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Validation of baseline and modified Sentinel-2 level 2 prototype processor leaf area index retrievals over the United States (2021)
Journal Article

The Sentinel-2 Level 2 Prototype Processor (SL2P) is made available to users for the retrieval of vegetation biophysical variables including leaf area index (LAI) from Multispectral Instrument (MSI) data within the Sentinel Application Platform (SNAP... Read More about Validation of baseline and modified Sentinel-2 level 2 prototype processor leaf area index retrievals over the United States.

Global elongation and high shape flexibility as an evolutionary hypothesis of accommodating mammalian brains into skulls (2021)
Journal Article

Little is known about how the large brains of mammals are accommodated into the dazzling diversity of their skulls. It has been suggested that brain shape is influenced by relative brain size, that it evolves or develops according to extrinsic or int... Read More about Global elongation and high shape flexibility as an evolutionary hypothesis of accommodating mammalian brains into skulls.

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

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.

A wetland vulnerability assessment : consequences for the avian communities of saltmarshes (2020)
Thesis
Alexander, D. A wetland vulnerability assessment : consequences for the avian communities of saltmarshes. (Thesis). University of Salford

Understanding better the consequences of anthropogenic pressure and environmental change is a substantial area of research for modern conservation ecology. This aim of this research is to investigate these consequences for the avian communities of sa... Read More about A wetland vulnerability assessment : consequences for the avian communities of saltmarshes.

Settlement, land-use and communication at Cuerden, Central Lancashire : an archaeological case study (2020)
Journal Article
Cook, O., & Miller, I. (2020). Settlement, land-use and communication at Cuerden, Central Lancashire : an archaeological case study

An archaeological investigation undertaken by Salford Archaeology in 2016-18 ahead of a large development at Cuerden in Central Lancashire yielded significant evidence for land use in the area from the prehistoric period through to the present day. I... Read More about Settlement, land-use and communication at Cuerden, Central Lancashire : an archaeological case study.

Leaving Gondwana : the changing position of the Indian subcontinent in the Global Faunal Network (2020)
Book Chapter
subcontinent in the Global Faunal Network. In G. Prasad, & R. Patnaik (Eds.), Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics : New Perspectives on Post-Gondwana Break-up – a tribute to Ashok Sahni (227-249). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49753-8_9

The paleogeographic history of the Indian subcontinent
is unique among Earth’s landmasses. From being
part of the southern supercontinent Gondwana for most of
the Mesozoic, through a period of isolation as a drifting
entity in the Late Cretaceous... Read More about Leaving Gondwana : the changing position of the Indian subcontinent in the Global Faunal Network.

Deriving leaf area index reference maps using temporally continuous data: a comparison of upscaling approaches (2020)
Journal Article
Brown, L., Ogutu, B., Camacho, F., Fuster, B., & Dash, J. (2020). Deriving leaf area index reference maps using temporally continuous data: a comparison of upscaling approaches. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 14, 624-630. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2020.3040080

To further progress the validation of global leaf area index (LAI) products, temporally continuous reference data are a key requirement, as periodic field campaigns fail to adequately characterize temporal dynamics. Progress in cost-effective automat... Read More about Deriving leaf area index reference maps using temporally continuous data: a comparison of upscaling approaches.

Abundance, distribution, and threats of mammals and trees within the Lingadzi Namilomba Forest Reserve within Lilongwe, Malawi, and a conservation action plan for the protection of the Reserve (2020)
Thesis
Long, C. Abundance, distribution, and threats of mammals and trees within the Lingadzi Namilomba Forest Reserve within Lilongwe, Malawi, and a conservation action plan for the protection of the Reserve. (Dissertation). University of Salford

Lingadzi Namilomba Forest Reserve is one of the last remaining wildlife reserves situated within Malawi’s capital city Lilongwe. The purpose of this study was to conduct the first systematic assessment of mammal and forest cover within the reserve. A... Read More about Abundance, distribution, and threats of mammals and trees within the Lingadzi Namilomba Forest Reserve within Lilongwe, Malawi, and a conservation action plan for the protection of the Reserve.

Towards a microbial process-based understanding of the resilience of peatland ecosystem service provisioning – a research agenda (2020)
Journal Article

Peatlands are wetland ecosystems with great significance as natural habitats and as major global carbon stores. They have been subject to widespread exploitation and degradation with resulting losses in characteristic biota and ecosystem functions su... Read More about Towards a microbial process-based understanding of the resilience of peatland ecosystem service provisioning – a research agenda.

Breaking down barriers : the role of public archaeology and heritage interpretation in shaping perceptions of the past (2020)
Book Chapter
Nevell, R., & Nevell, M. (2020). Breaking down barriers : the role of public archaeology and heritage interpretation in shaping perceptions of the past. In K. Gleave, H. Williams, & P. Clarke (Eds.), Public Archaeologies of Frontiers and Borderlands (108-128). Archaeopress

In 2018 a survey by English Heritage found that children’s memories of historic sites, specifically castles, are more likely to derive from film and television than visiting a castle. Ideas about the past become influenced by popular culture. Despite... Read More about Breaking down barriers : the role of public archaeology and heritage interpretation in shaping perceptions of the past.

Investigating naturally evolved Varroa destructor resistance in Apis mellifera honey bees : host behavioural traits and parasite reproductive biology (2020)
Thesis
biology. (Dissertation). University of Salford

The ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor remains a major threat to Apis mellifera honey bees amidst ongoing colony losses throughout the Northern Hemisphere. While the vast majority of colonies still require artificial treatments to control their mit... Read More about Investigating naturally evolved Varroa destructor resistance in Apis mellifera honey bees : host behavioural traits and parasite reproductive biology.

Optimising risk-based surveillance for early detection of invasive plant pathogens (2020)
Journal Article
Mastin, A., Gottwald, T., van den Bosch, F., Cunniffe, N., & Parnell, S. (2020). Optimising risk-based surveillance for early detection of invasive plant pathogens. PLoS Biology, 18(10), e3000863. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000863

Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) of plants continue to devastate ecosystems and livelihoods worldwide. Effective management requires surveillance to detect epidemics at an early stage. However, despite the increasing use of risk-based surveillance... Read More about Optimising risk-based surveillance for early detection of invasive plant pathogens.

Low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle-based digital hemispherical photography for estimating leaf area index: a feasibility assessment (2020)
Journal Article
Brown, L., Sutherland, D., & Dash, J. (2020). Low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle-based digital hemispherical photography for estimating leaf area index: a feasibility assessment. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 41(23), 9064-9074. https://doi.org/10.1080/2150704X.2020.1802527

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have the potential to provide highly detailed information on vegetation status useful in precision agriculture. However, challenges are associated with existing techniques for UAV-based retrieval of vegetation biophysi... Read More about Low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle-based digital hemispherical photography for estimating leaf area index: a feasibility assessment.

Bioaccessibility and speciation of arsenic in children’s diets and health risk assessment of an endemic area in Bangladesh (2020)
Journal Article

This study determines the bioaccessibility of toxic and carcinogenic arsenic (As) in composite food samples and evaluates potential exposure from food intake in Bangladesh children. Total As (tAs), inorganic As (iAs) and bioaccessible As (BAs) in foo... Read More about Bioaccessibility and speciation of arsenic in children’s diets and health risk assessment of an endemic area in Bangladesh.

Achieving sustainable development goal for clean water in India : influence of natural and anthropogenic factors on groundwater microbial pollution (2020)
Journal Article

Worldwide, >2 billion people (~1/3 world population), mostly living in economically stressed areas of Africa and South Asia, still do not have access to basic sanitation, and ~1 billion still practice open defecation. Water pollution due to open defe... Read More about Achieving sustainable development goal for clean water in India : influence of natural and anthropogenic factors on groundwater microbial pollution.

The Sentinel-3 OLCI Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (OTCI): algorithm improvements, spatiotemporal consistency and continuity with the MERIS archive (2020)
Journal Article
Pastor-Guzman, J., Brown, L., Morris, H., Bourg, L., Goryl, P., Dransfeld, S., & Dash, J. (2020). The Sentinel-3 OLCI Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (OTCI): algorithm improvements, spatiotemporal consistency and continuity with the MERIS archive. Remote Sensing, 12(16), https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12162652

The Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) on-board Sentinel-3 (2016–present) was designed with similar mechanical and optical characteristics to the Envisat Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) (2002–2012) to ensure continuity with a numb... Read More about The Sentinel-3 OLCI Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (OTCI): algorithm improvements, spatiotemporal consistency and continuity with the MERIS archive.

Consideration of possible futures for peri-urban sites based on restabilising ecosystem processes : rewilding nature and people (2020)
Thesis
Bradley, T. Consideration of possible futures for peri-urban sites based on restabilising ecosystem processes : rewilding nature and people. (Dissertation). University of Salford

Inadequate funding, the shifting baseline syndrome phenomena, and the prescribe and protect approach to conservation collectively hinders ecosystem function. Rewilding offers an alternative solution without the same limitations. While it is documente... Read More about Consideration of possible futures for peri-urban sites based on restabilising ecosystem processes : rewilding nature and people.

Social behavior in Nototriton brodiei in the Cloud Forest of Cusuco National Park, Honduras (2020)
Journal Article
Sasso, T., Cox, C., & Gilroy, D. (2020). Social behavior in Nototriton brodiei in the Cloud Forest of Cusuco National Park, Honduras. South american journal of herpetology (Impresso), 17(1), 29-32. https://doi.org/10.2994/SAJH-D-18-00015.1

The slender and elusive Nototriton brodiei is known only from a few specimens at two separate sites in the Sierra de Merendón, in Guatemala and Honduras. We present the first record of an aggregation of three adults of N. brodiei on a single leaf in... Read More about Social behavior in Nototriton brodiei in the Cloud Forest of Cusuco National Park, Honduras.