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Defining Mechanistic Pathways for Anthropogenic Noise Impact on Avian Species (2024)
Journal Article
Engel, M. S., Young, R. J., Davies, W. J., Waddington, D., & Wood, M. D. (2024). Defining Mechanistic Pathways for Anthropogenic Noise Impact on Avian Species. Current Pollution Reports, 10(2), 247-276. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40726-024-00303-z

Purpose of Review: This review collates and analyses data on noise exposure of birds in relation to avian hearing system performance. It provides new insights into the mechanistic pathways of anthropogenic noise impact on avian species. Recent Findin... Read More about Defining Mechanistic Pathways for Anthropogenic Noise Impact on Avian Species.

Meta-Analysis of Biochar as an Amendment for Arsenic Mitigation in Paddy Soils (2024)
Journal Article
Mandal, J., Sharma, P. K., Mondal, D., Wood, M. D., Hutchinson, S. M., Kirby, J., & Srivastava, P. (2024). Meta-Analysis of Biochar as an Amendment for Arsenic Mitigation in Paddy Soils. Current Pollution Reports, 10(1), 105-118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40726-023-00288-1

Purpose of Review: The purpose of this review is to evaluate the effectiveness of biochar in immobilizing arsenic (As) in contaminated paddy soils and its impact on As availability and bioaccumulation in rice, as well as rice plant biomass. Recent Fi... Read More about Meta-Analysis of Biochar as an Amendment for Arsenic Mitigation in Paddy Soils.

Ecoacoustic Methods for Avifauna Analysis: A Case Study of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (2023)
Thesis
Whitehead, H. (2023). Ecoacoustic Methods for Avifauna Analysis: A Case Study of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. (Thesis). University of Salford

Birds are one of the most studied taxa in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ), with previous studies reporting negative impacts of radiation such as reductions in abundance and diversity and an increase in albinism and cataracts incidence. This thesis... Read More about Ecoacoustic Methods for Avifauna Analysis: A Case Study of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.

What do we know about noise impacts on birds? A systematic review focusing on acoustic methodology (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Engel, M., Scott, A., Davies, W., Waddington, D., Wood, M., & Young, R. (in press). What do we know about noise impacts on birds? A systematic review focusing on acoustic methodology.

In recent years, several studies have shown how anthropogenic noise impacts wildlife. The methodologies used to quantify noise appear to influence data reliability and subsequent findings. Therefore, it is appropriate to review the robustness of acou... Read More about What do we know about noise impacts on birds? A systematic review focusing on acoustic methodology.

Habitats: Developments in managing the ecological impacts of noise on wildlife habitats for sustainable development (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Waddington, D., Wood, M., Davies, W., Young, R., & Engel, M. (in press). Habitats: Developments in managing the ecological impacts of noise on wildlife habitats for sustainable development.

The Habitats project integrates research in the fields of ecological impacts and environmental noise to facilitate development of management tools and processes needed for sustainable development. This conference paper summarises the content and outc... Read More about Habitats: Developments in managing the ecological impacts of noise on wildlife habitats for sustainable development.

Impacts of anthropogenic sounds on bird call activities: A case study in Aachen, Germany (2023)
Journal Article
Engel, M., Leedale, A., Young, R., Davies, W., & Wood, M. (2023). Impacts of anthropogenic sounds on bird call activities: A case study in Aachen, Germany. https://doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0912

Since the definition of the Environmental Noise Directive 2002/49/EC, various tools, reports, and action plans have
been developed to assess and improve the sonic environment according to human perception and well-being. Few methodologies and report... Read More about Impacts of anthropogenic sounds on bird call activities: A case study in Aachen, Germany.

Chornobyl radiation spikes are not due to military vehicles disturbing soil (2023)
Journal Article
Wood, M., Beresford, N., Barnett, C., Burgess, P., & Mobbs, S. (in press). Chornobyl radiation spikes are not due to military vehicles disturbing soil. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 265, 107220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2023.107220

On 25th February 2022, increased gamma radiation dose rates were reported within the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ). This coincided with Russian military vehicles entering the Ukrainian part of the CEZ from neighbouring Belarus. It... Read More about Chornobyl radiation spikes are not due to military vehicles disturbing soil.

Mammals in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone's Red Forest: a motion-activated camera trap study (2023)
Journal Article
Beresford, N., Gashchak, S., Wood, M., & Barnett, C. (2023). Mammals in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone's Red Forest: a motion-activated camera trap study. Earth System Science Data, 15, 911-920

Since the accident at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986, there have been few studies published on medium and large mammals inhabiting the area from which the human population was removed (now referred to as the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, CEZ).... Read More about Mammals in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone's Red Forest: a motion-activated camera trap study.

Determination of bioavailable arsenic threshold and validation of modelled permissible total arsenic in paddy soil using machine learning (2023)
Journal Article
Mandal, J., Jain, V., Sengupta, S., Rahman, M. A., Bhattacharyya, K., Rahman, M., …Mondal, D. (in press). Determination of bioavailable arsenic threshold and validation of modelled permissible total arsenic in paddy soil using machine learning. Journal of Environmental Quality, https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20452

Minimizing arsenic intake from food consumption is a key aspect of the public health response in As-contaminated regions. In many of these regions, rice is the predominant staple food. Here we present a validated maximum allowable concentration of to... Read More about Determination of bioavailable arsenic threshold and validation of modelled permissible total arsenic in paddy soil using machine learning.

Estimating the population density of Eurasian lynx in the Ukrainian part of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone using camera trap footage (2022)
Journal Article
Gashchak, S., Barnett, C., Beresford, N., Paskevych, S., & Wood, M. (2022). Estimating the population density of Eurasian lynx in the Ukrainian part of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone using camera trap footage. Theriologia Ukrainica (Online), 23, 47-65. https://doi.org/10.15407/TU2307

The study reports the first estimation of the Eurasian lynx population inhabiting the
Ukrainian Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ, 2600 km2
) in 2013–2018. Although
lynx were once common in this region, anthropogenic impacts reduced their numbers subs... Read More about Estimating the population density of Eurasian lynx in the Ukrainian part of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone using camera trap footage.

Habitats : managing the ecological impacts of noise on wildlife habitats for sustainable development (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Waddington, D., Wood, M., Davies, W., & Young, R. (2022, August). Habitats : managing the ecological impacts of noise on wildlife habitats for sustainable development. Presented at Internoise 2022, Glasgow, Scotland

The objective of the Habitats project is to integrate research in the fields of ecological impacts and
of environmental noise, developing management tools and processes to enable sustainable
development. Rapid population expansion and economic deve... Read More about Habitats : managing the ecological impacts of noise on wildlife habitats for sustainable development.

Adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) for radiation-induced reproductive effects in environmental species: state of science and identification of a consensus AOP network (2022)
Journal Article
Tollefson, K., Alonzo, F., Beresford, N., Brede, D., Dufourcq-Sekatcheff, E., Gilbin, R., …Frelon, S. (2022). Adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) for radiation-induced reproductive effects in environmental species: state of science and identification of a consensus AOP network. International Journal of Radiation Biology, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/09553002.2022.2110317

Background
Reproductive effects of ionizing radiation in organisms have been observed under laboratory and field conditions. Such assessments often rely on associations between exposure and effects, and thus lacking a detailed mechanistic understand... Read More about Adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) for radiation-induced reproductive effects in environmental species: state of science and identification of a consensus AOP network.

Strategic roadmap to assess forest vulnerability under air pollution and climate change (2022)
Journal Article
De Marco, A., Sicard, P., Feng, Z., Agathokleous, E., Alonso, R., Araminiene, V., …Paoletti, E. (2022). Strategic roadmap to assess forest vulnerability under air pollution and climate change. Global Change Biology, 28(17), 5062-5085. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16278

Although it is an integral part of global change, most of the research addressing the effects of climate change on forests have overlooked the role of environmental pollution. Similarly, most studies investigating the effects of air pollutants on for... Read More about Strategic roadmap to assess forest vulnerability under air pollution and climate change.

Some observations on meaningful and objective inference in radioecological field studies (2022)
Journal Article
Jackson, J., Antwis, R., Beresford, N. A., & Wood, M. (2022). Some observations on meaningful and objective inference in radioecological field studies. Journal of Animal Ecology, 91(7), 1546-1553. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13743

Anthropogenic releases of radiation are of ongoing importance for environmental protection, but the radiation doses at which natural systems begin to show effects are controversial. More certainty is required in this area to achieve optimal regulatio... Read More about Some observations on meaningful and objective inference in radioecological field studies.

Ensuring robust radiological risk assessment for wildlife: insights from the International Atomic Energy Agency EMRAS and MODARIA programmes. (2022)
Journal Article
Beresford, N., Beaugelin-Seiller, K., Barnett, C., Brown, J., Doering, C., Caffrey, E., …beresford, N. (2022). Ensuring robust radiological risk assessment for wildlife: insights from the International Atomic Energy Agency EMRAS and MODARIA programmes. Journal of Radiological Protection, 42(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6498/ac6043

In response to changing international recommendations and national requirements, a number of assessment approaches, and associated tools and models, have been developed over the last circa 20 years to assess radiological risk to wildlife. In this pap... Read More about Ensuring robust radiological risk assessment for wildlife: insights from the International Atomic Energy Agency EMRAS and MODARIA programmes..

Towards an ecological modelling approach for assessing ionizing radiation impact on wildlife populations. (2022)
Journal Article
Vives I Batlle, J., Biermans, G., Copplestone, D., Kryshev, A., Melintescu, A., Mothersill, C., …Wood, M. (2022). Towards an ecological modelling approach for assessing ionizing radiation impact on wildlife populations. Journal of Radiological Protection, 42(2), 020507. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6498/ac5dd0

The emphasis of the international system of radiological protection of the environment is to protect populations of flora and fauna. Throughout the MODARIA programmes, the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has facilitated know... Read More about Towards an ecological modelling approach for assessing ionizing radiation impact on wildlife populations..

Biomarkers of Radiation in the Environment: Robust Tools for Risk Assessment (2022)
Conference Proceeding
(2022). Biomarkers of Radiation in the Environment: Robust Tools for Risk Assessment. In M. D. Wood, C. E. Mothersill, G. Tsakanova, T. Cresswell, & G. E. Woloschak (Eds.), Biomarkers of Radiation in the Environment: Robust Tools for Risk Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2101-9

This proceedings volume results from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on 'Biomarkers of Radiation in the Environment: Robust Tools for Risk Assessment (BRITE)’. The BRITE workshop discussed insights from cancer research, epigenetics, non-human and... Read More about Biomarkers of Radiation in the Environment: Robust Tools for Risk Assessment.

Current ionising radiation doses in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone do not directly impact on soil biological activity (2022)
Journal Article
Beresford, N., Wood, M., Gashchak, S., & Barnett, C. (2022). Current ionising radiation doses in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone do not directly impact on soil biological activity. PLoS ONE, 17(2), e0263600. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263600

Although soil organisms are essential for ecosystem function, the impacts of radiation on soil biological activity at highly contaminated sites has been relatively poorly studied. In April-May 2016, we conducted the first largescale deployment of bai... Read More about Current ionising radiation doses in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone do not directly impact on soil biological activity.

Best practices for predictions of radionuclide activity concentrations and total absorbed dose rates to freshwater organisms exposed to uranium mining/milling (2022)
Journal Article
Goulet, R., Newsome, L., Vandenhove, H., Keum, D., Horyna, J., Kamboj, S., …Beresford, N. (2022). Best practices for predictions of radionuclide activity concentrations and total absorbed dose rates to freshwater organisms exposed to uranium mining/milling. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 244, 106826. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2022.106826

Predictions of radionuclide dose rates to freshwater organisms can be used to evaluate the radiological environmental impacts of releases from uranium mining and milling projects. These predictions help inform decisions on the implementation of mitig... Read More about Best practices for predictions of radionuclide activity concentrations and total absorbed dose rates to freshwater organisms exposed to uranium mining/milling.

Meta-analysis enables prediction of the maximum permissible arsenic concentration in Asian paddy soil (2021)
Journal Article
Mandal, J., Sengupta, S., Sarkar, S., Mukherjee, A., Wood, M., Hutchinson, S., & Mondal, D. (2021). Meta-analysis enables prediction of the maximum permissible arsenic concentration in Asian paddy soil. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, 760125. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.760125

It is now well-established that not just drinking water, but irrigation water contaminated with arsenic (As) is an important source of human As exposure through water-soil-rice transfer. While drinking water As has a permissible, or guideline value,... Read More about Meta-analysis enables prediction of the maximum permissible arsenic concentration in Asian paddy soil.

Fungal microbiomes are determined by host phylogeny and exhibit widespread associations with the bacterial microbiome (2021)
Journal Article
Harrison, X., McDevitt, A., Dunn, J., Grifftihs, S., Benvenuto, C., Birtles, R., …Antwis, R. (2021). Fungal microbiomes are determined by host phylogeny and exhibit widespread associations with the bacterial microbiome. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288(1957), 20210552. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0552

Interactions between hosts and their resident microbial communities are a fundamental component of fitness for both agents. Though recent research has highlighted the importance of interactions between animals and their bacterial communities, compara... Read More about Fungal microbiomes are determined by host phylogeny and exhibit widespread associations with the bacterial microbiome.

Wildfires in the Chornobyl exclusion zone—Risks and consequences (2021)
Journal Article
Beresford, N. A., Barnett, C. L., Gashchak, S., Kashparov, V., Kirieiev, S. I., Levchuk, S., …Wood, M. D. (2021). Wildfires in the Chornobyl exclusion zone—Risks and consequences. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 17(6), 1141-1150. https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4424

Following the 1986 Chornobyl accident an area of approaching 5000 km2 surrounding the nuclear plant was abandoned, creating the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ). Whilst this area likely contains the most radioactive terrestrial ecosystem on earth, over... Read More about Wildfires in the Chornobyl exclusion zone—Risks and consequences.

Impacts of radiation exposure on the bacterial and fungal microbiome of small mammals in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (2021)
Journal Article
Antwis, R., Beresford, N., Jackson, J., Fawkes, R., Barnett, C., Potter, E., …Wood, M. (2021). Impacts of radiation exposure on the bacterial and fungal microbiome of small mammals in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(9), 2172-2187. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13507

Environmental impacts of the 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident are much debated, but the effects of radiation on host microbiomes have received little attention to date.

We present the first analysis of small mammal gut microbiome from t... Read More about Impacts of radiation exposure on the bacterial and fungal microbiome of small mammals in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

Fungal microbiomes are determined by host phylogeny and exhibit widespread associations with the bacterial microbiome (2021)
Other
Harrison, X., McDevitt, A., Dunn, J., Griffiths, S., Benvenuto, C., Birtles, R., …Antwis, R. (2021). Fungal microbiomes are determined by host phylogeny and exhibit widespread associations with the bacterial microbiome

Interactions between hosts and their resident microbial communities are a fundamental component of fitness for both agents. Though recent research has highlighted the importance of interactions between animals and their bacterial communities, compara... Read More about Fungal microbiomes are determined by host phylogeny and exhibit widespread associations with the bacterial microbiome.

Inter-varietal variation in elemental uptake by rice and its implications for public health : a case study of Dareta village, Zamfara State, Nigeria (2021)
Thesis
Bakare, W. (2021). Inter-varietal variation in elemental uptake by rice and its implications for public health : a case study of Dareta village, Zamfara State, Nigeria. (Thesis). University of Salford

Nigeria is ranked first among the countries affected by Pb poisoning since it was reported in 2010 in
Zamfara State. The Pb poisoning epidemic in Zamfara received global attention from various
stakeholders and dietary Pb intake through rice which w... Read More about Inter-varietal variation in elemental uptake by rice and its implications for public health : a case study of Dareta village, Zamfara State, Nigeria.

Element and radionuclide concentrations in soils and wildlife from forests in north-eastern England with a focus on species representative of the ICRP's Reference Animals and Plants (2020)
Journal Article
Barnett, C., Beresford, N., Wood, M., Izquierdo, M., Walker, L., & Fawkes, R. (2020). Element and radionuclide concentrations in soils and wildlife from forests in north-eastern England with a focus on species representative of the ICRP's Reference Animals and Plants. Earth System Science Data, 12(4), 3021-3038. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-3021-2020

There are international recommendations that the environment (i.e. wildlife) is assessed for the potential impact of releases of ionizing radiation. The transfer of radionuclides to wildlife from media (e.g. soil, water) is usually described using th... Read More about Element and radionuclide concentrations in soils and wildlife from forests in north-eastern England with a focus on species representative of the ICRP's Reference Animals and Plants.

Modelling the effects of ionising radiation on a vole population from the Chernobyl Red forest in an ecological context (2020)
Journal Article
Vives i Batlle, J., Sazykina, T., Kryshev, A., Wood, M., Smith, K., Copplestone, D., & Biermans, G. (2020). Modelling the effects of ionising radiation on a vole population from the Chernobyl Red forest in an ecological context. Ecological Modelling, 438, 109306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109306

A novel mathematical model was developed to study the historical effects of ionising radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl accident on a vole population. The model uses an ecosystem approach combining radiation damages and repair, life history and ecolog... Read More about Modelling the effects of ionising radiation on a vole population from the Chernobyl Red forest in an ecological context.

From tangled banks to toxic bunnies; a reflection on the issues involved in developing an ecosystem approach for environmental radiation protection (2020)
Journal Article
Mothersill, C., Oughton, D., Schofield, P., Abend, M., Adam-Guillermin, C., Ariyoshi, K., …Wood, M. (2020). From tangled banks to toxic bunnies; a reflection on the issues involved in developing an ecosystem approach for environmental radiation protection. International Journal of Radiation Biology, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/09553002.2020.1793022

The objective of this paper is to present the results of discussions at a workshop held as part of the International Congress of Radiation Research (Environmental Health stream) in Manchester UK, 2019. The main objective of the workshop was to provid... Read More about From tangled banks to toxic bunnies; a reflection on the issues involved in developing an ecosystem approach for environmental radiation protection.

Integration of ecosystem science into radioecology : a consensus perspective (2020)
Journal Article
Rhodes, O., Bréchignac, F., Bradshaw, C., Hinton, T., Mothersill, C., Arnone, J., …Zimmerman, J. (2020). Integration of ecosystem science into radioecology : a consensus perspective. Science of the Total Environment, 740, 140031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140031

In the Fall of 2016 a workshop was held which brought together over 50 scientists from the ecological and radiological fields to discuss feasibility and challenges of reintegrating ecosystem science into radioecology. There is a growing desire to inc... Read More about Integration of ecosystem science into radioecology : a consensus perspective.

SRP workshop on ‘communication of radiation risk in the modern world’ (2020)
Journal Article
Bryant, P., Yoshida, H., Butlin, M., Wood, M., Raines, K., Bannon, A., & Hunak, S. (2020). SRP workshop on ‘communication of radiation risk in the modern world’. Journal of Radiological Protection, 40(1), 319-326. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6498/ab4773

Communicating radiation risk is an important part of radiation protection. However, achieving effective risk communication is challenging given the negative public perception of radiation and conflicting views presented by both the media and social m... Read More about SRP workshop on ‘communication of radiation risk in the modern world’.

Environmental transfer of radionuclides in a Sub-Saharan Africa setting (2020)
Thesis
Doroh, R. Environmental transfer of radionuclides in a Sub-Saharan Africa setting. (Thesis). University of Salford

In the last two decades, interest in the development of nuclear programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has increased. To ensure that the potential human and environmental ionising radiation exposure from nuclear developments within SSA can be adequat... Read More about Environmental transfer of radionuclides in a Sub-Saharan Africa setting.

Measuring the radiation exposure of Norwegian reindeer under field conditions (2019)
Journal Article
Aramrun, K., Beresford, N., Skuterud, L., Hevrøy, T., Drefvelin, J., Bennett, K., …Wood, M. (2019). Measuring the radiation exposure of Norwegian reindeer under field conditions. Science of the Total Environment, 687, 1337-1343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.177

Models and approaches have been developed to predict radiation exposure of wildlife under field conditions. However, there have been few attempts to directly measure radiation exposure of wildlife in the field and confirm the doses predicted by model... Read More about Measuring the radiation exposure of Norwegian reindeer under field conditions.

Automatic acoustic detection of birds through deep learning : the first bird audio detection challenge (2018)
Journal Article
Stowell, D., Wood, M., Pamuła, H., Stylianou, Y., & Glotin, H. (2019). Automatic acoustic detection of birds through deep learning : the first bird audio detection challenge. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10(3), 368-380. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13103

Assessing the presence and abundance of birds is important for monitoring specific species as well as overall ecosystem health. Many birds are most readily detected by their sounds, and thus passive acoustic monitoring is highly appropriate. Yet acou... Read More about Automatic acoustic detection of birds through deep learning : the first bird audio detection challenge.

Radiocaesium transfer and radiation exposure of frogs in Fukushima Prefecture (2018)
Journal Article
Tagami, K., Uchida, S., Wood, M., & Beresford, N. (2018). Radiocaesium transfer and radiation exposure of frogs in Fukushima Prefecture. Scientific reports, 8(1), 10662. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28866-0

The International Commission on Radiological Protection has proposed an environmental assessment framework. This includes ionising radiation exposure assessment for different frog life-stages, but radiocaesium transfer parameters are unavailable. We... Read More about Radiocaesium transfer and radiation exposure of frogs in Fukushima Prefecture.

Genetic variability and ontogeny predict microbiome structure in a disease-challenged montane amphibian (2018)
Journal Article
Griffiths, S. M., Harrison, X. A., Weldon, C., Wood, M. D., Pretorius, A., Hopkins, K., …Antwis, R. E. (2018). Genetic variability and ontogeny predict microbiome structure in a disease-challenged montane amphibian. ISME Journal, 12(10), 2506-2517. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0167-0

Amphibian populations worldwide are at risk of extinction from infectious diseases, including chytridiomycosis caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Amphibian cutaneous microbiomes interact with Bd and can confer protecti... Read More about Genetic variability and ontogeny predict microbiome structure in a disease-challenged montane amphibian.

Radionuclide transfer to wildlife at a 'reference site' in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and resultant radiation exposures (2018)
Journal Article
Beresford, N., Barnett, C., Gashchak, S., Maksimenko, A., Guliaichenko, E., Wood, M., & Izquierdo, M. (2020). Radionuclide transfer to wildlife at a 'reference site' in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and resultant radiation exposures. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 211, 105661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.02.007

This study addresses a significant data deficiency in the developing environmental protection framework of the International Commission on Radiological Protection, namely a lack of radionuclide transfer data for some of the Reference Animals and Plan... Read More about Radionuclide transfer to wildlife at a 'reference site' in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and resultant radiation exposures.

Estimation of the excess lifetime cancer risk from radon exposure in some buildings of Kufa Technical Institute, Iraq (2017)
Journal Article
Abojassim, A., Mraity, H., Husain, A., & Wood, M. (2017). Estimation of the excess lifetime cancer risk from radon exposure in some buildings of Kufa Technical Institute, Iraq. Ядерна фізика та енергетика. Âderna fìzika ta energetika, 18(3), 276-286. https://doi.org/10.15407/jnpae2017.03.276

A number of international health organizations consider the exposure to residential radon as the second main cause of lung cancer after cigarette smoking. It was found that there is no database on radon concentrations for the Kufa Technical Institute... Read More about Estimation of the excess lifetime cancer risk from radon exposure in some buildings of Kufa Technical Institute, Iraq.

Selecting passive dosimetry technologies for measuring the external dose of terrestrial wildlife (2017)
Journal Article
Aramrun, P., Beresford, N., & Wood, M. (2018). Selecting passive dosimetry technologies for measuring the external dose of terrestrial wildlife. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 182, 128-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.12.001

Dosimeters attached to wild animals can be used to validate regulatory assessment approaches and models for estimating radiation exposure of wild animals. Such measurements are also necessary to ensure that robust dose-effect relationships can be dev... Read More about Selecting passive dosimetry technologies for measuring the external dose of terrestrial wildlife.

Transfer parameters for ICRP's Reference Animals and Plants in a terrestrial Mediterranean ecosystem (2017)
Journal Article
Guillén, J., Beresford, N., Baeza, A., Izquierdo, M., Wood, M., Salas, A., …Muñoz-Muñoz, J. (2017). Transfer parameters for ICRP's Reference Animals and Plants in a terrestrial Mediterranean ecosystem. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 186, 9-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.06.024

A system for the radiological protection of the environment (or wildlife) based on Reference Animals and Plants (RAPs) has been suggested by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). To assess whole-body activity concentrations... Read More about Transfer parameters for ICRP's Reference Animals and Plants in a terrestrial Mediterranean ecosystem.

A review of camera trapping for conservation behaviour research (2017)
Journal Article
Caravaggi, A., Banks, P., Burton, A., Finlay, C., Haswell, P., Hayward, M., …Sollmann, R. (2017). A review of camera trapping for conservation behaviour research. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 3(3), 109-122. https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.48

An understanding of animal behaviour is important if conservation initiatives are to be effective. However, quantifying the behaviour of wild animals presents significant challenges. Remote-sensing camera traps are becoming increasingly popular surve... Read More about A review of camera trapping for conservation behaviour research.

Aquatic live animal radiotracing studies for ecotoxicological applications : addressing fundamental methodological deficiencies (2017)
Journal Article
Cresswell, T., Metian, M., Golding, L., & Wood, M. (2017). Aquatic live animal radiotracing studies for ecotoxicological applications : addressing fundamental methodological deficiencies. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 178-9, 453-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.05.017

The use of live animal gamma radioisotope tracer techniques in the field of ecotoxicology allows laboratory studies to accurately monitor contaminant biokinetics in real time for an individual organism. However, methods used in published studies for... Read More about Aquatic live animal radiotracing studies for ecotoxicological applications : addressing fundamental methodological deficiencies.

Dose assessment in environmental radiological protection : state of the art and perspectives (2017)
Journal Article
Stark, K., Goméz-Ros, J., Vives i Batlle, J., Lindbo Hansen, E., Beaugelin-Seiller, K., Kapustka, L., …Hinton, T. (2017). Dose assessment in environmental radiological protection : state of the art and perspectives. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 175-6, 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.05.001

Exposure to radiation is a potential hazard to humans and the environment. The Fukushima accident reminded the world of the importance of a reliable risk management system that incorporates the dose received from radiation exposures. The dose to huma... Read More about Dose assessment in environmental radiological protection : state of the art and perspectives.

Do fungi need to be included within environmental radiation protection assessment models? (2017)
Journal Article
Guillén, J., Baeza, A., Beresford, N., & Wood, M. (2017). Do fungi need to be included within environmental radiation protection assessment models?. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 175-6, 70-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.04.014

Fungi are used as biomonitors of forest ecosystems, having comparatively high uptakes of anthropogenic and naturally occurring radionuclides. However, whilst they are known to accumulate radionuclides they are not typically considered in radiological... Read More about Do fungi need to be included within environmental radiation protection assessment models?.

Bird detection in audio : a survey and a challenge (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Stowell, D., Wood, M., Stylianou, Y., & Glotin, H. (2016, September). Bird detection in audio : a survey and a challenge. Presented at 26th IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing, Salerno, Italy

Many biological monitoring projects rely on acoustic detection of birds. Despite increasingly large datasets, this detection is often manual or semi-automatic, requiring manual tuning/postprocessing. We review the state of the art in automatic bird s... Read More about Bird detection in audio : a survey and a challenge.

The transfer of 137Cs, Pu isotopes and 90Sr to bird, bat and ground-dwelling small mammal species within the Chernobyl exclusion zone (2016)
Journal Article
Beresford, N., Gaschak, S., Maksimenko, A., & Wood, M. (2016). The transfer of 137Cs, Pu isotopes and 90Sr to bird, bat and ground-dwelling small mammal species within the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 153, 231-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.12.027

Protected species are the focus of many radiological environmental assessments.
However, the lack of radioecological data for many protected species presents a
significant international challenge. Furthermore, there are legislative restrictions on... Read More about The transfer of 137Cs, Pu isotopes and 90Sr to bird, bat and ground-dwelling small mammal species within the Chernobyl exclusion zone.

Strategies for engaging with future radiation protection professionals: a public outreach case study (2015)
Journal Article
Cole, P., Gornall, B., Wood, M., Whitcher, R., Bannon, A., Bloomer, S., …Stewart, J. (2015). Strategies for engaging with future radiation protection professionals: a public outreach case study. Journal of Radiological Protection, 35(4), N25-N32. https://doi.org/10.1088/0952-4746/35/4/N25

It is evident that there is a nuclear skills shortage within the UK, and logically it can be assumed that the shortfall extends to the radiation protection arena. Plans for nuclear new-build and the decommissioning of existing nuclear sites will requ... Read More about Strategies for engaging with future radiation protection professionals: a public outreach case study.

Making the most of what we have: application of extrapolation approaches in radioecological wildlife transfer models (2015)
Journal Article
Beresford, N., Wood, M., Vives i Batlle, J., Yankovich, T., Bradshaw, C., & Willey, N. (2016). Making the most of what we have: application of extrapolation approaches in radioecological wildlife transfer models. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 151(Part 2), 373-386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.03.022

We will never have data to populate all of the potential radioecological modelling parameters required for wildlife assessments. Therefore, we need robust extrapolation approaches which allow us to make best use of our available knowledge. This paper... Read More about Making the most of what we have: application of extrapolation approaches in radioecological wildlife transfer models.

Factors in organisational environmental management system implementation – Developed vs. Developing country contexts (2014)
Journal Article
Kola-Lawal, C., Wood, M., Alo, B., & Clark, A. (2014). Factors in organisational environmental management system implementation – Developed vs. Developing country contexts. Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 2(4), 408-421. https://doi.org/10.13044/j.sdewes.2014.02.0032

Country specificities and national cultures influence Environmental Management Systems (EMS) implementation and pro-environmental behaviour in organisations. Previous studies have focused on organisations in developed or emerging economies, creating... Read More about Factors in organisational environmental management system implementation – Developed vs. Developing country contexts.

Predicting exposure of wildlife in radionuclide contaminated wetland ecosystems (2014)
Journal Article
Stark, K., Andersson, P., Beresford, N., Yankovich, T., Wood, M., Johansen, M., …Vandenhove, H. (2015). Predicting exposure of wildlife in radionuclide contaminated wetland ecosystems. Environmental Pollution, 196, 201-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2014.10.012

Many wetlands support high biodiversity and are protected sites, but some are contaminated with radionuclides from routine or accidental releases from nuclear facilities. This radiation exposure needs to
be assessed to demonstrate radiological prote... Read More about Predicting exposure of wildlife in radionuclide contaminated wetland ecosystems.

A new simplified allometric approach for predicting the biological half-life of radionuclides in reptiles (2014)
Journal Article
Beresford, N., & Wood, M. (2014). A new simplified allometric approach for predicting the biological half-life of radionuclides in reptiles. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 138, 116-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.08.012

A major source of uncertainty in the estimation of radiation dose to wildlife is the prediction of internal radionuclide activity concentrations. Allometric (mass-dependent) relationships describing biological half-life (T1/2b) of radionuclides in or... Read More about A new simplified allometric approach for predicting the biological half-life of radionuclides in reptiles.

Spatial analysis of Carbon-14 dynamics in a wetland ecosystem (Duke Swamp, Chalk River Laboratories, Canada) (2014)
Journal Article
Yankovich, T., King-Sharp, K., Carr, J., Robertson, E., Killey, R., Beresford, N., & Wood, M. (2014). Spatial analysis of Carbon-14 dynamics in a wetland ecosystem (Duke Swamp, Chalk River Laboratories, Canada). Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 137, 173-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.07.007

A detailed survey was conducted to quantify the spatial distribution of 14C in Sphagnum moss and underlying soil collected in Duke Swamp. This wetland environment receives 14C via groundwater pathways from a historic radioactive Waste Management Area... Read More about Spatial analysis of Carbon-14 dynamics in a wetland ecosystem (Duke Swamp, Chalk River Laboratories, Canada).

Evaluating summarised radionuclide concentration ratio datasets for wildlife (2013)
Journal Article
Wood, M., Beresford, N., Howard, B., & Copplestone, D. (2013). Evaluating summarised radionuclide concentration ratio datasets for wildlife. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 126, 314-325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.07.022

Concentration ratios (CRwo-media) are used in most radioecological models to predict
whole-body radionuclide activity concentrations in wildlife from those in environmental media. This
simplistic approach amalgamates the various factors influencing... Read More about Evaluating summarised radionuclide concentration ratio datasets for wildlife.

Plutonium in wildlife and soils at the Maralinga legacy site : Persistence over decadal time scales (2013)
Journal Article
Johansen, M., Child, D., Davis, E., Doering, C., Harrison, J., Hotchkis, M., …Wood, M. (2014). Plutonium in wildlife and soils at the Maralinga legacy site : Persistence over decadal time scales. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 131, 72-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.10.014

The mobility of plutonium (Pu) in soils, and its uptake into a range of wildlife, were examined using recent and ~25 year old data from the Taranaki area of the former Maralinga weapons test site, Australia. Since its initial deposition in the early... Read More about Plutonium in wildlife and soils at the Maralinga legacy site : Persistence over decadal time scales.

Demonstrating compliance with protection objectives for non-human biota within post-closure safety cases for radioactive waste repositories (2013)
Journal Article
Jackson, D., Smith, K., & Wood, M. (2013). Demonstrating compliance with protection objectives for non-human biota within post-closure safety cases for radioactive waste repositories. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 133, 60-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.07.005

Over recent years, a number of approaches have been developed that enable the calculation of dose rates to animals and plants following the release of radioactivity to the environment. These approaches can be used to assess the potential impacts of a... Read More about Demonstrating compliance with protection objectives for non-human biota within post-closure safety cases for radioactive waste repositories.

The IAEA handbook on radionuclide transfer to wildlife (2013)
Journal Article
Howard, B., Beresford, N., Copplestone, D., Telleria, D., Proehl, G., Fesenko, S., …Wells, C. (2013). The IAEA handbook on radionuclide transfer to wildlife. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 121, 55-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.01.027

An IAEA handbook presenting transfer parameter values for wildlife has recently been produced. Concentration ratios (CRwo-media) between the whole organism (fresh weight) and either soil (dry weight) or water were collated for a range of wildlife gro... Read More about The IAEA handbook on radionuclide transfer to wildlife.

Uncertainty analysis in a GIS-based multi-criteria analysis tool for river catchment management (2011)
Journal Article
Chen, H., Wood, M., Linstead, C., & Maltby, E. (2011). Uncertainty analysis in a GIS-based multi-criteria analysis tool for river catchment management. Environmental Modelling and Software, 26(4), 395-405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.09.005

The importance of uncertainty analysis has been increasingly recognised, due to the influence of uncertainties in data, models and expert judgements. However, the successful integration of uncertainty analysis into multi-criteria analysis (MCA) has r... Read More about Uncertainty analysis in a GIS-based multi-criteria analysis tool for river catchment management.

Radionuclide transfer to invertebrates and small mammals in a coastal sand dune ecosystem (2009)
Journal Article
Wood, M., Leah, R., Jones, S., & Copplestone, D. (2009). Radionuclide transfer to invertebrates and small mammals in a coastal sand dune ecosystem. Science of the Total Environment, 407(13), 4062-4074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.03.011

International intercomparisons of models to assess the impact of ionising radiation on wildlife have
identified radionuclide transfer assumptions as a significant source of uncertainty in the modelling process.
There is a need to improve the underp... Read More about Radionuclide transfer to invertebrates and small mammals in a coastal sand dune ecosystem.

Background exposure rates of terrestrial wildlife in England and Wales (2008)
Journal Article
Beresford, N., Barnett, C., Jones, D., Wood, M., Appleton, J., Breward, N., & Copplestone, D. (2008). Background exposure rates of terrestrial wildlife in England and Wales. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 99(9), 1430-1439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.03.003

It has been suggested that, when assessing radiation impacts on non-human biota, estimated dose rates
due to anthropogenically released radionuclides should be put in context by comparison to dose rates
from natural background radiation. In order t... Read More about Background exposure rates of terrestrial wildlife in England and Wales.

Measuring terrestrial wildlife external radiation exposure under field conditions
Thesis
Aramrun, P. (in press). Measuring terrestrial wildlife external radiation exposure under field conditions. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis presents the results of a 3-year project to develop methods for measuring external radiation exposure of free-ranging terrestrial animals under field conditions. An evaluation of available passive dosimeter technologies was undertaken and... Read More about Measuring terrestrial wildlife external radiation exposure under field conditions.

Radionuclide transfer to reptiles
Journal Article
Wood, M., Beresford, N., Semenov, D., Yankovich, T., & Copplestone, D. Radionuclide transfer to reptiles. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics, 49(4), 509-530. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00411-010-0321-1

Reptiles are an important, and often protected,
component of many ecosystems but have rarely been fully
considered within ecological risk assessments (ERA) due
to a paucity of data on contaminant uptake and effects. This
paper presents a meta-ana... Read More about Radionuclide transfer to reptiles.

Assessing doses to terrestrial wildlife at a radioactive waste disposal site: Inter-comparison of modelling approaches
Journal Article
Johansen, M., Barnett, C., Beresford, N., Brown, J., Černe, M., Howard, B., …Yu, C. Assessing doses to terrestrial wildlife at a radioactive waste disposal site: Inter-comparison of modelling approaches. Science of the Total Environment, 427-42, 238-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.031

Radiological doses to terrestrial wildlife were examined in this model inter-comparison study that emphasised factors causing variability in dose estimation. The study participants used varying modelling approaches and information sources to estimate... Read More about Assessing doses to terrestrial wildlife at a radioactive waste disposal site: Inter-comparison of modelling approaches.

An innovative portable detector for the live-monitoring of radionuclides in small terrestrial animals
Thesis
Fawkes, R. (in press). An innovative portable detector for the live-monitoring of radionuclides in small terrestrial animals. (Thesis). University of Salford

Radionuclide measurements in wildlife are required to demonstrate that the environment is not significantly impacted by radioactivity. Determination of internal radionuclide activity concentrations often requires destructive sampling. Development of... Read More about An innovative portable detector for the live-monitoring of radionuclides in small terrestrial animals.