Particle selectivity of sediment deposited over grass barriers and the effect of rainfall (2016)
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Pan, C., Ma, L., & Wainwright, J. (2016). Particle selectivity of sediment deposited over grass barriers and the effect of rainfall. Water Resources Research, 52(10), 7932-7979. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016wr019010

Particle selectivity of the sediment deposited over vegetative barriers is of importance to predict sediment transport and particulate pollutant load into surface waters. Grassed barriers with 20–90% covers at 15° slope were subjected to silt-laden i... Read More about Particle selectivity of sediment deposited over grass barriers and the effect of rainfall.

Experimental simulation: using generative modeling and palaeoecological data to understand human-environment interactions (2016)
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Perry, G., Wainwright, J., Etherington, T., & Wilmshurst, J. (2016). Experimental simulation: using generative modeling and palaeoecological data to understand human-environment interactions. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 4, Article 109. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2016.00109

The amount of palaeoecological information available continues to grow rapidly, supporting improved descriptions of the dynamics of past ecosystems and enabling them to be seen from new perspectives. At the same time, there has been concern over whet... Read More about Experimental simulation: using generative modeling and palaeoecological data to understand human-environment interactions.

Seed-bank structure and plant-recruitment conditions regulate the dynamics of a grassland-shrubland Chihuahuan ecotone (2016)
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Moreno-de las Heras, M., Turnbull, L., & Wainwright, J. (2016). Seed-bank structure and plant-recruitment conditions regulate the dynamics of a grassland-shrubland Chihuahuan ecotone. Ecology, 97(9), 2303-2318. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1446

Large areas of desert grasslands in southwestern USA have shifted to sparse shrublands dominated by drought-tolerant woody species over the last 150 years, accompanied by accelerated soil erosion. An important step towards the understanding of patter... Read More about Seed-bank structure and plant-recruitment conditions regulate the dynamics of a grassland-shrubland Chihuahuan ecotone.

The Geomorphology of The Anthropocene: Emergence, Status and Implications (2016)
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Brown, A., Tooth, S., Bullard, J., Thomas, D., Chiverrell, R., Plater, A., …Aalto, R. (2017). The Geomorphology of The Anthropocene: Emergence, Status and Implications. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 42(1), 71-90. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3943

The Anthropocene is proposed as a new interval of geological time in which human influence on Earth and its geological record dominates over natural processes. A major challenge in demarcating the Anthropocene is that the balance between human-influe... Read More about The Geomorphology of The Anthropocene: Emergence, Status and Implications.

Dryland, calcareous soils store (and lose) significant quantities of near-surface organic carbon (2016)
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Cunliffe, A., Puttock, A., Turnbull, L., Wainwright, J., & Brazier, R. (2016). Dryland, calcareous soils store (and lose) significant quantities of near-surface organic carbon. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 121(4), 684-702. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015jf003628

Semiarid ecosystems are susceptible to changes in dominant vegetation which may have significant implications for terrestrial carbon dynamics. The present study examines the distribution of organic carbon (OC) between particle size fractions in near-... Read More about Dryland, calcareous soils store (and lose) significant quantities of near-surface organic carbon.

Mixed qualitative-simulation methods: understanding geography through thick and thin (2016)
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Millington, J., & Wainwright, J. (2017). Mixed qualitative-simulation methods: understanding geography through thick and thin. Progress in Human Geography, 41(1), 68-88. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132515627021

Across geography there has been variable engagement with the use of simulation and agent-based modelling. We argue that agent-based simulation provides a complementary method to investigate geographical issues which need not be used in ways that are... Read More about Mixed qualitative-simulation methods: understanding geography through thick and thin.