Selected Publications (since 2007)
Admassu, E., Afework, B., Tallents, L., Williams, S. & Thirgood, S.J. (in press) Rodent communities in the Bale Mountains. In: Bale: Ecology and Conservation of an Afrolapine ecosystem. Eds. Randall, D., Kinahan, A. & Thirgood, S.,
Amar. A., Thirgood, S.J., Pearce-Higgins, J. & Redpath, S.M. (2008) The impact of raptors on the abundance of upland passerines and waders. Oikos. 117:1143-1152.
Amar, A., Arroyo, B., Meek, B., Redpath, S.M. & Riley, H. (2008) Influence of habitat on occupancy and breeding performance of hen harriers in a declining population. Ibis. 117:1143-1152.
Baines, D., Redpath, S.M., Richardson, M. & Thirgood, S.J. (2008) Direct and indirect effects of predation by hen harriers on breeding birds on a grouse moor. Ibis. 150:S27-S36.
Bluemlein K., Krupp, E.M. & Feldmann, J. (2008) Advantages and limitations of a desolvation system coupled online to HPLC-ICPqMS/ES-MS for the quantitative determination of sulphur and arsenic in arseno-peptide complexes. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom. In Press.
Cajsa, M.R., Nygren, U.E., Karlsson, M., Parrent, J.L., Lindahl, B.D. & Taylor, A.F.S. (2008) Growth on nitrate and occurrence of nitrate reductase-encoding genes in a phylogenetically diverse range of ectomycorrhizal fungi. New Phytologist (in press).
Clemençon, H., Hosaka, K. & Taylor, A.F.S. (2007) Rhizomorph anatomy confirms the taxonomic position of Sclerogaster (Phallomycetidae, Basidiomycota). Mycotaxon 100: 85-95.
Davies, B.B. & Hodge, I.D. (2007). Exploring environmental perspectives in lowland agriculture: A Q methodology study in East Anglia, UK, Ecological Economics 61: 323 - 333. pdf
Delibes-Mateos, M., Redpath SM, Angulo, E., Ferreras, P. & Villafuerte, R. (2007). Rabbits as a keystone species in southern Europe. Biological Conservation. 137: 149-156.
Gimona, A., Polhill, J.G., Davies, B.B., and Decorps, D. (2008). Policy incentives, land managers' strategies and source-sink dynamics. Book Chapter for Sources, Sinks and Sustainability, University of Wisconsin Press. (In press)
Gornall, J., Woodin, S.J., Jónsdóttir, I.S. & Van der Wal, R. (2007) Arctic mosses govern belowground environment and ecosystem processes. Oecologia 153: 931-941.
Göttlicher S.G., Taylor, A.F.S., H. Grip, N.R. Betson, E. Valinger, M.N. Högberg, P. Högberg. (2008) The lateral spread of tree root systems in boreal forests: estimates based on 15N uptake and distribution of sporocarps of ectomycorrhizal fungi. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 75–81.
Harris, G., Thirgood, S.J., Hopcraft, G. & Berger, J. (2008) Global decline in aggregated migrations of large terrestrial mammals. Endangered Species Research. In press.
Ioris A.A.R. (2007). Headwaters of Water Problems in Brazil: Commodification and Exclusion. Capitalism Nature Socialism 18(1): 28-50. pdf
Ioris A.A.R., Hunter, C. and Walker, S. (2008). The Development of Water Sustainability Indicators in Scotland and Brazil. Journal of Environmental Management, 88(4), 1190-1201.
Ioris A.A.R. (2008). Water Institutional Reforms in Scotland: Contested Objectives and Hidden Disputes. Water Alternatives, 1(2), 253-270. pdf
Irvine, R.J., Leckie, F.M. & Redpath, S.M. (2007). The cost of carrying radio-transmitters: a test with homing pigeons. Wildlife Biology 13: 238-243.
Keith, A.M., Van der Wal, R., Brooker, R.W., Osler, G.H.R., Chapman, S.J., Burslem, D.F.R.P. & Elston, D.A. (2008). Increasing litter diversity reduces variability in a decomposer system. Ecology - in press.
Kerlin, D., Haydon, D., Miller, D., Aebischer, N., Smith, A. & Thirgood, S. (2007). Spatial synchrony in red grouse population dynamics. Oikos 116:
doi:10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.16145.x.
Knox, J.W., Weatherhead, E.K and Ioris A.A.R. (2007). Assessing Water Requirements for Irrigated Agriculture in Scotland. Water International, 32(1), 133-144.
Knudsen, H. and Taylor, A.F.S. (due 2008) Keys to the Boletales. Funga Nordica eds. J. Vesterholt and Knudsen H.
Leckie, FM., Arroyo, B., Thirgood, S.J., Redpath, S.M. (2008) Parental differences in brood provisioning by hen harriers. Bird Study. 55:209-215
Lin, H., Cai, Z.Y., Zhang, T., Su, J. & Thirgood, S.J. (2008) Genetic diversity of the subterranean rodent Myospalax cansus in semi-natural landscapes in western China. Journal of Zoology, London. .275:153-159.
Lian, X., Zhang, T., Ca, Y, Su, J. and Thirgood, S.J (2007). Group size affects foraging and vigilance in migratory Tibetan antelope. Behavioural Processes 76:192-197.
Martinez, J.A., Calvo, J.F., Martinez, J.E., Zubergoitia, I., Zabal, J. & Redpath, S.M. (2007) Breeding performance, age effects and territory occupancy in a Bonelli’s Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus population. Ibis. Doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00774.x
Martinez, J.E., Martinez, J.A., Zuberogoitia, I., Zabala, J., Redpath, S.M. & Calvo, J.F. (2008). The effect of intra- and interspecific interactions in the large sclae disctribution of cliff nesting raptors. Ornis Fennice - In Press
Matthiopoulos, J., Graham, K., Smout, S., Asseburg, C., Redpath, S.M., Thirgood, S., Hudson, P & Harwood, J. (2007). Sensitivity to assumptions in models of generalist predation on a cyclic prey. Ecology 88:2576-2586.
Menkis A., Vasiliauskas R., Thirgood, S.J., Stenlid J., Finlay R. (2007) Afforestation of abandoned farmland with conifer seedlings inoculated with three ectomycorrhizal fungi—impact on plant performance and ectomycorrhizal community. Mycorrhiza 17: 337-348.
Mougeot, F., Perez-Rodriguez, L. Martinez-Padilla, J. & Redpath, S.M. (2007) Parasites, testosterone and honest carotenoid-based signalling of health. Functional Ecology 21: 886-898.
Mougeot, F. & Redpath, S.M. (2007) Testosterone and parasite-mediated sexual selection in a tetraonid bird. In: New Research in Testosterone. Ed F. Columbus, Nova Science Publishers, New York.
Newey, S., Dahl, F., Willebrand, T. & Thirgood, S.J. (2007) Unstable dynamics and population limitation in mountain hares. Biological Reviews 82:527-549.
Newey, S., Willebrand, T., Haydon, D., Dahl, F., Aebischer, N., Smith, A. & Thirgood, S.J. (2007) Do mountain hare populations cycle? Oikos 116:1547-1557.
Nielsen, U.N., Osler, G.H.R., Campbell, C.D., Van der Wal, R. & Burslem, D.F.R.P. (2008). Soil pore volume and the abundance of soil mites in two contrasting habitats. Soil Biol Biochem – 40: 1538-1541.
Nygren, C.M.R., Edqvist, J., Elfstrand, M., Heller, G., Taylor, A.F.S. (2007) Detection of extracellular protease activity in different species and genera of ectomycorrhizal fungi. Mycorrhiza 17: 241–248.
Pearce, I.S.K. and Van der Wal, R. (in press). Interpreting nitrogen pollution thresholds for sensitive habitats: the importance of Concentration versus Dose. Environmental Pollution.
Piertney, Redpath, S.M.et al. (In Press). Temporal changes in kin structure through a population cycle in a territorial bird. Molecular Ecology.
Randall, D.A., Kinahan, A., and Thirgood, S. (in press). Conservation research and management in the Bale Mountains: the first 25 years. In: Biodiversity and Management of the Bale Mountains. Eds. Randall, D.A., Kinahan, A., and Thirgood, S. Special Edition of Walia.
Randall, D., Kinahan, A. & Thirgood, S.J. (in press) Conservation research and conservation practice in the Bale Mountains. In: Bale: Ecology and Conservation of an Afroalpine ecosystem. Eds. Randall, D., Kinahan, A. & Thirgood, S.
Randall, D., Tallents, L., Williams, S., Tefera, Z., Nelson, A., Marino, J., Laurenson, K., Thirgood, S.J., Malcolm, J., Macdonald, D. & Sillero-Zubiri, C. (in press) The Ethiopian wolf monitoring programme in the Bale Mountains. In: Bale: Ecology and Conservation of an Afroalpine ecosystem. Eds. Randall, D., Kinahan, A. & Thirgood, S.
Shimelis, A., Assefa, A., Afework, B., Gove, A., Williams, S. & Thirgood, S.J. (in press) Bird communities in the Bale Mountains. In: Bale: Ecology and Conservation of an Afroalpine ecosystem. Eds. Randall, D., Kinahan, A. & Thirgood, S.
Sinclair, A.R.E., Mduma, S.A.R., Hopcraft, J.G.C., Fryxell, J., Hillborn, R. and Thirgood, S.J. (2007). Long-term ecosystem dynamics in the Serengeti: lessons for conservation. Conservation Biology 21:580-590.
Sjögersten, S., Van der Wal, R. & Woodin, S.J. (2008). Habitat sensitivity determines herbivory controls over CO2 fluxes in a warmer arctic. Ecology - 89: 2103-2116.
Taylor, A.F.S. & Fransson, P.M.A. (2007) Natural abundance of 15N and 13C in saprotrophic fungi: what can they tell us? In “Fungi in the environment”. (eds) Geoff Gadd. BMS Symposium Volume. Nottingham, September 2004. pp 141-157.
Taylor, A.F.S. (2007) Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis. McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, pp 79-81. McGraw-Hill, New York.
Taylor, A.F.S., Hills, A.E., Simonini, G., Muñoz, J.A., Eberhardt, U. (2007) Xerocomus silwoodensis sp. nov., a new species within the European X. subtomentosus complex, Mycological Research 111: 403-408.
Taylor, A.F.S., Hills, A.E., Simonini, G., Muñoz, J.A., Eberhardt, U. (2007) Xerocomus silwoodensis sp. nov., a new species within the European X. subtomentosus complex, Mycological Research 111: 403-408.
Taylor, A.F.S. (2008) Missing links – δ13C anomalies between substrates and consumers. New Phytologist 177: 845–847.
Taylor, A.F.S. (2008) Recent advances in our understanding of fungal ecology. Coolia (in press).
Taylor, A.F.S. (2008) Missing links – δ13C anomalies between substrates and consumers. New Phytologist 177: 845–847.
Thirgood, S.J. & Redpath, S.M. (2008) Hen harriers and red grouse: science, politics and human-wildlife conflict: Journal of Applied Ecology. 45:1488-1492
Thirgood, S.J., Mlingwa, C., Gereta, E., Runyoro, V., Laurenson, K., Malpas, R. & Borner, M. (2008) Who pays for conservation? Current and future financing scenarios for the Serengeti Ecosystem. In Serengeti III: The future of an ecosystem. Eds. ARE.Sinclair, C. Packer, S. Mduma & J. Fryxell. Pp. 443-469. University of Chicago Press.
Thirgood, S.J., Mduma, S.A.R., Keyyu, J.D. & Laurenson, M.K. (2007) The value of long-term research: conservation science and practice in Tanzania. Conservation Biology 21:576-79.
Van der Wal, R., Fischer, A., Marquiss, M., Redpath, S.M. & Wanless, S. (2009). Is bigger necessarily better for environmental research? Scientometrics - in press. pdf
Van der Wal, R., Truscott, A., Pearce, I., Cole, L., Harris, M. & Wanless, S. (2008). Multiple anthropogenic changes cause biodiversity loss from plant invasion. Global Change Biology, 14: 1428-1436.
Van der Wal, R. & Palmer, S.C.F. (2008). Breeding success of farmland wading birds depressed by interaction between grazing and predation. Biology Letters, 4: 256-258.
White, R., Fischer, A., Marshall, K., Travis, J., Webb, T., Di Falco, S., Redpath, S.M. & Van der Wal, R. (2008). Integration of social, economic and ecological perspectives to resolve biodiversity conflicts: development of a conceptual framework. Land Use Policy - in press.