Alison Smith

ORCID: 0000-0003-2649-2202
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Research Areas
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Animal testing and alternatives
  • Crustacean biology and ecology
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Veterinary Equine Medical Research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Anesthesia and Pain Management
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
  • Xenotransplantation and immune response
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Urban Green Space and Health

University of Oxford
1995-2025

Leverhulme Trust
2025

William & Mary
2008-2023

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
2023

Medical University of South Carolina
1991-2020

Wageningen University & Research
2019

Churchill Hospital
1962-2019

Tulane University
2018

Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway
2018

University of Georgia
2017-2018

Abstract Nature‐based solutions (NbS) to climate change currently have considerable political traction. However, national intentions deploy NbS yet be fully translated into evidence‐based targets and action on the ground. To enable policy practice better informed by science, we produced first global systematic map of evidence effectiveness nature‐based interventions for addressing impacts hydrometeorological hazards people. Most in natural or semi‐natural ecosystems were reported ameliorated...

10.1111/gcb.15310 article EN cc-by Global Change Biology 2020-09-09
Jan Dick Francis Turkelboom Helen Woods Irene Iniesta-Arandia Eeva Primmer and 89 more Sanna‐Riikka Saarela Peter Bezák Peter Mederly Michael Leone Wim Verheyden Eszter Kelemen Jennifer Hauck Christopher Andrews Paula Antunes Réka Aszalós Francesc Baró David N. Barton Pam Berry R.J.F. Bugter Laurence Carvalho Bálint Czúcz R. W. Dunford Gemma García-Blanco Nicoleta Geamănă Relu Giucă Bruna Grizzetti Zita Izakovičová Miklós Kertész Leena Kopperoinen Johannes Langemeyer David M. Lapola Camino Liquete Sandra Luque Guillermo Martínez Pastur Berta Martín‐López Raktima Mukhopadhyay Jari Niemelä David Odee Pablo Luís Peri Patrícia Pinho Gleiciani Bürger Patrício-Roberto Elena Preda Joerg A. Priess Christine Röckmann Rui Santos Diana Silaghi R.I. Smith Angheluţă Vădineanu J.T. van der Wal Ildikó Arany Ovidiu Badea Györgyi Bela Emil Boros M. Bucur Stefan Blumentrath Marta F. Calvache Esther Carmen Pedro Clemente João Fernandes Diogo Ferraz Claudia Fongar Marina García‐Llorente Erik Gómez-Baggethun Vegard Gundersen Oscar Haavardsholm Ágnes Kalóczkai Thalma Khalalwe Gabriella Kiss Berit Köhler Orsolya Lazányi Eszter Lellei‐Kovács Rael Lichungu Henrik Lindhjem Charles Magare Jyri Mustajoki Charles Ndege Megan Nowell Sergi Nuss-Girona John Ochieng Anders Often Ignacio Palomo György Pataki Rasmus Reinvang Graciela M. Rusch Heli Saarikoski Alison Smith Emma Soy Massoni Erik Stange Nora Vågnes Traaholt Ágnes Vári Peter Verweij Suvi Vikström Vesa Yli‐Pelkonen Grazia Zulian

10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.09.015 article EN Ecosystem Services 2017-10-16

There is increasing global interest in employing nature-based solutions, such as reforestation and wetland restoration, to help reduce water risks economies society, including pollution, floods, droughts scarcity, that are likely become worse under future climates. Africa exposed many risks. Nature-based solutions for adaptation should be designed benefit biodiversity can also provide multiple co-benefits, carbon sequestration. A systematic review of over 10 000 publications revealed 150...

10.1088/1748-9326/ac0210 article EN cc-by Environmental Research Letters 2021-05-17

Many lower-income countries are highly vulnerable to the impacts of natural disasters and climate change, due their geographical location high levels poverty. In response, they developing action plans that also support sustainable development goals, but conventional adaptation approaches such as hard flood defenses can be expensive unsustainable. Nature-based solutions (NbS) could provide cost-effective options address these challenges policymakers lack evidence on effectiveness. To this...

10.3389/fenvs.2021.737659 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Environmental Science 2021-11-22

Nature-based solutions (NbS) are increasingly recognised for their potential to address both the climate and biodiversity crises. Both these outcomes rely on capacity of NbS support enhance health an ecosystem: its biodiversity, condition abiotic biotic elements, continue function despite environmental change. However, while understanding ecosystem change mitigation has developed in recent years, those implemented adaptation remain poorly understood. To this, we systematically reviewed 109...

10.3389/fenvs.2022.905767 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Environmental Science 2022-10-11

Chronic supraventricular tachycardia has been associated with ventricular dysfunction in humans and animals. However, this failure is poorly characterized, the ultrastructural consequences of are unknown. We serially examined right left function, endomyocardial ultrastructure, creatine kinase activity eight pigs at base line again 1, 2, 3 wk following rapid atrial pacing. Left ejection fractions fell significantly from after 1 chronic tachycardia. Three weeks pacing resulted further...

10.1152/ajpheart.1990.259.1.h218 article EN AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology 1990-07-01

It is known that long-standing volume overload on the left ventricle due to mitral regurgitation eventually leads contractile dysfunction. However, it unknown whether or not correction of can lead recovery contractility. In this study we tested hypothesis depressed function in could return toward normal after valve replacement. Using a canine model which produce dysfunction, examined longitudinally seven dogs at baseline, 3 mo regurgitation, 1 replacement, and After (regurgitant fraction...

10.1172/jci115238 article EN Journal of Clinical Investigation 1991-06-01

Swine are an important model in many areas of biomedical research. These animals have been used predominantly as preclinical models involving surgical and interventional protocols. The systems most commonly studied include cardiovascular, integumentary, digestive, urological. intelligent social require species-specific socialization handling techniques. It is to acclimate the facility personnel before they placed on chronic Gentle techniques instead forceful procedures essential their...

10.1093/ilar.47.4.358 article EN ILAR Journal 2006-01-01

Future patterns of European ecosystem services provision are likely to vary significantly as a result climatic and socio-economic change the implementation adaptation strategies. However, there is little research in mapping future no integrated assessment approach map combined impacts these drivers.Map changing for different futures (a) identify role driving forces; (b) explore potential influence options.The CLIMSAVE platform used spatial (food, water timber provision, atmospheric...

10.1007/s10980-014-0148-2 article EN cc-by Landscape Ecology 2015-01-14

Many actions to reduce GHG emissions have wider impacts on health, the economy, and environment, beyond their role in mitigating climate change. These ancillary can be positive (co-benefits) or negative (conflicts). This article presents first quantitative review of health environment likely arise from action meet UK's legally-binding carbon budgets. Impacts were assessed for measures directed at power generation, energy use buildings, industry, transport, agriculture. The study considered a...

10.1080/14693062.2014.980212 article EN Climate Policy 2015-01-08

Abstract There is an urgent need for countries to transition their national food and land-use systems toward nutritional security, climate stability, environmental integrity. How can satisfy demands while jointly delivering the required transformative change achieve global sustainability targets? Here, we present a collaborative approach developed with FABLE—Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land, Energy—Consortium reconcile both elements developing system pathways. This includes three key...

10.1007/s11625-022-01227-7 article EN cc-by Sustainability Science 2022-10-05

10.1016/s0022-5223(19)35644-2 article EN publisher-specific-oa Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1990-01-01
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