The reduction in the fibre saturation point of wood due to chemical modification using anhydride reagents: A reappraisal. (2008)
Journal Article
Hill, C. A. S. (2008). The reduction in the fibre saturation point of wood due to chemical modification using anhydride reagents: A reappraisal. Holzforschung, 62, 423-428. https://doi.org/10.1515/HF.2008.078

The data from a previous study of the moisture adsorption of Corsican pine modified with linear chain carboxylic acid anhydrides, (acetic, propionic, butyric, valeric, hexanoic), has been reanalysed so that moisture content is reported as a percentag... Read More about The reduction in the fibre saturation point of wood due to chemical modification using anhydride reagents: A reappraisal..

Moisture adsorption isotherms of Acacia Mangiumand Endospermum Malaccense using dynamic vapoursorption (2008)
Journal Article
Zaihan, J., Hill, C. A. S., Curling, S., Hashim, W. S., & Hamdan, H. (2008). Moisture adsorption isotherms of Acacia Mangiumand Endospermum Malaccense using dynamic vapoursorption. Journal of tropical forest science, 21, 277-285

Moisture adsorption isotherms of Acacia mangium and sesenduk using dynamic vapour sorption. Two Malaysian hardwoods, namely, acacia (Acacia mangium) and sesenduk (Endospermum malaccense) were studied to determine their moisture sorption behaviour usi... Read More about Moisture adsorption isotherms of Acacia Mangiumand Endospermum Malaccense using dynamic vapoursorption.

Influence of species diversity on the return of ecosystem functions in replanted mangroves in Kenya (2008)
Thesis
Kirui, B. K. Y. Influence of species diversity on the return of ecosystem functions in replanted mangroves in Kenya. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9236

Rates of loss of biodiversity caused by human action are on the increase worldwide. However implications of species loss on the natures' ability to provide ecosystem services and goods are still poorly understood. Despite providing an array of critic... Read More about Influence of species diversity on the return of ecosystem functions in replanted mangroves in Kenya.

Development of a method for the production of hemicellulosic gels from Sitka spruce (2007)
Journal Article
Curling, S., Fowler, P., & Hill, C. (2007). Development of a method for the production of hemicellulosic gels from Sitka spruce. Carbohydrate Polymers, 69(4), 673-677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2007.02.003

Timber can be used as a sustainable source for process chemicals (Silvichemicals), with particular emphasis being placed on wood as source of chemical feedstocks. Bulk Silvichemicals are unlikely to be cost competitive with fossil fuel derived chemic... Read More about Development of a method for the production of hemicellulosic gels from Sitka spruce.

The effect of wind exposure on the tree aerial architecture and biomechanics of Sitka Spruce (picea sitchenisis Bong.). (2006)
Journal Article
Gardiner, B. A., & Brüchert, F. (2006). The effect of wind exposure on the tree aerial architecture and biomechanics of Sitka Spruce (picea sitchenisis Bong.). American Journal of Botany, 93, 1512-1521

This paper reports on the effect of wind loading below damaging strength on tree mechanical and physical properties. In a wind-exposed Sitka spruce stand in western Scotland, 60 trees at four different levels of wind exposure (10 m, 30 m, 50 m, 90 m... Read More about The effect of wind exposure on the tree aerial architecture and biomechanics of Sitka Spruce (picea sitchenisis Bong.)..

CO2 uptake patterns depend on water current velocity and shoot morphology in submerged stream macrophytes. (2006)
Journal Article
Nielsen, H. D., Nielsen, S. L., & Madsen, T. V. (2006). CO2 uptake patterns depend on water current velocity and shoot morphology in submerged stream macrophytes. Freshwater Biology, 51(7), 1331-1340. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01573.x

1. The influence of current velocity on the pattern of photosynthetic CO2 uptake in three species of submerged stream macrophytes was described by analysing the grain density in autoradiographs of leaves exposed to 14CO2.

2. In Elodea canadensis,... Read More about CO2 uptake patterns depend on water current velocity and shoot morphology in submerged stream macrophytes..

The stability of different silvicultural systems: a wind tunnel investigation. (2005)
Journal Article
Gardiner, B., Belcher, R., Wood, C., Achim, A., & Marshall, B. (2005). The stability of different silvicultural systems: a wind tunnel investigation. Forestry, 78(5), 471-484. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpi053

We report on a wind-tunnel study with 1 : 75 scale model trees designed to examine the influence of canopy structure on the formation of turbulent gusts above forests. This was to test the hypothesis that more irregular canopy structures produce less... Read More about The stability of different silvicultural systems: a wind tunnel investigation..

A universal character model and ontology of defined terms for taxonomic description. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paterson, T., Kennedy, J., Pullan, M. R., Cannon, A., Armstrong, K. E., Watson, M. F., Raguenaud, C., McDonald, S. M., & Russell, G. (2004, March). A universal character model and ontology of defined terms for taxonomic description. Presented at Data Integration in the Life Sciences. First International Workshop, DILS 2004

Taxonomists classify biological specimens into groups (taxa) on the basis of similarities between their observed features (characters). The description of these characters is therefore central to taxonomy, but there is currently no agreed model, defi... Read More about A universal character model and ontology of defined terms for taxonomic description..

Formalizing botanical taxonomies. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Priss, U. (2003, July). Formalizing botanical taxonomies. Presented at Conceptual Structures for Knowledge Creation and Communication. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Conceptual Structures

Because botanical taxonomies are prototypical classifications it would seem that it should be easy to formalize them as concept lattices or type hierarchies. On closer inspection, however, one discovers that such a formalization is quite challenging... Read More about Formalizing botanical taxonomies..