Hill & Mountain Research Centre

Research output

Research output per year 1992 2021

• 153 Article
• 20 Abstract
• 14 Chapter
• 11 Conference contribution
• 25 More
  • 7 Paper
  • 6 Review article
  • 5 Commissioned report
  • 2 Poster
  • 2 Conference article
  • 2 Other contribution
  • 1 Short communication

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2021

  A comparison of farm labour, profitability and carbon footprint of different management strategies in Northern European grassland sheep systems

  Morgan-Davies, C., Kyle, J. K., Boman, I. A., Wishart, HM., McLaren, A., Fair, S. & Creighton, P., Jun 2021, In: Agricultural Systems. 191, 11 p., 103155.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • carbon footprint
  • farm labor
  • profitability
  • labor
  • grasslands

• Agronomic Traits in Oilseed Rape ( Brassica napus ) Can Predict Foraging Resources for Insect Pollinators

  Fairhurst, S. M., Cole, L. J., Kocarkova, T., Jones-Morris, C., Evans, A. & Jackson, G., 27 Feb 2021, (First published) In: Agronomy. 11, 3, e440.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • pollinating insects
  • agronomic traits
  • Brassica napus
  • foraging
  • pollinators
  2 Downloads (Pure)

• Environmental conditionality on direct payments to land managers

  Moxey, A. P., McCracken, DI. & Thomson, S., 21 Jan 2021, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). 23 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • conditionality
  • environmental conditions
  • document
  • climate change
  • land
  48 Downloads (Pure)

• Genetic analyses of novel traits derived from CT scanning for implementation in terminal sire sheep breeding programmes

  McLaren, A., Kaseja, K., McLean, KA., Boon, S. & Lambe, NR., 19 May 2021, (First published) In: Livestock Science. 104555.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Breeding
  • sires
  • intramuscular fat
  • Sheep
  • breeding programs

• Key traits for ruminant livestock across diverse production systems in the context of climate change: perspectives from a global platform of research farms

  Rivero, MJ., Lopez-Villalobos, N., Evans, A., Berndt, A., Cartmill, A., Neal, AL., McLaren, A., Farruggia, A., Mignolet, C., Chadwick, D., Styles, D., McCracken, DI., Busch, D., Martin, GB., Fleming, H., Sheridan, H., Gibbons, J., Merbold, L., Eisler, M., Lambe, NR. & 11 others, Rovira, P., Harris, P., Murphy, P., Vercoe, PE., Williams, P., Machado, R., Takahashi, T., Puech, T., Boland, T., Ayala, W. & Lee, MRF., 8 Jan 2021, (First published) In: Reproduction, Fertility and Development. 33, 2, p. 1-19 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • ruminants
  • climate change
  • production technology
  • livestock
  • farms
  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Meat eating and nutritional quality of lambs sired by high and low muscle density rams

  Thomas, E., Roden, J., Haresign, W., Richardson, I. R., Lambe, NR., Clelland, N., Gardner, G. E. & Scollan, N. D., Mar 2021, In: Animal. 15, 3, 100136.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • rams
  • lambs
  • ingestion
  • nutritive value
  • meat
  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Prediction of intramuscular fat in lamb by visible and near-infrared spectroscopy in an abattoir environment

  Lambe, N. R., Clelland, N., Draper, J., Smith, E. M., Yates, J. & Bunger, L., Jan 2021, In: Meat Science. 171, 108286.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Abattoirs
  • Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
  • intramuscular fat
  • near-infrared spectroscopy
  • slaughterhouses
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Simplistic understandings of farmer motivations could undermine the environmental potential of the common agricultural policy

  Brown, C., Kovacs, E., Herzon, I., Villamayor_Tomas, S., Albizua, A., Galanki, A., Grammatikopoulou, I., McCracken, DI., Olsson, J. & Zinngrebe, Y., Feb 2021, In: Land Use Policy. 101, 105136.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Common Agricultural Policy
  • agricultural policy
  • farmer
  • subsidy
  • environmental management
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Topics and trends in Mountain Livestock Farming research: a text mining approach

  Zuliani, A., Contiero, C., Schneider, MK., Arsenios, G., Bernués, A., Dovc, P., Gauly, M., Holand, O., Martin, B., Morgan-Davies, C., Zollitsch, W. & Cozzi, G., Jan 2021, In: Animal. 15, 1, 100058.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • livestock farming
  • mountains
  • socioeconomics
  • primary sector
  • interdisciplinary research
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Training future generations to deliver evidence‐based conservation and ecosystem management

  Downey, H., Amano, T., Cadotte, M., Cook, C. N., Cooke, S. J., Haddaway, N. R., Jones, J. P. G., Littlewood, N., Walsh, J. C., Abrahams, M. I., Adum, G., Akasaka, M., Alves, J. A., Antwis, R. E., Arellano, E. C., Axmacher, J., Barclay, H., Batty, L., Benítez‐López, A., Bennett, J. R. & 98 others, Berg, M. J., Bertolino, S., Biggs, D., Bolam, F. C., Bray, T., Brook, B. W., Bull, J. W., Burivalova, Z., Cabeza, M., Chauvenet, A. L. M., Christie, A. P., Cole, L., Cotton, A. J., Cotton, S., Cousins, S. A. O., Craven, D., Cresswell, W., Cusack, J. J., Dalrymple, S. E., Davies, Z. G., Diaz, A., Dodd, J. A., Felton, A., Fleishman, E., Gardner, C. J., Garside, R., Ghoddousi, A., Gilroy, J. J., Gill, D. A., Gill, J. A., Glew, L., Grainger, M. J., Grass, A. A., Greshon, S., Gundry, J., Hart, T., Hopkins, C. R., Howe, C., Johnson, A., Jones, K. W., Jordan, N. R., Kadoya, T., Kerhoas, D., Koricheva, J., Lee, T. M., Lengyel, S., Livingstone, S. W., Lyons, A., McCabe, G., Millett, J., Strevens, C. M., Moolna, A., Mossman, H. L., Mukherjee, N., Muñoz‐Sáez, A., Negrões, N., Norfolk, O., Osawa, T., Papworth, S., Park, K. J., Pellet, J., Phillott, A. D., Plotnik, J. M., Priatna, D., Ramos, A. G., Randall, N., Richards, R. M., Ritchie, E. G., Roberts, D. L., Rocha, R., Rodríguez, J. P., Sanderson, R., Sasaki, T., Savilaakso, S., Sayer, C., Sekercioglu, C., Senzaki, M., Smith, G., Smith, R. J., Soga, M., Soulsbury, C. D., Steer, M. D., Stewart, G., Strange, E. F., Suggitt, A. J., Thompson, R. R. J., Thompson, S., Thornhill, I., Trevelyan, R. J., Usieta, H. O., Venter, O., Webber, A. D., White, R. L., Whittingham, M. J., Wilby, A., Yarnell, R. W., Zamora, V. & Sutherland, W. J., Jan 2021, In: Ecological Solutions and Evidence. 2, 1, e12032.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • conservation
  • teaching materials
  • management
  • evidence
  • educator
  2 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  A critical analysis of the potential for EU Common Agricultural Policy measures to support wild pollinators on farmland

  Cole, LJ., Kleijn, D., Dicks, L., Stout, J., Potts, S., Albrecht, M., Balzan, M., Bartomeus, I., Bebeli, P., Bevk, D., Biesmeijer, J., Chlebo, R., Dautartė, A., Emmanouil, N., Hartfield, C., Holland, J., Holzschuh, A., Knoben, N., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Mandelik, Y. & 13 others, Panou, H., Paxton, R., Petanidou, T., Pinheiro de Carvalho, M., Rundlöf, M., Sarthou, J-P., Stavrinides, M., Suso, M., Szentgyörgyi, H., Vaissière, B., Varnava, A., Zemeckis, R. & Scheper, J., Apr 2020, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 57, 4, p. 681-694 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Common Agricultural Policy
  • pollinator
  • critical analysis
  • agricultural land
  • habitat quality
  19 Citations (Scopus)

  28 Downloads (Pure)

• Beef Production in the Southwestern United States: Strategies toward Sustainability

  Spiegal, S., Cibils, A., Bestelmeyer, B., Steiner, J. L., Estell, R., Archer, D., Auvermann, B., Bestelmeyer, S., Boucheron, L., Cao, H., Cox, A., Devlin, D., Duff, G., Ehlers, K., Elias, E., Gifford, C., Gonzalez, A., Holland, J., Jennings, J., Marshall, A. & 10 others, McCracken, D., McIntosh, M., Miller, R., Musumba, M., Paulin, R., Place, S., Redd, M., Rotz, A., Tolle, C. & Waterhouse, A., 19 Aug 2020, (First published) In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 4, 8 p., 114.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Southwestern United States
  • Groundwater
  • aquifers
  • beef production
  • Red Meat
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  8 Downloads (Pure)

• Biodiversity and the livestock sector: Guidelines for quantitative assessment: Version 1

  FAO, 22 Jun 2020, Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 142 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

• Breeding strategies for animal resilience to weather variation in meat sheep

  Sánchez-Molano, E., Kapsona, VV., Oikonomou, S., McLaren, A., Lambe, NR., Conington, JE. & Banos, G., 7 Oct 2020, (First published) In: BMC Genetics. 21, 116.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Weather
  • Breeding
  • Meat
  • Sheep
  • Climate Change
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  2 Downloads (Pure)

• Challenging upland futures: futureproofing hill farming

  McCracken, DI. & McCulloch, C., 1 Sep 2020, In: The Geographer. Autumn, p. 28 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Short communication › peer-review

  Open Access

• Collateral benefits of targeted supplementary feeding on demography and growth rate of a threatened population

  Fenn, S., Bignal, E. M., Trask, A. E., McCracken, DI., Monaghan, P. & Reid, J. M., 1 Nov 2020, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 57, 11, p. 2212-2221 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • demography
  • reproductive success
  • viability
  • population growth
  • brood size

• Conservation strategy for red-billed choughs in Scotland: Assessment of the impact of supplementary feeding and evaluation of future management strategies

  Trask, A. E., Bignal, E. M., Fenn, S. R., McCracken, DI., Monaghan, P. & Reid, J. M., 20 Nov 2020, Scottish Natural Heritage. 58 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

• Could rumen volumes measured by CT scanning help to breed sheep with lower methane emissions?

  Lambe, NR., McLaren, A., McLean, KA., Gordon, J. & Conington, JE., 4 Dec 2020, p. 620-620. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• Factors affecting ewe longevity on sheep farms in three European countries

  McLaren, A., McHugh, N., Lambe, NR., Pabiou, T., Wall, E. & Boman, I. A., Aug 2020, In: Small Ruminant Research. 189, 106145.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Farms
  • ewes
  • Longevity
  • Sheep
  • sheep
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Genetic control of CT-measured body dimensions in Texel rams that could be associated with lambing ease

  McLaren, A., McLean, KA. & Lambe, NR., 3 Apr 2020, The challenge of change - Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science 2020. p. 12 1 p. 12

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  7 Downloads (Pure)

• Genetic parameters for VIA-derived muscle, bone and fat weights in Texel-sired crossbred lambs

  Tolkamp, AT., Conington, JE., Yates, J., Smith, E., Draper, J., Clelland, N. & Lambe, NR., 4 Dec 2020, p. 560. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• Managing riparian buffer strips to optimise ecosystem services: A review

  Cole, LJ., Stockan, J. & Helliwell, R., 1 Jul 2020, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 296, 106891.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • riparian buffers
  • buffer zone
  • conservation buffers
  • ecosystem services
  • ecosystem service
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• Soil-dwelling insects in Working for Waders

  McCracken, DI., 10 Jul 2020, 12 p. Aberdeen : SEFARI.

  Research output: Other contribution › peer-review

  Open Access

  • farms
  • insects
  • Scotland
  • farmers
  • soil
• 2019

  Delivery of public benefits: integrated land management

  McCracken, DI., 2019, SEFARI.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  • public benefits
  • Land management

• Explored and unexplored topics in mountain livestock farming scientific literature

  Zuliani, A., Arsenos, G., Bernués, A., Cozzi, G., Dovc, P., Gauly, M., Holand, O., Martin, B., Morgan-Davies, C., Schneider, M. K. & Zollitsch, W., 2019, Book of Abstracts of the 70th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science. S. C. (ed.). Wageningen Academic Publishers, Vol. 25. p. 614 1 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  • livestock farming
  • mountains
  • landscape management
  • livelihood
  • primary sector

• Investigation of relationship between vitamin D status and reproductive fitness in Scottish hill sheep

  Zhou, PZ., McEvoy, TG., Gill, A. C., Lambe, NR., Morgan-Davies, C., Hurst, E., Sargison, ND. & Mellanby, R. J., 4 Feb 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 1162.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Genetic Fitness
  • Calcifediol
  • Vitamin D
  • Sheep
  • Birth Weight
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Linking farmer and beekeeper preferences with ecological knowledge to improve crop pollination

  Breeze, T. D., Boreux, V., Cole, L. J., Dicks, L., Klein, A-M., Pufal, G., Balzan, M., Bevk, D., Bortolotti, L., Petanidou, T., Mand, M., Pinto, M. A., Scheper, J., Stanisavljević, L., Stavrinides, M. C., Tscheulin, T., Varnava, A. & Kleijn, D., Dec 2019, In: People and Nature. 1, 4, p. 562-572

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • environmental knowledge
  • beekeepers
  • pollination
  • farmers
  • crops
  25 Downloads (Pure)

• Opportunities and challenges for real-time management (RTM) in extensive livestock systems

  Waterhouse, A., Holland, JP., McLaren, A., Arthur, R., Duthie, C-A., Kodam, S. & Wishart, HM., Aug 2019, Precision Livestock Farming '19. Proceedings of the European Conference in Precision Livestock Farming.. O'Brien, B., Hennessy, D. & Shalloo, L. (eds.). p. 20-26 7 p. 155

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • time management
  • livestock
  • sensors (equipment)
  • information management
  • collars
  106 Downloads (Pure)

• Performance, longevity and financial impacts of removing productive ewes early from mountain flocks

  Wishart, HM., Morgan-Davies, C., Waterhouse, A. & McCracken, DI., 2019, Book of Abstracts of the 70th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science. S. C. (ed.). Wageningen Academic Publishers, Vol. 25. p. 428 1 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  • economic impact
  • ewes
  • flocks
  • mountains
  • culling (animals)

• Potential of Precision Livestock Farming in small ruminant farming systems

  Morgan-Davies, C., Gautier, J-M., Gonzalez-Garcia, E., Halachmi, I., Caja, G., Grova, L., Molle, G., Kenyon, F., Lagriffoul, G., Schmoelzl, S., Wishart, HM., Waterhouse, A. & McCracken, DI., 2019, Book of Abstract of the 70th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science. S. C. (ed.). Wageningen Academic Publishers, Vol. 25. p. 132 1 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  • precision agriculture
  • small ruminants
  • farming systems
  • monitoring
  • labor

• Prediction of methane emissions in sheep using computed tomography (CT) measurements of rumen volume

  Lambe, NR., Miller, G. A., McLean, KA., Gordon, J. & Dewhurst, RJ., Apr 2019, p. 152.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• Routes to achieving sustainable intensification in simulated dairy farms - the importance of production efficiency and complimentary land uses

  White, P. JC., Lee, M., Roberts, DJ. & Cole, LJ., May 2019, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 56, 5, p. 1128-1139 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • dairy farm
  • biodiversity
  • land use
  • land
  • dairy farming
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  12 Downloads (Pure)

• SusSheP - sustainable sheep production in Europe

  Morgan-Davies, C., Kyle, J. K., Creighton, P., Boman, I. A., Lambe, NR., McLaren, A., Wishart, HM., Krogenaes, A., Wall, E., Pabiou, T., Diskin, M., Meade, KG., McHugh, N., Parreno, L., Druart, X. & Fair, S., 2019, Book of Abstracts of the 70th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science. S. C. (ed.). Wageningen Academic Publishers, Vol. 25. p. 352 1 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  • ewes
  • artificial insemination
  • sheep
  • labor
  • Ireland

• The genetics of tooth loss and longevity in Scottish Blackface hill ewes

  McLaren, A., Conington, JE., Boman, I. A., Pabiou, T., McHugh, N., Waterhouse, A. & Lambe, NR., 10 Apr 2019, Animal Science Fit for the Future - Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science. 1 ed. Edinburgh: Cambridge University Press, Vol. 10. p. 124 1 p. 124

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• Towards value-based marketing of UK lamb

  Lambe, NR., Clelland, N., Smith, E., Yates, J., Draper, J. & Conington, JE., 30 Aug 2019, Proceedings of the 70th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, August 2019, Ghent, Belgium. Commitee, S. (ed.). Wageningen Academic Publishers, Vol. 25. p. 221 1 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  • product quality
  • marketing
  • lambs
  • sheep industry
  • carcass quality

• Variation in individual feed intake profiles recorded in group-housed lambs

  Wishart, HM. & Lambe, NR., 9 Apr 2019, Advances in Animal Biosciences: Animal Science Fit for the Future. 1 ed. Cambridge University Press, Vol. 10. p. 21 1 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  • lambs
  • feed intake
  • sheep
  • feed conversion
  • ear tags
• 2018

  After Brexit: 10 key questions for rural policy in Scotland

  Atterton, J., Copus, A., Glass, J., Liddon, A., De Lima, P., McCracken, D., Moxey, A., Philip, L., Shortall, S. & Shucksmith, M., Jan 2018, Newcastle.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  • referendum
  • rural community
  • agriculture
  • European Union
  • EU

• Assessment of circadian rhythm of activity combined with random regression model as a novel approach to monitoring sheep in an extensive system

  Sarout, BNM., Waterhouse, A., Duthie, C-A., Poli, CHEC., Haskell, MJ., Berger, A. & Umstatter, C., 28 Jun 2018, (First published) In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 207, p. 26 - 38 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Circadian Rhythm
  • circadian rhythm
  • Weather
  • Sheep
  • sheep
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Comparison of pre-lambing metabolic profiles of Scottish Blackface and Lleyn twin-bearing ewes farmed together in a Scottish hill environment

  Zhou, PZ., Sargison, ND., Lambe, NR., Morgan-Davies, C. & McEvoy, TG., Apr 2018, p. 53.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  Open Access

• Effect of biochar produced from different biomass sources and at different process temperatures on methane production and ammonia concentrations in vitro

  Cabeza, I., Waterhouse, A., Sohi, S. & Rooke, JA., 2 Jan 2018, (First published) In: Animal Feed Science and Technology. 237, p. 1 - 7 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • biochar
  • methane production
  • ammonia
  • biomass
  • temperature
  18 Citations (Scopus)

  51 Downloads (Pure)

• New mastitis phenotypes suitable for genomic selection in meat sheep and their genetic relationships with udder conformation and lamb live weights

  McLaren, A., Kaseja, K., Yates, J., Mucha, S., Lambe, NR. & Conington, JE., 26 Mar 2018, (First published) In: Animal. 12, 12, p. 2470 - 2479 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • sheep meat
  • udders
  • mastitis
  • marker-assisted selection
  • genetic relationships
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  51 Downloads (Pure)

• SusSheP - how to increase sustainability and profitability of European sheep production

  Morgan-Davies, C., Creighton, P., Boman, I. A., Blichfeldt, T., Krogenaes, A., Lambe, NR., Wall, E., Padiou, T., Diskin, M., Meade, K. G., McHugh, N., Druart, X. & Fair, S., 2018, p. 251.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

  • profitability
  • sheep
  • labor
  • carbon
  • production technology

• The potential for Nitrogen-fixing crops to deliver foraging resources for insect pollinators

  Cole, LJ., Robertson, DA., Harrison, W., Baddeley, JA., Walker, RL. & Watson, CA., 2018, In: Aspects of Applied Biology. 138, p. 107-112

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article

  • pollinating insects
  • foraging
  • Trifolium incarnatum
  • nitrogen
  • crops

• Using CT scanning to simultaneously breed UK slaughter lambs for improved carcass and meat quality

  Lambe, NR., McLaren, A., Clelland, N., Kaseja, K., Boon, S. & Bunger, L., Feb 2018, p. 295.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • computed tomography
  • carcass quality
  • meat quality
  • slaughter
  • lambs

• What is needed to improve sheep productivity in EU and Turkey?

  Beltran de Heredia, I., Ruiz, R. J., Morgan-Davies, C., Dwyer, CM., Keady, T. W. J., Carta, A., Gavojdian, D., Ocak, S., Corbiere, F. & Gautier, JM., 2018, Book of Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers, Vol. 24. p. 211

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  • lambs
  • Turkey (country)
  • sheep
  • farmers
  • dairy sheep
• 2017

  Ecosystem-based solutions for disaster risk reduction: lessons from European applications of ecosystem-based adaptation measures

  McVittie, A., Cole, LJ., Wreford, A., Sgobbi, A. & Yordi, B., 27 Dec 2017, (First published) In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 32, p. 42 - 54 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • disaster risk
  • risk reduction
  • Ecosystems
  • Disasters
  • disaster
  17 Citations (Scopus)

  242 Downloads (Pure)

• Estimating demographic contributions to effective population size in an age-structured wild population experiencing environmental and demographic stochasticity

  Trask, AE., Bignal, EM., McCracken, DI., Piertney, SB. & Reid, JM., 3 Jul 2017, (First published) In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 86, 5, p. 1082 - 1093 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • effective population size
  • wild population
  • stochasticity
  • demographic statistics
  • viability
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  18 Downloads (Pure)

• Evaluating precision management of sheep in a hill farming system

  Morgan-Davies, C., Lambe, NR., Waterhouse, A., Kenyon, F., McBean, D., Wishart, H., McLaren, A. & McCracken, DI., Jul 2017, (First published) p. 892. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• Exploring the interactions between resource availability and the utilisation of semi-natural habitats by insect pollinators in an intensive agricultural landscape

  Cole, LJ., Brocklehurst, S., Robertson, D., Harrison, W. & McCracken, DI., 1 Aug 2017, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 246, p. 157 - 167 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • pollinator
  • resource availability
  • pollinating insects
  • insect
  • agricultural land
  28 Citations (Scopus)

  137 Downloads (Pure)

• Genetic aspects of ewe longevity and fertility traits in Lleyn and Dorset sheep

  McLaren, A., Kaseja, K., Moore, KL., Mucha, S., Boon, S. & Conington, JE., Apr 2017, (First published) p. 101. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review