon, J.J.; Thoss, V.; Pakeman, R.J.; Dennis, P.; Campbell, C.D.; Saari, S.; Anderson, I.C.; Chapman, S.J.; Beaton, J.; Stockan, J.; Sim, D.; Alexander, I. (2005) Does individual variation in phytochemistry determine associated diversity and processes in a natural Scots pine ecosystem?, Science for Biodiversity, Scottish Biodiversity Forum’s Action Plan and Science Group, Edinburgh, 11 March 2005.
• Thoss, V.; Iason, G.R.; Dennis, P.; Lennon, J.J.; Pakeman, R.J.; Campbell, C.D.; Saari, S.; Anderson, I.C.; Chapman, S.J.; Beaton, J.; Stockan, J.; Sim, D.; Alexander, I. (2004) Individual variation in Scots pine phytochemistry and its effects on associated ecological processes in a Caledonian forest., PSNA and ISCE 2004 Meeting, Chemical Ecology and Phytochemistry in Forest Ecosystems. Oral paper.
• Stockan, J.A.; Dennis, P.; Thoss, V.; Iason, G.R.; Beaton, J. (2004) Phytochemistry of Scot’s pine as a driver of spatial heterogeneity in insect herbivore and broader diversity in a native forest landscape., Landscape Ecology of Trees and Forests. Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual IALE (UK) Conference, Cirencester, UK, 21-24 June 2004. pp340-343.
• Iason, G.R.; Lennon, J.J.; Thoss, V.; Pakeman, R.J.; Dennis, P.; Campbell, C.D.; Saari, S.; Anderson, I.C.; Chapman, S.J.; Beaton, J.; Johnstone, J.; Sim, D.; Alexander, I. (2003) Does individual variation in phytochemistry determine associated biodiversity and processes in a natural Scots pine ecosystem?, British Ecological Society Conference, Manchester Metropolitan University, 9-11 September 2003.
• Dennis, P.; Beaton, K.; Common, G.; Doering, J.; Hamilton, D.; Henderson, D.; Johnstone, J.; Wright, S. (2003) Arthropod sensitivity to management and weather variability in the Scottish uplands., In: Proceedings of the British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, Manchester Metropolitan University, 9-11 September 2003, p38.
• Lennon, J.J.; Iason, G.R; Thoss, V.; Cadell, W.; Matthews, K.B.; Pakeman, R.J.; Dennis, P.; Campbell, C.D.; Saari, S.; Anderson, I.C.; Chapman, S.J.; Beaton, J.; Johnstone, J.; Sim, D.; Alexander, I. (2003) Spatial structure in chemical ecology and biodiversity within native Scots Pine forest., Developing Empirical Agent-Based Models, Workshop University of Twente, 4 April 2019.