RNAseq analysis reveals virus diversity within Hawaiian apiary insect communities (2019)
Journal Article
Brettell, L., Schroeder, D., & Martin, S. (2019). RNAseq analysis reveals virus diversity within Hawaiian apiary insect communities. Viruses, 11(5), 397. https://doi.org/10.3390/v11050397

Deformed wing virus (DWV) is the most abundant viral pathogen of honey bees and has been associated with large-scale colony losses. DWV and other bee-associated RNA viruses are generalists capable of infecting diverse hosts. Here we used RNAseq analy... Read More about RNAseq analysis reveals virus diversity within Hawaiian apiary insect communities.

Ecosystem services in urban and post-industrial sites (2019)
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Urban agriculture in shared spaces : the difficulties with collaboration in an age of austerity (2019)
Journal Article
St Clair, R., Hardman, M., Armitage, R., & Sherriff, G. (2020). Urban agriculture in shared spaces : the difficulties with collaboration in an age of austerity. Urban Studies, 57(2), 350-365. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098019832486

The expanding critical literature on Urban Agriculture (UA) makes links between the withdrawal of state services and the institutionalisation of volunteering, while observing that
challenging funding landscapes can foster competitive environments be... Read More about Urban agriculture in shared spaces : the difficulties with collaboration in an age of austerity.

Impacts of food-based enrichment on behaviour and physiology of male greater rheas (Rhea Americana, Rheidae, Aves) (2019)
Journal Article
Lima, M., de Azevedo, C., Young, R., & Viau, P. (2019). Impacts of food-based enrichment on behaviour and physiology of male greater rheas (Rhea Americana, Rheidae, Aves). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 59, https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2019.59.11

Distress can be defined as a biological response of an individual to long-term threats to its homeostasis and it should be avoided from an animal welfare perspective. High levels of stress hormones and the expression of abnormal behaviours are respon... Read More about Impacts of food-based enrichment on behaviour and physiology of male greater rheas (Rhea Americana, Rheidae, Aves).

Quantitative chemical analysis of perovskite deposition using spin coating (2019)
Journal Article
Holliman, P., Jones, E., Hobbs, R., Connell, A., Furnell, L., Anthony, R., & Kershaw, C. (2019). Quantitative chemical analysis of perovskite deposition using spin coating. Materials letters. X, 2, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mlblux.2019.100011

Lead and halide ion compositions of spin coated organo-lead halide perovskite films have been quantified
using ion chromatography (IC) and atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) using perovskite films manufactured
by 5 different researchers (3 replic... Read More about Quantitative chemical analysis of perovskite deposition using spin coating.

Effects of the neutral household detergent on the behaviour and personality of guppy Poecilia reticulata (Peters, 1859) (Osteichthyes: Poeciliidae) (2019)
Journal Article
Lopes, J., Young, R., & de Azevedo, C. (2019). Effects of the neutral household detergent on the behaviour and personality of guppy Poecilia reticulata (Peters, 1859) (Osteichthyes: Poeciliidae). Acta ethologica, 22(2), 113-123. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10211-019-00313-x

Chemical pollution of aquatic environments has been increasing in recent times, causing great damage to the ecosystems and to the fishery sector. Pollutants can negatively alter an animals’ life, and in this investigation, we verify if a neutral hous... Read More about Effects of the neutral household detergent on the behaviour and personality of guppy Poecilia reticulata (Peters, 1859) (Osteichthyes: Poeciliidae).

Small unmanned aerial model accuracy for photogrammetrical fluvial bathymetric survey (2019)
Journal Article
Entwistle, N., & Heritage, G. (2019). Small unmanned aerial model accuracy for photogrammetrical fluvial bathymetric survey. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 13(1), 014523. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.13.014523

Fluvial systems offer a challenging and varied environment for topographic survey, displaying a rapidly varying morphology, vegetation assemblage and degree of submergence. Traditionally theodolite or GPS based systems have been used to capture cross... Read More about Small unmanned aerial model accuracy for photogrammetrical fluvial bathymetric survey.

Genomics, environment and balancing selection in behaviorally bimodal populations : the caribou case (2019)
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Selection forces that favor different phenotypes in different environments can change frequencies of genes between populations along environmental clines. Clines are also compatible with balancing forces, such as negative frequency‐dependent selectio... Read More about Genomics, environment and balancing selection in behaviorally bimodal populations : the caribou case.

Food for all? Critically evaluating the role of the Incredible Edible movement in the UK (2019)
Book Chapter
Hardman, M., Adams, M., Barker, M., & Beesley, L. (2019). Food for all? Critically evaluating the role of the Incredible Edible movement in the UK. In C. Certoma, S. Noori, & M. Sondermann (Eds.), Urban Gardening and the Struggle for Social and Spatial Justice. Manchester University Press

Stakeholder dynamics, perceptions and representation in a regional coastal partnership (2019)
Journal Article
Buchan, P., & Yates, K. (2019). Stakeholder dynamics, perceptions and representation in a regional coastal partnership. Marine Policy, 101(Mar 19), 125-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.12.017

Effective stakeholder participation is increasingly seen as an essential part of improving marine and coastal management. Coastal partnerships are a well-established informal method for enabling stakeholder participation in coastal management. Howeve... Read More about Stakeholder dynamics, perceptions and representation in a regional coastal partnership.

Age and growth in a European flagship amphibian : equal performance at agricultural ponds and favourably managed aquatic sites (2019)
Journal Article
aquatic sites. Aquatic Ecology, 53(1), 37-48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-018-09671-3

In human-modified landscapes, little is known about the influence of aquatic habitat types on the demographic structure of residing amphibian populations. In the present paper, we focus on a European flagship urodele species (the great crested newt T... Read More about Age and growth in a European flagship amphibian : equal performance at agricultural ponds and favourably managed aquatic sites.

Sites of learning : exploring political ecologies and visceral pedagogies of surplus food redistribution in the UK (2019)
Journal Article
Spring, C., Adams, M., & Hardman, M. (2019). Sites of learning : exploring political ecologies and visceral pedagogies of surplus food redistribution in the UK. Policy Futures in Education, 17(7), 844-861. https://doi.org/10.1177/1478210318819249

Drawing on ethnographic research with organisations redistributing wasted food, this paper explores potentials for political and ethical learning by comparing different approaches to food handling and teaching. Food acts as instigator and tool for le... Read More about Sites of learning : exploring political ecologies and visceral pedagogies of surplus food redistribution in the UK.

A critical exploration of permaculture’s global role in sustainable development (2019)
Thesis
Smithies, O. A critical exploration of permaculture’s global role in sustainable development. (Dissertation). University of Salford

Despite emerging literature on Permaculture as a sustainable solution-based approach to the environmental, economic and social consequences of non-sustainable global growth, many accounts infer it is a political practice working against many corporat... Read More about A critical exploration of permaculture’s global role in sustainable development.

Non-invasive monitoring for population assessments of a critically endangered Neotropical primate (2019)
Thesis
Da Cruz Kaizer, M. Non-invasive monitoring for population assessments of a critically endangered Neotropical primate. (Thesis). University of Salford

The northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus), is a Critically Endangered primate endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. Remnant populations of muriquis suffer from a wide range of
anthropogenic pressures and face a high risk of extinction due... Read More about Non-invasive monitoring for population assessments of a critically endangered Neotropical primate.

Gaze following in an asocial reptile (Eublepharis macularius) (2018)
Journal Article
Simpson, J., & O'Hara, S. (2018). Gaze following in an asocial reptile (Eublepharis macularius). Animal Cognition, 22(2), 145-152. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-018-1230-y

Gaze following is the ability to utilise information from another's gaze. It is most often seen in a social context or as a reflexive response to interesting external stimuli. Social species can potentially reveal utilisable knowledge about another's... Read More about Gaze following in an asocial reptile (Eublepharis macularius).

Rapid, 5 min, low temperature aqueous platinization for plastic substrates for dye-sensitized solar cells (2018)
Journal Article
Holliman, P., Fattori, A., Anthony, R., Ketipearacchi, U., Connell, A., Davies, M., & Jones, E. (2019). Rapid, 5 min, low temperature aqueous platinization for plastic substrates for dye-sensitized solar cells. Materials letters. X, 1, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mlblux.2018.100001

This paper reports a rapid (5 min), low temperature (120 �C) method to platinize the counter electrodes
of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) devices. This new method uses aqueous solutions and is based on chemical
bath deposition of an activating Pd... Read More about Rapid, 5 min, low temperature aqueous platinization for plastic substrates for dye-sensitized solar cells.

Consequences of sex change for effective population size (2018)
Journal Article
Waples, R., Mariani, S., & Benvenuto, C. (2018). Consequences of sex change for effective population size. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1893), 20181702. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1702

Sequential hermaphroditism, where males change to females (protandry) or the reverse (protogyny), is widespread in animals and plants and can be an Evolutionarily Stable Strategy (ESS) if fecundity rises faster with age in the second sex. Sequential... Read More about Consequences of sex change for effective population size.

Dynamics of Fe, Mn, and Al liberated from contaminated soil by low-molecular-weight organic acids and their effects on the release of soil-borne trace elements (2018)
Journal Article
soil-borne trace elements. Applied Sciences, 8(12), 2444. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8122444

A 15-day batch experiment was conducted to investigate the behaviours of Fe, Mn, and
Al oxides upon attack by three common low-molecular-weight organic acids, and their effects on
liberation of trace elements from a multi-contaminated soil. While t... Read More about Dynamics of Fe, Mn, and Al liberated from contaminated soil by low-molecular-weight organic acids and their effects on the release of soil-borne trace elements.

Origins of Vespa velutina hornet that recently invaded Iki Island, Japan and Jersey Island, UK (2018)
Journal Article
Takahashi, J., Okuyama, H., Kiyoshi, T., Takeuchi, T., & Martin, S. (2019). Origins of Vespa velutina hornet that recently invaded Iki Island, Japan and Jersey Island, UK. Mitochondrial DNA Part A, 30(3), 434-439. https://doi.org/10.1080/24701394.2018.1538366

The native distribution of the yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina, is throughout East Asia. Around 15 years ago this species was accidentally introduced into South Korea and France, where it became established and then spread into neighbouring coun... Read More about Origins of Vespa velutina hornet that recently invaded Iki Island, Japan and Jersey Island, UK.

Decomposition of long-chain petroleum hydrocarbons by Fenton‐like processes : effects of ferrous iron source, salinity and temperature (2018)
Journal Article
Qin, J., Lin, C., Almebayedh, H., & Albader, M. (2018). Decomposition of long-chain petroleum hydrocarbons by Fenton‐like processes : effects of ferrous iron source, salinity and temperature. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 169(Mar-19), 764-769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.11.086

Batch experiments were conducted to examine the effects of ferrous iron source, soil salinity and temperature on
degradation of long-chain petroleum hydrocarbons by Fenton-like processes. The results show that over 70%,
50% and 25% of aliphatic C16... Read More about Decomposition of long-chain petroleum hydrocarbons by Fenton‐like processes : effects of ferrous iron source, salinity and temperature.