College of Life and Environmental Sciences
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Recent Submissions
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Incorporating subject-specific geometry to compare metatarsal stress during running with different foot strike patterns
(Elsevier, 2020)Stress fracture of the second metatarsal is a common and problematic injury for runners. The choice of foot strike pattern is known to affect external kinetics and kinematics but its effect on internal loading of the ... -
Competition influences tree growth, but not mortality, across environmental gradients in Amazonia and tropical Africa
(Ecological Society of America, 2 April 2020)Competition among trees is an important driver of community structure and dynamics in tropical forests. Neighboring trees may impact an individual tree's growth rate and probability of mortality, but large-scale geographic ... -
Are the natural sciences ready for truth, healing, and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in Canada? Exploring ‘settler readiness’ at a world-class freshwater research station
(Springer, 7 April 2020)The Experimental Lakes Area in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, is a globally prominent freshwater research facility, conducting impactful whole-of-lake experiments on so-called ‘pristine’ lakes and watersheds. These lakes ... -
Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests
(Nature Research, 4 March 2020)Structurally intact tropical forests sequestered about half of the global terrestrial carbon uptake over the 1990s and early 2000s, removing about 15 per cent of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions1–3. Climate-driven ... -
25 years of protest: migration control and the power of local activism
(Geographical Association, 2019)In this article we argue that local activist interventions can have far-reaching implications on national and international levels. We conceptualise our approach with reference to geographers’ notions of ‘glocalisation’, ...