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A method of determining where to target surveillance efforts in heterogeneous epidemiological systems (2017)
Journal Article
Mastin, A., van den Bosch, F., Gottwald, T., Alonso Chavez, V., & Parnell, S. (2017). A method of determining where to target surveillance efforts in heterogeneous epidemiological systems. PLoS Computational Biology, 13(8), e1005712. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005712

The spread of pathogens into new environments poses a considerable threat to human, animal, and plant health, and by extension, human and animal wellbeing, ecosystem function, and agricultural productivity, worldwide. Early detection through effectiv... Read More about A method of determining where to target surveillance efforts in heterogeneous epidemiological systems.

On the relationship between continuous measures of canopy greenness derived using near-surface remote sensing and satellite-derived vegetation products (2017)
Journal Article
Brown, L., Dash, J., Ogutu, B., & Richardson, A. (2017). On the relationship between continuous measures of canopy greenness derived using near-surface remote sensing and satellite-derived vegetation products. Agricultural and forest meteorology, 247, 280-292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.08.012

Over the last two decades, satellite-derived estimates of biophysical variables have been increasingly used in operational services, requiring quantification of their accuracy and uncertainty. Evaluating satellite-derived vegetation products is chall... Read More about On the relationship between continuous measures of canopy greenness derived using near-surface remote sensing and satellite-derived vegetation products.

Differential effects of low-molecular-weight organic acids on the mobilization of soil-borne arsenic and trace metals (2017)
Journal Article
arsenic and trace metals. Toxics, 5(3), https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics5030018

A batch experiment was conducted to examine the effects of six low-molecular-weight organic acids on the mobilization of arsenic and trace metals from a range of contaminated soils. The results showed that the organic acids behaved differently when r... Read More about Differential effects of low-molecular-weight organic acids on the mobilization of soil-borne arsenic and trace metals.

From the animal house to the field : are there consistent individual differences in immunological profile in wild populations of field voles (Microtus agrestis)? (2017)
Journal Article
Arriero, E., Wanelik, K., Birtles, R., Bradley, J., Jackson, J., Paterson, S., & Begon, M. (2017). From the animal house to the field : are there consistent individual differences in immunological profile in wild populations of field voles (Microtus agrestis)?. PLoS ONE, 12(8), e0183450. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183450

Inbred mouse strains, living in simple laboratory environments far removed from nature, have been shown to vary consistently in their immune response. However, wildlife populations are typically outbreeding and face a multiplicity of challenges, para... Read More about From the animal house to the field : are there consistent individual differences in immunological profile in wild populations of field voles (Microtus agrestis)?.

Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae (2017)
Journal Article
Goulart, V., Boubli, J., & Young, R. (2017). Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae. Scientific reports, 7(7737), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08143-2

New World primates feature a complex colour vision system. Most species have polymorphic colour vision where males have a dichromatic colour perception and females can be either ichromatic or trichromatic. The adaptive value of high allelic diversity... Read More about Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae.

Hook, line and infection : a guide to culturing parasites, establishing infections and assessing immune responses in the three-spined stickleback (2017)
Journal Article

The three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) is a model organism with an extremely well-characterized ecology, evolutionary history, behavioural repertoire and parasitology that is coupled with published genomic data. These small temperate z... Read More about Hook, line and infection : a guide to culturing parasites, establishing infections and assessing immune responses in the three-spined stickleback.

Neglecting the call of the wild : captive frogs like the sound of their own voice (2017)
Journal Article
like the sound of their own voice. PLoS ONE, 12(7), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181931

Acoustic communication is highly influential in the expression of social behavior by anuran amphibians, transmitting information about the individual's physical condition and motivation. We studied the phonotactic (approach movements) responses of wi... Read More about Neglecting the call of the wild : captive frogs like the sound of their own voice.

The tonic immobility test : do wild and captive golden mantella frogs (Mantella aurantiaca) have the same response? (2017)
Journal Article
have the same response?. PLoS ONE, 12(7), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181972

Adaptations to captivity that reduce fitness are one of many reasons, which explain the low success rate of reintroductions. One way of testing this hypothesis is to compare an important behavioural response in captive and wild members of the same sp... Read More about The tonic immobility test : do wild and captive golden mantella frogs (Mantella aurantiaca) have the same response?.

Integrating regulatory surveys and citizen science to map outbreaks of forest diseases : acute oak decline in England and Wales (2017)
Journal Article
Brown, N., van den Bosch, F., Parnell, S., & Denman, S. (2017). Integrating regulatory surveys and citizen science to map outbreaks of forest diseases : acute oak decline in England and Wales. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1859), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0547

The number of emerging tree diseases has increased rapidly in recent times, with severe environmental and economic consequences. Systematic regulatory surveys to detect and establish the distribution of pests are crucial for successful management eff... Read More about Integrating regulatory surveys and citizen science to map outbreaks of forest diseases : acute oak decline in England and Wales.

Factors affecting recent vegetation change in north-east Libya (2017)
Thesis
Ahwaidi, G. Factors affecting recent vegetation change in north-east Libya. (Thesis). University of Salford

Over the last few decades global warming and human intervention have led to changes and deterioration in natural vegetation across the world. The Al Jabal Al Akhdar, in north east Libya, is one of those areas that have experienced changes in land cov... Read More about Factors affecting recent vegetation change in north-east Libya.

An evaluation DEM accuracy acquired using a small unmanned aerial vehicle across a riverine environment (2017)
Journal Article
unmanned aerial vehicle across a riverine environment. International journal of new technology and research, 3(7), 43-48

Fluvial systems offer a challenging and varied environment for topographic survey, displaying a rapidly varying morphology, diversevegetation assemblage and varying degree of submergence. Traditionally theodolite or GPS based systems have been used t... Read More about An evaluation DEM accuracy acquired using a small unmanned aerial vehicle across a riverine environment.

Effects of heavy metal contamination in saltmarsh and reed bed on carbon sequestration (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Enya, O., Lin, C., & James, P. (2017, June). Effects of heavy metal contamination in saltmarsh and reed bed on carbon sequestration. Poster presented at Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference (SPARC), Media city

Assessing stabilization of soil organic matter (SOM) with heavy metal contamination is one factor that will invariably provide an answer to whether heavy metal contamination affects the storage of soil organic matter/carbon. The transformations of SO... Read More about Effects of heavy metal contamination in saltmarsh and reed bed on carbon sequestration.

Investing the impact of social variation on Edge Space (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Scaletta, K. (2017, June). Investing the impact of social variation on Edge Space. Presented at Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference (SPARC) 2017, University of Salford, UK

Funding environmental management and research over the long term : the Mersey Gateway case study (2017)
Presentation / Conference
James, P. (2017, June). Funding environmental management and research over the long term : the Mersey Gateway case study. Presented at IALE(UK) Annual Conference: 25 Years of Landscape Ecology, Manchester Metropolitan University

When a local authority is the developer of a major civil engineering project, the normal route to ensure appropriate environmental mitigation, a Section 106 agreement, is not feasible. The construction of a six-lane toll bridge between Runcorn and Wi... Read More about Funding environmental management and research over the long term : the Mersey Gateway case study.

Modeling stormwater management at the city district level in response to changes in land use and low impact development (2017)
Journal Article
Kong, F., Ban, Y., James, P., & Dronova, I. (2017). Modeling stormwater management at the city district level in response to changes in land use and low impact development. Environmental Modelling and Software, 95, 132-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.06.021

Mitigating the impact of increasing impervious surfaces on stormwater runoff by low impact development (LID) is currently being widely promoted at site and local scales. In turn, the series of distributed LID implementations may produce cumulative ef... Read More about Modeling stormwater management at the city district level in response to changes in land use and low impact development.

Surveillance to inform control of emerging plant diseases : an epidemiological perspective (2017)
Journal Article
Parnell, S., van den Bosch, F., Gottwald, T., & Gilligan, C. (2017). Surveillance to inform control of emerging plant diseases : an epidemiological perspective. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 55, 591-610. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-phyto-080516-035334

The rise in emerging pathogens and strains has led to increased calls for more effective surveillance in plant health. We show how epidemiological insights about the dynamics of disease spread can improve the targeting of when and where to sample. We... Read More about Surveillance to inform control of emerging plant diseases : an epidemiological perspective.