Simon Oakley

Imagen
Researcher at Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Lancaster Environment Centre
Lancaster, UK



Tel. +44 (0)1524 595800
email: [email protected]
PUBLICATIONS
  1. Ward, S., Ostle, N., Oakley, S., Quirk, H., Henrys, P. & Bardgett, R (2013). Warming effects on greenhouse gas fluxes in peatlands are modulated by vegetation composition.  Ecology Letters. 16, 10, p. 1285-1293 9 p. 
  2. Ward, S., Ostle, N., Oakley, S., Quirk, H., Stott, A., Henrys, P., Scott, W. A. & Bardgett, R. 2012. Fire accelerates assimilation and transfer of photosynthetic carbon from plants to soil microbes in a northern peatland. Ecosystems.
  3.  De Deyn, G., Quirk, H., Oakley, S., Ostle, N. & Bardgett, R. (2012) Increased plant carbon translocation linked to overyielding in grassland species mixtures. PLoS ONE. 7, 9, e45926
  4. De Deyn, G., Shiel, R. S., Ostle, N., McNamara, N., Oakley, S., Young, I., Freeman, C., Fenner, N., Quirk, H. & Bardgett, R. (2011) Additional carbon sequestration benefits of grassland diversity restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology. 48, 3, p. 600-608 9 p.
  5. Gerlinde B. De Deyn, Helen Quirk, Simon Oakley, Nick Ostle, Richard D. Bardgett, 2011. Rapid transfer of photosynthetic carbon through the plant-soil system in differently managed grasslands. Biogeosciences 8, 1131-1139.
  6. Susan E. Ward, Simon Oakley, Helen Quirk, Andrew Stott, Andrew Scott, Nick J. Ostle, Richard D. Bardgett, 2010. Influence of plant functional types on short-term carbon cycling in a long-term peatland management experiment. Global Change Biology (in preparation).
  7. Gerlinde De Deyn, Robert Shiel, Nick Ostle, Niall McNamara, Simon Oakley, Iain Young, Chris Freeman, Nathalie Fenner, Helen Quirk, Richard Bardgett, 2010. Additional carbon sequestration benefits of grassland diversity restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01925.x
  8. D. A. Fornara, S. Steinbeiss, N. P. McNamara, G. Gleixner, S. Oakley, P. R. Poulton, A. J. Macdonald, R. D. Bardgett, 2010. Increases in soil organic carbon sequestration can reduce the global warming potential of long-term liming to permanent grassland. Global Change Biology. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02328.x
  9. Kate H. Orwin, Sarah M. Buckland, David Johnson, Ben Turner, Simon Smart, Simon Oakley, Richard D. Bardgett (2010). Linkages of plant traits to soil properties and the functioning of temperate grassland. Journal of Ecology 98, 1074-1083.
  10. Gerlinde B. De Deyn, Helen Quirk, Zou Yi, Simon Oakley, Nick Ostle, Richard D. Bardgett (2009). Vegetation composition promotes carbon and nitrogen storage in model grassland communities of contrasting soil fertility. Journal of Ecology 97, 864-875.
  11. N.P. McNamara, T. Plant, S. Oakley, S. Ward, C. Wood, N. Ostle, 2008. Gully hotspots contribution to landscape methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) fluxes in a northern peatland. Science of the Total Environment 404 (2-3), 354-360.
  12. Emmett, B.A., Oakley, S. et al. 2007. Terrestrial Umbrella: effects of eutrophication and acidification on terrestrial ecosystems. Final report. NERC/Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, 288pp. NERC-Defra Contract No. CPEA 18C02613.
  13. Oakley, S. and McNamara, N.P. 2007. Assessment of the Gisburn Forest Experiment Archive. Report for Data Rescue Contract no. C02634.
  14. N. Ostle, S. Oakley, S. Hughes, H. Grant, A. Sowerby, N. McNamara, B. Emmett, 2006. Task 13. Wetlands as Nitrate Regulators.  NERC-Defra Terrestrial Umbrella - Contract Number CPEA 18 Final Report 2006.