Scotland's Rural College

Research Output

Research Output per year

1914 2021

• 5607 Article
• 362 Chapter
• 189 Review article
• 163 Abstract
• 462 More
  • 95 Commissioned report
  • 95 Conference contribution
  • 67 Paper
  • 51 Letter
  • 43 Poster
  • 19 Comment/debate
  • 18 Book
  • 13 Conference article
  • 11 Editorial
  • 10 Short communication
  • 9 Report/ Case Report
  • 7 Working paper
  • 5 Literature review
  • 4 Short survey
  • 4 Other contribution
  • 2 Policy Brief
  • 2 Research brief
  • 2 Featured article
  • 2 Digital or Visual Products
  • 1 Research report
  • 1 Special issue
  • 1 Software

Research Output per year

Research Output per year

Search results

• 2016

  Grain legume decline and potential recovery in European agriculture: a review

  Zander, P., Amjath-Babu, TS., Preissel, S., Reckling, M., Bues, A., Schlafke, N., Kuhlman, T., Bachinger, J., Uthes, A., Stoddard, F., Murphy-Bokern, D. & Watson, CA., Jun 2016, In: Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 36, 20 p., 26.

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

  • Agriculture
  • legumes
  • agriculture
  • Crops
  • Ecosystems
  58 Citations (Scopus)

• Invited review: Phenotypes to genetically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in dairying

  de Haas, Y., Pszczola, M., Soyeurt, H., Wall, E. & Lassen, J., 9 Dec 2016, In: Journal of Dairy Science. 100, 2, p. 855 - 870 16 p.

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

  • Greenhouse Gases
  • Dairying
  • Methane
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • methane
  33 Citations (Scopus)

• New frontiers in belowground ecology for plant protection from root-feeding insects

  Johnson, SN., Benefer, C., Frew, A., Griffiths, BS., Hartley, S., Karley, A., Rasmann, S., Schumann, M., Sonnemann, I. & Robert, C., 9 Aug 2016, In: Applied Soil Ecology. 108, p. 96 - 107 12 p.

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

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  • Plant Roots
  • plant protection
  • Ecology
  • Insecta
  • insect
  30 Citations (Scopus)

  10 Downloads (Pure)

• Transmission dynamics of Rhodesian sleeping sickness at the interface of wildlife and livestock areas

  Auty, HK., Morrison, LJ., Torr, SJ. & Lord, J., 1 Jun 2016, In: Trends in Parasitology. 32, 8, p. 608 - 621 14 p.

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

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  • Livestock
  • Wilderness
  • Tsetse Flies
  • Southern Africa
  • Eastern Africa
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  22 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  An ethological approach to determining housing requirements of gamebirds in raised laying units

  Matheson, SM., Donbavand, JE., Sandilands, V., Pennycott, T. & Turner, SP., 2015, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 165, p. 17 - 24 8 p.

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

  • Birds
  • Breeding
  • cages
  • birds
  • Animal Welfare
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Cattle trypanosomosis: the diversity of trypanosomes and implications for disease epidemiology and control

  Auty, HK., Torr, SJ., Michoel, T., Jayaraman, S. & Morrison, LJ., 2015, In: Revue Scientifique et Technique de I'OIE. 34, 2, p. 587 - 598

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

  Open Access

  • trypanosomiasis
  • epidemiology
  • cattle diseases
  • cattle
  • control methods
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• Causes of keel bone damage and their solutions in laying hens

  Harlander-Matauschek, A., Rodenburg, TB., Sandilands, V., Tobalske, BW. & Toscano, MJ., Sep 2015, In: World's Poultry Science Journal. 71, 3, p. 461 - 472 12 p.

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

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  • keel bone
  • laying hens
  • battery cages
  • genetic lines
  • pain
  55 Citations (Scopus)

  8 Downloads (Pure)

• Consistent individual behavioral variation: the difference between temperament, personality and behavioral syndromes

  MacKay, JRD. & Haskell, MJ., 2015, In: Animals. 5, 3, p. 455 - 478 24 p.

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

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  • temperament
  • Temperament
  • terminology
  • personality
  • Terminology
  28 Citations (Scopus)

  10 Downloads (Pure)

• Early experiences matter: a review of the effects of prenatal environment on offspring characteristics in poultry

  Dixon, LM., Sparks, NHC. & Rutherford, KMD., 27 Nov 2015, In: Poultry Science. 95, 3, p. 489 - 499 11 p.

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

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  • poultry
  • life events
  • egg incubation
  • social environment
  • cognition
  23 Citations (Scopus)

  35 Downloads (Pure)

• Effects of global change during the 21st century on the nitrogen cycle

  Fowler, D., Steadman, CE., Stevenson, D., Coyle, M., Rees, RM., Skiba, UM., Sutton, MA., Cape, JN., Dore, AJ., Vieno, M., Simpson, D., Zaehle, S., Stocker, BD., Rinaldi, M., Facchini, MC., Flechard, CR., Nemitz, E., Twigg, M., Erisman, JW., Butterbach-Bahl, K. & 1 others, Galloway, JN., 2015, In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 15, p. 13849 - 13893 45 p.

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

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  • nitrogen cycle
  • global change
  • twenty first century
  • nitrogen
  • sensitive ecosystem
  78 Citations (Scopus)

  14 Downloads (Pure)

• Getting low-carbon governance right: learning from actors involved in Community Benefits

  Markantoni, M. & Aitken, M., 19 Jun 2015, In: Local Environment. 21, 8, p. 969 - 990 22 p.

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

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  • wind farm
  • farm
  • learning
  • governance
  • local participation
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  12 Downloads (Pure)

• Improving neonatal survival in small ruminants: science into practice

  Dwyer, CM., Conington, JE., Corbiere, F., Holmoy, IH., Muri, K., Nowak, R., Rooke, JA., Vipond, J. & Gautier, J-M., 2015, In: Animal. 10, 3, p. 449 - 459

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

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  • small ruminants
  • lambs
  • neonatal mortality
  • colostrum
  • low birth weight
  54 Citations (Scopus)

  119 Downloads (Pure)

• Integrating experience, evidence and expertise in the crop protection decision process

  Hughes, G. & Burnett, FJ., 2015, In: Plant Disease. 99, 9, p. 1197 - 1203 7 p.

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

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  • plant protection
  • decision making
  • farms
  • risk factors
  • medicine
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  8 Downloads (Pure)

• Non-invasive methods for the determination of body and carcass composition in livestock: dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound: invited review

  Scholz, AM., Bunger, L., Kongsro, J., Baulain, U. & Mitchell, AD., 2015, In: Animal. 9, 7, p. 1250 - 1264 15 p.

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

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  • dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • computed tomography
  • carcass composition
  • body composition
  68 Citations (Scopus)

  20 Downloads (Pure)

• Options for enhancing efficiency and effectiveness of research capacity for livestock genetics in, and for, sub-Saharan Africa

  Chagunda, MGG., Gibson, JP., Dzama, K. & Rege, JEO., 2015, In: Animal Genetic Resources. 56, p. 145 - 153 9 p.

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

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  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • livestock
  • animal breeding
  • animal genetics
  • infrastructure
  8 Downloads (Pure)

• Photosensitisation of livestock grazing Narthecium ossifragum: current knowledge and future directions

  Pollock, ML., Wishart, H., Holland, JP., Malone, FE. & Waterhouse, A., 2015, In: Veterinary Journal. 206, 3, p. 275 - 283

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

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  • Narthecium ossifragum
  • Photosensitivity Disorders
  • Livestock
  • livestock
  • grazing
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  23 Downloads (Pure)

• The effect of animal health compensation on 'positive' behaviours towards exotic disease reporting and implementing biosecurity: a review, a synthesis and a research agenda

  Barnes, AP., Moxey, AP., Vosough Ahmadi, B. & Borthwick, FA., 2015, In: Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 122, 1-2, p. 42 - 52

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

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  • Compensation and Redress
  • fiscal policy
  • biosecurity
  • animal health
  • behavior change
  22 Citations (Scopus)

  40 Downloads (Pure)

• The importance of the gestation period for welfare of lambs: maternal stressors and lamb vigour and wellbeing

  Rooke, JA., Arnott, G., Dwyer, CM. & Rutherford, KMD., 2015, In: Journal of Agricultural Science. 153, 3, p. 497 - 519 23 p.

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

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  • Maternal Welfare
  • gestation period
  • vigor
  • ewes
  • lambs
  17 Citations (Scopus)

  27 Downloads (Pure)

• The need for a quantitative assessment of animal welfare trade-offs in climate change mitigation scenarios

  Llonch, P., Lawrence, AB., Haskell, MJ., Blanco-Penedo, I. & Turner, SP., 2015, In: Advances in Animal Biosciences. 6, 1, p. 9 - 11

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

  • animal welfare
  • climate change mitigation
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • manure
  • mitigation

• The role of rural communities in the transition to a low-carbon Scotland: a review

  Markantoni, M. & Woolvin, M., 2015, In: Local Environment. 20, 2, p. 202 - 219 18 p.

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

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  • rural community
  • transition
  • carbon
  • governance
  • policy
  16 Citations (Scopus)

  26 Downloads (Pure)

• Use or delight? History of conflicting hill land uses in Scotland - a review

  Morgan-Davies, C., Wilson, R. & Waterhouse, A., 2015, In: Scottish Geographical Journal. 131, 2, p. 98 - 122 25 p.

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

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  • land use
  • conflict
  • land
  • history
  • hill farming
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  13 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  Ammonia and odour emissions from UK pig farms and nitrogen leaching from outdoor pig production: a review

  Webb, J., Broomfield, M., Jones, SK. & Donovan, B., 1 Feb 2014, In: Science of the Total Environment. 470-471, p. 865 - 875 11 p.

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

  • Odors
  • Leaching
  • Ammonia
  • Odorants
  • pig
  35 Citations (Scopus)

• Animal welfare education - can MOOCs contribute?

  MacKay, JRD., Langford, FM. & Waran, N., 2014, In: Veterinary Record. 175, i, p. 1 - 2 2 p.

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

  • online courses
  • Animal Welfare
  • Animal Behavior
  • animal behavior
  • animal welfare

• Applying ethological and health indicators to practical animal welfare assessment

  Wemelsfelder, F. & Mullan, S., 2014, In: OIE Scientific and Technical Review. 33, 1, p. 111 - 120 10 p.

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

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  • welfare assessment
  • animals
  • animal well-being
  • quality of life
  • emotions
  33 Citations (Scopus)

  67 Downloads (Pure)

• First 20 years of DNDC (DeNitrification DeComposition): model evolution

  Gilhespy, SL., Anthony, S., Cardenas, L., Chadwick, D., del Prado, A., Li, C., Misselbrook, T., Rees, RM., Salas, W., Sanz-Cobena, A., Smith, P., Tilston, EL., Topp, CFE., Vetter, S. & Yeluripati, JB., 2014, In: Ecological Modelling. 292, p. 51 - 62 12 p.

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

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  • denitrification
  • decomposition
  • world
  • transparency
  • forest ecosystem
  112 Citations (Scopus)

  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Genetic selection for temperament traits in dairy and beef cattle

  Haskell, MJ., Simm, G. & Turner, SP., 21 Oct 2014, In: Frontiers in Genetics. 5, 368

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

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  • Genetic Selection
  • Temperament
  • Cattle
  • Handling (Psychology)
  • Economics
  72 Citations (Scopus)

  18 Downloads (Pure)

• Improving intercropping: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology

  Brooker, RW., Bennett, AE., Cong, W-F., Daniell, TJ., George, TS., Hallet, PD., Hawes, C., Iannetta, PPM., Jones, HG., Karley, AJ., Li, L., McKenzie, BM., Pakeman, RJ., Paterson, E., Schob, C., Shen, J., Squire, G., Watson, CA., Zhang, C., Zhang, F. & 2 others, Zhang, J. & White, PJ., 2014, In: New Phytologist. 206, 1, p. 107 - 117 11 p.

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

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  • Plant Physiological Phenomena
  • plant ecology
  • agronomy
  • Ecology
  • plant physiology
  310 Citations (Scopus)

  33 Downloads (Pure)

• Issues and pressures facing the future of soil carbon stocks with particular emphasis on Scottish soils

  Buckingham, S., Rees, RM. & Watson, CA., 31 May 2014, In: Journal of Agricultural Science. 152, 5, p. 699 - 715 17 p.

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

  • soil carbon
  • carbon sinks
  • Soil
  • Carbon
  • Pressure
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Nitrous oxide, climate change and agriculture

  Skiba, UM. & Rees, RM., 2014, In: CAB Reviews. 9

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

  • nitrous oxide
  • agriculture
  • fertilizer
  • climate change
  • Asia
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Pain management in the neonatal piglet during routine management procedures. Part 2: Grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations

  O'Connor, A., Anthony, R., Bergamasco, L., Coetzee, J., Gould, S., Johnson, AK., Karriker, LA., Marchant-Forde, JN., Martineau, GS., McKean, J., Millman, ST., Niekamp, S., Pajor, EA., Rutherford, KMD., Sprague, M., Sutherland, M., von Borell, E. & Dzikamunhenga, RS., 13 Jun 2014, In: Animal Health Research Reviews. 15, 1, p. 39 - 62 24 p.

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

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  • pain
  • piglets
  • castration
  • lidocaine
  • anesthesia
  24 Citations (Scopus)

  7 Downloads (Pure)

• Polyphenol compounds in the chicken/animal diet: from the past to the future

  Surai, P. F., Feb 2014, In: Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition. 98, 1, p. 19-31 13 p.

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

  • Polyphenols
  • Chickens
  • polyphenols
  • Antioxidants
  • antioxidant activity
  98 Citations (Scopus)

• Potential of legume-based grassland - livestock systems in Europe: a review

  Luscher, A., Mueller-Harvey, I., Soussana, JF., Rees, RM. & Payraud, JL., 2014, In: Grass and Forage Science. 69, 2, p. 206 - 228 23 p.

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

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  • livestock
  • grasslands
  • grassland
  • legumes
  • Europe
  239 Citations (Scopus)

  11 Downloads (Pure)

• Selection for 'environmental fit' from existing domesticated species

  Lawrence, AB. & Wall, E., 2014, In: OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique. 33, 1, p. 171 - 179 9 p.

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

  • animal breeding
  • breeding programs
  • farmed animal species
  • milk yield
  • climate change
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• The status of tularemia in Europe in a one-health context: a review

  Hestvik, G., Warns-Petit, E., Smith, LA., Fox, NJ., Uhlhorn, H., Artois, M., Hannant, D., Hutchings, MR., Mattsson, R., Yon, L. & Gavier-Widen, D., 30 Sep 2014, In: Epidemiology and Infection. 143, 10, p. 2137 - 2160 24 p.

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

  • Tularemia
  • Francisella tularensis
  • Health
  • Arthropod Vectors
  • Bacteria
  45 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  A review to inform understanding of the use of food safety messages on food labels

  Hall, C. & Osses, F., Jul 2013, In: International Journal of Consumer Studies. 37, p. 422 - 432 11 p.

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

  • Food Safety
  • Food Labels
  • Food
  • Foodborne Illness
  • Observational Study
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• A systematic review of the environmental impacts of GM crop cultivation as reported from 2006 to 2011

  Knox, OGG., Hall, C., McVittie, A., Walker, RL. & Knight, B., Jun 2013, In: Food and Nutrition Sciences. 4, p. 28 - 44 17 p.

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

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  • GM Crops
  • Environmental Impact
  • Systematic Review
  • Genetically Modified Crops
  • Genetic Modification
  11 Downloads (Pure)

• Biochar field testing in the UK: Outcomes and implications for use

  Hammond, J., Shackley, S., Prendergast-Miller, M., Cook, J., Buckingham, S. & Pappa, V. A., 10 Apr 2013, In: Carbon Management. 4, 2, p. 159-170 12 p.

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

  • biochar
  • trial
  • root crop
  • temperate climate
  • meta-analysis
  31 Citations (Scopus)

• Nitrous oxide mitigation in UK agriculture

  Rees, RM., Baddeley, JA., Bhogal, A., Ball, BC., Chadwick, DR., MacLeod, M., Lilly, A., Pappa, VA., Thorman, RE., Watson, CA. & Williams, JR., 2013, In: Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. 59, p. 3 - 15 13 p.

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

  • greenhouse gases
  • nitrous oxide
  • manure
  • slurry
  • greenhouse gas
  29 Citations (Scopus)

• Opportunities and challenges in the use of the Laser Methane Detector to monitor enteric methane emissions from ruminants

  Chagunda, MGG., Jun 2013, In: Animal. 7, s2, p. 394 - 400 7 p.

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

  • detectors
  • methane
  • ruminants
  • monitoring
  • spectroscopy
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• What have been the farm-level economic impacts of the global cultivation of GM crops?

  Hall, C., Knight, B., Ringrose, S. & Knox, OGG., 2013, In: Collaboration for Environmental Evidence. 11-002, p. 1 - 45 45 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
• 2012

  A review of the development and use of video image analysis (VIA) for beef carcass evaluation as an alternative to the current EUROP system and other subjective systems

  Craigie, CR., Navajas, EA., Purchas, RW., Maltin, CA., Bunger, L., Hoskin, SO., Ross, DW., Morris, ST. & Roehe, R., Dec 2012, In: Meat Science. 92, 4, p. 307 - 318 12 p.

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

  • carcass evaluation
  • carcass grading
  • beef carcasses
  • Red Meat
  • image analysis
  37 Citations (Scopus)

• Biochemistry of phytate and phytases: applications in monogastric nutrition

  Olukosi, OA., Sep 2012, In: Biokemistri. 24(2), p. 58 - 63 6 p.

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

  • monogastric livestock
  • phytases
  • phytic acid
  • biochemistry
  • nutrition

• Board invited review: The importance of the gestation period for welfare of calves: maternal stressors and difficult births

  Arnott, G., Roberts, DJ., Rooke, JA., Turner, SP., Lawrence, AB. & Rutherford, KMD., Dec 2012, In: Journal of Animal Science. 90, 13, p. 5021 - 5034 14 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Maternal Welfare
  • gestation period
  • Cattle
  • calves
  • Parturition
  25 Citations (Scopus)

• Environmental enrichment and practical applications for welfare in production agriculture

  Dixon, LM., 2012, In: CAB Reviews. 7, 033, p. 1 - 18 18 p.

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

  Open Access

  • environmental enrichment
  • agriculture
  • animals
  • foraging
  • hides and skins

• Non CO2 greenhouse gas sources from managed and natural soils - fluxes and mitigation

  Skiba, U., Rees, RM., Siong, J. & Sentian, J., 2012, In: Journal of Oil Palm and the Environment. 3, p. 107 - 113 7 p.

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

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  • nitrous oxide
  • greenhouse gas
  • mitigation
  • methane
  • soil
  3 Downloads (Pure)

• No-till in northern, western and south-western Europe: a review of problems and opportunities for crop production and the environment

  Soane, BD., Ball, BC., Arvidsson, J., Basch, G., Moreno, F. & Roger-Estrade, J., 2012, In: Soil and Tillage Research. 118, p. 66 - 87 22 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Western European region
  • crop production
  • Western Europe
  • no-tillage
  • plowing
  372 Citations (Scopus)

• Status of dairy cow management and fertility in smallholder farms in Malawi

  Banda, LJ., Kamwanja, LA., Chagunda, MGG., Ashworth, CJ. & Roberts, DJ., 2012, In: Tropical Animal Health and Production. 44, 4, p. 715 - 727 13 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Malawi
  • small farms
  • Farmers
  • Farms
  • Fertility
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• Using soil and plant properties and farm management practices to improve the micronutrient composition of food and feed

  Watson, CA., Oborn, I., Edwards, AC., Dahlin, AS., Eriksson, J., Lindstrom, BEM., Linse, L., Owens, K., Topp, CFE. & Walker, RL., 2012, In: Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 121, p. 15 - 24 10 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Micronutrients
  • Farms
  • management practice
  • soil property
  • farm
  15 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  Eggshell pigments - from formation to deposition

  Sparks, NHC., 2011, In: Avian Biology Research. 4, 4, p. 162 - 167 6 p.

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

  Open Access

  • eggshell
  • egg shell
  • pigment
  • protoporphyrin
  • shell
  27 Citations (Scopus)

• Livestock production and greenhouse gas emissions: defining the problem and specifying solutions

  Moran, D. & Wall, E., 2011, In: Animal Frontiers. 1, 1, p. 19 - 25 7 p.

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

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  • Greenhouse Gases
  • Livestock
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • livestock production
  • Agriculture
  17 Citations (Scopus)

  3 Downloads (Pure)