The North Wyke Farm Platform [2012-2017]

Project (past)

Project dates01 Apr 2012 to end of 31 Mar 2017
Researchers
Principal InvestigatorPhil Murray
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Project numberS5190
5190
DepartmentSustainable Soils and Grassland Systems (SSGS)
Research fish codeBBS/E/C/00005190
BB/J004308/1
Grant IDBBS/E/C/00005190
BB/J004308/1
BB/J0004308

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A case report of lameness in two dairy goat herds; a suspected combination of nutritional factors concurrent with treponeme infection

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Groenevelt, M., Anzuino, K., Smith, S., Lee, M. R. F. and Grogono-Thomas, R. 2015. A case report of lameness in two dairy goat herds; a suspected combination of nutritional factors concurrent with treponeme infection. BMC Research Notes. 8, p. 791. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1734-3

A novel grass hybrid to reduce flood generation in temperate regions

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Macleod, C. J. A., Humphreys, M. W., Whalley, W. R., Turner, L., Binley, A., Watts, C. W., Skot, L., Joynes, A., Hawkins, S., King, I. P., O'donovan, S. and Haygarth, P. M. 2013. A novel grass hybrid to reduce flood generation in temperate regions. Scientific Reports. 3, p. 1683. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep01683

Agriculture: Steps to sustainable livestock

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Eisler, M. C., Lee, M. R. F., Tarlton, J. F., Martin, G. B., Beddington, J., Dungait, J. A. J., Greathead, H., Liu, J., Mathew, S., Miller, H., Misselbrook, T. H., Murray, P. J., Vinod, V. K., Van Saun, R. and Winter, M. 2014. Agriculture: Steps to sustainable livestock. Nature. 507 (6 March), pp. 32-34. https://doi.org/10.1038/507032a

Assessment of soil water, carbon and nitrogen cycling in reseeded grassland on the North Wyke Farm Platform using a process-based model

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Li, Y., Liu, Y., Harris, P., Sint, H., Murray, P. J., Lee, M. R. F. and Wu, L. 2017. Assessment of soil water, carbon and nitrogen cycling in reseeded grassland on the North Wyke Farm Platform using a process-based model. Science of the Total Environment. 603-604 (Supplement C), pp. 27-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.012

Calibrating a geographically weighted regression model with parameter-specific distance metrics

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Lu, B., Harris, P., Charlton, M. and Brunsdon, C. 2015. Calibrating a geographically weighted regression model with parameter-specific distance metrics. Procedia Environmental Sciences. 26, pp. 109-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proenv.2015.05.011

Can live weight be used as a proxy for enteric methane emissions from pasture-fed sheep

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Moorby, J. M., Fleming, H. R., Theobald, V. J. and Fraser, M. D. 2015. Can live weight be used as a proxy for enteric methane emissions from pasture-fed sheep. Scientific Reports. 5, p. 17915. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep17915

Capturing the spatial variability of N2O emissions on grazed grasslands

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Cardenas, L. M., Dunn, R. M., Shepherd, A., Misselbrook, T. H., Orr, R. J., Griffith, B. A., Velazquez, A., Burak, E., Chen, K., Harris, P., Repullo, M. and Collins, A. L. 2015. Capturing the spatial variability of N2O emissions on grazed grasslands. Abstracts ASA/CSSA/SSSA International Annual Meeting Synergy in Science: Partnering for Solutions, Minneapolis, 15-18 November 2015 .

Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in soil aggregates under long-term nitrogen and water addition in a temperate steppe

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wang, R., Dungait, J. A. J., Creamer, C. A., Cai, J., Li, B., Xu, Z., Zhang, Y., Ma, Y. and Jiang, Y. 2015. Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in soil aggregates under long-term nitrogen and water addition in a temperate steppe. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 79 (2), pp. 527-535. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2014.09.0351

Contextualized geographically weighted principal components analysis for investigating baseline soils data on the North Wyke Farm Platform

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
Harris, P., Howden, N. J. K., Peukert, S., Noacco, V., Ramezani, K., Tuominen, E., Eludoyin, B., Brazier, R., Shepherd, A., Griffith, B. A., Orr, R. J. and Murray, P. J. 2016. Contextualized geographically weighted principal components analysis for investigating baseline soils data on the North Wyke Farm Platform. Raju, N. J. (ed.) Geostatistical and Geospatial Approaches for the Characterization of Natural Resources in the Environment: Proceedings 16th Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences, New Delhi, 17-20 October 2014 . Springer, Cham. pp. 651-655 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18663-4_99

Cross Inoculation of Rumen Fluid to Improve Dry Matter Disappearance and Its Effect on Bacterial Composition Using an in vitro Batch Culture Model

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
McDermott, K., Lee, M. R. F., McDowall, K. J. and Greathead, H. M. R. 2020. Cross Inoculation of Rumen Fluid to Improve Dry Matter Disappearance and Its Effect on Bacterial Composition Using an in vitro Batch Culture Model. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11 (Article), p. 531404. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.531404

Data mining the North Wyke Farm Platform data sets

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Harris, P., Griffith, B. A., Sint, H. M., Cardenas, L. M., Dungait, J. A. J., Orr, R. J. and Lee, M. R. F. 2016. Data mining the North Wyke Farm Platform data sets. Abstracts International Conference on Steps to Sustainable Livestock, Bristol, 12-15 January 2016 .

Defaecation and urination behaviour in beef cattle grazing semi-natural grassland

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Orr, R. J., Griffith, B. A., Champion, R. A. and Cook, J. E. 2012. Defaecation and urination behaviour in beef cattle grazing semi-natural grassland. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 139, pp. 18-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2012.03.013

Distance metric choice can both reduce and induce collinearity in geographically weighted regression

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Comber, A., Chi, K., Huy, M. Q., Nguyen, Q., Lu, B., Phe, H. H. and Harris, P. 2019. Distance metric choice can both reduce and induce collinearity in geographically weighted regression. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/2399808318784017

Effect of long‐term drainage on plant community, soil carbon and nitrogen contents and stable isotopic (δ13C, δ15N) composition of a permanent grassland

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Harris, P., Bol, R., Evans, J., Hawkins, J. M. B., Dixon, E. R., Wolf, K., Dungait, J. A. J., Griffith, B. A., Herbst, M., Dhanoa, M. S., Beaumont, D. A., Dunn, R. M. and Weisenberg, G. L. B. 2018. Effect of long‐term drainage on plant community, soil carbon and nitrogen contents and stable isotopic (δ13C, δ15N) composition of a permanent grassland. European Journal of Soil Science. 69 (1), pp. 48-68. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12504

Effects of livestock breed and rearing experience on foraging behaviour of yearling beef cattle grazing unimproved grasslands

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Orr, R. J., Tallowin, J. R. B., Griffith, B. A. and Rutter, S. M. 2014. Effects of livestock breed and rearing experience on foraging behaviour of yearling beef cattle grazing unimproved grasslands. Grass and Forage Science. 69 (1), pp. 90-103. https://doi.org/10.1111/gfs.12030

Effects of plant species, stage of maturity, and level of formic acid addition on lipolysis, lipid content, and fatty acid composition during ensiling

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Koivunen, E., Jaakkola, S., Heikkila, T., Lampi, A-M., Halmemies-Beauchet-Filleau, A., Lee, M. R. F., Winters, A. L., Shingfield, K. J. and Vanhatalo, A. 2015. Effects of plant species, stage of maturity, and level of formic acid addition on lipolysis, lipid content, and fatty acid composition during ensiling. Journal of Animal Science. 93 (9), pp. 4408-4423. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2014-8813

Enhancements to a geographically weighted principal component analysis in the context of an application to an environmental data set

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Harris, P., Clarke, A., Juggins, S., Brunsdon, C. and Charlton, M. 2015. Enhancements to a geographically weighted principal component analysis in the context of an application to an environmental data set. Geographical Analysis . 47 (2), pp. 146-172. https://doi.org/10.1111/gean.12048

Field features of the North Wyke Farm Platform: weather, topography, soil, ecosystem services provision index and management

N - Datasets
Segura, C., Neal, A. L., Castro-Sardina, L. and Irisarri, G. 2023. Field features of the North Wyke Farm Platform: weather, topography, soil, ecosystem services provision index and management . Rothamsted Research. https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.98y60

Field-based determination of controls on runoff and fine sediment generation from lowland grazing livestock fields

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Pulley, S. and Collins, A. L. 2019. Field-based determination of controls on runoff and fine sediment generation from lowland grazing livestock fields. Journal of Environmental Management. 249 (1 November), p. 109365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109365

Forage polyphenol oxidase and ruminant livestock nutrition

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Lee, M. R. F. 2014. Forage polyphenol oxidase and ruminant livestock nutrition. Frontiers in Plant Science. 5, p. 694. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2014.00694

Foraging paths through vegetation patches for beef cattle in semi-natural pastures

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Orr, R. J., Tozer, K. N., Griffith, B. A., Champion, R. A., Cook, J. E. and Rutter, S. M. 2012. Foraging paths through vegetation patches for beef cattle in semi-natural pastures. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 141 (1-2), pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2012.07.003

Geographically weighted correspondence matrices for local error reporting and change analyses: mapping the spatial distribution of errors and change

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Comber, A., Brunsdon, C., Charlton, M. and Harris, P. 2017. Geographically weighted correspondence matrices for local error reporting and change analyses: mapping the spatial distribution of errors and change. Remote Sensing Letters. 8 (3), pp. 234-243. https://doi.org/10.1080/2150704X.2016.1258126

Geographically weighted evidence combination approaches for combining discordant and inconsistent volunteered geographical information

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Comber, A., Fonte, C., Foody, G., Fritz, S., Harris, P., Olteanu-Raimond, A. M. and See, L. 2016. Geographically weighted evidence combination approaches for combining discordant and inconsistent volunteered geographical information. Geoinformatica. 20 (3), pp. 503-527. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10707-016-0248-z

Geographically weighted methods and their use in network re-designs for environmental monitoring

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Harris, P., Clarke, A., Juggins, S., Brunsdon, C. and Charlton, M. 2014. Geographically weighted methods and their use in network re-designs for environmental monitoring. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. 28 (7), pp. 1869-1887. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00477-014-0851-1

Geographically weighted regression with parameter-specific distance metrics

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Lu, B., Charlton, M., Brunsdon, C. and Harris, P. 2016. Geographically weighted regression with parameter-specific distance metrics. International Journal Of Geographical Information Science. 31 (5), pp. 982-998. https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2016.1263731

Greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions from slurry storage: impacts of temperature and potential mitigation through covering (pig slurry) or acidification (cattle slurry)

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Misselbrook, T. H., Hunt, J., Perazzolo, F. and Provolo, G. 2016. Greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions from slurry storage: impacts of temperature and potential mitigation through covering (pig slurry) or acidification (cattle slurry). Journal of Environmental Quality. 45 (5), pp. 1520-1530. https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2015.12.0618

Greenhouse gas emissions from a reseeded grassland on the North Wyke Farm Platform

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Dunn, R. M., Boden, J., Misselbrook, T. H., Orr, R. J., Griffith, B. A., Neale, J. and Cardenas, L. M. 2016. Greenhouse gas emissions from a reseeded grassland on the North Wyke Farm Platform. Abstracts International Conference on Steps to Sustainable Livestock, Bristol, 12-15 January 2016 .

GWmodel: an R package for exploring spatial heterogeneity using geographically weighted models

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Gollini, I., Lu, B., Charlton, M., Brunsdon, C. and Harris, P. 2015. GWmodel: an R package for exploring spatial heterogeneity using geographically weighted models. Journal of Statistical Software. 63 (17). https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v063.i17

Historic record of pasture soil water and the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation in south-west England

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Shepherd, A., Atuhaire, W., Wu, L., Hogan, D. V., Dunn, R. M. and Cardenas, L. M. 2017. Historic record of pasture soil water and the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation in south-west England. Hydrology Research. 48 (1), pp. 277-294. https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2016.195

Hyper-local geographically weighted regression: extending GWR through local model selection and local bandwidth optimization

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Comber, A., Wang, Y., Lu, Y., Zhang, X. and Harris, P. 2018. Hyper-local geographically weighted regression: extending GWR through local model selection and local bandwidth optimization. Journal of Spatial Information Science. 17, pp. 63-84. https://doi.org/10.5311/JOSIS.2018.17.422

Impact of Grassland Reseeding, Herbicide Spraying and Ploughing on Diversity and Abundance of Soil Arthropods

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Liu, W., Zhang, J. L., Norris, S. L. and Murray, P. J. 2016. Impact of Grassland Reseeding, Herbicide Spraying and Ploughing on Diversity and Abundance of Soil Arthropods. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7, p. 1200. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.01200

Impact of modern cattle feeding practices on milk fatty acid stable carbon isotope compositions emphasise the need for caution in selecting reference animal tissues and products for archaeological investigations

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Roffet-Salque, M., Lee, M. R. F., Timpson, A. and Evershed, R. P. 2016. Impact of modern cattle feeding practices on milk fatty acid stable carbon isotope compositions emphasise the need for caution in selecting reference animal tissues and products for archaeological investigations. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 9 (7), pp. 1343-1348. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-016-0357-5

Improvements to the calibration of a Geographically Weighted Regression with Parameter-Specific Distance Metrics and Bandwidths

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Lu, B, Wang, W, Ge, Y and Harris, P. 2018. Improvements to the calibration of a Geographically Weighted Regression with Parameter-Specific Distance Metrics and Bandwidths. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 71, pp. 41-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2018.03.012

Improving land cover classification using input variables derived from a geographically weighted principal components analysis

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Comber, A. J., Harris, P. and Tsutsumida, N. 2016. Improving land cover classification using input variables derived from a geographically weighted principal components analysis. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 119 (September), pp. 347-360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2016.06.014

Introducing bootstrap methods to investigate coefficient non-stationarity in spatial regression models

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Harris, P., Brunsdon, C., Lu, B., Nakaya, T. and Charlton, M. 2017. Introducing bootstrap methods to investigate coefficient non-stationarity in spatial regression models. Spatial Statistics. 21, pp. 241-261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spasta.2017.07.006

Livestock Performance for Sheep and Cattle Grazing Lowland Permanent Pasture: Benchmarking Potential of Forage-Based Systems

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Orr, R. J., Griffith, B. A., Rivero-Viera, J. and Lee, M. R. F. 2019. Livestock Performance for Sheep and Cattle Grazing Lowland Permanent Pasture: Benchmarking Potential of Forage-Based Systems . Agronomy. 9 (2), p. 101. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9020101

Modelling field scale spatial variation in water run-off, soil moisture, N2O emissions and herbage biomass of a grazed pasture using the SPACSYS model

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Liu, Y., Li, Y., Harris, P., Cardenas, L. M., Dunn, R. M., Sint, H. M., Murray, P. J., Lee, M. R. F. and Wu, L. 2018. Modelling field scale spatial variation in water run-off, soil moisture, N2O emissions and herbage biomass of a grazed pasture using the SPACSYS model. Geoderma. 315, pp. 49-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.11.029

Modelling the cost-effectiveness of mitigation methods for multiple pollutants at farm scale

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Gooday, R. D., Anthony, S. G., Chadwick, D. R., Newell-Price, P., Harris, D., Duethmann, D., Fish, R., Collins, A. L. and Winter, M. 2014. Modelling the cost-effectiveness of mitigation methods for multiple pollutants at farm scale. Science of the Total Environment. 468-469, pp. 1198-1209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.078

Modelling the impact of environmental changes on grassland systems with SPACSYS

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
Wu, L., Whitmore, A. P. and Bellocchi, G. 2015. Modelling the impact of environmental changes on grassland systems with SPACSYS. Proceedings of the MACSUR International Livestock Modelling and Research Colloquium . Cambridge University Press (CUP) Cambridge. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040470014000508

North Wyke Farm Platform: methodologies used in the remote sensing of the quantity and quality of drainage water

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Griffith, B. A., Hawkins, J. M. B., Orr, R. J., Blackwell, M. S. A. and Murray, P. J. 2013. North Wyke Farm Platform: methodologies used in the remote sensing of the quantity and quality of drainage water. Michalk, D. L. (ed.) Proceedings 22nd International Grassland Congress, Sydney, 15-19 September 2013 . New South Wales Dept of Primary Industry, Orange. pp. 1453-1455