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The importance of biodiversity in cities and ecosystem services (2011)
Presentation / Conference
James, P. (2011, November). The importance of biodiversity in cities and ecosystem services. Presented at Conferencia Biodiversidade em Ambiente Urbano, Lisbon

In 1984 E. O. Wilson described the word “biophilia” as “the connections that human beings subconsciously seek with the rest of life”. Had Wilson written this text post 1992 he might have replaced the phrase “the rest of life” with a single word: Bio... Read More about The importance of biodiversity in cities and ecosystem services.

Out of the dark : diurnal activity in the bat Hipposideros ruber on São Tomé island (West Africa) (2011)
Journal Article
Russo, D., Maglio, G., Rainho, A., Meyer, C. F., & Palmeirim, J. (2011). Out of the dark : diurnal activity in the bat Hipposideros ruber on São Tomé island (West Africa). Mammalian Biology, 76(6), 701-708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2010.11.007

Geographical areas historically characterized by a lower risk of diurnal avian predation should in theory
allow bats to be active in daytime too, especially to forage. Oceanic islands are ideal for studying temporal
niche shifts in bats since they... Read More about Out of the dark : diurnal activity in the bat Hipposideros ruber on São Tomé island (West Africa).

Why don’t you go for a walk at lunchtime when you know it’s good for you? (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Conroy, C., James, P., Weinberg, A., & Bendall, R. (2011, September). Why don’t you go for a walk at lunchtime when you know it’s good for you?. Poster presented at Sustainable Well-Being, Wrexham

Health ecology, an emerging discipline, considers human health and well-being, including psychosocial issues such as
perception of and attitudes towards wellbeing, in the context of human interaction with their environment (Bhasin, Shampa Nag, 2011)... Read More about Why don’t you go for a walk at lunchtime when you know it’s good for you?.

Fresh air: people cannot get enough of it (2011)
Presentation / Conference
James, P., Greening, K., & Champion, M. (2011, September). Fresh air: people cannot get enough of it. Poster presented at Sustainable Well-Being, Wrexham

Applying the concept of ecosystem services, a core concept in the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and explored more fully in the recent UK National Ecosystem Assessment, asks that the relationship between people and the natural environme... Read More about Fresh air: people cannot get enough of it.

Living in the industrial city: Housing quality, land ownership and the archaeological evidence from industrial Manchester, 1740-1850 (2011)
Journal Article
Nevell, M. (2011). Living in the industrial city: Housing quality, land ownership and the archaeological evidence from industrial Manchester, 1740-1850. International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 15(4), 594-606. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10761-011-0159-5

This paper looks at the recent archaeological evidence for industrial housing in Manchester, United Kingdom. The paper argues that a fragmented land-holding pattern developed in a number of city-centre areas during the second half of the eighteenth c... Read More about Living in the industrial city: Housing quality, land ownership and the archaeological evidence from industrial Manchester, 1740-1850.

Terrestrial laser scanning to estimate plot-level forest canopy fuel properties (2011)
Journal Article
Garcia, M., Danson, F., Riano, D., Chuvieco, E., Ramirez Cardozo, F., & Bandugula, V. (2011). Terrestrial laser scanning to estimate plot-level forest canopy fuel properties. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 13(4), 636-645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2011.03.006

This paper evaluates the potential of a terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) to characterize forest canopy fuel
characteristics at plot level. Several canopy properties, namely canopy height, canopy cover, canopy base
height and fuel strata gap were est... Read More about Terrestrial laser scanning to estimate plot-level forest canopy fuel properties.

Changes in the values of ecosystem services along a rural-urban gradient (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Radford, K., & James, P. (2011, July). Changes in the values of ecosystem services along a rural-urban gradient. Presented at Synthesizing different perspectives on the value of urban ecosystem services, Lodz, Poland

The degradation and loss of vital ecosystem functions and services have been an uncontested result of urbanisation. An understanding of how ecosystem services are provided along rural-urban gradients is crucial in the task of conserving and enhancing... Read More about Changes in the values of ecosystem services along a rural-urban gradient.

Enhancing employability - an exploration of the potential of PDP and related curriculum activities to support individual professional development and employers workforce development requirements (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Savory, J. (2011, July). Enhancing employability - an exploration of the potential of PDP and related curriculum activities to support individual professional development and employers workforce development requirements. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment (ECE) 6th International Conference : Creativity and Engagement in Higher Education, The University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

The value of naturalistic urban planting in Runcorn, UK (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Wallbank, N., & James, P. (2011, June). The value of naturalistic urban planting in Runcorn, UK. Poster presented at College of Science and Technology Research Showcase, University of Salford

“Ecosystem services” is increasingly recognised as a concept that can aid sustainability of ecosystems, and there is a drive to include this concept into planning and policy practices. The aim of this research is to identify the ecosystem services of... Read More about The value of naturalistic urban planting in Runcorn, UK.

Multispectral and LiDAR data fusion for fuel type mapping using Support Vector Machine and decision rules (2011)
Journal Article
Garcia-Alonso, M., Riano, D., Chuvieco, E., Salas, J., & Danson, F. (2011). Multispectral and LiDAR data fusion for fuel type mapping using Support Vector Machine and decision rules. Remote Sensing of Environment, 115(6), 1369-1379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2011.01.017

This paper presents a method for mapping fuel types using previous termLiDARnext term and previous termmultispectralnext termprevious termdatanext term. A two-phase classification method is proposed to discriminate the fuel classes of the Prometheus... Read More about Multispectral and LiDAR data fusion for fuel type mapping using Support Vector Machine and decision rules.

People watching nature: “it’s all in the umwelt!” and “how do we value a view?” (2011)
Presentation / Conference
James, P. (2011, May). People watching nature: “it’s all in the umwelt!” and “how do we value a view?”. Presented at As Yet Impossible: in human performance symposium, The Lowry & MediaCity, Salford Quays

In response to the invitation to deliver a “provocation” as part of the “As Yet Impossible: in human performance” symposium I wrote three short essays. I was unsure what a provocation was, and if my thoughts and subsequent presentation would be prov... Read More about People watching nature: “it’s all in the umwelt!” and “how do we value a view?”.

Using the ecosystem service framework to select grazing or mowing as a preferred vegetation management option (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Smith, D., Oldfield, P., & James, P. (2011, April). Using the ecosystem service framework to select grazing or mowing as a preferred vegetation management option. Poster presented at Vegetation Management, Sheffield Hallam University

Ecosystem services and how these are affected by vegetation management for conservation are being investigated. The ecosystem service framework is integrated into decision making to increase biodiversity, ecology and cultural services. The current st... Read More about Using the ecosystem service framework to select grazing or mowing as a preferred vegetation management option.

Accounting for detectability improves estimates of species richness in tropical bat surveys (2011)
Journal Article
Meyer, C. F., Aguiar, L., Aguirre, L., Baumgarten, J., Clarke, F., Cosson, J., …Kalko, E. (2011). Accounting for detectability improves estimates of species richness in tropical bat surveys. Journal of Applied Ecology, 48(3), 777-787. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01976.x

Summary


1. Species richness is a state variable of some interest in monitoring programmes but raw species counts are often biased due to imperfect species detectability. Therefore, monitoring programmes should quantify detectability for target t... Read More about Accounting for detectability improves estimates of species richness in tropical bat surveys.

Roman rural specialisation in the north west: boom and bust? (2011)
Journal Article
Nevell, M. (2011). Roman rural specialisation in the north west: boom and bust?. Archaeology north west, 2, 48-57

This article examines the new evidence for specialisation in the Roman rural economy in the southern part of North West England. In order to understand the context of this specialisation the chronological pattern observed for rural and urban-type set... Read More about Roman rural specialisation in the north west: boom and bust?.

How to do (or not to do) . . . a social network analysis in health systems research (2011)
Journal Article
analysis in health systems research. Health Policy and Planning, 27(5), 438-446. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czr055

The main challenges in international health are to scale up effective health interventions in low- and middle-income countries in order to reach a higher proportion of the population. This can be achieved through better insight into
how health syste... Read More about How to do (or not to do) . . . a social network analysis in health systems research.

Toe regeneration in the neotropical frog Allobates femoralis (2011)
Journal Article
Ursprung, E., Ringler, M., Jehle, R., & Hoedl, W. (2011). Toe regeneration in the neotropical frog Allobates femoralis. Herpetological journal, 21(1), 83-86

Toe-clipping is a standard method for marking and tissue
sampling in amphibians, and in most adult anurans such
marks are permanent. Here we document the consistent
regeneration of toes in the aromobatid frog Allobates
femoralis during a three-ye... Read More about Toe regeneration in the neotropical frog Allobates femoralis.

Strong male⁄male competition allows for nonchoosy females: high levels of polygynandry in a territorial frog with paternal care (2011)
Journal Article
with paternal care. Molecular Ecology, 20(8), 1759-1711. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05056.x

Our knowledge about genetic mating systems and the underlying causes for and consequences of variation in reproductive success has substantially improved in recent
years. When linked to longitudinal population studies, cross-generational pedigrees a... Read More about Strong male⁄male competition allows for nonchoosy females: high levels of polygynandry in a territorial frog with paternal care.

A positive relationship between ant biodiversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and rate of scavenger-mediated nutrient redistribution along a disturbance gradient in a south-east Asian rain forest (2011)
Journal Article
Fayle, T., Bakker, L., Cheah, C., Ching, T., Davey, A., Dem, F., …Trevelyan, R. (2011). A positive relationship between ant biodiversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and rate of scavenger-mediated nutrient redistribution along a disturbance gradient in a south-east Asian rain forest. Myrmecological news, 14, 5-12

Human modification of pristine habitats almost always leads to the local extinction of a subset of the species present. This means that the ecosystem processes carried out by the remaining species may change. It is well documented that particular spe... Read More about A positive relationship between ant biodiversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and rate of scavenger-mediated nutrient redistribution along a disturbance gradient in a south-east Asian rain forest.