Michael MacLeod

Research output

Research output per year 2001 2021

• 22 Article
• 8 Commissioned report
• 7 Review article
• 3 Chapter
• 5 More
  • 2 Book
  • 2 Abstract
  • 1 Short communication

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2021

  Identifying key parameters for modelling the impacts of livestock health conditions on greenhouse gas emissions

  Kipling, R. P., Bannink, A., Bartley, D. J., Blanco-Penedo, I., Faverdin, P., Graux, A-I., Hutchings, N. J., Kyriazakis, I., Macleod, M., Østergaard, S., Robinson, T. P., Vitali, A., Ahmadi, B. V. & Özkan, Ş., Jan 2021, In: Animal. 15, 1, 5 p., 100023.

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

  Open Access

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  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • livestock
  • animal health
  • livestock diseases
  • emissions factor
  1 Downloads (Pure)

• Soil organic carbon sequestration rates in vineyard agroecosystems under different soil management practices: A meta-analysis

  Payen, F. T., Sykes, A., Aitkenhead, M., Alexander, P., Moran, D. & MacLeod, M., 25 Mar 2021, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 290, 125736.

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

  • Agroecosystems
  • Organic carbon
  • Carbon Sequestration
  • Meta-analysis
  • vineyard
• 2020

  A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks

  Tian, H., Xu, R., Canadell, J. G., Thompson, R. L., Winiwarter, W., Suntharalingam, P., Davidson, E. A., Ciais, P., Jackson, R. B., Janssens-Maenhout, G., Prather, M. J., Regnier, P., Pan, N., Pan, S., Peters, G. P., Shi, H., Tubiello, F. N., Zaehle, S., Zhou, F., Arneth, A. & 37 others, Battaglia, G., Berthet, S., Bopp, L., Bouwman, A. F., Buitenhuis, E. T., Chang, J., Chipperfield, M. P., Dangal, S. R. S., Dlugokencky, E., Elkins, J. W., Eyre, B. D., Fu, B., Hall, B., Ito, A., Joos, F., Krummel, P. B., Landolfi, A., Laruelle, G. G., Lauerwald, R., Li, W., Lienert, S., Maavara, T., MacLeod, M., Millet, D. B., Olin, S., Patra, P. K., Prinn, R. G., Raymond, P. A., Ruiz, D. J., van der Werf, G. R., Vuichard, N., Wang, J., Weiss, R. F., Wells, K. C., Wilson, C., Yang, J. & Yao, Y., 8 Oct 2020, In: Nature. 586, p. 248-256 9 p.

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

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  • Nitrous Oxide
  • Nitrogen
  • Climate
  • Equipment and Supplies
  • Greenhouse Gases
  36 Citations (Scopus)

• Characterising the biophysical, economic and social impacts of soil carbon sequestration as a greenhouse gas removal technology

  Sykes, AJ., MacLeod, M., Eory, V., Rees, RM., Payen, FP., Myrgiotis, VM., Williams, M., Sohi, S., Hillier, J., Moran, D., Manning, D., Goglio, P., Seghetta, M., Williams, A., Harris, J., Dondini, M., Walton, J., House, J. & Smith, P., Mar 2020, In: Global Change Biology. 26, 3, p. 1085-1108 24 p.

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

  Open Access

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  • Greenhouse Gases
  • social impact
  • economic impact
  • soil carbon
  • Carbon
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  6 Downloads (Pure)

• Future of EU livestock: how to contribute to a sustainable agricultural sector? Final report

  Peyraud, J-L., MacLeod, M. & Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development , Jul 2020, European Commission. 87 p.

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

  Open Access

  • agricultural industry
  • livestock production
  • livestock
  • cuisine
  • land resources

• Net benefits of smallholder dairy cattle farms in Senegal can be significantly increased through the use of better dairy cattle breeds and improved management practices

  Marshall, K., Salmon, G. R., Tebug, S., Juga, J., MacLeod, M., Poole, J., Baltenweck, I. & Missohou, A., Sep 2020, In: Journal of Dairy Science. 103, 9, p. 8197-8217 21 p.

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

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  • dairy breeds
  • Senegal
  • Practice Management
  • cattle breeds
  • Farms
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  8 Downloads (Pure)

• Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions from global aquaculture

  MacLeod, M., Hasan, M. R., Robb, D. HF. & Mamun-Ur-Rashid, M., 15 Jul 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 8 p., 11679.

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

  Open Access

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  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • aquaculture
  • sheep
  • emissions factor
  • feed formulation
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  15 Downloads (Pure)

• Regional land use efficiency and nutritional quality of protein production

  Leinonen, I., Iannetta, P. PM., MacLeod, M., Rees, RM., Russell, W., Watson, CA. & Barnes, AP., Sep 2020, In: Global Food Security. 26, 100386.

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

  • Nutritive Value
  • Land use
  • land use
  • Proteins
  • nutritive value
• 2019

  Exploring the landscape of livestock ‘Facts’

  Salmon, G. R., MacLeod, M., Claxton, J. R., Pica Ciamarra, U., Robinson, T., Duncan, A. & Peters, A. R., 31 Oct 2019, (First published) In: Global Food Security. 100329.

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

  Open Access

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  • Nutrition
  • Nutrients
  • Livestock
  • Crops
  • Environmental impact
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  16 Downloads (Pure)

• Impact of animal breeding on GHG emissions and farm economics

  MacLeod, M., Leinonen, I., Wall, E., Houdijk, JGM., Eory, V., Burns, JB., Vosough Ahmadi, B. & Gomez-Barbero, M., 17 Sep 2019, EUR 29844 EN ed. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg: European Commission. 48 p.

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

  Open Access

  • animal breeding
  • economics
  • farms
  • breeding

• Quantifying and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from global aquaculture

  MacLeod, M., Hasan, M. R., Robb, D. HF. & Mamun-Ur-Rashid, M., 3 Dec 2019, Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 49 p. (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper; no. T626)

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

  Open Access

  File

  • aquaculture
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • cost
  • food security
  • greenhouse gas
  128 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Applying a process-based livestock model to predict spatial variation in agricultural nutrient flows in Scotland

  Leinonen, I., Eory, V. & MacLeod, M., 23 Oct 2018, (First published) In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 209, p. 180 - 189 10 p.

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

  Open Access

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  • Spatial Variation
  • Nutrients
  • Livestock
  • Scotland
  • livestock
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  14 Downloads (Pure)

• Assessing the greenhouse gas mitigation effect of removing bovine trypanosomiasis in Eastern Africa

  MacLeod, M., Eory, V., Wint, W., Shaw, A., Gerber, PJ., Cecchi, G., Mattioli, R., Sykes, A. & Robinson, T., 18 May 2018, (First published) In: Sustainability. 10, 5, p. 1633 - 1647 15 p.

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

  Open Access

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  • trypanosomiasis
  • bovine
  • Greenhouse gases
  • greenhouse gas
  • cattle
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  20 Downloads (Pure)

• Effects of alternative uses of distillery by-products on the greenhouse gas emissions of Scottish malt whisky production: a system expansion approach

  Leinonen, I., MacLeod, M. & Bell, J., 8 May 2018, (First published) In: Sustainability. 10, 5, p. 1 - 18 18 p., 1473.

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

  Open Access

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  • Distilleries
  • Byproducts
  • Gas emissions
  • Greenhouse gases
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  81 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Attitudes towards the use of insect-derived materials in Scottish salmon feeds

  Popoff, M., MacLeod, M. & Leschen, W., 17 May 2017, (First published) In: Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. 3, 2, p. 131 - 138 8 p.

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

  Open Access

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  • Salmon
  • Insecta
  • salmon
  • insects
  • Meals
  13 Citations (Scopus)

  99 Downloads (Pure)

• Endemic sheep and cattle diseases and greenhouse gas emissions

  Bartley, DJ., Skuce, PJ., Zadoks, RN. & Macleod, M., Nov 2017, (First published) p. 253 - 255. 3 p.

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

• Greenhouse gas emissions from aquaculture: a life cycle assessment of three Asian systems

  Robb, D. HF., MacLeod, M., Hasan, M. R. & Soto, D., 1 Sep 2017, Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 94 p.

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

  Open Access

• Integrating livestock health measures into marginal abatement cost curves

  MacLeod, M. & Moran, D., 10 Aug 2017, (First published) In: OIE Scientific and Technical Review. 36, 1, p. 97 - 104 8 p.

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

  • marginal abatement cost curve
  • greenhouse gases
  • livestock
  • emissions factor
  • social benefit

• Invited review: a position on The Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model (GLEAM)

  MacLeod, M., Vellinga, T., Opio, C., Alessandra, F., Tempio, G., Henderson, B., Makkar, H., Mottet, A., Robinson, T., Steinfeld, H. & Gerber, P., 9 Aug 2017, (First published) In: Animal. 12, 2, p. 383 - 397 15 p.

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

  Open Access

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  • environmental assessment
  • livestock
  • data quality
  • natural resources
  • supply chain
  15 Citations (Scopus)

  115 Downloads (Pure)

• The greenhouse gas abatement potential of productivity improving measures applied to cattle systems in a developing region.

  Salmon, GR., Marshall, K., Tebug, SF., Missohou, A., Robinson, T. & MacLeod, M., 27 Sep 2017, (First published) In: Animal. 12, 4, p. 844 - 852 9 p.

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

  Open Access

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  • emissions factor
  • greenhouse gases
  • livestock
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • products and commodities
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  16 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Challenges and priorities for modelling livestock health and pathogens in the context of climate change

  Ozkan, S., Vitali, A., Lacetera, N., Amon, B., Bannink, A., Bartley, DJ., Blanco-Penedo, I., de Haas, Y., Dufrasne, I., Elliott, J., Eory, V., Fox, NJ., Garnsworthy, PC., Gengler, N., Hammami, H., Kyriazakis, I., Leclere, D., Lessire, F., MacLeod, M., Robinson, TP. & 14 others, Ruete, A., Sandars, DL., Shrestha, S., Stott, AW., Twardy, S., Vanrobays, M-L., Vosough Ahmadi, B., Weindl, I., Wheelhouse, N., Williams, AG., Williams, HW., Wilson, AJ., Ostergaard, S. & Kipling, RP., 29 Jul 2016, (First published) In: Environmental Research. 151, p. 130 - 144 15 p.

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

  Open Access

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  • Climate Change
  • Pathogens
  • Livestock
  • Climate change
  • livestock
  23 Citations (Scopus)

  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Farm Level Modelling: Techniques, Applications and Policy

  Shrestha, S., Vosough Ahmadi, B., MacLeod, M., Barnes, AP., Shrestha, S. (ed.), Vosough Ahmadi, B. (ed.) & Barnes, AP. (ed.), 2016, CABI Publishing.

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

• Nutritional strategies to reduce enteric methane emissions

  Rooke, JA., Miller, G. A., Flockhart, JF., McDowell, MM. & MacLeod, M., 2016, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). 46 p.

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

  File

  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • Scotland
  • methane
  • ruminants
  • emissions factor
  32 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Cost-effectiveness of greenhouse gas mitigation measures for agriculture: a literature review

  MacLeod, M., Eory, V., Gruere, G. & Lankoski, J., 1 Aug 2015, Paris: OECD. 73 p. (OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers; no. 89)

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

  Open Access

  • mitigation measure
  • literature review
  • greenhouse gas
  • agriculture
  • cost
• 2014

  Genetic improvement options for the cost effective reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ruminant production systems

  Wall, E., Eory, V., MacLeod, M. & Moran, D., Aug 2014, (First published).

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

• Linking an economic and a life-cycle analysis biophysical model to support agricultural greenhouse gas mitigation policy

  Eory, V., MacLeod, M., Shrestha, S. & Roberts, DJ., 2014, (First published) In: German Journal of Agricultural Economics. 63, 3, p. 133 - 142 10 p.

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

  Open Access

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  • Greenhouse Gases
  • Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
  • Life Cycle Analysis
  • life cycle assessment
  • greenhouse gases
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  13 Downloads (Pure)
• 2013

  Feed-milk-manure nitrogen relationships in global dairy production systems

  Powell, JM., MacLeod, M., Vellinga, TV., Opio, C., Falcucci, A., Tempio, G., Steinfeld, H. & Gerber, P., Apr 2013, In: Livestock Science. 152, 2-3, p. 261 - 272 12 p.

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

  • Manure
  • Nitrogen
  • animal manures
  • Milk
  • milk production
  34 Citations (Scopus)

• Greenhouse gas emissions from pig and chicken supply chains – a global life cycle assessment

  MacLeod, M., Gerber, P., Mottet, A., Tempio, G., Falcucci, A., Opio, C., Vellinga, T., Henderson, B. & Steinfeld, H., 1 Oct 2013, Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 172 p.

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

  Open Access

• Greenhouse gas emissions from ruminant supply chains – a global life cycle assessment

  Opio, C., Gerber, P., Mottet, A., Falcucci, A., Tempio, G., MacLeod, M., Vellinga, T., Henderson, B. & Steinfeld, H., 1 Oct 2013, Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 191 p.

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

• 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
  32 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  Application of the WFD cost proportionality principle to diffuse pollution mitigation: a case study for Scottish Lochs

  Vinten, AJA., Martin-Ortega, J., Glenk, K., Booth, P., Balana, BB., MacLeod, M., Lago, M., Moran, D. & Jones, M., Apr 2012, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 97, p. 28 - 37 10 p.

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

  • diffuse pollution
  • Water Framework Directive
  • Pollution
  • good ecological status
  • mitigation
  33 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  Developing carbon budgets for UK agriculture, land-use, land-use change and forestry out to 2022

  Moran, D., MacLeod, M., Wall, E., Eory, V., McVittie, A., Barnes, AP., Rees, RM., Topp, CFE., Pajot, G., Matthews, R., Smith, P. & Moxey, A., 2011, (First published) In: Climatic Change. 105, 3-4, p. 529 - 553 25 p.

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

  Open Access

  • carbon budget
  • forestry
  • land use change
  • agriculture
  • land use
  36 Citations (Scopus)

• Greenhouse gas mitigation in animal production: towards an integrated life cycle sustainability assessment

  de Boer, IJM., Cederberg, C., Eady, S., Gollnow, S., Kristensen, T., MacLeod, M., Meul, M., Nemecek, T., Phong, LT., Thoma, G., van der Werf, HMG., Williams, AG. & Zonderland-Thomassen, MA., 2011, (First published) In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 3, p. 423 - 431 9 p.

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

  Open Access
  77 Citations (Scopus)
• 2010

  Developing greenhouse gas marginal abatement cost curves for agricultural emissions from crops and soils in the UK

  MacLeod, M., Moran, D., Eory, V., Rees, RM., Barnes, AP., Topp, CFE., Ball, BC., Hoad, SP., Wall, E., McVittie, A., Pajot, G., Matthews, R., Smith, P. & Moxey, A., 2010, (First published) In: Agricultural Systems. 103, 4, p. 198 - 209 12 p.

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

  • marginal abatement cost curve
  • agricultural emission
  • abatement cost
  • greenhouse gases
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  89 Citations (Scopus)

• Marginal abatement cost curves for UK agricultural greenhouse gas emissions

  Moran, D., MacLeod, M., Wall, E., Eory, V., McVittie, A., Barnes, AP., Rees, RM., Topp, CFE. & Moxey, A., 2010, (First published) In: Journal of Agricultural Economics. 62, 1, p. 93 - 118 26 p.

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

  • marginal abatement cost curve
  • Greenhouse Gases
  • Marginal Abatement Costs
  • Cost Curve
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  48 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  Understanding the costs of environmental regulation in Europe

  MacLeod, M., Ekins, P., Vanner, R., Moran, D., MacLeod, M. (ed.), Ekins, P. (ed.), Vanner, R. (ed.) & Moran, D. (ed.), 2009, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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

  4 Citations (Scopus)
• 2008

  The origins, operation and future of farmers' markets in Scotland

  MacLeod, M., 2008, (First published) In: Journal of Farm Management. 13, p. 177 - 203 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2007

  Coastal dune conservation on an Irish commonage: community-based management or tragedy of the commons?

  McKenna, J., O'Hagan, AM., Power, J., MacLeod, M. & Cooper, A., 2007, (First published) In: The Geographical Journal. 173, p. 157 - 169 13 p.

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

  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Dynamics of water use in Scotland

  Moran, D., MacLeod, M., McVittie, A., Lago, M. & Oglethorpe, DR., 2007, (First published) In: Water and Environment Journal. 21, p. 241 - 251 11 p.

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

  6 Citations (Scopus)
• 2006

  Counting the cost of water use in hydroelectric generation in Scotland

  MacLeod, M., Moran, D. & Spencer, I., 2006, (First published) In: Energy Policy. 34, p. 2048 - 2059 12 p.

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

  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Tourism development: hard core or soft touch?

  Williams, F., MacLeod, M., Prideaux, B. (ed.), Moscardo, G. (ed.) & Laws, E. (ed.), 2006, (First published) Managing Tourism and Hospitality Services - Theory and International Applications. Prideaux, B., Moscardo, G. & Laws, E. (eds.). Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing, p. 126 - 144 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2005

  Carrying capacity in coastal areas

  MacLeod, M., Cooper, JAG. & Schwartz, M. (ed.), 2005, (First published) Encyclopedia of Coastal Science. Schwartz, M. (ed.). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, p. 226 1 p.

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

  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Land tenure type as an underrated legal constraint on the conservation management of coastal dunes: examples from Ireland

  McKenna, J., MacLeod, M., Cooper, A., O'Hagan, AM. & Power, J., 2005, (First published) In: Area. 37, p. 312 - 323 12 p.

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

  7 Citations (Scopus)
• 2003

  Obsolete maps and coastal management: case studies from Northwest Ireland

  McKenna, J., O'Hagan, AM., MacLeod, M., Power, J. & Cooper, A., 2003, (First published) In: Coastal Management. 31, p. 229 - 246 18 p.

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

  6 Citations (Scopus)
• 2001

  Indicators of rural well being

  Copus, AK., MacLeod, M., Roberts, L. (ed.) & Hall, DR. (ed.), 2001, (First published) Rural Tourism and Recreation. Principles to Practice. Roberts, L. & Hall, DR. (eds.). Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing, p. 31 - 34 4 p.

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