Colt Park Meadows biblio

Colt Park Meadows Bibliography

Liu, S., Susan E. Ward, S.E., Wilby, A., Manning, P., Gong, M., Davies, J., Killick, R., Quinton, J.N., Bardgett, R.D. (2025) Multiple targeted grassland restoration interventions enhance ecosystem service multifunctionality. Nature Communications 16, 3971. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59157-8]

Villa‐Galaviz, E., Smart, S.M., Clare, E.L., Ward, S.E. & Memmott, J. (2020) Differential effects of fertilisers on pollination and parasitoid interaction networks. Journal of Animal Ecology 90(2): 404-414. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13373].

Cole, A.J., Griffiths, R.I., Ward, S.E., Whitaker, J., Ostle, N.J. & Bardgett, R.D. (2019) Grassland biodiversity restoration increases resistance of carbon fluxes to drought. Journal of Applied Ecology 56(7): 1806-1816. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13402].

De Long, J.R., Jackson, B.G., Wilkinson, A., Pritchard, W.J., Oakley, S., Mason, K.E., Stephan, J.G., Ostle, N.J., Johnson, D., Baggs, E.M., & Bardgett, R.D. (2019) Relationships between plant traits, soil properties and carbon fluxes differ between monocultures and mixed communities in temperate grassland. Journal of Ecology 107(4): 1704-1719. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13160].

Leff, J.W., Bardgett, R.D., & Wilkinson, A. et al. (2018) Predicting the structure of soil communities from plant community taxonomy, phylogeny, and traits. ISME Journal 12: 1794–1805. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0089-x].

Baxendale, C., Orwin, K.H., Poly, F., Pommier, T. & Bardgett, R.D. (2014) Are plant–soil feedback responses explained by plant traits? New Phytologist 204(2): 408-423. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12915].

De Deyn, G.B., Quirk, H., Oakley, S., Ostle, N.J. & Bardgett, R.D. (2011) Rapid transfer of photosynthetic carbon through the plant-soil system in differently managed species-rich grasslands. Biogeosciences 8(5): 1131-1139. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-1131-2011].

De Deyn, G.B., Shiel, R.S., Ostle, N.J., McNamara, N.P., Oakley, S., Young, I., Freeman, C., Fenner, N., Quirk, H. & Bardgett, R.D. (2011) Additional carbon sequestration benefits of grassland diversity restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology 48(3): 600-608. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01925.x].

Smith, R.S., Shiel, R.S., Bardgett, R.D., Millward, D., Corkhill, P., Evans, P., Quirk, H., Hobbs, P.J. & Kometa, S.T. (2008) Long‐term change in vegetation and soil microbial communities during the phased restoration of traditional meadow grassland. Journal of Applied Ecology 45(2): 670-679. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01425.x].

Ayres, E., Dromph, K.M., Cook, R., Ostle, N.J. & Bardgett, R.D. (2007) The influence of below‐ground herbivory and defoliation of a legume on nitrogen transfer to neighbouring plants. Functional Ecology 21(2): 256-263. [Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01227.x].

Smith, R.S., Shiel, R.S., Bardgett, R.D., Millward, D., Corkhill, P., Rolph, G., Hobbs, P.J. & Peacock, S. (2003) Soil microbial community, fertility, vegetation and diversity as targets in the restoration management of a meadow grassland. Journal of Applied Ecology 40(1): 51-64. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2664.2003.00780.x].

Wynne, I.R., Loxdale, H.D., Brookes, C.P. & Woiwod, I.P. (2003) Genetic structure of fragmented November moth (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) populations in farmland. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 78(4): 467–477. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0024-4066.2002.00155.x].

Smith, R.S., Shiel, R.S., Millward, D., Corkhill, P. & Sanderson, R.A. (2002) Soil seed banks and the effects of meadow management on vegetation change in a 10‐year meadow field trial. Journal of Applied Ecology 39(2): 279-293. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2664.2002.00715.x].

Smith, R.S., Shiel, R.S., Millward, D. & Corkhill, P. (2000) The interactive effects of management on the productivity and plant community structure of an upland meadow: an 8‐year field trial. Journal of Applied Ecology 37(6): 1029-1043. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00566.x].

Bardgett, R. & McAlister, E. (1999) The measurement of soil fungal:bacterial biomass ratios as an indicator of ecosystem self-regulation in temperate meadow grasslands. Biology & Fertility of Soils 29: 282–290. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003740050554].

Smith, R.S., Corkhill, P., Shiel, R.S. & Millward, D. (1996) The conservation management of mesotrophic (meadow) grassland in Northern England. 2. Effects of grazing, cutting date, fertiliser and seed application on the vegetation of an agriculturally improved sward. Grass & Forage Science 51(3): 292-305. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2494.1996.tb02064.x].