Search Results - "SMART, SIMON M."

Historical nectar assessment reveals the fall and rise of floral resources in Britain by Baude, Mathilde, Kunin, William E., Boatman, Nigel D., Conyers, Simon, Davies, Nancy, Gillespie, Mark A. K., Morton, R. Daniel, Smart, Simon M., Memmott, Jane

“…Historical assessment of nectar provision in the UK from the 1930s to 2007 shows an initial dramatic fall, but more recently nectar provision has increased;…”
Get full text

Light availability and land‐use history drive biodiversity and functional changes in forest herb layer communities by Depauw, Leen, Perring, Michael P., Landuyt, Dries, Maes, Sybryn L., Blondeel, Haben, De Lombaerde, Emiel, Brūmelis, Guntis, Brunet, Jörg, Closset‐Kopp, Déborah, Czerepko, Janusz, Decocq, Guillaume, den Ouden, Jan, Gawryś, Radosław, Härdtle, Werner, Hédl, Radim, Heinken, Thilo, Heinrichs, Steffi, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Kopecký, Martin, Liepiņa, Ilze, Macek, Martin, Máliš, František, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Smart, Simon M., Ujházy, Karol, Wulf, Monika, Verheyen, Kris, Gilliam, Frank

“…A central challenge of today's ecological research is predicting how ecosystems will develop under future global change. Accurate predictions are complicated…”
Get full text

Habitat invasions by alien plants: a quantitative comparison among Mediterranean, subcontinental and oceanic regions of Europe by Chytrý, Milan, Maskell, Lindsay C., Pino, Joan, Pyšek, Petr, Vilà, Montserrat, Font, Xavier, Smart, Simon M.

“…1. Although invasions by alien plants are major threats to the biodiversity of natural habitats, individual habitats vary considerably in their susceptibility…”
Get full text

Fertilization using manure minimizes the trade-offs between biodiversity and forage production in agri-environment scheme grasslands by Villa-Galaviz, Edith, Smart, Simon M, Ward, Susan E, Fraser, Mariecia D, Memmott, Jane

“…A common practice used to restore and maintain biodiversity in grasslands is to stop or decrease the use of fertilizers as they are a major cause of…”
Get full text

The design, launch and assessment of a new volunteer-based plant monitoring scheme for the United Kingdom by Pescott, Oliver L, Walker, Kevin J, Harris, Felicity, New, Hayley, Cheffings, Christine M, Newton, Niki, Jitlal, Mark, Redhead, John, Smart, Simon M, Roy, David B

“…Volunteer-based plant monitoring in the UK has focused mainly on distribution mapping; there has been less emphasis on the collection of data on plant…”
Get full text

Biotic homogenization and changes in species diversity across human-modified ecosystems by Smart, Simon M, Thompson, Ken, Marrs, Robert H, Le Duc, Mike G, Maskell, Lindsay C, Firbank, Leslie G

“…Changing land use and the spread of ‘winning’ native or exotic plants are expected to lead to biotic homogenization (BH), in which previously distinct plant…”
Get full text

Model‐based assessment of the impact of agri‐environment scheme options and short‐term climate change on plant biodiversity in temperate grasslands by West, Bede, Jones, Davey L., Robinson, Emma L., Marrs, Robert H., Smart, Simon M.

“…Agri‐environment schemes (AES) incentivise land‐management practices aimed at mitigating environmental impacts. However, their effectiveness depends on the…”
Get full text

How well is current plant trait composition predicted by modern and historical forest spatial configuration? by Kimberley, Adam, Blackburn, G. Alan, Whyatt, J. Duncan, Smart, Simon M

“…There is increasing evidence to suggest that a delayed response of many forest species to habitat loss and fragmentation leads to the development of extinction…”
Get full text

Challenging the view that invasive non-native plants are not a significant threat to the floristic diversity of Great Britain by Hulme, Philip E., Pauchard, Aníbal, Pyšek, Petr, Vilà, Montserrat, Alba, Christina, Blackburn, Tim M., Bullock, James M., Chytrý, Milan, Dawson, Wayne, Dunn, Alison M., Essl, Franz, Genovesi, Piero, Maskell, Lindsay C., Meyerson, Laura A., Nuñez, Martin A., Pergl, Jan, Pescott, Oliver L., Pocock, Michael J. O., Richardson, David M., Roy, Helen E., Smart, Simon M., Štajerová, Kateřina, Stohlgren, Thomas, van Kleunen, Mark, Winter, Marten

Get full text

Using Qualitative and Quantitative Methods to Choose a Habitat Quality Metric for Air Pollution Policy Evaluation by Rowe, Edwin C, Ford, Adriana E S, Smart, Simon M, Henrys, Peter A, Ashmore, Mike R

“…Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition has had detrimental effects on species composition in a range of sensitive habitats, although N deposition can also…”
Get full text

Co-located ecological data for exploring top- and subsoil carbon dynamics across grassland-woodland contrasts by Reinsch, Sabine, Lebron, Inma, Brentegani, Michele, Brooks, Milo, Busi, Susheel Bhanu, Cagnarini, Claudia, Cooper, David, Day, John, Emmett, Bridget A., Fitos, Eleonora, Goodall, Tim, Griffiths, Robert, Jones, Briony, Keenan, Patrick, Keith, Aidan, Lopes-Mazzetto, Josiane M., Mason, Kelly E., Pallett, Denise, Pereira, M. Glória, Pinder, Adam, Robinson, David A., Smart, Simon M., Thomas, Amy, Benham, Sue, Vanguelova, Elena, Cosby, Bernhard J.

“…Soil organic carbon (SOC) is a soil health indicator and understanding dynamics changing SOC stocks will help achieving net zero goals. Here we present four…”
Get full text

Assessment of a large number of empirical plant species niche models by elicitation of knowledge from two national experts by Smart, Simon M., Jarvis, Susan G., Mizunuma, Toshie, Herrero‐Jáuregui, Cristina, Fang, Zhou, Butler, Adam, Alison, Jamie, Wilson, Mike, Marrs, Robert H.

“…Quantitative models play an increasing role in exploring the impact of global change on biodiversity. To win credibility and trust, they need validating. We…”
Get full text

Nitrogen deposition increases the acquisition of phosphorus and potassium by heather Calluna vulgaris by Rowe, Edwin C., Smart, Simon M., Kennedy, Valerie H., Emmett, Bridget A., Evans, Christopher D.

“…Increased plant productivity due to nitrogen pollution increases the strength of the global carbon sink, but is implicated in plant diversity loss. However,…”
Get full text

Mycorrhizal type of woody plants influences understory species richness in British broadleaved woodlands by Guy, Petra, Sibly, Richard, Smart, Simon M., Tibbett, Mark, Pickles, Brian J.

“…Summary Mature temperate woodlands are commonly dominated by ectomycorrhizal trees, whereas understory plants predominantly form arbuscular mycorrhizal…”
Get full text

Nitrogen deposition causes widespread loss of species richness in British habitats by MASKELL, LINDSAY C., SMART, SIMON M., BULLOCK, JAMES M., THOMPSON, KEN, STEVENS, CARLY J.

“…We use national scale data to test the hypothesis that nitrogen (N) deposition is strongly negatively correlated with plant species richness in a wide range of…”
Get full text

Plant and soil communities are associated with the response of soil water repellency to environmental stress by Seaton, Fiona M., Jones, Davey L., Creer, Simon, George, Paul B.L., Smart, Simon M., Lebron, Inma, Barrett, Gaynor, Emmett, Bridget A., Robinson, David A.

“…A warming climate and expected changes in average and extreme rainfall emphasise the importance of understanding how the land surface routes and stores surface…”
Get full text

Legacy effects of grassland management on soil carbon to depth by Ward, Susan E., Smart, Simon M., Quirk, Helen, Tallowin, Jerry R. B., Mortimer, Simon R., Shiel, Robert S., Wilby, Andrew, Bardgett, Richard D.

“…The importance of managing land to optimize carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation is widely recognized, with grasslands being identified as having…”
Get full text

Aligning landscape structure with ecosystem services along an urban–rural gradient. Trade-offs and transitions towards cultural services by Herrero-Jáuregui, Cristina, Arnaiz-Schmitz, Cecilia, Herrera, Lorena, Smart, Simon M., Montes, Carlos, Pineda, Francisco D., Schmitz, Maria Fe

“…Context Urban–rural gradients provide a suitable framework for studying the provision of urban and rural ecosystem services (ES), linked to social welfare…”
Get full text

Spatial Relationships between Intensive Land Cover and Residual Plant Species Diversity in Temperate Farmed Landscapes by Simon M. Smart, Marrs, Robert H., Le Duc, Mike G., Thompson, Ken, Robert G. H. Bunce, Firbank, Les G., Martin J. Rossall

“…1. In temperate farmed landscapes conservation policies increasingly emphasize large-scale reductions in land-use intensity. Yet despite a managed reversion to…”
Get full text

Fifty years of reduction in sulphur deposition drives recovery in soil pH and plant communities by Seaton, Fiona M., Robinson, David A., Monteith, Don, Lebron, Inma, Bürkner, Paul, Tomlinson, Sam, Emmett, Bridget A., Smart, Simon M.

“…Sulphur deposition through rainfall has led to species loss and ecosystem degradation globally, and across Europe huge reductions in sulphur emissions since…”
Get full text