Selected publications
Interspecific networks in ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages
This paper, published in a Special Issue of the journal Ecological Indicators to mark 20 years of data collection at ECN terrestrial sites, uses ECN carabid beetle data to build a Bayesian network of interspecific relationships, a potentially useful method for ecological analysis.
The past and future of phytoplankton in the UK's largest lake, Lough Neagh
This paper, published in a Special Issue of the journal Ecological Indicators to mark 20 years of data collection at ECN terrestrial sites, uses ECN data from Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland, to model phytoplankton community dynamics with the PROTECH model.
Can digital image classification be used as a standardised method for surveying peatland vegetation cover?
This paper, published in a Special Issue of the journal Ecological Indicators to mark 20 years of data collection at ECN terrestrial sites, describes the use of digital image classification techniques as an approach to surveying peatland vegetation to functional type level.
The first 20 years of the ECN at North Wyke, Devon
This report highlights key changes in climate, pollution and biodiversity during the first 20 years of monitoring at Rothamsted Research's ECN North Wyke site near Okehampton, Devon.
Grassland biodiversity bounces back from long-term nitrogen addition
This paper looks at grassland recovery from nitrogen pollution at Rothamsted, an ECN site. The authors used ECN's wet N deposition (precipitation chemistry) data
Long-term changes in ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages in Scotland
The authors used ECN carabid beetle and meteorological data from two sites in Scotland to describe the trends in ground beetle assemblages over an 18-year (1994–2011) period at two Scottish sites.
Rapid and highly variable warming of lake surface waters around the globe
This paper presents the first worldwide synthesis of in situ and satellite-derived lake data. It includes data from Loch Leven, and ECN site. The authors found that lake summer surface water temperatures rose rapidly between 1985 and 2009
Hydrologically driven ecosystem processes determine the distribution and persistence of ecosystem-specialist predators under climate change
The authors of this paper used ECN Automatic Weather Station data from Moor House in their model-based investigation of the effects of climate change. They investigated cranefly populations, a keystone species in UK blanket bogs, and prey for several bird species, the populations of which the team also modelled.
Allometry and growth of eight tree taxa in United Kingdom woodlands
A data paper, describing a set of data collated from ECN and other measurements made at two woodland ECN sites, Wytham and Alice Holt.
Spatial controls on dissolved organic carbon in upland waters inferred from a simple statistical model
The authors demonstrate that spatial variation in long-term average Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) levels draining upland UK catchments is highly predictable using a simple model. ECN meteorological data were used, alongside chemistry data from Upland Waters Monitoring Network sites (some of which are also ECN sites) and the Trout Beck ECN site.
