A5021478223- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant responses to water stress
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Forest ecology and management
- Tree Root and Stability Studies
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Agricultural and Environmental Management
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Aquatic life and conservation
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques
- Plant and soil sciences
- Tree-ring climate responses
University of Glasgow
2018-2024
City of Glasgow College
2022
TU Dresden
2014-2016
Instituto de Ecología
2010-2014
Hard coastal defences support lower biodiversity than natural rocky shores. Ecological enhancement on structures can improve by increasing habitat heterogeneity. Most studies have investigated the effect of only one type texture intertidal biodiversity. There is a lack eco-engineering designs that mimic complexity shores and are scalable for real world applications commercial manufacturing. To address these gaps, we developed novel, multiscale (mm-cm), multispecies design called BioGeo...
Abstract Aim Tree crowns determine light interception, carbon and water exchange. Thus, understanding the factors causing tree crown allometry to vary at stand level matters greatly for development of future vegetation modelling calibration remote sensing products. Nevertheless, we know little about large‐scale variation determinants in tropical allometry. In this study, explored continental scaling exponents site‐specific assessed their relationships with environmental stand‐level variables...
Abstract “Blue carbon” wetland vegetation has a limited freshwater requirement. One type, mangroves, utilizes less during transpiration than adjacent terrestrial ecoregions, equating to only 43% (average) 57% (potential) of evapotranspiration ( $$ET$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>ET</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> ). Here, we demonstrate that comparative consumptive water use by mangrove is as much 2905 kL H 2 O ha −1 year ecoregions with...
Although several damaged mangrove ecosystems have been restored worldwide, so far, it has not established whether a system regains all the functional properties of preserved mangroves. This study measured nitrogen fixation as an indicator disturbed mangroves that were reforested or naturally regenerated fully recovered from this disturbance at level. Rates for one year in impaired, preserved, reforested, and dominated by black ( Avicennia germinans ). There was no significant difference...
Timing of installation is an important factor when planning the deployment ecological enhancements to intertidal coastal and marine infrastructure. Such nature-based solutions (NbS) are increasingly used worldwide, so understanding whether timing affects colonisation success crucial enhance their identify any sensitivities that must be taken into consideration during construction. To date, none previous eco-engineering studies globally have looked specifically at timing. An unexpected...
Abstract Crown displacement in trees is an adaptive response driven by neighbours that optimizes space use and reduces competition. But it can also be the result of wind force. Although morphological responses to have been well studied, interplay between driving crown shape, implications for plant interactions remain poorly understood. However, crucial predict such changes vegetation structure function under scope global change. We test hypothesis aboveground are reduced with increasing soil...
Abstract. Acquiring in situ data of tidal flooding is key for the successful restoration planning intertidal wetlands such as salt marshes and mangroves. However, monitoring spatially explicit inundation time series currents can be costly technically challenging. With increasing availability low-cost sensors loggers, customized solutions now designed to monitor hydrodynamics with direct applications management. In this study, we present design, calibration, application “Mini Buoy”, a...
The recognition of the high value mangrove forests and wide array ecosystem services they provide has motivated investment in worldwide restoration efforts. However, current metrics functional (other than seedling survival rates plant community composition) are often not readily available for local managers, highlighting an urgency to identify easy‐to‐measure indicators assess functionality restored mangroves. macrozoobenthic could be such practical indicator, as communities sensitive...
Los manglares de Laguna Términos, Campeche han sido afectados por la pérdida conexión hidrológica durante el paso tormentas y huracanes. El objetivo este trabajo fue evaluar regeneración natural del manglar en un área degradada, después haber implementado acciones restauración hidrológica. Se establecieron tres sitios muestreo con diferentes tiempos (1 año - 3 años) sitio conservado como referencia. se realizó los años 2014 a 2015. evaluó densidad, altura, sobrevivencia tasa crecimiento las...
Mangrove forests are highly productive ecosystems that sustain marine life, including fish communities. This study aimed to analyse mangrove characteristics, physicochemical parameters, nutrient and primary production derived from litter estimate the production. The was conducted at five sites in North Sumatra Aceh Provinces, Indonesia. Two represented natural forest (Jaring Halus Langsa). In comparison, two were mangroves converted into oil palm plantations (Pulau Sembilan Pulau Kampai,...
Abstract Background and Aims Trees interconnected through functional root grafts can exchange resources, but the effect of on trees remains under debate. A mechanistic understanding resource via will help understand their ecological implications for tree water individual trees, groups forest stands. Methods To identify main patterns qualitatively describing movement sap between grafted we reviewed available literature grafting in woody plants that focus allometry translocation grafts. We...
Abstract Conservation biology emerged as a crisis discipline in the twentieth century amongst an increasing awareness of pollution and habitat loss. Since early 2000s, societal monetary benefits nature were added to narrative for biodiversity conservation. Using text mining, we show that authors now favour ecosystem-services over framing scientific publications on coastal habitats. This may signal shift conservation science from services despite continuing We discuss whether should more...
The occurrence of natural root grafts, the union roots same or different trees, is common and shared across tree species. However, their significance for forest ecology remains little understood. While early research suggested negative effects grafting with risk pathogen transmission, recent evidence supports hypothesis that it an adaptive strategy reduces stress by facilitating resource exchange. Here, analysing mangrove graft networks in a non-destructive way at stand level, we show...
Abstract Sap flow measurements are fundamental to understanding water use in trees and could aid predicting climate change effects on forest function. Deriving knowledge from such requires empirical calibrations upscaling methods translate thermometric recordings tree use. Here, we developed a user‐friendly open‐source application, the Flow Analyzer (SFA), which estimates sap rates heat field deformation (HFD) instruments. The SFA incorporates four key features ensure maximum accuracy...
(1,2) In this theoretical study, we apply MesoFON, a field-calibrated individual-based model of mangrove forest dynamics, and its Lotka–Volterra interpretations to address two questions: (a) Do the dynamics identical red species that compete for light resources avoid inter-specific competition by lateral crown displacement follow predictions classical theory or resource theory? (b) Which mechanisms drive in presence plasticity when local is combined with global localized seed dispersal? (3)...
Abstract Intertidal habitats are shaped by the actions of tides and waves which difficult to monitor in shallow water. To address this challenge, “Mini Buoy” associated open‐source App were recently developed for low‐cost long‐term monitoring tidal inundation current velocities simultaneously. The Mini Buoy is a bottom‐mounted float that measures tilt infer near‐bed hydrodynamics. Here, we present significant updates App. Two new designs calibrated: “Pendant” requires minimal assembly...
Mangrove seedlings are vulnerable to physical disturbance during their first days of development and require a free period (i.e., Window Opportunity; WoO) allow initial root provide sufficient anchorage strength resist dislodgment from subsequent flooding events. To understand the WoO periods required by Avicennia marina alba pioneer mangroves interactions with salinity, we designed factorial mesocosm experiment six (days without flooding) treatments, at 10‰ 30‰ salinity under semidiurnal...