A5039180019- Avian ecology and behavior
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Forest Management and Policy
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Plant and animal studies
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Protein purification and stability
- Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
University of Cambridge
2025
University of Glasgow
1996-2024
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
2012-2023
Rhodes University
2013
UCB Pharma (United Kingdom)
1993
Abstract Many national governments have incorporated nature‐based solutions (NbS) in their plans to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions. However, uncertainties persist regarding both feasibility and consequences of major NbS deployment. Using the United Kingdom as a national‐level case study, we examined potential contribution three terrestrial NbS: peatland restoration, saltmarsh creation woodland creation. While there is substantial political societal interest these NbS, they also strong...
Restoration of degraded land is recognized by the international community as an important way enhancing both biodiversity and ecosystem services, but more information needed about its costs benefits. In Cambridgeshire, U.K., a long-term initiative to convert drained, intensively farmed arable wetland habitat mosaic driven desire prevent loss from nationally Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve (Wicken NNR) increase provision services. We evaluated changes in service delivery resulting this...
Finite land is under pressure to provide food, timber, human infrastructure, climate change mitigation, and wildlife habitat. Given the inherent trade-offs associated with land-use choices, there a need assess how alternative trajectories will impact delivery of these benefits. Here, we develop nine exploratory, mitigation-driven scenarios for UK. The scenario that maximized deployment nature-based solutions reduced greenhouse gas (CO2e) emissions from sector by >100% 2050 but resulted in...
Hughes, F. M. R., W. Adams, S. H. Butchart, R. Field, K. S.-H. Peh, and Warrington. 2016. The challenges of integrating biodiversity ecosystem services monitoring evaluation at a landscape-scale wetland restoration project in the UK. Ecology Society 21(3):10.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08616-210310
Bycatch is a cause of mortality among marine mammals, sea turtles, fish and birds. For some species this may be sufficient to population declines. The Baltic Sea global ‘hotspot’ for bird bycatch in gillnet fisheries globally important wintering ducks, but no technical solution has been found yet reduce the Baltic. Here, we report on trials conducted test whether two different modifications with visual stimuli can effectively while maintaining volume caught. We paired types attached nets: 1)...
Abstract Understanding how to allocate land for the sustainable delivery of multiple, competing objectives is a major societal challenge. The sharing‐sparing framework presents heuristic understanding trade‐off between food production and biodiversity conservation by comparing region‐wide land‐use scenarios which are equivalent in terms overall production. Here, two contrasting regions lowland England (The Fens Salisbury Plain), we use empirical data predictive models compare suite spatially...
Around Scotland, coastal stocks of the commercially important Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus), particularly those within Clyde Sea Area (CSA), have for some years been known to be infected by syndiniid dinoflagellate endoparasites genus Hematodinium. The prevalences lobsters in trawl samples from CSA are reported 1992–1995, together with similar data a range Scottish west coast sites 1992, and Irish 1994 1995. In CSA, infection declined after 1992 were higher than recorded other sampled...
Tree Sparrows Passer montanus showed a strong preference for nest‐sites adjacent to wetland habitats, and avoidance of sites on intensively managed mixed farmland distant from Rutland Water. A variety edge habitats were frequently used by foraging adult birds when provisioning nestlings, invertebrate prey aquatic origin was recorded in chick diet. We suggest that the at study played key role providing adequate diversity availability suitable allow successful rearing throughout long breeding...
Despite growing recognition that mineral sites restored for nature conservation can enhance local biodiversity, the wider societal benefits provided by this type of restoration relative to alternative options are not well understood. This study addresses research gap quantifying differences in ecosystem services provision under two common site after-uses: and agriculture. Using a combination site-specific primary field data, transfer modelling, we show our provides more diverse array than...
Abstract Uncertainty in estimates of CH 4 emissions from peatlands arise, part, due to difficulties quantifying the importance ebullition. This is a particular concern temperate lowland floodplain fens which total atmosphere (often measured as sum diffusive and plant‐mediated fluxes) are known be high, but few direct measurements ebullition fluxes have been made. Our study quantified (diffusion, plant‐mediated, ebullition) two under conservation management (Norfolk, UK) over 176 days using...
This study quantifies the amount of carbon stored and sequestered by vegetation in west Africa, loss due to tree cover loss, potential natural sequestration relative projected emissions 2030. GIS analysis published data on biomass, cover, soil indicate that held 38,855 Mt 2010, most which was above below ground vegetation. The 58,353 km2 (9%) between 2010 2018 resulted 672 14,923 Key Biodiversity Areas, (sites conservation importance), covered 7.4% land but contained 16% Trees 23.6 53.6 (17%...
Abstract Capsule Chick diet varies seasonally and between wet dry habitats, there is little evidence for a link habitat type productivity. Aim To examine the influence of composition diversity on Tree Sparrow productivity nestling in wide variety locations across UK. Methods Productivity, chick data were collected from nestbox colonies by volunteer bird-ringers 2002. Nestling was assessed identification invertebrate remains faecal sacs. Results Clutch size significantly higher Sparrows...
Environmental Stewardship (ES) is the main mechanism for reversing decline in farmland birds England, and includes a range of options designed to provide winter foraging seed‐eating species. We estimated granivorous songbird densities on ES food, farms within Entry Level (ELS) or Higher (HLS) strata ES. Wild Bird Mixtures (WBMs) hosted higher wider granivores than non‐ES game covers, although East Anglia enhanced HLS WBM was used no more basic ELS WBM. In West Midlands there were low all...