The Value and Opportunities of Community- and Citizen-based Approaches to Tropical Forest Biodiversity Monitoring (2017)
Book Chapter
Chandler, M., See, L., Andrianandrasana, H., Becker, D., Berardi, A., Bodmer, R., de Araujo Lima Constantino, P., Cousins, J., Crimmins, T. M., Danielsen, F., Brofeldt, S., Paula Giorgi, A., Huxham, M., Leslie, A., Mistry, J., Mora, B., Nelson, M., Poulsen, M. K., Pratihast, A., Theilade, I., …Williams, J. N. (2017). The Value and Opportunities of Community- and Citizen-based Approaches to Tropical Forest Biodiversity Monitoring. In M. Gill, R. Jongman, S. Luque, B. Mora, M. Paganini, & Z. Szantoi (Eds.), A Sourcebook of Methods and Procedures for Monitoring Essential Biodiversity Variables in Tropical Forests with Remote Sensing (223-281). GOFC-GOLD & GEO-BON

The biodiversity sourcebook is accessible in pdf format for free from:
•GOFC-GOLD Land Cover Office website: http://www.gofcgold.wur.nl/sites/gofcgold-geobon_biodiversitysourcebook.php
•GEO BON website:
http://geobon.org/

Assessing the role of intertidal seagrasses as coastal carbon sinks in Scotland (2017)
Thesis
Potouroglou, M. Assessing the role of intertidal seagrasses as coastal carbon sinks in Scotland. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/975386

Seagrasses are marine foundation species that form ecologically important habitats in coastal areas around the world. They provide a range of ecosystem services, including coastal protection and the recently recognised large contribution to global ca... Read More about Assessing the role of intertidal seagrasses as coastal carbon sinks in Scotland.

The value and opportunites of community-and citizen-based approaches to tropical forest biodiversity monitoring (2016)
Book Chapter
Chandler, M., See, L., Andrianandrasana, H., Becker, D., Berardi, A., Bodmer, R., de Araujo Lima Constantino, P., Cousins, J., Crimmins, T. M., Danielsen, F., Paula Giorgi, A., Huxham, M., Leslie, A., Mistry, J., Mora, B., Nelson, M., Poulsen, M. K., Kumar Pratihast, A., Theilade, I., Vakil, T., & Williams, J. N. (2016). The value and opportunites of community-and citizen-based approaches to tropical forest biodiversity monitoring. In M. Gill, R. Jongman, S. Luque, B. Mora, M. Paganini, & Z. Szantoi (Eds.), A Sourcebook of Methods and Procedures for Monitoring Essential Biodiversity Variables in Tropical Forests with Remote Sensing

Introduction - Earth Observation (EO) refers to the direct and indirect measurement of the Earth’s surface that can be undertaken using satellites, aircraft, on the ground and underwater using active and passive sensors (O’Connor et al., 2015). EO pr... Read More about The value and opportunites of community-and citizen-based approaches to tropical forest biodiversity monitoring.

Effects of Dry and Wet Sieving of Soil on Identification and Interpretation of Microbial Community Composition (2016)
Book Chapter
Blaud, A., Menon, M., van der Zaan, B., Lair, G., & Banwart, S. (2017). Effects of Dry and Wet Sieving of Soil on Identification and Interpretation of Microbial Community Composition. In D. Sparks, & S. Banwart (Eds.), Quantifying and Managing Soil Functions in Earth's Critical Zone - Combining Experimentation and Mathematical Modelling (119-142). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.agron.2016.10.006

Soil aggregates are microhabitats for microorganisms, and directly influence microorganisms that live within and are influenced by microorganisms in return. Two methods are used to isolate soil aggregates by their size: dry sieving (sieving air-dried... Read More about Effects of Dry and Wet Sieving of Soil on Identification and Interpretation of Microbial Community Composition.

Evaluating, predicting and mapping belowground carbon stores in Kenyan mangroves (2016)
Journal Article
Gress, S. K., Huxham, M., Kairo, J. G., Mugi, L. M., & Briers, R. A. (2017). Evaluating, predicting and mapping belowground carbon stores in Kenyan mangroves. Global Change Biology, 23(1), 224-234. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13438

Despite covering only approximately 138,000 km2, mangroves are globally important carbon sinks with carbon density values 3 to 4 times that of terrestrial forests. A key challenge in evaluating the carbon benefits from mangrove forest conservation is... Read More about Evaluating, predicting and mapping belowground carbon stores in Kenyan mangroves.

biotic: Calculation of Freshwater Biotic Indices. R package version 0.1.2 (2016)
Digital Artefact
Briers, R. (2016). biotic: Calculation of Freshwater Biotic Indices. R package version 0.1.2. [digital]. https://github.com/robbriers/biotic

The biotic package calculates a range of commonly used UK freshwater invertebrate biotic indices, based on family level identification. Indices that can be calculated are BMWP (and associated N-Taxa and ASPT), Whalley revised BWMP, habitat-specific... Read More about biotic: Calculation of Freshwater Biotic Indices. R package version 0.1.2.

Changes of bat species composition over altitudinal gradients on northern and southern aspects of the Soutpansberg mountain range, South Africa. (2016)
Journal Article
Weier, S. M., Linden, V. M., Gaigher, I., White, P. J., & Taylor, P. J. (2017). Changes of bat species composition over altitudinal gradients on northern and southern aspects of the Soutpansberg mountain range, South Africa. Mammalia, 81(1), https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2015-0055

In order to gain insight into the pattern of bat species composition over altitude and the environmental variables driving the observed pattern, we compared data from moist southern and drier northern aspects of the Soutpansberg range in northern Sou... Read More about Changes of bat species composition over altitudinal gradients on northern and southern aspects of the Soutpansberg mountain range, South Africa..

Civil war among the mongooses...and why it's all about sexual success. (2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
Gilchrist, J. (2016). Civil war among the mongooses...and why it's all about sexual success

Habitat use by Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix in a mixed moorland-forest landscape in Scotland and implications for a national afforestation strategy (2015)
Journal Article
White, P. J. C., Warren, P., & Baines, D. (2015). Habitat use by Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix in a mixed moorland-forest landscape in Scotland and implications for a national afforestation strategy. Bird Study, 62(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2014.1000261

Capsule Long-term conservation of Black Grouse in Scotland may rely upon the retention of sufficiently large and well-connected patches of moorland and a diversity of adjacent forest types.

Aims To study Black Grouse habitat use within a moorland-... Read More about Habitat use by Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix in a mixed moorland-forest landscape in Scotland and implications for a national afforestation strategy.

The importance of mangroves to people: a call to action (2014)
Report
Duke, N., Nagelkerken, I., Agardy, T., Wells, S., van Lavieren, H., & Huxham, M. (2014). The importance of mangroves to people: a call to action. Cambridge: United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre

This global synthesis report serves as a call to action to decision makers. It provides a science-based synthesis of the different types of goods and services provided by mangroves and the associated risks in losing these services in the face of ongo... Read More about The importance of mangroves to people: a call to action.

No dominion over nature: why treating ecosystems like machines will lead to boom and bust in food supply (2014)
Report
Huxham, M., Hartley, S., Pretty, J., & Tett, P. (2014). No dominion over nature: why treating ecosystems like machines will lead to boom and bust in food supply. London: Friends of the Earth England and Wales

Healthy ecosystems are essential for the long-term wellbeing of humans as they provide vital services such as food production, pollination, climate regulation and flood protection.
Global trends including population growth, changing diets and consum... Read More about No dominion over nature: why treating ecosystems like machines will lead to boom and bust in food supply.

Vesper: Visualising species archives (2014)
Journal Article
Graham, M., & Kennedy, J. (2014). Vesper: Visualising species archives. Ecological Informatics, 24, 132-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.004

Vesper (Visual Exploration of SPEcies-referenced Repositories) is a tool that visualises Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) datasets, and is aimed at reducing the amount of time and effort expended by biologists to ascertain the quality of data they are gen... Read More about Vesper: Visualising species archives.

Ecological role and services of tropical mangrove ecosystems: A reassessment. (2014)
Journal Article
Lee, S. Y., Primavera, J. H., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., McKee, K., Bosire, J. O., Cannicci, S., Diele, K., Fromard, F., Koedam, N., Marchand, C., Mendelssohn, I., Mukherjee, N., & Record, S. (2014). Ecological role and services of tropical mangrove ecosystems: A reassessment. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23, 726-743. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12155

Aim
To reassess the capacity of mangroves for ecosystem services in the light of recent data.

Location
Global mangrove ecosystems.

Methods
We review four long‐standing roles of mangroves: (1) carbon dynamics – export or sink; (2) nursery rol... Read More about Ecological role and services of tropical mangrove ecosystems: A reassessment..

Psittacine beak and feather disease in a free-living ring-necked parakeet (Psittacula krameri) in Great Britain. (2014)
Journal Article
Sa, R. C. C., Cunningham, A. A., Dagleish, M. P., Wheelhouse, N., Pocknell, A., Borel, N., Peck, H. L., & Lawson, B. (2014). Psittacine beak and feather disease in a free-living ring-necked parakeet (Psittacula krameri) in Great Britain. European journal of wildlife research, 60(2), 395-398. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-013-0792-x

The ring-necked parakeet (RNP), Psittacula krameri, is an invasive species in Great Britain (GB) which is undergoing rapid population expansion in the wild. Although it has been suggested that RNPs could be a potential source of infectious disease, l... Read More about Psittacine beak and feather disease in a free-living ring-necked parakeet (Psittacula krameri) in Great Britain..

Invertebrate communities and environmental conditions in a series of urban drainage ponds in Eastern Scotland: implications for biodiversity and conservation value of SUDS. (2013)
Journal Article
Briers, R. A. (2013). Invertebrate communities and environmental conditions in a series of urban drainage ponds in Eastern Scotland: implications for biodiversity and conservation value of SUDS. CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water, https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.201300162

Increasing use is being made of constructed wetlands to store and treat urban drainage prior to release into watercourses. Known as sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) in the UK these have potential to support and enhance freshwater biodiversit... Read More about Invertebrate communities and environmental conditions in a series of urban drainage ponds in Eastern Scotland: implications for biodiversity and conservation value of SUDS..

Mapping of mangrove forest land cover change along the Kenya coastline using Landsat imagery (2013)
Journal Article
Kirui, B. K. Y., Kairo, J. G., Bosire, J. O., Viergever, K. M., Rudra, S., Huxham, M., & Briers, R. A. (2013). Mapping of mangrove forest land cover change along the Kenya coastline using Landsat imagery. Ocean and Coastal Management, 83, 19-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2011.12.004

Mangroves in Kenya provide a wide range of valuable services to coastal communities despite their relatively small total area. Studies at single sites show reductions in extent and quality caused by extraction for fuel wood and timber and clearance f... Read More about Mapping of mangrove forest land cover change along the Kenya coastline using Landsat imagery.

Why flower visitation is a poor proxy for pollination: measuring single-visit pollen deposition, with implications for pollination networks and conservation (2013)
Journal Article
King, C., Ballantyne, G., & Willmer, P. G. (2013). Why flower visitation is a poor proxy for pollination: measuring single-visit pollen deposition, with implications for pollination networks and conservation. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4(9), 811-818. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.12074

Summary
The relative importance of specialized and generalized plant-pollinator relationships is contentious, yet analyses usually avoid direct measures of pollinator quality (effectiveness), citing difficulties in collecting such data in the field... Read More about Why flower visitation is a poor proxy for pollination: measuring single-visit pollen deposition, with implications for pollination networks and conservation.

Variations in Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix winter survival in a year with prolonged snow cover (2013)
Journal Article
Warren, P., White, P. J. C., Baines, D., Atterton, F., & Brown, M. J. (2013). Variations in Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix winter survival in a year with prolonged snow cover. Bird Study, 60(2), 257-263. https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2013.778225

Capsule Low Black Grouse survival rate in northern England during a severe winter with prolonged snow was attributed to limited availability and proximity of woodland.

Aims To compare the impact of the severe winter weather on Black Grouse in an o... Read More about Variations in Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix winter survival in a year with prolonged snow cover.

Profiling shifts in protein complement in tomato fruit induced by atmospheric ozone-enrichment and/or wound-inoculation with Botrytis cinerea (2013)
Journal Article
Tzortzakis, N., Taybi, T., Antony, E., Singleton, I., Borland, A., & Barnes, J. (2013). Profiling shifts in protein complement in tomato fruit induced by atmospheric ozone-enrichment and/or wound-inoculation with Botrytis cinerea. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 78, 67-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postharvbio.2012.12.005

To unravel the mechanism by which low level atmospheric ozone-enrichment (0.05 μmol mol−1) increases the shelf-life of tomato fruit (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) by suppressing the growth of pathogens (Botrytis cinerea), protein yield and compositi... Read More about Profiling shifts in protein complement in tomato fruit induced by atmospheric ozone-enrichment and/or wound-inoculation with Botrytis cinerea.

Population differentiation and temporal changes of carotenoid pigments and stable isotope ratios in the offspring of anadromous and non-anadromous trout Salmo trutta. (2012)
Journal Article
Briers, R. A., Waterman, J. O., Galt, K., & Campbell, R. N. B. (2012). Population differentiation and temporal changes of carotenoid pigments and stable isotope ratios in the offspring of anadromous and non-anadromous trout Salmo trutta. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 22, 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12011

Trout (Salmo trutta) exhibit anadromous and non-anadromous forms which are commonly sympatric. Offspring of the two forms can be separated by differences in characteristics such as stable isotope ratios and carotenoid pigments, which differ due to th... Read More about Population differentiation and temporal changes of carotenoid pigments and stable isotope ratios in the offspring of anadromous and non-anadromous trout Salmo trutta..