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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.

Assessing vegetation structure and ANPP dynamics in a grassland–shrubland Chihuahuan ecotone using NDVI–rainfall relationships (2015)
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Moreno-de las Heras, M., Diaz-Sierra, R., Turnbull, L., & Wainwright, J. (2015). Assessing vegetation structure and ANPP dynamics in a grassland–shrubland Chihuahuan ecotone using NDVI–rainfall relationships. Biogeosciences, 12(10), 2907-2925. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2907-2015

Climate change and the widespread alteration of natural habitats are major drivers of vegetation change in drylands. In the Chihuahuan Desert, large areas of grasslands dominated by perennial grass species have transitioned over the last 150 years to... Read More about Assessing vegetation structure and ANPP dynamics in a grassland–shrubland Chihuahuan ecotone using NDVI–rainfall relationships.

What is suspended sediment? (2015)
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Parsons, A., Cooper, J., & Wainwright, J. (2015). What is suspended sediment?. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 40(10), 1417-1420. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3730

Suspended sediment is conventionally regarded as that sediment transported by a fluid that it is fine enough for turbulent eddies to outweigh settling of the particles through the fluid. Early work in the fluvial field attributed suspension to turbul... Read More about What is suspended sediment?.

Introduction to special issue on connectivity in water and sediment dynamics (2015)
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Parsons, A., Bracken, L., Poeppl, R., Wainwright, J., & Keesstra, S. (2015). Introduction to special issue on connectivity in water and sediment dynamics. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 40(9), 1275-1277. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3714

Connectivity has emerged in recent years as a significant conceptual framework within which to address the spatial and temporal variability in runoff and sediment transport. This special issue draws together several of the papers that were presented... Read More about Introduction to special issue on connectivity in water and sediment dynamics.

Connectivity in dryland landscapes: shifting concepts of spatial interactions (2015)
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Okin, G., Moreno-de las Heras, M., Saco, P., Throop, H., Vivoni, E., Parsons, A., …Peters, D. (2015). Connectivity in dryland landscapes: shifting concepts of spatial interactions. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 13(1), 20-27. https://doi.org/10.1890/140163

Dryland ecosystems are often characterized by patchy vegetation and exposed soil. This structure enhances transport of soil resources and seeds through the landscape (primarily by wind and water, but also by animals), thus emphasizing the importance... Read More about Connectivity in dryland landscapes: shifting concepts of spatial interactions.

Assessing vegetation structure and ANPP dynamics in a grassland-shrubland Chihuahuan ecotone using NDVI-rainfall relationships (2015)
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Moreno-de las Heras, M., Diaz-Sierra, R., Turnbull, L., & Wainwright, J. (2015). Assessing vegetation structure and ANPP dynamics in a grassland-shrubland Chihuahuan ecotone using NDVI-rainfall relationships. Biogeosciences discussions, 12(1), 51-92. https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-12-51-2015

Climate change and the widespread alteration of natural habitats are major drivers of vegetation change in drylands. A classic case of vegetation change is the shrub-encroachment process that has been taking place over the last 150 years in the Chihu... Read More about Assessing vegetation structure and ANPP dynamics in a grassland-shrubland Chihuahuan ecotone using NDVI-rainfall relationships.

Experimental investigation into the impact of a liquid droplet onto a granular bed using three-dimensional, time-resolved, particle tracking (2014)
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Long, E., Hargrace, G., Cooper, J., Kitchener, B., Parsons, A., Hewett, C., & Wainwright, J. (2014). Experimental investigation into the impact of a liquid droplet onto a granular bed using three-dimensional, time-resolved, particle tracking. Physical Review E, 89(3), Article 032201. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.89.032201

An experimental investigation into the interaction that occurs between an impacting water droplet and a granular bed of loose graded sand has been carried out. High-speed imaging, three-dimensional time-resolved particle tracking, and photogrammetric... Read More about Experimental investigation into the impact of a liquid droplet onto a granular bed using three-dimensional, time-resolved, particle tracking.

Concepts of hydrological connectivity: Research approaches, pathways and future agendas (2013)
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Bracken, L., Wainwright, J., Ali, G., Tetzlaff, D., Smith, M., Reaney, S., & Roy, A. (2013). Concepts of hydrological connectivity: Research approaches, pathways and future agendas. Earth-Science Reviews, 119, 17-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.02.001

For effective catchment management and intervention in hydrological systems a process-based understanding of hydrological connectivity is required so that: i) conceptual rather than solely empirical understanding drives how systems are interpreted; a... Read More about Concepts of hydrological connectivity: Research approaches, pathways and future agendas.

Linking Environmental Régimes, Space and Time: Interpretations of Structural and Functional Connectivity (2011)
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Wainwright, J., Turnbull, L., Ibrahim, T., Lexartza-Artza, I., Thomton, S., & Brazier, R. (2011). Linking Environmental Régimes, Space and Time: Interpretations of Structural and Functional Connectivity. Geomorphology, 126(3-4), 387-404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.07.027

Connectivity as a concept has been increasingly part of discussions or explanations in hydrology, geomorphology and ecology. We address recent critiques of this approach by demonstrating how a refinement which distinguishes structural connectivity fr... Read More about Linking Environmental Régimes, Space and Time: Interpretations of Structural and Functional Connectivity.