Professor Davey Jones
Professor of Soil and Environmental Science / Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor

Affiliations
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- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Davey-Jones
Researchgate profile - https://twitter.com/bangorsoil
Twitted feed - https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=GBlZUy0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Google scholar profile
Contact info
Address: Environment Centre Wales, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW
Email: d.jones@bangor.ac.uk
Tel: 07827 807516 (UK) and 00 44 1248 382579 (International)
WeChat ID: wxid_iqg8l4vzh5nl12
Researchgate profile; Google scholar profile; Twitter feed; Web of Science ResearcherID: C-7411-2011
- 2025
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Separation and Identification of Conventional Microplastics from Farmland Soils
Ren, S., Graf, M., Wang, K., Zhang, J., Zhang, H., Liu, X., Li, J., Zu, T., Ren, K., Sun, Y., Qi, R., Collins, B., Xu, L., Jiang, X., Cui, J., Ding, F., Yan, C., Liu, X., Jones, D. L. & Chadwick, D., 21 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Visualized Experiments.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Earthworms-mediated the effects of polyethylene and polylactic acid microplastics on bacterial community in different soil aggregates
Lu, S., Chen, M., Yan, J., Brown, R., Yu, W., Wu, D. & Jones, D. L., 1 Apr 2025, In: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 13, 2, 115952.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Greenhouse gas removal in agricultural peatland via raised water levels and soil amendment
Peduru Hewa, J., Brown, R., Rhymes, J., McNamara, N., Chadwick, D., Jones, D. L. & Evans, C., 21 Feb 2025, In: Biochar. 7, 39.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nitrogen uptake strategies of coexisting plant species in forest ecosystems of northeast China: implications for afforestation
Gao, L., Smith, A., Geng, B., Liu, B., Li, X., Jia, S. & Jones, D. L., 15 Feb 2025, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 578, 122481.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multi-scale influences on Escherichia coli concentrations in shellfish: From catchment to estuary
Malham, S., Taft, H., Farkas, K., Ladd, C., Seymour, M., Robins, P., Jones, D. L., McDonald, J., Le Vay, L. & Jones, L., 1 Feb 2025, In: Environmental Pollution. 125476.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Wastewater sample storage for physicochemical and microbiological analysis
Webster, G., Dighe, S. N., Perry, W. B., Stenhouse, E. H., Jones, D. L., Kille, P. & Weightman, A. J., 1 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Virological Methods. 332, p. 115063Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessment of Four Artificial Methods for Aging Plastic Mulch Films According to Efficiency, Rate, and Similarity to Natural Field-Aged Plastics
Graf, M., Reay, M. K., Dimitriou, A., Chadwick, D. & Jones, D. L., 18 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Polymers and the Environment.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Higher potential leaching of inorganic and organic additives from biodegradable compared to conventional agricultural plastic mulch film
Reay, M. K., Graf, M., Murphy, M., Li, G., Yan, C., Bhattacharya, M., Osbahr, H., Ma, J., Chengtao, W., Shi, X., Ren, S., Cui, J., Collins, C., Chadwick, D., Jones, D. L., Evershed, R. P. & Lloyd, C., 7 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 137147.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluation of Three Viral Capsid Integrity qPCR Methods for Wastewater-Based Viral Surveillance
Kevill, J., Farkas, K., Herridge, K., Malham, S. & Jones, D. L., 6 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Food and Environmental Virology. 17, 12, 12.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multi-biomarker approach for estimating population size in a national-scale wastewater-based epidemiology study
Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., Jagadeesan, K., Sims, N., Farkas, K., Proctor, K., Bagnall, J., Robertson, M., Jones, D. L. & Wade, M. J., 1 Jan 2025, In: Water research. 268, Pt A, p. 122527Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2024
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A peek into hospital poo: Tracking pathogens and antimicrobial resistance
Silvester, R., Perry, W. B., Webster, G., Rushton, L., Baldwin, A., Pass, D. A., Byrnes, N., Kille, P., Farkas, K., Horden, B. K., Weightman, A. J., Jones, G. & Jones, D. L., 30 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 39, Supplement, p. 11 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microplastic contamination accelerates soil carbon loss through positive priming
Zhou, J., Feng, W., Brown, R. W., Yang, H., Shao, G., Shi, L., Gui, H., Xu, J., Li, F.-M., Jones, D. L. & Zamanian, K., 1 Dec 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 954, p. 176273Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Trade-off between soil enzyme activities and hotspots area depends on long-term fertilization: In situ field zymography
Jia, R., Zhou, J., Yang, L., Blagodatskaya, E., Jones, D. L., Razavi, B. S., Yang, Y., Kuzyakov, Y., Zeng, Z. & Zang, H., 1 Dec 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 954, p. 176386Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Harnessing the Power of Next-Generation Sequencing in Wastewater-Based Epidemiology and Global Disease Surveillance
Farkas, K., Williams, R. C., Hillary, L. S., Garcia-Delgado, A., Jameson, E., Kevill, J. L., Wade, M. J., Grimsley, J. M. S. & Jones, D. L., 30 Nov 2024, In: Food and Environmental Virology. 17, 1, 5.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Diurnal Rhythmicity in the Rhizosphere Microbiome-Mechanistic Insights and Significance for Rhizosphere Function
Bending, G. D., Newman, A., Picot, E., Mushinski, R. M., Jones, D. L. & Carré, I. A., 18 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Plant, Cell and Environment.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Amino acid-sulphur decomposition in agricultural soil profile along a long-term recultivation chronosequence
Wang, Q., Bauke, S. L., Wang, D., Zhao, Y., Reichel, R., Jones, D. L., Chadwick, D. R., Tietema, A. & Bol, R., 15 Nov 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 951, p. 175409Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multi-factor normalisation of viral counts from wastewater improves the detection accuracy of viral disease in the community
Pellett, C., Farkas, K., Williams, R., Wade, M. J., Weightman, A. J., Jameson, E., Cross, G. & Jones, D. L., 5 Nov 2024, In: Environmental Technology & Innovation. 36, 103720.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fungal necromass contribution to carbon sequestration in global croplands: A meta-analysis of driving factors and conservation practices
Liu, D., Zhou, Z., Iqbal, S., Dou, T. T., Bonito, G., Liu, W., An, S., Chater, C. C. C., Perez-Moreno, J., Che, R., Jones, D. L. & Yu, F., 1 Nov 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 949, p. 174954Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Implications of long-term sample storage on the recovery of viruses from wastewater and biobanking
Farkas, K., Fletcher, J., Oxley, J., Ridding, N., Williams, R. C., Woodhall, N., Weightman, A. J., Cross, G. & Jones, D. L., 1 Nov 2024, In: Water research. 265, p. 122209Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microcosm experiment investigating climate-induced thermal effects on human virus viability in seawater: qPCR vs capsid integrity for enhanced risk management
Kevill, J., Li, X., Garcia-Delgado, A., Herridge, K., Farkas, K., Gaze, W. H., Robins, P., Malham, S. & Jones, D. L., 1 Nov 2024, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 208, 117006.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microbial degradation of bioplastic (PHBV) is limited by nutrient availability at high microplastic loadings
Reay, M. K., Graf, M., Greenfield, L., Bargiela, R., Onyije, C., Lloyd, C. E. M., Bull, I. D., Evershed, R. P., Golyshin, P., Chadwick, D. & Jones, D. L., 29 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Environmental Science: Advances.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Earthworms alleviate microplastics stress on soil microbial and protist communities
Lu, S., Wei, S., Li, M., Chadwick, D. R., Xie, M., Wu, D. & Jones, D. L., 20 Oct 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 948, p. 174945Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Field-based assessment of the effect of conventional and biodegradable plastic mulch film on nitrogen partitioning, soil microbial diversity, and maize biomass
Graf, M., Greenfield, L., Reay, M. K., Bargiela, R., Golyshin, P., Evershed, R. P., Lloyd, C. E. M., Williams, G., Chadwick, D. & Jones, D. L., 1 Oct 2024, In: Applied Soil Ecology. 202, 105595.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Phosphorus fertilization promotes carbon cycling and negatively affects microbial carbon use efficiency in agricultural soils: Laboratory incubation experiments
Sánchez-Rodríguez, A., Carmen del Campillo, M., Torrent, J., Cooledge, E., Chadwick, D. & Jones, D. L., 1 Oct 2024, In: Geoderma. 450, 117038.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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National-scale antimicrobial resistance surveillance in wastewater: A comparative analysis of HT qPCR and metagenomic approaches
Knight, M. E., Webster, G., Perry, W. B., Baldwin, A., Rushton, L., Pass, D. A., Cross, G., Durance, I., Muziasari, W., Kille, P., Farkas, K., Weightman, A. J. & Jones, D. L., 15 Sept 2024, In: Water research. 262, p. 121989Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Plastic pollution and human pathogens: Toward s a conceptual shift in risk management at bathing water and beach environments
Oliver, D., Metcalf, R., Jones, D. L., Matallana-Surget, S., Thomas, D., Robins, P., Tulloch, C., Cotterell, B., Williams, G., ChristieOleza, J. & Quilliam, R., 1 Sept 2024, In: Water Research. 261, 121879.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Examining the stability of viral RNA and DNA in wastewater: Effects of storage time, temperature, and freeze-thaw cycles
Williams, R. C., Perry, W. B., Lambert-Slosarska, K., Futcher, B., Pellett, C., Richardson-O'Neill, I., Paterson, S., Grimsley, J. M. S., Wade, M. J., Weightman, A. J., Farkas, K. & Jones, D. L., 1 Aug 2024, In: Water research. 259, p. 121879Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Needles in haystacks: monitoring the potential escape of bioaerosolised antibacterial resistance genes from wastewater treatment plants with air and phyllosphere sampling
George, P., Hillary, L., Leclerc, S., Cooledge, E., Lemieux, J., Duchaine, C. & Jones, D. L., 1 Aug 2024, In: Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 70, 8, p. 348-357 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Selective microbial attachment to LDPE plastic beads during passage through the wastewater network
Tulloch, C. L., Cotterell, B. M., Pântea, I., Jones, D. L. & Golyshin, P. N., 1 Aug 2024, In: Chemosphere. 362, p. 142618Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Regulatory path for soil microbial communities depends on the type and dose of microplastics
Qi, R., Jones, D. L., Tang, Y., Gao, F., Li, J., Chi, Y. & Yan, C., 15 Jul 2024, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 473, p. 134702Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Use of wastewater from passenger ships to assess the movement of COVID-19 and other pathogenic viruses across maritime international boundaries
Jones, D. L., Bridgman, M., Pellett, C., Weightman, A. J., Kille, P., García Delgado, Á., Cross, G., Cobley, S., Howard-Jones, H., Chadwick, D. R. & Farkas, K., 15 Jul 2024, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 12, p. 1377996Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A diversity of diversities: Do complex environmental effects underpin associations between below- and above-ground taxa?
Seaton, F., George, P., Alison, J., Jones, D. L., Creer, S., Smart, S. M., Emmett, B. A. & Robinson, D., 1 Jul 2024, In: Journal of Ecology. 112, 7, p. 1550-1564 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Soil pH and phosphorus availability regulate sulphur cycling in an 82-year-old fertilised grassland
Wang, Q., Bauke, S., Döring, T., Yin, J., Cooledge, E., Jones, D. L., Chadwick, D., Tietema, A. & Bol, R., 1 Jul 2024, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 109436.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Scaling-up Engineering Biology for Enhanced Environmental Solutions
Hassard, F., Curtis, T. P., Dotro, G. C., Golyshin, P., Gutierrez, T., Heaven, S., Horsfall, L., Jefferson, B., Jones, D. L., Krasnogor, N., Kumar, V., Lea-Smith, D. J., Le Corre Pidou, K., Liu, Y., Lyu, T., McCarthy, R. R., McKew, B., Smith, C., Yakunin, A., Yang, Z., Zhang, Y. & Coulon, F., 21 Jun 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: ACS synthetic biology. 13, 6, p. 1586-1588 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Herbal leys increase forage macro- and micronutrient content, spring lamb nutrition, liveweight gain, and reduce gastrointestinal parasites compared to a grass-clover ley
Cooledge, E., Kendall, N., Leake, J., Chadwick, D. & Jones, D. L., 15 Jun 2024, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 367, 108991.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Simultaneous detection and characterization of common respiratory pathogens in wastewater through genomic sequencing
Williams, R. C., Farkas, K., Garcia-Delgado, A., Adwan, L., Kevill, J. L., Cross, G., Weightman, A. J. & Jones, D. L., 1 Jun 2024, In: Water research. 256, 121612.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Slurry acidification is as effective as slurry injection at reducing ammonia emissions without increasing N2O emissions: A short-term mesocosm study
Langley-Randall, J., Jones, D. L., Cotton, J., Williams, J. R. & Chadwick, D. R., 1 Jun 2024, In: Geoderma Regional. 37, 00791.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Soil metabolomics - current challenges and future perspectives
Brown, R., Reay, M. K., Centler, F., Chadwick, D., Bull, I. D., McDonald, J., Evershed, R. P. & Jones, D. L., 1 Jun 2024, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 109382.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Distinct biophysical and chemical mechanisms governing sucrose mineralization and soil organic carbon priming in biochar amended soils: evidence from 10 years of field studies
Zhang, H., Ma, T., Wang, L., Yu, X., Zhao, X., Gao, W., Van Zwieten, L., Singh, B. P., Li, G., Lin, Q., Chadwick, D., Lu, S., Luo, Y., Xu, J., Jones, D. L. & Peduru Hewa, J., 22 May 2024, In: Biochar. 6, 1, p. 52Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Do Added Microplastics, Native Soil Properties, and Prevailing Climatic Conditions Have Consequences for Carbon and Nitrogen Contents in Soil? A Global Data Synthesis of Pot and Greenhouse Studies
Iqbal, S., Xu, J., Arif, M. S., Worthy, F. R., Jones, D. L., Khan, S., Alharbi, S. A., Filimonenko, E., Nadir, S., Bu, D., Shakoor, A., Gui, H., Schaefer, D. A. & Kuzyakov, Y., 14 May 2024, In: Environmental science & technology. 58, 19, p. 8464-8479 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Corrigendum to "Macro- and microplastic accumulation in soil after 32 years of plastic film mulching" [Environ. Pollut. 300, (2022), 118945]
Li, S., Ding, F., Flury, M., Wang, Z., Xu, L., Li, S., Jones, D. L. & Wang, J., 1 May 2024, In: Environmental Pollution. 348, p. 123794Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Herbal leys have no effect on soil porosity, earthworm abundance, and microbial community composition compared to a grass-clover ley in a sheep grazed grassland after 2-years
Cooledge, E., Sturrock, C., Atkinson, B., Mooney, S., Brailsford, F., Murphy, D., Leake, J., Chadwick, D. & Jones, D. L., 1 May 2024, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 365, 108928.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microbial communities colonising plastics during transition from the wastewater treatment plant to marine waters
Tulloch, C. L., Bargiela, R., Williams, G. B., Chernikova, T. N., Cotterell, B. M., Wellington, E. M. H., Christie-Oleza, J., Thomas, D. N., Jones, D. L. & Golyshin, P. N., 29 Apr 2024, In: Environmental Microbiome. 19, 1, 27.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Lower soil nitrogen-oxide emissions associated with enhanced denitrification under replacing mineral fertilizer with manure in orchard soils
Xu, P., Li, Z., Guo, S., Jones, D. L., Wang, J., Han, Z. & Zou, J., 15 Apr 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 921, 171192.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Potential sources and occurrence of macro-plastics and microplastics pollution in farmland soils: A typical case of China
Ren, S., Wang, K., Zhang, J., Li, J., Zhang, H., Qi, R., Xu, W., Yan, C., Liu, X., Zhang, F., Jones, D. L. & Chadwick, D. R., 2 Apr 2024, In: Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 54, 7, p. 533-556 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Cross-continental comparative experiences of wastewater surveillance and a vision for the 21st century
Perry, W. B., Chrispim, M. C., Barbosa, M. R. F., de Souza Lauretto, M., Razzolini, M. T. P., Nardocci, A. C., Jones, O., Jones, D. L., Weightman, A., Sato, M. I. Z., Montagner, C. & Durance, I., 1 Apr 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 919, 170842.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparative assessment of Nanotrap and polyethylene glycol-based virus concentration in wastewater samples
Farkas, K., Kevill, J. L., Williams, R. C., Pântea, I., Ridding, N., Lambert-Slosarska, K., Woodhall, N., Grimsley, J. M. S., Wade, M. J., Singer, A. C., Weightman, A. J., Cross, G. & Jones, D. L., 5 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: FEMS microbes. 5, xtae007.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Near-source passive sampling for monitoring viral outbreaks within a university residential setting
Farkas, K., Kevill, J. L., Adwan, L., Garcia-Delgado, A., Dzay, R., Grimsley, J. M. S., Lambert-Slosarska, K., Wade, M. J., Williams, R. C., Martin, J., Drakesmith, M., Song, J., McClure, V. & Jones, D. L., 8 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Epidemiology and Infection. 152, p. e31Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Agronomic amendments drive a diversity of real and apparent priming responses within a grassland soil
Brown, R., Reed, E., Chadwick, D., Hill, P. & Jones, D. L., 1 Feb 2024, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 189, 109265.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Effects of field-aging on the impact of biochar on herbicide fate and microbial community structure in the soil environment
Cheng, H., Xing, D., Twagirayezu, G., Lin, S., Gu, S., Tu, C., Hill, P. W., Chadwick, D. R. & Jones, D. L., 1 Jan 2024, In: Chemosphere. 348, 140682.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review