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Dr Laura Turnbull-Lloyd's Outputs (3)

Seed-bank structure and plant-recruitment conditions regulate the dynamics of a grassland-shrubland Chihuahuan ecotone (2016)
Journal Article
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.

Dryland, calcareous soils store (and lose) significant quantities of near-surface organic carbon (2016)
Journal Article
Cunliffe, A. M., Puttock, A. K., Turnbull, L., Wainwright, J., & Brazier, R. E. (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.

Aridland constructed treatment wetlands II: Plant mediation of surface hydrology enhances nitrogen removal (2016)
Journal Article
Sanchez, C. A., Childers, D. L., Turnbull, L., Upham, R. F., & Weller, N. (2016). Aridland constructed treatment wetlands II: Plant mediation of surface hydrology enhances nitrogen removal. Ecological Engineering, 97, 658-665. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.01.002

Constructed treatment wetlands have been well established as effective and sustainable solutions to the problem of urban water treatment and reuse. However, treatment wetlands located in aridland cities may behave differently relative to their more m... Read More about Aridland constructed treatment wetlands II: Plant mediation of surface hydrology enhances nitrogen removal.