School of Geography and the Environment

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Selected Publications (2015)

64 publications listed

• Adger, W.N., Arnell, N., Black, R., Dercon, S., Geddes, S., Hunter, L. and Thomas, D.S.G. (2015) Focus on Environmental Risks and Migration: Causes and Consequences. Environmental Research Letters, 10.
• Alba, C., Skálová, H., McGregor, K.F., D'Antonio, C. and Pyšek, P. (2015) Native and exotic plant species respond differently to wildfire and prescribed fire as revealed by meta-analysis. Journal of Vegetation Science, 26(1): 102-113.
• Allen, C.J.T., Washington, R. and Saci, A. (2015) Dust detection from ground‐based observations in the summer global dust maximum: Results from Fennec 2011 and 2012 and implications for modeling and field observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120(3): 897-916.
• Arizzi, A., Brummer, M., Martin-Sanchez, I., Cultrone, G. and Viles, H. (2015) The influence of the type of lime on the hygric behavior and bio-receptivity of hemp lime composites used for rendering applications in sustainable new construction and repair works. PLoS (ONE), 10(5). e0125520.
• Arizzi, A., Viles, H., Martín-Sanchez, I. and Cultrone, G. (2015) Predicting the long-term durability of hemp–lime renders in inland and coastal areas using Mediterranean, Tropical and Semi-arid climatic simulations. Science of The Total Environment, 542(A): 757-770.
• Barberena-Fernández, A.M., Carmona-Quiroga, P.M. and Blanco-Varela, M.T. (2015) Interaction of TEOS with cementitious materials. Cement and Concrete Composites, 55: 145-152.
• Boardman, J. (2015) Extreme rainfall and its impact on cultivated landscapes with particular reference to Britain. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 40(15): 2121-2130.
• Boardman, J., Favis-mortlock, D. and Foster, I. (2015) A 13-year record of erosion on badland sites in the Karoo, South Africa. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 40(14): 1964-1981.
• Buendia, C., Bussi, G., Tuset, J., Vericat, D., Palau, A., Sabater, S. and Batalla, R.J. (2015) Effects of afforestation on water and sediment load in an upland Mediterranean catchment. Science of the Total Environment, 540: 144-157.
• Burrough, S. and Willis, K.J. (2015) Ecosystem resilience to late-Holocene climate change in the Upper Zambezi Valley. The Holocene, 25(11): 1811-1828.
• Burrough, S.L., Thomas, D.S.G., Orijemie, E.A. and Willis, K. (2015) Landscape sensitivity and ecological change in western Zambia. The long-term perspective from a Zambian dambo. Journal of Quaternary Science, 30(1): 44-58.
• Coombes, M.A. and Viles, H.A. (2015) Population-level zoogeomorphology: the case of the Eurasian badger (Meles meles L.). Physical Geography, 36(3): 215-238.
• Coombes, M.A., La Marca, E.C., Naylor, L.A. and Thompson, R.C. (2015) Getting into the groove: Opportunities to enhance the ecological value of hard coastal infrastructure using fine-scale surface textures. Ecological Engineering, 77: 314-323.
• Coombes, M.A., La Marca, E.C., Naylor, L.A., Piccini, L., De Waele, J. and Sauro, F. (2015) The influence of light attenuation on the biogeomorphology of a marine karst cave: A case study of Puerto Princesa Underground River, Palawan, the Philippines. Geomorphology, 229: 125-133.
• Cutler, N.A., Chaput, D.L., Oliver, A.E. and Viles, H.A. (2015) The spatial organisation and microbial community structure of an epilithic biofilm. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 91(3): 1-9.
• Durcan, J.A., King, G.E. and Duller, G.A.T. (2015) DRAC: Dose Rate and Age Calculator for trapped charge dating. Quaternary Geochronology, 28: 54-61.
• Engelstaedter, S., Washington, R., Flamant, C., Parker, D.J., Allen, C.J.T. and Todd, M.C. (2015) The Saharan heat low and moisture transport pathways in the central Sahara – multi-aircraft observations and Africa-LAM evaluation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120: 4417-4442.
• Fattahi, M. (2015) OSL dating of the Miam Qanat (KĀRIZ) system in NE Iran. Journal of Archaeological Science, 59: 54-63.
• Fusade, L., Viles, H., Wood, C. and Rushton, N. (2015) What makes a good repointing mortar for damp towers?, Characterisation of the hydric properties of lime-based mortars. Centre for Doctoral Training in Science and Engineering in Arts Heritage and Archaeology (SEAHA)
• Goudie, A. and Viles, H. (2015) Landscapes and Landforms of Namibia. Springer. pp. 713. ISBN: 978-94-017-8020-9.
• Goudie, A. and Viles, H. (2015) Vegetation, Fauna and Humans. In, Goudie, S. and Viles, H.A. (eds.) Landscapes and Landforms of Namibia. Springer. Commissioned by World Geomorphological Landscapes 2015. pp. 47-51. ISBN: 978-94-017-8020-9.
• Gowell, M., Coombes, M.A. and Viles, H.A. (2015) Rock-protecting seaweed? Experimental evidence of bioprotection in the intertidal zone. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 40(10): 1364-1370.
• Harris, A., Hahn, U., Madsen, J.K. and Hsu, A. (2015) The Appeal to Expert Opinion: Quantitative support for a Bayesian Network Approach. Cognitive Science: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 39(7): 1-38.
• Haustein, K., Washington, R., King, J., Wiggs, G., Thomas, D.S.G., Eckardt, F.D., Bryant, R.G. and Menut, L. (2015) Testing the performance of state-of-the-art dust emission schemes using DO4Models field data. Geoscientific Model Development, 8(2): 341-362.
• Hirpa, F.A., Fagbemi, K., Afiesimama, E., Shuaib, H. and Salamon, P. (2015) Saving lives: Ensemble-based early warnings in developing nations. In, Duan, Q., Pappenberger, F., Thielen, J., Wood,A., Cloke, H.L. and Schaake, J.C. (eds.) Handbook of Hydrometeorological Ensemble Forecasting. Springer, Berlin. pp. 1-22. ISBN: 978-3-642-40457-3.
• King, C. and Jaafar, H. (2015) Rapid assessment of the water–energy–food–climate nexus in six selected basins of North Africa and West Asia undergoing transitions and scarcity threats. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 31(3): 343-359.
• King-Okumu, C. (2015) A framework to assess returns on investments in the dryland systems of Northern Kenya. IIED Working Paper.
• Kundzewicz, Z.W., Merz, B., Vorogushyn, S., Hartmann, H., Duethmann, D., Wortmann, M., et al. (2015) Analysis of changes in climate and river discharge with focus on seasonal runoff predictability in the Aksu River Basin. Environmental Earth Sciences, 73(2): 501-516.
• Madsen, J.K. (2015) Modelling Political Source Credibility of Election Candidates in the USA.Noelle, D.C., Dale, R., Warlaumont, A.S., Yoshimi, J., Matlock, T., Jennings, C.D. and Maglio, P.P. (eds.) Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Cognitive Science Society.. 1470-1476.
• Makondo, C.C., Sichilima, S., Silondwa, M., Sikazwe, R., Maiba, L., Longwe, C. and Chiliboyi, Y. (2015) Environmental Management Compliance, Law and Policy Regimes in Developing Countries: A Review of the Zambian Case. International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy, 3(4): 79-87.
• Marthews, T., Otto, F.E.L., Mitchell, D., Dadson, S.J. and Jones, G. (2015) The 2014 drought in the Horn of Africa: Attribution of meteorological drivers. In, Explaining Extreme Events of 2014: From a Climate Perspective. Special Supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Vol 96, No 12, December 2015. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. pp. 83-88.
• Marthews, T.R., Dadson, S.J., Lehner, B., Abele, S. and Gedney, N. (2015) High-resolution global topographic index values for use in large-scale hydrological modelling. Hydrological and Earth System Sciences, 19: 91-104.
• Middleton, N. (2015) An Atlas of Countries That Don't Exist: A compendium of fifty unrecognized and largely unnoticed states. Macmillan. pp. 240. ISBN: 9781447295273.
• Migon, P. and Viles, H.A. (2015) Sandstone Geomorphology: Landscape formation, field mapping, research methods. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, 59(S1): 1-2.
• Naylor, L.A. and Coombes, M.A. (2015) Bioprotection: working with nature to manage coastal hazards. Geography Review, 28(4): 37-41.
• Nield, J.M., Bryant, R.G., Wiggs, G.F.S., King, J., Thomas, D.S.G., Eckardt, F.D. and Washington, R. (2015) The dynamism of salt crust patterns on playas. Geology, 43(1): 31-34.
• Paltan, H., Dash, J. and Edwards, M.E. (2015) A refined mapping of Arctic lakes using Landsat Imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 36(23): 5970-5982.
• Preston, G., Thomas, D.S.G., Goudie, A.S., Atkinson, O., Leng, M.J., Hodson, M., Walkington, H., Charpentier, V., Mery, S., Borgi, F. and Parker, A.G. (2015) A multi-proxy analysis of the Holocene humid phase from the United Arab Emirates and its implications for southeast Arabia's Neolithic populations. Quaternary International, 382: 277-292.
• Pyšek, P., Manceur, A.M., Alba, C., McGregor, K.F., Pergl, J., Štajerovà, K., Danihelka, J., Kartesz, J., Klimešová, J., Lucanová, M., Moravcová, L., Nishino, M., Sádlo, J., Suda, J., Tichy, L. and Kuhn, I. (2015) Naturalization of central European plants in North America: species traits, habitats, propagule pressure, residence time. Ecology, 96(3): 762-774.
• Revilla-Romero, B., Hirpa, F.A., Thielen-del Pozo, J., Salamon, P., Brakenridge, R., Pappenberger, F. and De Groeve, T. (2015) On the use of global flood forecasts and satellite-derived inundation maps for flood monitoring in data-sparse regions. Remote Sensing, 7(11): 15702-15728.
• Rodriguez-Lloveras, X., Bussi, G., Francés, F., Emilio Rodriguez-Caballero, E., Solé-Benet, A., Calle, M. and Benito, G. (2015) Patterns of runoff and sediment production in response to land-use changes in an ungauged Mediterranean catchment. Journal of Hydrology, 551(3): 1054-1066.
• Rueff, H., Rahim, I., Kohler, T., Mahal, T.J. and Ariza, C. (2015) Can the green economy enhance sustainable mountain development? The potential role of awareness building. Environmental Science and Policy, 49: 85-94.
• Rumbaur, C., Thevs, N., et al. (2015) Sustainable management of river oases along the Tarim River (SuMaRiO) in Northwest China under conditions of climate change. Earth System Dynamics, 6: 83-107.
• Ryder, C.L., McQuaid, J.B., Flamant, C., Washington, R., Brindley, H.E., Highwood, E.J., Marsham, J.H., Parker, D.J., Todd, M.C., Banks, J.R., Brooke, J.K., Engelstaedter, S., Estellés, V., Formenti, P., Garcia-Carreras, L., Kocha, C., Marenco, F., Rosenberg, P., Sodemann, H., Allen, C.J.T., Bourdon, A., Bart, M., Cavazos-Guerra, C., Chevaillier, S., Crosier, J., Darbyshire, E., Dean, A.R., Dorsey, J.R., Kent, J., O'Sullivan, D., Schepanski, K., Szpek, K. and Woolley, A. (2015) Advances in understanding mineral dust and boundary layer processes over the Sahara from Fennec aircraft observations. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15(14): 199-290.
• Sadoff, C.W., Hall, J.W., Grey, D., Aerts, J.C.J.H., Ait-Kadi, M., Brown, C., Cox, A., Dadson, S., Garrick, D., Kelman, J., McCornick, P., Ringler, C., Rosegrant, M., Whittington, D. and Wiberg, D. (2015) Securing Water, Sustaining Growth: Report of the GWP/OECD Task Force on Water Security and Sustainable Growth. University of Oxford, UK. 180 pp. ISBN: 978-1-874370-55-0.
• Schnepfleitner, H., Sass, O., Fruhmann, S., Viles, H. and Goudie, A. (2015) A multi‐method investigation of temperature, moisture and salt dynamics in tafoni (Tafraoute, Morocco). Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 41(4): 473-485.
• Sehhati, M.T., Sepehr, A., Ekhtesasi, M.R. and Goudie, A. (2015) The eco-geomorphological roles of rocky deep crevices for water supply on arid zone mountain slopes (case study: Mehriz–Yazd, Iran). Environmental Earth Sciences, 74(1): 493-504.
• Selby, K.A. and Smith, D.E. (2015) Holocene Relative Sea-Level Change on the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Scottish Geographical Journal, 132(1): 42-65.
• Singarayer, J.S. and Burrough, S.L. (2015) Interhemispheric dynamics of the African rainbelt during the late Quaternary. Quaternary Science Reviews, 124: 48-67.
• Steenhuisen, S-L., Balmer, A., Zoeller, K., Kühn, N., Midgley, J., Hansen, D. and Johnson, S. (2015) Carnivorous mammals feed on nectar of Protea species (Proteaceae) in South Africa and likely contribute to their pollination. African Journal of Ecology, 3(4): 602-605.
• Sternberg, T. (2015) Desert boundaries; the once and future Gobi. The Geographical Journal, 181(1): 61-72.
• Sternberg, T. (2015) Water mega-projects in deserts and drylands. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 32(2): 301-320.
• Sternberg, T. and Paillou, P. (2015) Mapping potential shallow groundwater in the Gobi Desert using remote sensing: Lake Ulaan Nuur. Journal of Arid Environments, 118: 21-27.
• Sternberg, T., Rueff, H. and Middleton, N. (2015) Contraction of the Gobi 2000-2012. Remote Sensing, 7(2): 1346-1358.
• Stone, A.E.C., Bateman, M.D. and Thomas, D.S.G. (2015) Rapid age assessment in the Namib Sand Sea using a portable luminescence reader. Quaternary Geochronology, 30(B): 134-140.
• Stott, P.A., Christidis, N., Otto, F.E.L., Sun, Y., Vanderlinden, J.P., Jan van Oldenborgh, G., Vautard, R., von Storch, H., Walton, P., Yiou, P. and Zwiers, F.W. (2015) Attribution of extreme weather and climate-related events. WIREs Climate change, 7(1): 23-41.
• Talling, P.J., Allin, J., Armitage, D.A., Arnott, R.W., Cartigny, M.J., Clare, M.A., Felletti, F., Covault, J.A., Girardclos, S., Hansen, E. and Hill, P.R. (2015) Key future directions for research on turbidity currents and their deposits. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 85(2): 153-169.
• Tipping, R., Smith, D.E. and Jordan, J.T. (2015) Relative sea-level change and experiencing the Droughduil Mound. In, Thomas, J. (ed.) A Neolithic Ceremonial Complex in Galloway. Excavations at Dunragit and Droughduil, 1999-2002. Oxbow Books, Oxford. pp. 104-109.
• Werrell, C.E., Femia, F. and Sternberg, T. (2015) Did we see it coming?: State fragility, climate vulnerability and the uprisings in Syria and Egypt. SAIS Review of International Affairs, 35(1): 29-46.
• Whitehead, P.G., Bussi, G., Bowes, M.J., Read, D.S., Elliott, J.A. and Dadson, S.J. (2015) Dynamic modelling of multiple phytoplankton groups in rivers with an application to the Thames river system in the UK. Environmental Modelling and Software, 74: 75-91.
• Yu, H.H., Edmunds, M., Lora-Wainwright, A. and Thomas, D. (2015) Governance of the irrigation commons under integrated water resources management – A comparative study in contemporary rural China. Environmental Science and Policy, 55(1): 65-74.
• Zhao, Y., Han, S., et al. (2015) Comparative study of heavy metals in "soil-wheat" system between sewage-irrigated area and clean water-irrigated area in suburban Beijing. Journal of Environmental Health, 77(6): 28-34.
• Zhao, Y., Mao, G., Han, S. and Gao, L. (2015) Effect of nanomaterials on heavy metal transport in alkaline soil. Soil and Sediment Contamination, 24(6): 694-703.
• Zhou, L., Zhao, Y., Wang, S., Han, S., et al. (2015) Lead in the soil-mulberry (Morus alba L.)-silkworm (Bombyx mori) food chain: Translocation and detoxification. Chemosphere, 128: 171-177.